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VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball team loses second straight home match

Dan Woike
October 21, 2001

Even with a career night from freshman outside hitter Kim Schram, the No. 10 Ohio State Buckeyes proved to be too much for the Spartan volleyball team as they downed MSU 3-1 Saturday at Jenison Field House.The Buckeyes (17-1, 9-1 Big Ten) utilized numerous weapons in the match, led by outside hitter Anne Botica’s 17 kills.Schram led both teams with 20 kills, a career-high, and only committed five errors.

ICE HOCKEY

Mason notches 900th career win as Spartans shut out Ferris

James Jahnke
October 20, 2001

MSU head coach Ron Mason earned his 900th career win the way he has earned so many others Saturday night at Munn Ice Arena. The top-ranked Spartans (3-0-1 overall, 3-0-1 CCHA) relied on a tested defense and solid goaltending to beat Ferris State 2-0 in front of 6,732 fans. Junior goaltender Ryan Miller made 23 saves and recorded his second shutout of the year to help Mason, already college hockey’s all-time winningest coach, push his career record to 900-371-79.

VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball loses first game at home to No. 11 Penn State

Dan Woike
October 19, 2001

The Spartan volleyball team dropped three straight games to No. 11 Penn State on Friday at Jenison Field House. The Nittany Lions rolled to victory 30-23, 30-24 and 30-25 over the Spartans, who were previously 9-0 at Jenison. Penn State (14-3, 7-2 Big Ten) trailed MSU early in all three games before scrapping together major scoring runs to open the games in their favor.

SOCCER

Krass offense honored

Aaron Johnson
October 19, 2001

Two years ago, sophomore midfielder Jeff Krass scored 23 goals for Brighton High School. Now he is being recognized for only scoring a third of that. After scoring a goal in MSU’s last two men’s soccer games, the Big Ten named Krass its Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Before the 4-1 win over Oakland on Oct.

SOCCER

Penn State a must win

Aaron Johnson
October 19, 2001

The MSU men’s soccer team only has four more games before the Big Ten Tournament on Nov. 8, but for now, only one is on the players’ minds.Penn State comes to town at 2:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Dortch getting comfortable at cornerback

Justin A. Rice
October 19, 2001

When sophomore tailback Tyrell Dortch played cornerback last week against Iowa, it wasn’t just an isolated experiment. After recording five tackles in 39 plays at cornerback, head coach Bobby Williams said Dortch will start there at Minnesota on Saturday. “I thought Tyrell Dortch did some very good things at that corner position,” Williams said.

VOLLEYBALL

Spartans face two top teams at home

Dan Woike
October 19, 2001

With just two matches remaining in the first half of the Spartan volleyball team’s conference schedule, they have a chance to issue a major statement. The Spartans face two of the Big Ten’s finest in No.

ICE HOCKEY

Team stays No. 1, featured on ESPN show

James Jahnke
October 18, 2001

MSU kept its top spot in both of this week’s national polls after sweeping a two-game series with Lake Superior State by a combined score of 11-1 last weekend.The Spartans (2-0-1 overall, 2-0-1 CCHA) garnered 31 first-place votes and 587 points in the USCHO.com poll, keeping them well ahead of No.

BASKETBALL

Izzo has high hopes

As MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo enters his seventh season at the helm, he said he plans on taking the same course he used to win four straight Big Ten titles.“What I think what we’ve done, we have a blueprint of what it takes,” Izzo said at media day Wednesday.