Spartan Sports Roundup
10/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
Oct. 28, 2008
Spartan Sports Roundup provides a brief overview of the Olympic sports teams in action. Read a recap of last week's action, look ahead to this week's action and find key notes on each team in this weekly recap.
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Community Outreach |
• The hockey program will hold silent auctions at each home game, with all proceeds going to the Shoot for a Cure program. The auction items are all donated by the hockey program or former Spartan skaters, most who are playing some level of professional hockey. In the first auctions of the season, nearly $550 was raised; items included National Championship photos and game pucks, and Stanley Cup autographed photos. The auctions will continue at this Friday's home game against Western Michigan. Already this season, the team has raised more than $3,000 after raising $5,000 in the program's first year.
• The Pen Pal Program began for the 2008-09 school year in the beginning of October. This year, MSU has 89 Student-Athletes participating. There are 62 classrooms at 12 different schools that the student-athletes interact with; each student-athlete is taken to visit their class once during the year. Visits have already begun.
• The Michigan State Volleyball team has started a silent auction for 13 pairs of pink Nike volleyball shoes. Proceeds from the silent auction will benefit the MSU Pediatric and Adolescent Hematology/Oncology Clinic, the clinic that has played a critical role in the treatment of Adalin Farnum, the daughter of women's soccer associate head coach Tammy Farnum. The auction began at Saturday's contest against Purdue and will run through intermission at the match against Indiana, scheduled for November 8. Bidding numbers will be available at the silent auction table at Jenison Field House.
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Cross Country |
Roster | Schedule
Last Week: Some members of the Spartan men's and women's teams competed at the EMU Open in Ypsilanti, Mich.
This Week: MSU will travel to Ann Arbor for the Big Ten Championships on Sunday.
Notes: The Spartan women's squad is led by senior Nicole Bush (Wyoming, Mich.), who was the top Spartan finisher at Pre-Nationals, taking sixth place with a time of 20:19.1 ... The women's team has two first place finishes this season (Colonia Inter-Regional and Notre Dame Invitational) ... Both Bush and Lisa Senakiewich (Davison, Mich.) have earned Big Ten Runner of the Week awards this season ... Senakiewich won her first-career cross country title at this year's Colonial Inter-Regional ...The Spartans' men's team is ranked No. 30 in the nation... Spencer Beatty (Harbor Springs, Mich.) has been the Spartans' top finisher in consecutive races this year (Spartan Invite and Colonial Inter-Regional)... Sophomore Patrick Grosskopf (Corunna, Mich.) was the first Spartan to cross the finish line at Pre-Nationals running the race in 24:28.3.
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Field Hockey |
Roster | Schedule | Statistics
Big Ten Standings | Big Ten Statistics | Big Ten Schedule
Last Week: The eighth-ranked Spartans fell, 4-3 in overtime, to 10th-ranked Iowa. With the loss, Michigan State dropped out of the race for the Big Ten regular season title, as Penn State claimed the honor with a win over Michigan on Sunday.
This Week: MSU wraps up the regular season with two games. On Friday, the Spartans close out Big Ten play and the home season with a 4 p.m. game against the Nittany Lions. Michigan State then heads to Mt. Pleasant, Mich. for a match-up with Central Michigan on Sunday at noon.
