Year: 2008

  • Men’s Swimming Finishes Second At Falcon Invitational

    The Gustavus men’s swimming team finished second out of nine teams in the red division at the Falcon Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin at River Falls and held at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center in Minneapolis on Saturday. The Gusties recorded 539 points behind Luther College, which tallied 788 points. Josh Seaburg…

  • Peter Haugen Named Head Football Coach At Gustavus

    Peter Haugen, a native of Minneapolis and a 1991 graduate of Bethel University, has been named the head football coach at Gustavus Adolphus College. Haugen, who has been the head football coach at Minneapolis Washburn High School for the past 15 years, succeeds Jay Schoenebeck who announced he was stepping down after 15 years as…

  • Carrie Gundersen Named MIAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week

    Gustavus Adolphus College junior Carrie Gundersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) has been named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week. Gundersen swam the MIAC’s fastest times this season in the 500 and 1650 freestyle at the UW-River Falls Falcon Invite held this past weekend at the University of Minnesota. She set the conference’s fastest time…

  • Women’s Basketball Moves to 5-0 With 75-40 Win Over Saint Mary’s

    The Gustavus women’s basketball team used a 19-4 run over the final 11 minutes of the first half to break open a tight game and then cruised to a convincing 75-40 win over Saint Mary’s in St. Peter on Monday night. First year guard Molly Geske led a balanced Gustie scoring attack with 12 points.…

  • Bench Scoring Helps Men’s Basketball Defeat Saint Mary’s 81-62

    The depth of the Gustavus men’s basketball team proved to be too much for Saint Mary’s as the Gustie bench outscored their counterparts 29-12 in a 81-62 victory on Monday night in Winona. Head Coach Mark Hanson’s squad continued to shoot well from the field as Gustavus shot 54.8 percent on 34-of-62 shooting. Eleven different…

  • Men’s Hockey Falls To Bethel 3-2 In Overtime

    The Gustavus men’s hockey team suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to Bethel when the Royals’ Brad Peterson scored the game-winning goal :24 into the extra period on Saturday at Don Roberts Ice Rink. Gustavus held a 45-21 shots on goal advantage, but Bethel goaltender Aaron Damjanovich kept the Royals in the game by making 43…

  • Women’s Hockey Uses Third Period Goal By Jessie Doig To Slip Past Bethel 1-0

    The Gustavus women’s hockey team got a goal by Jessie Doig five minutes into the third period which allowed them to slip past a defensive Bethel Royal squad by the score of 1-0. The Gusties outshot the Royals 44-9 in the game, including an 18-1 advantage in the third period. Mari Gunderson was credited with…

  • Women’s Basketball Stays Undefeated With 71-60 Win Over Concordia

    The Gustavus women’s basketball continued its winning ways with a convincing 71-60 win over Concordia College at Gus Young Court on Saturday afternoon. The Gusties dominated from the perimeter as Molly Geske (21), Emily Nelson (20), and Julia Schultz (14) scored 55 of the team’s 71 points. Gustavus made 10-of-15 shots from behind the arc…

  • Hot Shooting Lifts Men’s Basketball Over Concordia 100-67 In MIAC Opener

    The Gustavus men’s basketball team shot a blazing 69 percent from behind the three-point arc on 11-of-16 shooting to defeat Concordia 100-67 in the Gusties’ MIAC opener on Saturday afternoon at Gus Young Court. Gustavus seized control of the contest after a 21-5 run late in the first half for a 36-16 lead and never…

  • Men’s Hockey Defeats Bethel 2-1 In Overtime As Brett Petersen Gets 100th Career Win

    David Martinson scored a power play goal three minutes into overtime to give the Gustavus men’s hockey team a 2-1 win over Bethel in Blaine on Friday. Head Coach Brett Petersen earned the 100th win of his career with the victory as the Gusties improved to 6-3-0 overall and 3-2-0 in the MIAC. The Royals…