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Womens gold begins season

Keith Dunlap
February 16, 2001

The MSU women’s golf team opened its spring season by finishing 16th out of 18 teams after Wednesday’s final round of the TRW Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., according to MSU Sports Information. The competition was stiff for the Spartans, as the three-day tournament featured 15 teams ranked in the top 25. MSU, which was ranked 25th by www.golfstat.com entering the tournament, finished with a final team score of 941 - 57 strokes behind tournament winner and No.

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Assistant coach enjoys opportunity

Leslie Escobar
February 16, 2001

Daune Koester calls her new position as assistant coach of the MSU women’s volleyball team an “awesome opportunity.” The 26-year-old Detroit native said though she has had many years of volleyball experience, this will be a new one. “I’ve never been this excited about working - it’s a great job and a great conference,” she said. Koester, hired this month, replaced former assistant coach Laura Abbinante and joins head coach Chuck Erbe and first assistant Todd Dagenais.

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Evans will be tough rebound competition

Eric Mckinney
February 16, 2001

As a senior at Woodham high school in Pensacola, Florida no one gave Reggie Evans a second glance, but as the nation’s leading rebounder the junior is regarded as one of Division I’s best forwards.“Coming out of high school I didn’t get any scholarship offers at all,” Evans said of Division I programs.

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W-hoops eye potential victory over Wildcats

Krista Latham
February 15, 2001

A mid-season turnaround could start tonight as the women’s basketball team travels to Evanston, Ill., to face Big Ten doormat Northwestern at 8:00 p.m.Although the Spartans (8-15 overall, 2-10 Big Ten) have lost their last nine games, their play in the two most recent games was dramatically improved, and head coach Joanne P.

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Despite team loss, two wrestlers win

Keith Dunlap
February 15, 2001

There’s an old saying that there’s no “I” in “team,” but that still didn’t diminish the accomplishments of two MSU wrestlers last weekend during two tough losses.The first big performance came in a 32-3 loss to top-ranked Minnesota on Friday, as senior Pat McNamara defeated third-ranked Brett Lawrence 6-0 in the 133 pound weight class.The victory pushed McNamara from sixth to fourth in the www.intermatwrestle.com rankings at 133 pounds.Sophomore Karl Nadolsky followed that up with a 5-3 upset over fifth-ranked Mike Zadick of Iowa at 149 pounds during the third-ranked Hawkeyes’ 31-9 win over the Spartans on Sunday.Friday’s match against Lawrence was a homecoming for McNamara, who is a native of Jordan, Minn.“It’s nice to go home and win in front of your family and friends - I enjoyed that part of the weekend,” he said.

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Miller to chat on ESPN.com

James Jahnke
February 15, 2001

Record-breaking MSU goaltender Ryan Miller will participate in a chat on ESPN.com today at 2 p.m. Fans can ask the sophomore questions by clicking on the “chat” link at the top of the ESPN.com main page or a link on the front page of msuspartans.com. Miller broke the 70-year-old NCAA record for career shutouts with his 17th against Alaska-Fairbanks last Saturday.

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Chappell diversifies game

Eric Mckinney
February 15, 2001

As a shooter, when your shot doesn’t fall, life can be tough. And senior forward Mike Chappell knows that feeling well.When Chappell transferred to MSU after his sophomore year at Duke in 1998, Spartan fans and coaches thought he’d become the three-point specialist the team lacked, but that never materialized.“It’s been a struggle for him.

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Player does just about everything

Eric Lacy
February 14, 2001

If a college basketball player’s toughness is based on the battles one has experienced, then David Thomas is MSU’s “General Patton.” Thomas, 24 and in his fifth season, said he is thankful for getting more opportunities to play this season after suffering knee and foot injuries in two of his first three playing seasons.

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Few penalties may lead to great hockey

James Jahnke
February 13, 2001

Maybe nice guys do finish first.The top-ranked Spartans, the least-penalized team in the CCHA, have a five-point lead in the league and their tendency toward good behavior might have something to do with it.The Spartans have tallied nine goals in their last three games - all officiated by CCHA referee Duke Shegos - while only being whistled for six penalties.“The refs have been letting a lot of stuff go, but I think we’ve been playing pretty disciplined as a team,” junior defenseman Andrew Hutchinson said.“We’ve had low penalties the whole year and we’ve just been fortunate that we haven’t taken any these past few games.”MSU averages 15.35 penalty minutes per league game, almost a full minute less than second-place Northern Michigan.The Spartans actually started their current three-game stretch of sainthood - Feb.

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Defense gives up too many threes

Eric Mckinney
February 13, 2001

Over the last three games, MSU has given up 108 points on three-pointers compared to 18 points off its own three-pointers.“There’s definitely a deficiency between what teams are scoring against us and what we’re scoring against them,” said MSU head coach Tom Izzo of the No.

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Spartans barely win against Minnesota

Eric Mckinney
February 12, 2001

Minneapolis, Minn. - The Spartans made it clear they came to play in Minneapolis from the opening tip with an alley-oop dunk by junior guard Jason Richardson.“It was just a great chance for us to get going,” he said.

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Miller-time at Munn made for great night

I had never been to an MSU hockey game at Munn Ice Arena before Saturday night.Boy, did I ever pick a night to finally go.My family has had season tickets for a while, but I was never interested.I don’t know why I suddenly was on Saturday.

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Spartans lose close game

Krista Latham
February 12, 2001

It was almost magical, the way senior guard Christie Pung’s layup floated into the basket to tie up the MSU women’s basketball team’s game against Indiana on Sunday.The clock read 18.3 seconds, the scoreboard was lit with matching 50s and the referee blew his whistle.

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Player kicked off team

James Jahnke
February 12, 2001

Jeremy Jackson, who has played in only one game since Jan. 19, was dismissed from the top-ranked Spartan hockey team Thursday.The freshman center from Chilliwack, British Columbia was fourth on the team with 19 points - seven goals and 12 assists - this season, but hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye with MSU head coach Ron Mason.Mason said Jackson was dismissed for “accountability issues in the classroom and with the team.“It’s really too bad,” Mason said.

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Izzo: Perimeter defense needs work

Eric Lacy
February 12, 2001

MINNEAPOLIS - For most of Saturday night’s game against MSU, Williams Arena scorekeepers could only count in threes.Five of Minnesota’s seven scholarship players combined for 16 three-pointers in a display of marksmanship that caused serious breakdowns in the Spartans’ defensive scheme.

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Hockey team completes sweep

James Jahnke
February 12, 2001

Munn Ice Arena had a record-breaking aura this weekend, but even more importantly, the Spartans earned a key sweep in their last home series of the season.No.

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Hutson deserves to shoot often

Eric Lacy
February 9, 2001

“Feed me,” cried the rapidly growing Venus flytrap, Audrey Jr., to nerdy plant shop assistant Seymour - played by Rick Moranis - when in need of nourishment in the cult classic film “Little Shop of Horrors.”The large self-proclaimed “mean green mother from outer space” was hungry for human flesh, and it didn’t hesitate to be vocal about it either.That’s the mindset Andre Hutson should take in the remaining six games of the Big Ten regular season and both the conference and NCAA tournaments.Shooting 68.5 percent (39-of-54) during the past seven games and leading both the conference and team in field-goal percentage, the 6-foot-8 senior forward needs to be “fed” the ball more by teammates.Hutson looked impressive early in MSU’s 77-66 loss to Illinois on Tuesday, scoring six of MSU’s first seven points.