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SPORTS

Yuhasz's week: No goals allowed, 1 Big Ten award

Tom Keller
October 25, 2006

After posting shutouts in wins against Central Michigan and No. 13 Indiana, senior field hockey goalkeeper Stephanie Yuhasz was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. Yuhasz's second shutout, a 1-0 decision against the Hoosiers, was MSU's first Big Ten win and its first win against a ranked opponent this season. Yuhasz improved her record to 6-7-0 and bumped her season shutout total to four, which ranks third in the Big Ten. The Spartans (6-10 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) return to action Saturday against Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.

SPORTS

Word on the street

"Absolutely. The Red Wings now suck, I never had hope in the Lions and the Pistons are falling down hill.

SPORTS

Prognosticators' special: Tigers version

Tom Keller — St. Louis' projected starting pitchers for the next three games: Chris Carpenter (reigning Cy Young winner), Jeff Suppan (1.86 ERA this postseason) and rookie Anthony Reyes (surrendered only four hits in Game 1 win). Even with Carlos Guillen and Craig Monroe hitting the cover off the ball, the Cardinals should win two of those games. But with the series back in Detroit, Kenny Rogers breaks the consecutive playoff scoreless innings record — without the aid of pine tar/dirt/Flubber — and wins Game 6 to keep the series alive.

SPORTS

Janicki's 2 game-winners net Player of Week honor

Matt Bishop
October 24, 2006

Men's soccer senior defender Greg Janicki was named the Big Ten's Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after scoring the game-winning goals in MSU victories against Valparaiso and Northwestern. His goal against Valparaiso on Wednesday was the first of his career, while the goal on Sunday came in double overtime and gave the Spartans their first conference win of the season.

FOOTBALL

Beyond Belief

Steve Highfield
October 23, 2006

Evanston, Ill. — When MSU was down 38-3 against Northwestern midway through the third quarter, things looked hopeless. It looked like it could be John L.

SPORTS

Monday Musings

Tom Keller
October 23, 2006

Starting next season, several Major League Baseball teams will sell caskets marked with their team colors and insignia. Among the early buyers: The Kansas City Royals, who will use the caskets to house their playoff hopes once the season is a month old. Almost half of baseball fans want Barry Bonds to fall short of Hank Aaron's home run record, according to an Associated Press-America Online poll released last week. Worse for Bonds, almost 98 percent of fans hope he doesn't break Placido Polanco's record for biggest head in the league. In other baseball news, MLB players and owners reportedly have reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract.

SOCCER

MSU gets 1st conference win in 2OT

Brendan Bouffard
October 23, 2006

After 90 grueling minutes of regulation play, the MSU men's soccer team entered overtime against Northwestern, needing a clutch goal to capture its first Big Ten win of the season. With less than three minutes remaining in double overtime, MSU junior midfielder Ben Pirmann lifted an impressive pass into the box.

SPORTS

No postgame praise for Smith

• The players are usually the first to credit the coaching staff after a big win, but there was hardly any mention of coaching moves in the post-game press conference.

SPORTS

Word on the street

"I've been a Tigers fan since I can remember — I'd do whatever it takes, as long as it isn't life threatening.

SPORTS

MSU's task: Replace Shimek, Bowen

Eric Fish
October 19, 2006

The MSU women's basketball program established itself as an organization of national superiority two seasons ago when it reached the national championship game. Last year, the team made it to the Sweet 16, further cementing the success of the program. But gone are the days of Kristin Haynie, Kelli Roehrig, Lindsay Bowen and Liz Shimek, and now it's time for senior captains Victoria Lucas-Perry, Rene Haynes and Katrina Grantham to lead the team into a new era of basketball as the upcoming season looms. Five letterwinners from last year — including Shimek and Bowen, MSU's all-time No.

SOCCER

MSU blanks Valparaiso, 2-0

Matt Bishop
October 19, 2006

With a Big Ten showdown against Northwestern looming on the horizon, the MSU men's soccer team could easily have looked past its Wednesday opponent, Valparaiso. Instead, the Spartans came out and played suffocating defense from the first whistle to the last, crushing the Crusaders, 2-0, at Old College Field. "Today was what we call a Spartan effort," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.