Athletics

Month: March 2013

  • Women’s Hockey NCAA Selection Show Set To Air Monday Morning

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    St. Peter, Minn. – By winning its 10th consecutive MIAC Playoff Championship via a 4-1 victory over Concordia College on Saturday afternoon at Don Roberts Ice Rink, the Gustavus women’s hockey team earned the MIAC’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.  The Gusties will find out the details of the 2013 NCAA Division III Women’s…

  • Baseball Can’t Hold Leads, Drops Pair To Elmhurst On Opening Night 5-2, 8-4

    Baseball Can’t Hold Leads, Drops Pair To Elmhurst On Opening Night 5-2, 8-4

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    Minneapolis – The Gustavus Adolphus baseball team opened its 2013 season with a pair of losses to Elmhurst College in a doubleheader on Sunday night at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.  The Gusties built leads in each of the two games, but were not able to hold them, losing 5-2 in game one and 8-4…

  • Men’s Indoor Track & Field Finishes Seventh At 2013 MIAC Championships

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    Northfield, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s indoor track and field team registered 24.5 points on day two of the 2013 MIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing in seventh place with a two-day total of 57.5 points.  St. Thomas won the 2013 title with 204 points, while St. Olaf finished second with 114 points,…

  • Women’s Indoor Track & Field Places Fourth At MIAC Championships

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    Northfield, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s indoor track and field team stayed the course on the final day of the 2013 MIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing fourth with 75 points.  The Gusties tallied 31 points after recording eight top-eight finishes on day two. “I couldn’t be happier with how we finished today,”…

  • Men’s Tennis Defeats Grinnell 8-1, Macalester 9-0

    Men’s Tennis Defeats Grinnell 8-1, Macalester 9-0

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    St. Peter, Minn. – Back in regional competition following the ITA Indoor Championship, the Gustavus men’s tennis team cruised to a pair of victories against Grinnell College and Macalester College on Saturday at the Swanson Tennis Center.  The Gusties began the day with an 8-1 win over Grinnell and then later swept Macalester 9-0 in…

  • Gymnastics Suffers 184.525-176.850 Loss To UW-La Crosse

    Gymnastics Suffers 184.525-176.850 Loss To UW-La Crosse

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    St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus gymnastics team suffered a 184.525-176.850 loss to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in its final home meet of the season on Saturday in the Lund Center Gymnastics Studio. Junior Jamie Ries (Monticello, Minn.) turned in Gustavus’s top performance of the dual by winning the uneven parallel bars competition with…

  • Women’s Hockey MIAC Playoff Champion Following 4-1 Win Over Concordia

    Women’s Hockey MIAC Playoff Champion Following 4-1 Win Over Concordia

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    St. Peter, Minn. – For the 10th consecutive year, the Gustavus women’s hockey team has won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Playoff Championship following a 4-1 victory over Concordia on Saturday afternoon at Don Roberts Ice Rink.  The Cobbers struck first with a goal in the opening period, but the Gusties were quick to…

  • Too Little, Too Late For Men’s Hockey In 3-2 Loss To Saint John’s In MIAC Playoff Championship

    Too Little, Too Late For Men’s Hockey In 3-2 Loss To Saint John’s In MIAC Playoff Championship

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    St. Cloud, Minn. – The Gustavus men’s hockey team’s late-season surge came to an end with a 3-2 loss to Saint John’s University in the MIAC Playoff Championship on Saturday afternoon in the National Hockey Center.  The Johnnies forced the Gusties to play catch-up all afternoon, going up 1-0 by the end of the first…

  • Alissa Tinklenberg Named Female Student-Athlete Of The Month For February

    Alissa Tinklenberg Named Female Student-Athlete Of The Month For February

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    St. Peter, Minn. – Already a proven leader with accolades unmatched by any athlete in the history of the Gustavus swimming and diving program, junior Alissa Tinklenberg (Willmar, Minn.) did not disappoint at this year’s MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships.  Tinklenberg led the Gustavus women’s swimming and diving team to its fourth straight MIAC Championship,…

  • Tyler Venne Named Male Student-Athlete Of The Month For February

    Tyler Venne Named Male Student-Athlete Of The Month For February

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    St. Peter, Minn. – Great runs in college hockey often share similar characteristics – one of which being great goaltending.   Case in point, the Gustavus men’s hockey team and the outstanding play of its senior netminder Tyler Venne (New Hope, Minn.).  The on fire Gusties went 8-0-0 in the month of February thanks in large…