The MSU women's tennis team captured its first win of the season on Saturday and followed up with another victory on Sunday to bring its season record to 2-2. In the Spartans' home opener, the team defeated Bowling Green 6-1, taking all three doubles matches and five of the six singles matches.
Three Spartans from the women's track and field team earned medals on Saturday at the Red Simmons Invite in Ann Arbor. Junior Mickie Rzepka captured the pole vault with a jump of 12-06, while freshman Cynetheia Rooks and senior Sarah Adelaine finished second and third in the 400-meter dash and the weight throw, respectively. The men's team enjoyed success at the meet as well, with senior team captain Steve Manz leading the pack with a first-place shot put throw of 59-00.
Junior captain Jim Slater knows Ohio State has MSU's number. In their last six meetings with the Spartans, the Buckeyes hold a 4-0-2 advantage, including two wins earlier this season.
Even after dropping its first two matches, the MSU women's tennis team remains confident about the remainder of its season. "My outlook is the best it's been since I arrived here," head coach Tim Bauer said.
After a weak start and a dual loss last weekend, the MSU wrestling team hopes to produce better results with the start of Big Ten action on Friday. The Spartans (1-4 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) already have faced No.
The No. 20 MSU women's basketball team looks to avoid a huge letdown tonight at Northwestern. Coming off a 34-point win over Michigan on Sunday, the Spartans (13-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) are in a position that if they're not careful, they could lose one they shouldn't. "We have a job to do at Northwestern, and I think we'll go down there and play tough," sophomore guard Lindsay Bowen said. Earlier this season, the Spartans beat Temple by 38 points, and follow with a 92-63 drubbing of then-No.17 Notre Dame.
Collegiate Baseball has named junior outfielder Travis Gulick as its Big Ten Projected Player of the Year. As the Spartans' 2003 Offensive Player of the Year, Gulick led the conference in hits (78) and runs scored (60), and ranked in the top 10 of several other categories in the Big Ten regular season, along with earning third-team, All-Big Ten honors.
Women's gymnastics came in second place at Central Michigan this weekend with two members winning a share of their respective event titles. Freshman Chayla Hill split the vault title with CMU's Kara Reighard, and freshman Victoria Iakounina tied CMU's Sara Burtinsky for the bars title. CMU won the meet and Illinois State rounded out the competition.
The Spartans could be adding another big body to their rotation, just in time for the meat of the Big Ten schedule. Redshirt freshman forward Delco Rowley practiced for the first time Monday since spraining his left knee Dec.
Nine members of the MSU track and field team took home top honors in individual events at the Central Michigan Invite Friday. For the women, four seniors won first-place honors.
Shannon Radermacher tears down the back stretch, zipping past her competitors. She picks up her pace, prepared to leave everything she's got out there on the track as she veers into the final turn of the two-lap, 800-meter run.
The No. 24 MSU wrestling team fell to No. 5 Missouri, 29-3, on Saturday. The matchup was the opening round of the NWCA Cliff Keen National Duals, a double-elimination event featuring the top 16 teams in the nation.
The Spartans handled their business with back-to-back home wins last week, thrusting them into a tie for the conference lead. Now the hard part starts.
Before, he was named the "Buffest." Now, he is the best mascot in the country - officially. This past weekend, the beloved MSU mascot, Sparty, took first place at the 2004 Universal Cheer Association/Universal Dance Association College Nationals in Orlando, Fla. "For us, it is like winning the Final Four or the Rose Bowl.
The MSU women's tennis team opened its season this weekend with losses to two ranked opponents, No.
MSU swimming and diving lost both its weekend road meets as the women's and men's teams each fell to Northwestern and Purdue. On Friday, the men's team (3-5 overall, 0-3 Big Ten) went down, 129-111, to the No.
Senior setter Nikki Colson was honored Saturday as the MSU volleyball team's Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. With 1,585 assists on the season, Colson broke her own record en route to setting the career assist record for MSU with 4,563. Colson, along with teammate senior libero Emmy Miller, took home the 2003 Captains' Awards.
This season, the No. 25 MSU women's basketball team has made a name for itself with its defense. After putting on arguably their best defensive effort in a game against Ohio State last week, the Spartans (13-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) bettered the effort against Michigan in a 67-33 win Sunday.
Paul Davis had the look of a beaten warrior. Blood seeped through a small bandage covering his right eyebrow.
Old habits are hard to break. But even though the MSU hockey team failed again to sweep this past weekend's series at Bowling Green, the split was a bit different, as the Spartans played close to a complete game.