BASEBALL
Major league ballers
The MSU baseball team will have a new look in the infield in 2013, as it is tasked with replacing three players who started all 60 games this season.
SPORTS
Golfers honored by coaches
Two MSU women’s golfers were honored by the National Golf Coaches Association, or NGCA, this week for their performances in the 2012 season that helped the Spartans win their second consecutive Big Ten championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Championship. Junior Caroline Powers was chosen as an honorable mention All-American for the second time in two years.
SPORTS
Spartans at NCAA Track & Field Championship
MSU had a strong showing on the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Wednesday. Redshirt freshman Leah O’Connor advanced to the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase finals by placing ninth overall in the event.
BASEBALL
Four Spartans selected in 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft
Less than a week after MSU’s baseball season concluded in the NCAA Tournament, four Spartans earned the opportunity to play at the highest level by being selected in this week’s 2012 Major League Baseball, or MLB, First-Year Player Draft.
BASEBALL
Boss talks about NCAA Tournament, MLB Draft in meeting with media
As the MSU baseball team returns home after a quick exit from the NCAA Tournament, head coach Jake Boss Jr. is forced to look ahead. The Spartans were ousted from the Palo Alto Regional in Palo Alto, Calif. after a pair of weekend losses to Pepperdine and Fresno State, respectively. The NCAA Tournament berth was the first for the program since 1979, where the Spartans were eliminated on their home field in the Mideast Regional by Pepperdine and San Diego State.
SPORTS
Five MSU swimmers qualify for Olympic trials
When senior swimmer Jenny Rusch emerged from the water, she wiped her eyes, looked up and saw that she had achieved a dream more than a year in the making.
BASEBALL
Column: Another year signals growth for program
The MSU baseball team returned to East Lansing on Sunday following a pair of weekend losses in the NCAA Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif. Crushed and empty-handed, the Spartans enter the offseason with more questions than answers and have plenty to think about during the next eight months until they resume play.
BASEBALL
Spartans downed 8-2 by Fresno State, eliminated from NCAA Tournament
Despite a strong effort by junior pitcher Andrew Waszak, the Spartans couldn’t overcome a late surge by Fresno State in addition to their own offensive inadequacies — leaving six runners on base on the day — and fell to the Bulldogs, 8-2, in the Palo Alto Regional of the NCAA Tournament. season.
BASEBALL
Spartans fall to Pepperdine in opening game of NCAA Tournament
Just as in 1979 — the last year Spartan baseball qualified for the NCAA Tournament — MSU lost in the opening regional game Friday to Pepperdine.
BASEBALL
Spartans prepare for first NCAA Tournament berth since 1979
The MSU baseball team begins its wild west NCAA Tournament shootout today in Palo Alto, Calif., as the No. 3-seed Spartans take on No. 2-seed Pepperdine in the first round of the Palo Alto Regional at 4 p.m. EST.
FOOTBALL
NFL star returns to MSU to finish degree
After a standout football career at MSU and 10 seasons in the National Football League, former Spartan cornerback Renaldo Hill’s toughest challenge wasn’t banging bodies with bruising runners or chasing speedy wide receivers — it was picking up a pencil.
FOOTBALL
New football ticket system provides temporary difficulties
Early Wednesday morning, many football enthusiasts looking to purchase tickets for the upcoming season experienced difficulties and had to postpone their shopping. A new system, which is designed to provide fans with a convenient online seat-selection process, experienced technical issues and shut down for about 2-3 hours at about midnight on Wednesday when too many people tried to use it, Athletics Director Mark Hollis said.
ICE HOCKEY
Anastos discusses future of program in meeting with media
In his first season returning to a program where he once played and was an assistant coach under former head coach Ron Mason, Anastos led the Spartans to a four-win improvement from the 2010-11 season and coached MSU to its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008. But greater challenges might be ahead for the former CCHA commissioner.
BASEBALL
Column: Spartans’ bid gives team spotlight on NCAA stage
The Spartans are heading to the Golden State as NCAA Baseball Tournament participants for the first time in more than 30 years.
BASEBALL
Spartans eliminated from Big Ten Tournament following loss to Indiana
The MSU baseball team took a valiant bow out of the Big Ten Tournament Saturday afternoon after battling for 11 innings in its second matchup with No. 2-seed Indiana resulting in a 4-3 loss.
BASEBALL
Freshmen pace Spartans in win over Ohio State
With the season on the line for the MSU baseball team Friday afternoon against Ohio State, it was a pair of freshmen that came through and carried the Spartans to a 6-2 victory.
BASEBALL
Indiana rallies late to defeat Spartans in Big Ten Tournament
For the second consecutive day, the MSU baseball team looked like it would breeze its way to an easy victory early on in Big Ten Tournament play on Thursday.
FOOTBALL
Former MSU football player, track star passes
Former MSU football player, track star and longtime administrator at Morgan State University, Jesse Thomas died last Wednesday.
BASEBALL
MSU defeats Nebraska in Big Ten matchup
For eight and two-thirds innings, it appeared that MSU would cruise to a blowout win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Leading 10-2 to begin the final frame, a comedy of errors led to a seven-run inning with two outs on the board as the Spartans narrowly escaped with a 10-9 win against No. 4-seed Nebraska.
SPORTS
Face time with Matt Weise
Despite not generating the headlines of football or men’s basketball, Matt Weise quietly has built one of MSU’s most successful varsity sports. The eighth-year head coach of the MSU rowing team has maintained the success of a program that has qualified for the NCAA National Championship Regatta in 14 of the last 15 seasons.