Notes: The game against Iowa was the fourth overtime game for the Spartans this season, and the first loss in extra time ... Junior Jeamie Deacon (Wexford, Ireland) had a hand in each of the Spartan goals on Saturday, including scoring two on her own. The game-tying tally to send the game into overtime was off a penalty stroke, the second one she has taken this season. Her five points against Iowa propelled her into the team-lead in points (32). She is tied for second on the team in goals (11) and is tied for the team-lead in assists (10). Deacon is tied for 17th nationally in points per game, tied for 35th in goals per game and tied for 21st in assists per game. She is second in points, tied for seventh in goals and tied for sixth in assists in the Big Ten ... Junior Floor Rijpma (Bunnik, Netherlands) leads the team with 14 goals and is tied for second in points (31). She is tied for 23rd nationally in goals per game, tied for 30th in points per game and is second in the Big Ten in goals and goals per game ... Freshman Chantae Miller (East Amherst, N.Y.) has 11 goals and nine assists for 31 points. She leads all freshmen in the conference in goals, assists and points. Miller is tied 30th nationally in points per game and tied 49th in goals per game ... Senior Gwen Riley (Louisville, Ky.) is tied for the team-lead with 10 assists and is fourth in points (24). She is tied for sixth in assists in the Big Ten ... Junior Elissa Unger (Reading, Pa.) has a .730 save percentage and 1.74 goals against average (GAA). She is second in the Big Ten in save percentage, is third in GAA and fourth in saves (65). Unger ranks 17th nationally in GAA, and is tied for 35th in save percentage ... Michigan State is ranked sixth in scoring margin (2.37), fifth in points per game (10.88) and fifth nationally in goals per game (3.88). MSU is tied for 13th nationally in winning percentage ... The Spartans rank first in shots (340) and in goals scored (66), and is second in scoring margin in the conference.
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Men's Golf |
Roster | Schedule
This Week: The Spartans play in the UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate on Monday and Tuesday at Forest Oaks Country Club.
Notes: Michigan State is ranked No. 22 by Golfweek/Sagarin and No. 24 by Golfstat ... Junior Jack Newman (Des Moines, Iowa) is ranked No. 61 in the country by Golfweek/Sagarin.
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Men's Soccer |
Roster | Schedule | Statistics
Big Ten Standings | Big Ten Statistics | Big Ten Schedule
Last Week: The No. 24 Spartans defeated Cincinnati, 2-0, on Wednesday and then played to their first draw of the season, 0-0, with Valparaiso on Sunday.
This Week: The Spartans travel to Bowling Green for a midweek match on Wednesday and then host No. 2 Northwestern on Sunday (Nov. 2) at 1 p.m. The winner of the game will be the Big Ten regular-season champion.
Notes: The 24th-ranked Spartans are 7-1-1 in their last nine games ... Their 4-1 conference record is tops in the Big Ten ... Sunday will mark the last regular season game for head coach Joe Baum ... Senior Doug DeMartin (Mason, Mich.) is third in the NCAA in points and continues to lead the Big Ten with 30 points ... His 14 goals are second-most in the nation and lead the conference ... With one goal last week against Cincinnati, DeMartin now has 35 career goals, moving him into fifth place on MSU's career goals list ... His 78 career points are ninth on the MSU all-time list. DeMartin's 14 goals this season are the most by a Spartan since Tom King scored 15 in 1982 ... Sophomore goalkeeper Avery Steinlage (Grand Haven, Mich.) hasn't allowed a goal since MSU defeated No. 14 UIC, 3-1, and his shutout streak currently stands at 350:57 ... He has allowed just one goal in the last five games and has six shutouts this season. The Spartans are 8-2-1 since he took over in goal vs. Buffalo (Sept. 12) ... His 5.83 save-per-game average and .897 save percentage lead the conference while his six shutouts rank second in the Big Ten ... Senior Zach Scaffidi (Geneva, Ill.) is tied for first in the conference in assists with six ... Through fifteen games this season, the Spartans have scored 29 goals, their same total from all last season (21 games)
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Women's Soccer |
Roster | Schedule | Statistics
Big Ten Standings | Big Ten Statistics | Big Ten Schedule
Last Week: The Spartans fell to Indiana, 1-0, on Friday in Bloomington, Ind., and then tied South Dakota State, 1-1, on Sunday at DeMartin Stadium.
This Week: MSU will host Michigan at 3 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 31) in its last regular-season game of the year.
