FOOTBALL
Offense soars with changes
What a difference a year makes. Last year, MSU’s struggle to put points on the board was obvious.
SPORTS
Big Ten fight not over yet
The MSU field hockey team clinched a share of its first Big Ten regular season title, but the team hasn’t escaped the conference yet. Top 25 teams such as Penn State, Iowa and Michigan have one last chance at the Spartans (15-4, 5-1 Big Ten) at the Big Ten Tournament this weekend in Evanston, Ill. MSU earned the No.
FOOTBALL
Wolverines will be abused in parking lots, other football tales
The Prognosticators are back from a wild Halloween weekend in Madison, Wis. Vanilla Rice will try to redeem himself this week especially after realizing that it’s probably not wise to wear a Wisconsin sweatshirt to the Bobby Williams press conference and player interviews.
VOLLEYBALL
Team upbeat for part two of season
After dropping its first two home matches all season against No. 11 Penn State and No. 10 Ohio State on Oct.
FOOTBALL
Football: Spartans silent on Saturdays rivalry struggle
Place your friendly wagers, begin the talk trash and get ready for the hype. MSU’s matchup with No.
BASKETBALL
Mens basketball: Freshmen get ready for Magic
When MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo recruits players he promises them the chance to win championships and to play against great players.Izzo’s three newcomers, freshmen guards Chris Hill and Kelvin Torbert and guard-forward Alan Anderson, will take advantage of that final promise when they play an exhibition game against the Magic Johnson All-Stars with the legend himself on the floor.
SOCCER
Womens soccer: Offense arrives late in season
Late in the season, the MSU women’s soccer team seems to have finally found its offense. And just in time - only two games remain on the team’s (8-7-2) regular season schedule, the first of which is being played at 3:00 p.m.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey: Sweep drops team in polls
The Spartans fell to No. 3 in this week’s USCHO.com national poll and No. 4 in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine rankings after being swept in their weekend series with Nebraska-Omaha.MSU (3-2-1 overall, 3-2-1 CCHA) entered the series at No.
BASKETBALL
Mens Basketball: Taylor, Illinois Williams give mutual praise
Chicago - In the race for the Big Ten Championship, conference superstars emerge to lead their team to rise above the competition. Illinois point guard Frank Williams looks to be the big dog of the conference again, as the media and coaches tabbed him as the 2001 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year.
SPORTS
Field Hockey: Top-seed Spartans reflect on season, strive for tourney
The No. 6 MSU field hockey team began its season with an unpredictable win over Old Dominion, and it hasn’t slowed down since, not even after the Spartans’ final game of the regular season Friday in Iowa.The 2-1 win over Iowa clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season title for the Spartans (15-4 overall, 5-1 Big Ten), but the team is still striving for its original goal - a bid to the NCAA Tournament.The team’s journey began with a 3-2 overtime victory over No.
FOOTBALL
Secondary reshuffles; Dortch fair
It was painful enough for sophomore tailback/cornerback Tyrell Dortch to have his leg reset on the field Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
SPORTS
How do they win with injury after injury?
Madison, Wis. - MSU defensive secondary coach Troy Douglass taught a tailback to play cornerback in two weeks. But when Douglass asked head coach Bobby Williams if sophomore tailback Tyrell Dortch could help mend the broken ankles in the secondary, he had no clue Dortch would need to be mended himself after Saturday’s 42-28 win over Wisconsin.
FOOTBALL
Dortchs broken leg shuts him down for season
Madison, Wis. - The MSU football team rallied behind another fallen Spartan soldier Saturday as it beat Wisconsin 42-28 at Camp Randall Stadium. A season-ending injury stung sophomore cornerback Tyrell Dortch when he broke his leg in the second quarter. After doctors reset his leg in the field, Dortch was taken to the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, where he underwent surgery.
SPORTS
No. 6 field hockey team wins first Big Ten title in its history
MSU’s field hockey team is enjoying its first Big Ten title, after beating No. 16 Iowa 2-1 on Friday.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans keep winning by sweeping Purdue 3-0
The Spartans rallied from a late four-point deficit in game three against Purdue to close out the Boilermakers in a 3-0 sweep at Jenison Field House on Friday.The Spartans (13-6, 6-6 Big Ten) dominated games one and two before Purdue (3-17, 1-11) grabbed its first clear control of the match in game three.But MSU rallied from trailing 27-23, to run five straight off the Boilermakers, and downed them 32-30.“We were a little flat in the third game, but I thought Purdue really raised their game and played hard,” Spartan head coach Chuck Erbe said.
BASKETBALL
New big guns hyped at Media Day
Chicago - Things were slightly different for MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo at Big Ten Conference Basketball Media Day this year. For the past four years, the Spartans have been the team opposing coaches have commended.
SPORTS
McCallie confident in youth
Chicago - In her second season, MSU women’s head basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie is running into a similar roster situation as MSU men’s head basketball coach Tom Izzo. Youth, and lots of it. And McCallie is taking a similar approach. “We’re very excited (about this season),” McCallie said at Sunday’s Big Ten Conference Basketball Media Day.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans drop road series
MSU traveled to its first road series of the season undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the nation. But any sense of Spartan invincibility was shattered by No.
SPORTS
Women runners win conference
The men and women’s cross country teams began their postseasons with strong finishes in the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday in Champaign, Ill. The No.
SPORTS
Womens crew team takes second place
Despite windy conditions, the MSU women’s crew team ended its season Sunday with a second-place finish at the Head of the Elk in Elkhart, Ind.