Also in Volleyball

• MSU volleyball receives praise

  Updated 07/15/2008 8:30pm

  The MSU women’s volleyball team has landed the seventh best recruiting class in the nation for the upcoming season, according to PrepVolleyball.com.

• Former spiker to play pro in Korea

  Updated 01/09/2008 8:38pm

  Former MSU volleyball standout Katie Johnson will be putting her last semester on hold to follow her dreams.

• Spartans face tough opponent in NCAA Round of 16

  Updated 12/05/2007 9:24pm

  The No. 24 MSU volleyball team is looking to make its trip to Wisconsin a long weekend.

• MSU sweeps Kentucky, Dayton, moves to sweet 16

  Updated 12/02/2007 11:04pm

  What a difference a year makes. The conference records are identical at 10-10 and the overall records are very similar from this season to last.

• Hopeful spikers look to take winning streak into tournament

  Updated 11/26/2007 7:41pm

  The MSU volleyball team will head to Dayton, Ohio to face Kentucky in round one of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

• MSU closes season with wins, finish 6th in Big Ten

  Updated 11/25/2007 8:31pm

  It was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde weekend for the MSU volleyball team.

• Volleyball inks recruiting class

  Updated 11/15/2007 9:41pm

  Four recruits will join the MSU volleyball team for the 2008 season.

• MSU tops Ohio State, falls to No. 1 Penn State on weekend

  Updated 11/11/2007 10:45pm

  The MSU volleyball team continued improving its Big Ten performance with a split in its weekend matchups.

• MSU ousts U-M, vies for Big Ten standing

  Updated 10/28/2007 9:50pm

  The MSU volleyball team beat No. 20 Michigan 3-1 on Saturday at Jenison Field House.

• Spikers turn corner in Big Ten with sweep

  Updated 10/21/2007 9:07pm

  For the first time this season, the MSU volleyball team (13-9 overall, 4-6 Big Ten) clinched its back-to-back Big Ten matchups.

• Volleyball looks to improve Big Ten standing

  Updated 10/11/2007 10:16pm

  In hopes of reviving their lackluster Big Ten season thus far, the MSU volleyball team (10-8 overall, 1-5 Big Ten) has been practicing with a new motto: daily growth.

• MSU drops weekend pair

  Updated 09/30/2007 9:18pm

  Wisconsin athletics was celebrating both at home and in East Lansing on Saturday. The MSU volleyball team (9-7 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) felt the same pain in East Lansing as the MSU football team did in Madison.

• Sister, Sister: Duo lights up court

  Updated 09/18/2007 8:18pm

  They both top out at 6 foot 1, love volleyball and share mirror images in every aspect besides hair color. But that is where the similarities end for sisters Ashley and Megan Schatzle. The sisters, who are both members of the MSU volleyball team, are admittedly as different as can be.

• MSU ups unbeaten streak to 9, readies for a tough road schedule

  Updated 09/16/2007 10:33pm

  The scores may have been too close for comfort for the MSU volleyball team, but the Spartans still managed to extend their winning streak to nine games on Saturday night when they defeated Central Michigan.

• MSU looks to extend win streak

  Updated 09/12/2007 9:20pm

  Sweep.

  That is the story once again for the MSU women’s volleyball team which swept Eastern Michigan, 3-0, Tuesday night.

• Rathje scores Big Ten achievement

  Updated 09/10/2007 8:01pm

  Freshman Jenilee Rathje was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts in the Harvard Invitational this past weekend.

• Spikers win Invite for 7th straight year

  Updated 09/03/2007 10:26pm

  After a lackluster season debut out west, the MSU volleyball team did a 180-degree turnaround to sweep the Spartan Invitational last weekend at Jenison Field House for the seventh straight year.

• Spartans look to rebound at Invitational

  Updated 08/29/2007 7:22pm

  After opening the season with a 0-3 run at the USC Trojan Invitational last weekend, the MSU volleyball team has been working overtime to prepare themselves for the annual Spartan Invitational this weekend.