Red Wings fans not accustomed to early losses
As a Detroit Red Wings fan for the past six years, Matthew Smith has never said goodbye to his team in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
As a Detroit Red Wings fan for the past six years, Matthew Smith has never said goodbye to his team in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
Elgrace Wilborns hopes of playing basketball at MSU next season are over. The 6-foot-8 power forward from Springfield, Ohio, will not be released from his National Letter of Intent at Tennessee, said Tennessee head coach Buzz Peterson. Weve talked with Elgrace, he said.
It was not a weekend to brag about for the MSU softball team, as it dropped two games each to Ohio State and Penn State, according to MSU sports information. The latest setback was a 9-2 loss to the Nittany Lions on Sunday in State College, Pa. MSU now stands 17-34 overall and 4-10 in the Big Ten.
LANSING - There doesnt seem to be any home-field advantage for the Lansing Lugnuts so far this season. The Midwest Leagues last-place Lugnuts (4-11) are now 1-7 at Oldsmobile Park after a four-game sweep at the hands of the Dayton Dragons last week. Its always good to see wins; obviously thats what everyone strives for, Lugnuts manager Julio Garcia said.
The MSU womens club water polo team knows firsthand how sweet victory can be. The team won its first Big Ten Championship on Sunday at Ohio State, defeating Illinois 4-2.
A two-hour rain delay didnt put a damper on MSUs chances for post-season action, as it defeated Northwestern 6-2 Sunday afternoon. Head coach Ted Mahan said the Spartans - who trailed 1-0 after two innings after a fielding error - were able to respond at the right time and overcome an early deficit.
After two long days and six rounds of watching other players names run across their TV screens on the 2001 NFL Draft show on ESPN, three graduating MSU football players finally saw what they were waiting for Sunday.
With signs in their hands, an agenda on their minds and hope in their hearts, members of the MSU mens gymnastics team went to the Board of Trustees meeting Friday in hopes of saving their now extinct program.
LANSING - The first few weeks of the season have not been kind to Julio Garcia. The Lansing Lugnuts manager has watched his team suffer through plagues of errors and impotent hitting and win only three of its first 12 games. Tonight, the Lugnuts will close their four-game series with the Dayton Dragons at Oldsmobile Park, still searching for some consistent play.
It will be a battle of bottom-feeders trying to move up in the standings this weekend when the MSU baseball team hosts a four-game series against Northwestern.
Tom Newton wasnt exactly waiting next to the mailbox, but the three pieces of paper he had been anticipating for the past week finally arrived Wednesday.Seven days after the spring signing date, left wings Kevin Estrada and Mike Lalonde and center Ash Goldie, all of whom had already verbally committed to MSU, officially signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Spartans as freshmen next fall.The signings bring MSUs recruiting class to seven.Newton, an MSU assistant coach, said the class will probably add some scoring punch to the Spartans defensively strong lineup.These people have traditionally been able to score, but scoring at this level and scoring at the junior level are two different things, Newton said.
It all began my freshman year when I attended Ferris State.I worked for the sports information department, writing press releases, sending out mail and most importantly, doing statistics for sporting events.I was never much of a hockey fan before that year, and being exposed to every one of Ferris States hockey games, it suddenly dawned on me how rad this sport was.So the following year, I transferred to Spartan country to pursue a journalism degree while following our hockey team as much as the television would allow, and also keeping a close eye on the Red Wings.Sometimes I would even sit one foot from the cube and put headphones on so I wouldnt disturb my roommate diligently doing his homework.
As a first-year player on an offensive line plagued with injuries last year, Brain Ottney felt the growing pains of the Big Ten in more ways than one.Thrown into the starting center position after two games, while recovering from a torn ligament in his left leg, Ottney said contributing on the field was a challenge due to his limited athleticism.
A late rally by the MSU softball team fell short as the Spartans lost at home to Central Michigan on Wednesday. The 6-5 loss to the Chippewas (22-17) dropped MSUs record to 17-30, 4-6 Big Ten. Our motto is keep getting better, MSU head coach Jacquie Joseph said.
The MSU mens gymnastics team will perform one last routine to attempt to save its debunked program.
A Florida junior college standout will be bringing some heat to the court when she joins the MSU womens basketball team in the fall.Tallahassee Community College star Syreeta Bromfield signed a National Letter of Intent with MSU Sunday.Bromfield had considered St.
U.S. National Team head coach Lou Vairo is quite blunt in his assessment of Ryan Miller. Hes coming in as our No.
If it was indeed their last college gymnastics meet, then two MSU gymnasts may have saved their best for last at the NCAA mens gymnastics championships.
If defense truly wins championships, the NCAA should strongly consider giving MSU the 2001-02 national championship trophy right now.The Spartans, who dominated the nation defensively this season, probably look downright scary to next years opponents.Not only does MSU head coach Ron Mason return his five starting defensemen from the unit that led the nation by only allowing 1.36 goals per game in 2000-01, but he also welcomes back Hobey Baker Award-winning sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller.To put MSUs defensive accomplishments in perspective, Cornell owned the second-best defense in the NCAA at 2.18 goals per game.So, with another year of experience under the belts of Miller, junior defensemen Andrew Hutchinson and Jon Insana, sophomores John-Michael Liles and Brad Fast and freshman Joe Markusen, will anyone score on MSU at all next season?Obviously, you cant go a whole year shutting everybody out, said Miller, who led the nation with 10 shutouts this season.
The Spartans won two of their first three games on their weekend road trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota. MSU (17-28 overall, 4-5) stole the series opener 1-0 from the Gophers on Saturday with a first-inning run by senior Shealee Dunavan that stood up for the whole game, according to MSU sports information. Dunavan scored on a two-out single by sophomore Tiffany Wallace, who finished 3-for-4 on the game.