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- ↑ "MSU Women's Volleyball Team Opens". Lansing State Journal. September 20, 1974. p. 25. Retrieved November 2, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "MSU volleyballers Texas bound". Lansing State Journal. December 8, 1976. p. 29. Retrieved November 3, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "MSU Swimmers Go South". Lansing State Journal. December 11, 1975. p. 41. Retrieved November 2, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "MSU women golfers on tourney tour". Lansing State Journal. September 17, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved November 2, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "MSU Names New Volleyball Coach". Lansing State Journal. March 7, 1985. p. 26. Retrieved November 5, 2017– via Newspapers.com.