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Lugnuts trail behind in series with Whitecaps

Justin A. Rice
June 4, 2001

LANSING - After splitting the first half of a four-game series with the West Michigan Whitecaps in Grand Rapids this weekend, the Lansing Lugnuts dropped the third game of the series 4-2 Sunday at Oldsmobile Park. The Whitecaps (26-28) shut out the Lugnuts (22-35) 10-0 Friday, while Lansing won 6-3 Saturday after it overcame a two-run deficit in the eighth inning. West Michigan didn’t waste any time getting those two runs back Sunday - taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Lansing hitting coach Mike Micucci said the Lugnuts were not prepared to play and were unable to recover from the runs scored in the first inning. “Sometimes all it takes is one inning and today that’s what happened in the first couple innings,” Micucci said. “It took us a couple of innings to get into the game, and we couldn’t make up the difference.” In the top of the fourth inning, the Lugnuts cut into the Whitecaps’ four-run lead with two runs of their own, when first baseman Blair Barbier (1-for-4) loaded the bases on an infield single, extending his hitting streak to 13 games.

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Decathlete Terek places fourth at NCAA Track Championships

Kevin Tuczek
June 4, 2001

MSU junior decathlete Paul Terek earned the All-American tag for his efforts at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last week in Eugene, Ore.Terek’s first-place performance in the decathlon pole vault and his third-place finish in the 1,500-meter run helped him earn fourth overall at the competition, with 7,645 points.The MSU co-captain, who also competed in the pole vault, stood in eighth place following day one of the decathlon.

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Bowen verbally commits to w-hoops for 2002

Paul Day
May 31, 2001

DANSVILLE - MSU’s tireless recruitment of Dansville High senior point guard Lindsay Bowen, which started when she was an eighth-grader, proved valiant Wednesday. In front of a crowd of Dansville faithfuls Wednesday morning, Bowen announced her intention to dress in green and white for the 2002-03 season.

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Terek eyes NCAA titles

Kevin Tuczek
May 31, 2001

The Big Ten Athlete of the Year and a promising freshman will represent MSU this week at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. Junior All-American Paul Terek, who won Big Ten Athlete of the Year and Athlete of the Meet at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships honors earlier this month, will compete in the pole vault and the decathlon at the competition, which started Wednesday and continues through Saturday.

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Izzo still searching for aide; Garland promoted

Justin A. Rice
May 30, 2001

By this time next week, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo expects to fill the empty seat on his bench - a seat vacated last month when assistant coach Stan Heath took the head coaching job at Kent State. Since Heath’s departure, Izzo has promoted his No.

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Womens golf ready for NCAA Championship

Paul Day
May 21, 2001

Dream, believe and achieve. MSU women’s golf coach Stacy Slobodnik said those three words will appear on the team’s Big Ten Championship ring because they have been staples in the Spartans’ success this season. Now the 16th-ranked Spartans will try to build on their momentum in the NCAA Championship, which starts today at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

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Lugnuts lose fourth straight

Justin A. Rice
May 21, 2001

LANSING - The Lugnuts dropped their fourth-straight game Sunday - a 1-0, 10-inning pitchers’ duel to the Quad City River Bandits at Oldsmobile Park. After losing the series opener 6-4 to Quad City on Saturday, Bandit second baseman Reggie Gonzalez ended Lansing’s hopes of taking game two with his game-winning home run off of reliever Ferenc Jongejan (0-2) in the top of the 10th.

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Terek resets school decathlon record; Izzo to help coach U.S. Goodwill team

Kevin Tuczek
May 21, 2001

The men’s and women’s track teams both finished in the bottom half of the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Bloomington, Ind., this weekend, but each had some bright spots. Senior Paul Terek was named the 2001 Big Ten Athlete of the Meet for his record-breaking performance. Terek set a school record and a Big Ten Outdoor Championship record with 7,695 points in the decathlon, automatically qualifying him for the NCAA Outdoor Championship in Eugene, Ore. Terek already held the school record since 1999 and broke it earlier this season with 7,441 points.

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Track teams prep for weekend conference championship meets

Paul Day
May 17, 2001

The MSU men’s and women’s track and field teams will be competing in the 2001 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championship this weekend in Bloomington, Ind.Men’s coach Darroll Gatson looks forward to strong competition from his athletes during the weekend, while women’s coach Angela Goodman looks to use the weekend as a stepping stone for her program.Gatson has high expectations of his team, but there is one standard he has set for his athletes - to compete.“Our goal is to be very competitive,” Gatson said.

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Crew boat makes NCAA championships

Paul Day
May 16, 2001

MSU women’s crew coach Bebe Bryans predicted correctly Sunday when she said the first varsity eight boat would have a good chance of making the crew national championships.Bryans said the team was contacted about its NCAA at-large berth right before practice Tuesday and everyone was “obviously really excited.”The varsity women’s crew team has been in competition for four years and has made nationals in all four of its seasons.

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Sophomore outfielder breaks school single-season hit record

Justin A. Rice
May 14, 2001

After spending the entire year chasing MSU’s 7-year-old single-season record for hits, sophomore outfielder Bob Malek finally got over the hump Saturday during the second-to-last game of the season.After tying the record Friday, Malek’s 85th and record-breaking hit came during the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Penn State, when he hit a single up the middle in MSU’s 8-7 loss.“He’s a team player all the way,” MSU head baseball coach Ted Mahan said.

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Lugnuts drop two out of three during weekend

Steve Bossi
May 14, 2001

LANSING - It was a game that a mother would love.Although his team lost to the Burlington Bees 9-7 on Mother’s Day, Lansing Lugnut manager Julio Garcia said the players, as well as their mothers, should not be disappointed with the performance.The 16-run, 23-hit barrage started right away when Lugnut first baseman Blair Barbier (2-for-4) drove in infielder Adam Morrisey (1-for-3) with a first-inning single.

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Womens crew boat waits to hear NCAA fate; golf qualifies for nationals

Paul Day
May 14, 2001

The MSU women’s crew team qualified all four varsity boats Saturday for Sunday’s Grande Final at the Lexus Central Sprints Regional Championships. But the Spartans finished fifth in Sunday’s competition with a total of 14 points, as Michigan won the competition with 120 points. The first varsity eight boat had the best showing with a time of 6:42.4 and a fourth-place finish in the final. The second varsity eight boat finished the final with a time of 6:55.6.