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SPORTS

Volleyball searches for outside left hitter as Big Ten season approaches

Wanted: An all-around MSU volleyball player to fill opposite side hitter duties which include providing a strong left side attack and consistent back court play. Must be good at passing, defense and serving. The MSU volleyball team (5-3) is searching its ranks for the left side attacker, or the "L2", and have yet to find a player to make the position their own as the Spartans head into the first week of conference play. "That is something this team has struggled with for the last few years is having a real consistent L2 player," head coach Chuck Erbe said.

VOLLEYBALL

Spartans go winless in weekend plays

The MSU volleyball team went 0-2 this weekend, losing to Notre Dame and South Carolina in the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C. "That's just what happens," head coach Chuck Erbe said.

SPORTS

Performance did not warrant ESPN broadcast

Over the weekend I received a dozen or so e-mails about the column I wrote in the latest Sidelines section "GameDay made mistake coming to East Lansing." The common trend was pure shock, that I, an MSU student, would bash the university.

FOOTBALL

A hard day's night

Megan Homanick
September 20, 2004

The MSU offense turned the ball over six times, the wide receivers dropped passes and an offensive touchdown wasn't scored until the last minute of the game. "I told the team that we are all going to come in tomorrow morning to look at film from this game, and we are going to be very ill," MSU head coach John L.

FOOTBALL

QB continues family's tradition

The family business. It's a phrase that suggests a particular family's specialty, cultivated through years of hard labor and dedication. MSU redshirt freshman quarterback Stephen Reaves is now beginning to make a name for himself in his family's business - football.

BASKETBALL

Izzone explosion

The Izzone's intensity, complete with the loud echoes of stomping feet and screaming fans will multiply by four this season. For the 2004-05 season about 3,050 student seats will be added to one of the best-known fan sections in the country that touted 950 members last year.

BASEBALL

Lugnuts announce new deal with Blue Jays

The Lansing Lugnuts officially ended their six-year relationship with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, announcing a new affiliation with the Toronto Blue Jays. With the new two-year agreement, the Lugnuts will be the Blue Jays' Class A minor league affiliate in the Midwest League effective for the 2005 season. Rumors about the switch have been circulating for about a week but Lugnuts officials declined to confirm them until Tuesday.

SPORTS

Wallin shines, breaks record

It's a good thing for the MSU volleyball team (5-1) that junior middle Megan Wallin likes a good fight. The 6-foot-3-inch Florida native has come out swinging this season, already breaking school and career records in the first two weeks of the season. "I thrive on competition - it doesn't matter if it's volleyball or a card game," Wallin said. During the Coca-Cola/MSU Volleyball Invitational, Wallin broke a school record after a .929 hitting percentage and had 13 kills, earning her a spot on the invitational's All-Tournament Team.

FOOTBALL

Receivers key in rivalry with Irish

The MSU-Notre Dame rivalry has a way of putting wide receivers in the limelight. Charles Rogers, Herb Haygood and Arnaz Battle are among the receivers whose names recently have been carved into history. As the Spartans attempt to beat the Irish for the seventh time in eight years at 7 p.m.