Athletics

Month: October 2011

  • Gustie Skater Kelsey Kennedy Featured On MIAC’s Student-Athlete Spotlight

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    Gustavus Adolphus junior women’s hockey player Kelsey Kennedy (Eagan, Minn.) has been featured on the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Student-Athlete Spotlight this week.  The Spotlight highlights student-athletes from across the conference each Tuesday and Thursday. Kennedy played in 27 games last season, recording nine points on nine assists.  The junior blueliner from Eagan, Minn. finished…

  • Meghan McMillan Named MIAC Athlete Of The Week

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    The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) named Meghan McMillan its Women’s Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week on Tuesday. The senior forward from Minneapolis, Minn. knocked home the game-winning goal in a 1-0 upset victory over the University of St. Thomas last Saturday in St. Peter. The goal was fitting for the occasion, as the Gusties’ lone senior scored…

  • Volleyball Drops Back-And-Forth Bout 3-2 To Saint Ben’s

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    The Gustavus volleyball team dropped a heartbreaker in five sets to Saint Benedict on Saturday afternoon in St. Joseph, Minn.  The two squads traded sets before the Blazers took the fifth and deciding frame 15-8.  Gustavus falls to 18-9 overall and 5-4 in the MIAC with the loss, while Saint Ben’s remains in a three-way…

  • Late Score Downs Gusties, Football Falls 24-16 To Saint John’s

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    Although the Gustavus football team outgained Saint John’s 328 yards to 219, and held the time of possession advantage 36:22 to 23:38, the Johnnies both scored and got stops when they needed to.  Saint John’s used a late fourth quarter touchdown to go up 24-16 before shutting the Gustavus offense down on its final two…

  • Eglseder’s Equalizer Gives Men’s Soccer 1-1 Tie With St. Thomas

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    The Gustavus men’s soccer team picked up a point with a 1-1 tie against St. Thomas on Saturday afternoon in St. Paul.  Justin Eglseder scored the game-tying goal at the 75:59 mark on a penalty kick to send the match into extra time.  Neither team could find the game-winner in the two overtime sessions, as…

  • McMillan Scores Game Winner On Senior Day, Women’s Soccer Upsets St. Thomas 1-0

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    Meghan McMillan made the most of Senior Day for the Gustavus women’s soccer team, as the Gusties’ lone senior scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 upset over the University of St. Thomas Saturday in St. Peter, Minn. The Minneapolis, Minn. native weaved through the middle of Tommie defense and found the lower-left corner of…

  • Volleyball Falls In Straight Sets To No. 9 Concordia

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    The Gustavus volleyball team suffered a 3-0 loss at the hands of No. 9 Concordia on Friday night in Moorhead, Minn.  The Cobbers cruised to the sweep by scores of 25-18, 27-25, and 25-17.  The Gusties drop to 5-3 in the MIAC and 18-8 overall with the loss, while Concordia remains in first place in…

  • Preston Tomlinson Featured On MIAC’s Student-Athlete Spotlight

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    Gustavus Adolphus junior cross country and track & field athlete Preston Tomlinson (New Prague, Minn.) has been featured on the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Student-Athlete Spotlight.  The Spotlight highlights student-athletes from across the conference each Tuesday and Thursday. Tomlinson, a native a New Prague, Minn., is a Public Accounting major with a GPA of 3.708.…

  • Football Back At Home To Take On Saint John’s This Saturday

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    Gustavus welcomes fans to Lloyd Hollingsworth Field on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College for this Saturday’s Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match-up between the Golden Gusties and the Johnnies of Saint John’s University.

  • Kyle Sadler And Head Coach Mike Middleton Featured On Gustie Spotlight

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    Gustavus Adolphus senior soccer player Kyle Sadler (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and head men’s soccer coach Mike Middleton join Tom Wheeler of KNUJ AM 860 for this week’s edition of the Gustie Spotlight. Wheeler, the radio voice of the Golden Gusties, conducts weekly interviews with a different member of the Gustavus Athletics Department throughout the fall…