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ICE HOCKEY

Krug leaves for NHL, signs with Bruins

Dillon Davis
March 25, 2012

With his teammates looking on and head coach Tom Anastos by his side at the podium Sunday at Munn Ice Arena, junior defenseman Torey Krug announced he is forgoing his senior year and signed a professional contract with the Boston Bruins. “To have the opportunity I’ve been presented with by the Boston Bruins organization is tremendous, and I never thought this day would come,” Krug said.

ICE HOCKEY

Krug forgoing senior season, signed with Boston Bruins

Dillon Davis
March 25, 2012

Junior defenseman Torey Krug has announced he will forgo his senior season and sign with the NHL’s Boston Bruins. The 2012 CCHA Player of the Year and two-time CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman, Krug leaves the Spartans just two days after the MSU hockey team was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Union.

BASEBALL

Spartans top Oakland in second series game

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 24, 2012

Jake Boss Jr. is an offensive minded baseball coach.   The fifth year MSU head coach isn’t all about home runs and power hitting, necessarily, but he loves when his team can go out and produce runs in various situations.   That’s why Boss left the field after Saturday’s 11-2 win over Oakland at Kobs Field at McLane Baseball Stadium with a bigger smile on his face than after Friday’s 2-1 nailbiter.   “If we execute, good things are going to happen,” Boss said.

Dillon Davis ·
ICE HOCKEY

Union's defense prevails against Spartans

Bridgeport, Conn. – The No. 1-seed Union hockey team has the second highest ranked scoring defense in the country and they more than lived up to that ranking Friday, beating the No. 4-seed MSU, 3-1, at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. When MSU found out it was going to be playing against Union in the East Regional NCAA Tournament game, it understood it had a defensive game waiting for them, head coach Tom Anastos said.

BASEBALL

Baseball tops Oakland 2-1 in home opener

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 23, 2012

Tony Wieber has been doing a little bit of everything for the MSU baseball for awhile now. In the Spartans’ home opener Friday at Kobs Field at McLane Baseball Stadium, the junior utility player put his versatility on display. With the game knotted at one in the bottom of the eighth, Wieber hit a triple to left center field to bring home junior left fielder Jordan Keur all the way from first.

Dillon Davis ·
ICE HOCKEY

Hockey steps forward in first year under Anastos

Bridgeport, Conn. – Exactly a year ago Friday, Tom Anastos stood behind a podium following his introduction as the next head coach of MSU hockey – a program he knew well from his days as a player and assistant coach. Fast forward a year, and Anastos is still behind a podium.

BASKETBALL

Hoopfest attracts students to the court

Derek Blalock
March 22, 2012

March Magic Hoopfest is just another way Paul Rodenhouse can give back to the community. The MSU graduate student is in his second year of volunteering at March Magic Hoopfest through the College of Osteopathic Medicine. “Basketball is one of my favorite sports,” Rodenhouse said.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Not so sweet

Pat Evans
March 22, 2012

Phoenix — Draymond Green ended his career accomplishing one of his many goals — a career that ended three games sooner than he wished in a 57-44 Sweet 16 loss to Louisville. The senior forward surpassed Greg Kelser as the MSU all-time leading rebounder, but in a season he hoped to go to the Final Four, it didn’t matter.

ICE HOCKEY

MSU looks to win NCAA Tournament game

Dillon Davis
March 22, 2012

Bridgeport, Conn. — Torey Krug has been through a lot of changes in three years. From bursting on the scene as a talented All-CCHA player as a freshman to being elected a team captain as a sophomore to seeing a coaching change and a shift in the direction of the MSU hockey program, Krug quickly embraced his role as a leader and has found success as the CCHA’s most offensive defenseman in more than two decades.

BASEBALL

Spartans to play Oakland in 3-game series home opener

Dillon Davis
March 22, 2012

Despite earning a program-building victory against then-No. 11 St. John’s in its first official game of the season on the road, there’s nothing like a little home cooking for Ryan Jones and the MSU baseball team. Following an opening stretch of 17 games on the road, the Spartans (10-7) return to McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field for the first time in the young season this weekend for a three-game set with Oakland (3-12), starting at 3:05 p.m.

SPORTS

Jarzen looks to earn All-American honors at NCAA Championships

Alex McClung
March 22, 2012

When junior Jacob Jarzen hits the water for each of his swimming races, he said he is in the zone. For the third year in a row, Jarzen has qualified for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. He is the only swimmer representing the Spartans this weekend — competing Thursday through Saturday — at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Seattle, a feat head coach Matt Gianiodis said should not go unnoticed.