Michigan State Spartans

OXFORD, Ohio -- Billy Sauer made 25 saves on 27 shots, but Miami (Ohio) goaltender Cody Reichard trumped him by stopping all 20 shots he faced in Miami's 2-0 victory over Michigan.

EAST LANSING -- After Tuesday's practice, on the busiest day of media interviews this season, 330-pound Roland Martin decided to switch roles.

No clear weakness

It has long been a given that the main event in the final week of the Big Ten football season was the Michigan-Ohio State game. No other game could come close to matching the history of the Buckeyes-Wolverines rivalry, and with the teams typically dominating conference play, a Big Ten championship was usually on the line for both schools.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Something remarkable happened in the middle of Pennsylvania Friday night. An 81-year-old man talked trash.

Melissa Boal and Alyssa Baldin each scored twice as Wayne State won its College Hockey America Conference opener, defeating visiting Syracuse, 5-3. Sam Poyton's team-leading 12th goal was the game-winner for the Warriors (8-2, 1-0), who won their fifth straight. The Warriors closed out the scoring against Syracuse (3-9, 0-5) on Baldin's 11th of the season, a short-handed goal at 17:51 of the second period. The teams play again at 2 p.m. today at the City Sports Center in Detroit.

Michigan State dropped its fifth consecutive game, a 7-1 loss at Nebraska-Omaha, on Friday evening. Dan Swenson had a hat trick for the homestanding Mavericks, who improve to 8-2-1, 4-2-1-1 in CCHA play. Senior Kurt Kivisto had the Spartan goal, as MSU falls to 4-7-2 overall and 2-5-2-2 in conference action.

The 2008 Michigan State volleyball team (14-14, 6-11 Big Ten) fell at No. 18 Purdue, 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-17), Friday night at Belin Court. Freshman outside hitter Becca Zlabis (Wheaton, Ill.) paced MSU with 15 kills, giving her 34 total kills against the Boilermakers this season. Junior Mischelle Nelson (Naperville, Ill.) finished the match with nine kills on 15 attacks while hitting a team-high .500. The nine kills from Nelson was one off of her career-high, set back in 2006 against Ball State.

The Michigan State swimming and diving teams each turned in strong performances on day one of the TYR Sport Conference Cup in Evanston, Ill. on Friday (Nov. 21) night. After day one of the three team invitational, the MSU men's team is just four points out of first place with a total of 405 points. The women's team is also in second place with 414.5 points. Northwestern leads both the men's and women's competitions with 409 and 501.5, respectively.

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The MHSAA Playoffs roll into Spartan Stadium this weekend. Muskegon is heavily favored over Davison, but the Cardinals are a tested team. And powerful Rockford faces Livonia Stevenson, who looks to build on the energy it displayed in a late-game comeback last week.

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ES 83: MSU Football Big Ten Title Preview vs Penn State.

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(2008 Nov 20)--RIGHT ON! MSU will be fighting for the Big Ten Championship on Saturday. How good are MSU's chances? The problem here is that MSU is a good team.. but Penn State is a GREAT team... No...

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(2008 Nov 20)--So, the ES headed on up to Chippewa-land with fellow Spartan alums Seth, Spuds, and Sloth, to very very cold Mt Pleasant last night. What a great, great football game and evening... I...

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