Notes: MSU's 13 wins this season are the most since Big Ten women's soccer began in 1994 and the most since the 1991 season when it won 14 games ... Freshman Laura Heyboer (Hudsonville, Mich.) continues to lead the NCAA in points with 45 and is tied for third nationally with 18 goals ... Her 45 points and 18 goals both rank third on the school's single-season list and are the most since Big Ten play began in 1994 ... MSU is a perfect 9-0-1 at home this season, their best record in East Lansing since 1989 when the went 10-0 ... The Spartans' 45 goals this season are the most by a MSU team since the 1994 season when they also scored 45... Junior Lauren Hill (Northville, Mich.) (32 points, 12 goals) continues to rank second in the conference in goals and points. She has 12 goals this season and 28 for her career, putting her alone in eighth place on MSU's all-time list while five game-winning goals this year give her 11 for her career and push her into a tie for second in program history. Hill's 32 points this season give her 68 career points, placing her in eighth on the school's all-time chart ... Lauren Sinacola's (Rochester, Mich.) 10 assists continue to lead the conference and put her in a tie for fourth on the MSU single-season assist list ... Freshman goalkeeper Jill Fliestra (Hudsonville, Mich.) got her first-career start on Sunday in a 1-1 tie with South Dakota State ... Junior goalkeeper Lindsey Wrege (Portage, Mich.) has seven shutouts this season which put her in a tie for fourth on the MSU single-season list.
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Men's Tennis |
Roster | Schedule
This week: Michigan State men's tennis will wrap up fall play at the Big Ten Indoor Singles Championships in Madison, Wis. on Friday Oct., 31. The Spartans will have five players in main draw and four players in qualifying tournament.
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Women's Tennis |
Roster | Schedule
Last Week: The Michigan State women's tennis squad wrapped up play at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. Leading the way for the green and white were doubles partners Stephanie Kebler (Okemos, Mich.) and Lindsey Lonergan (Cincinnati, Ohio). The tandem advanced to quarterfinals action, before dropping their final match to Dunja Antunovic and Kristin Gambrell of DePaul. The two recorded a doubles ledger of 3-1 over the weekend together.
Next Up: The Spartans will be back in action Nov. 7-9 at the Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind.
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Women's Rowing |
Roster | Schedule
Last Week: The 2008-09 Michigan State rowing squad swept a series of races from Michigan Sunday morning on the Grand River. The Spartans raced four novice boats against three from Michigan in two separate flights, with MSU's "A" and "B" boats earning victories over the "A" and "B" boats from Michigan. Both the Spartans "C" and "D" boats earned a victory over the "C" boat from Michigan in the final race of the day. The races marked the first time this fall that the Spartans have competed on their home course.
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Swimming & Diving |
Roster | Schedule
Last Week: The Spartan women's and men's teams hosted their first home meet of the season on Saturday and both teams fell to Iowa. The women's race came down to the last event and Spartans lost 154-146 while the men fell, 185-115.
This Week: The MSU women's team hosts a dual meet with Houston at 3 p.m. on Friday.
Notes: Sophomore Rebecca Ebner (Okemos, Mich.) remains perfect this season in the butterfly as she has won all six events she has competed in ... kevin Puskaric (Mokena, Ill.) won both the 100 and 200 breaststroke in his first meet of the season against Iowa ... Three Spartan women's divers, Williams, freshman Sarah Clay (Fishers, Ind.) and junior Kayla Kalmbach (Grand Rapids, Mich.) have all qualified for NCAA Zones ... Freshman Kerry Sodonis (Troy, Mich.) has won both the 100 free (vs. Illinois) and the 100 breast (vs. Iowa).
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Wrestling |
Roster | Schedule
This Week: The Spartans open the 2008-09 season on Sunday at the Eastern Michigan Open in Ypsilanti, Mich. MSU returns 16 letterwinners and 10 starters from last season, including junior Franklin Gomez (Brandon, Fla.), the 133 weight class Big Ten Champion. He is ranked second in the preseason WIN Magazine ranks and third according to Intermat.
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