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ICE HOCKEY

Experience to help MSU on ice this season

Tom Anastos is a man who likes experience, and fortunately for him, this year’s MSU hockey team is gaining in that area. “This year, for the most part, we have guys that know what the expectations are,” Anastos said. “We have guys that have college experience now, where last year we didn’t have that.”

ICE HOCKEY

Spartan hockey resetting their confidence level in 2013-14

The last time the hockey team had more losses than last year’s 25-loss squad was the 1977-78 team, with 27. The 2012-13 team was coming off of its first playoff berth since the Spartans won the National Championship in 2007. However, with the graduation of nine seniors and Torey Krug’s departure to the NHL, MSU found itself with with a sizable incoming class with 10 true freshmen and two transfers.

FOOTBALL

Jairus Jones out six weeks with MCL injury

With the first of two bye weeks underway, the MSU football team is hoping the extra rest will prove beneficial for players on the mend. For senior linebacker Jairus Jones, it will be at least six weeks before he returns to action after suffering a medial collateral ligament, or MCL, injury against Notre Dame, head coach Mark Dantonio announced.

FOOTBALL

New season, same situation?

Two seasons, two identical records. That’s the situation facing the MSU football team (3-1) following a weekend loss to No. 22 Notre Dame after opening victories against Western Michigan, South Florida and Youngstown State.

SOCCER

Men's soccer plays No. 3 Creighton to 2-2 draw

After holding onto a one goal lead twice in the game, the men’s soccer team settled for a 2-2 draw against No. 3 Creighton in Omaha, Neb. Tuesday night. The Spartans (4-1-1 overall) were tested early on by the dangerous Bluejay offense. Bruno Castro and Timo Pitter were both off target before the ten minute mark.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Former stars give back by coaching

When it comes to two of the most successful women’s soccer players in school history, the numbers speak for themselves. Three All-American selections. Five All-Big Ten selections. Forty-nine wins in college. One hundred and seven wins and just one loss in high school. Four consecutive high school state championships. Numerous MSU women’s soccer records.

SPORTS

Ahern, Cassidy rising early for field hockey

Last season, then-sophomore forward Allie Ahern scored a career-high of five goals for the season. Nine games into the 2013 season, she already has seven. Her goal total leads the team and is in a three-way tie for second-highest in the Big Ten.

SOCCER

FIFA brings their game with new release

Yesterday was the last time many girls will see their boyfriends for a while. One of the most popular video game franchises in the world, FIFA Soccer, released their 2014 version on Tuesday at locations across the country.

FOOTBALL

Spartan Struggles

It was difficult to tell what was more troubling for the Spartans early Saturday evening.

FOOTBALL

Column: Blame for QB decision falls on Dantonio

Nine days ago, Mark Dantonio officially named Connor Cook MSU’s starting quarterback. Following a 55-17 thrashing of Youngstown State, it was an admission by football head coach Dantonio and the MSU staff the sophomore quarterback Cook gives the Spartans the best chance to win games, thus ending weeks of quarterback uncertainty.

MEN'S SOCCER

Men's soccer utilizing break to regroup, heal before Creighton

In the wake of a week that saw the MSU men’s soccer team come away with a pair of wins, the team now is doing something it’s not used to — nothing at all. The five-day break between the Spartans’ (4-1-0) 1-0 win against Bowling Green, Sept. 18, at DeMartin Stadium and their trip to Omaha, Neb. to take on No. 5 Creighton Tuesday is the second-longest of the season.

FOOTBALL

Instead of a win, MSU brings home confusion

South Bend, Ind. — A game that was supposed to bring clarity was instead characterized by confusion. MSU lost to rival Notre Dame for the third straight year in a game all parties involved probably wish they could redo, at least in some capacity.