Junior Eric Jorgensen tied for 17th in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at Ohio State’s Scarlet Golf Course on Saturday.Jorgensen shot a final round, two over-par 73 to finish with a four day total of 283 (72-69-69-73).He shot a strong front nine with eight pars and a birdie on the ninth hole.
MSU senior Paul Terek ended his career at MSU by earning a second-place finish in the decathlon at the NCAA Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Baton Rogue, La.His second place showing is the highest in MSU history for a male competing in the decathlon.
Junior golfer Eric Jorgensen is one over par (72) after the first round of the NCAA Men’s Division I Championship on Wednesday.
MSU swimming coach Jim Lutz named Eric Best the new men’s and women’s diving coach on Wednesday.
Women’s golf coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll and four women’s golfers have a date set with the U.S.
Fifty-four MSU athletes were named to the spring Big Ten Academic All-Conference Team on Wednesday.
Women’s golf finishes 19th, Bastel an All-American The women’s golf team finished in 19th place out of 24 teams at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships in Auburn, Wash. The Spartans four-day total of 1,202 was highlighted by their final-round score of 289.
Five MSU track athletes will represent the green and white in an attempt to attain All-America status.The Spartans will begin competition today at the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Baton Rouge, La.The group is headlined by senior Paul Terek.
Jorgensen begins competition as sole men’s golfer Men’s golfer Eric Jorgensen will be MSU’s sole representative at the NCAA Championship, which starts today in Columbus, Ohio.
The volleyball team added transfer student Sara Villwock to its 2002 roster. Villwock, who appeared in 59 career games for Colorado, transferred to MSU after two years of play for the Buffaloes.
Former MSU football players will be signing autographs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Meridian Mall, 1982 W.
For the second consecutive season, senior Paul Terek captured the title of Big Ten Men’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
This summer, junior forward Julie Pagel will become the 14th Spartan to participate in the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Foreign Tour. The squad will travel to Belgium and Hollandfrom June 14-24, playing five games.
After a four-game road series against the Kane County Cougars, the Lansing Lugnuts will return home for 12 consecutive contests. The Lugnuts took two of the first three games of the series from the Cougars before falling 5-4 Tuesday at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva, Ill.
After round one at the NCAA Women’s Golf National Championships on Tuesday, MSU was tied for 19th with a score of 305 - 20 strokes off the pace of tournament-leading Arizona. Sophomore Sarah Martin shot the lowest score of the day for the Spartans with a 2-over par 74, a personal best for the championships and a season-best for 18 holes.
The women’s crew team secured a team bid to the 2002 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships from May 31-June 2 at Eagle Creek Reservoir in Indianapolis. The bid marks the third time in the program’s five-year history as a varsity sport that the entire team will make the trip to nationals.
Lansing- Asthma affects more than 14 million Americans, but one Olympian is trying to spread the word that it can be overcome.Two-time tennis Olympic gold medal winner Mary Jo Fernandez, the spokesperson for the Breathe Easier campaign, spoke to local children and their parents about the disease Tuesday afternoon at the Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E.
Lansing - Despite giving up a first-inning home run Saturday night, the Lansing Lugnuts surged to a 3-1 win against South Bend.Lugnuts right-hander Angel Guzman (5-2) gave up the solo shot to Silver Hawks second baseman Scott Hairston early, but only allowed two more hits in seven innings of work.“From the beginning of the game, I tried to put the ball down,” Guzman said.
The men’s track and field team finished seventh, while the women’s team finished ninth at the 2002 Big Ten Outdoor Championships at Wisconsin. MSU seniors Paul Terek and Ann Somerville had record-setting performances on the second day of competition in Madison, Wis. Terek dominated the decathlon, winning three of five events and totaling 7,829 points - a Big Ten record.
With a four-game sweep of Penn State, the MSU baseball team solidified the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. “We played well.