Athletics

Author: adele burk

  • Men’s Hockey Gets Back On Track With 6-3 Win Over UW-Stevens Point

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    adele burk

    The Gustavus men’s hockey team scored three goals in the third period to defeat 13th-ranked UW-Stevens Point 6-3 on Saturday night in Stevens Point, Wis. Special teams played an important part in the win as the Gusties recorded two power-play goals and one shorthanded goal. Several players got in on the scoring as six different…

  • Joe Welch Named to D3football.com All-West Region First Team Defense

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    adele burk

    Gustavus Adolphus junior safety Joe Welch (Hastings, Minn.) is one of nineteen Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) football student-athletes to have been named to the 2008 D3football.com All-West Region Team. The nineteen chosen from the MIAC is more than any other conference in the region. Welch was selected to the First Team Defense.

  • Last Second Basket Sinks Men’s Basketball In 52-50 Loss To Augsburg

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    adele burk

    The Gustavus men’s basketball team suffered its first loss in the MIAC as Jon Cassens hit a layup with :03.5 remaining to give Augsburg a 52-50 win over the Gusties on Wednesday at Gus Young Court. Gustavus had a ten-minute scoring drought in the first half as it went into halftime trailing 23-18 after shooting…

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

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    adele burk

    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…

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

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    adele burk

    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…

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

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    adele burk

    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…

  • MIAC Basketball Press Guide Now Available Online

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    adele burk

    The 2008-09 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Men’s and Women’s Basketball Media Guide is now available online in PDF format. The media guide provides information on each of the eleven men’s teams and twelve women’s teams in the conference. Also included in the guide are conference schedules, records, statistics, results, as well as other historical…

  • Football Player T.J. Ridley Named To CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team

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    adele burk

    Gustavus Adolphus College football player T.J. Ridley, a junior safety from Edina, Minn., has been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Second Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Ridley, who carries a 3.96 grade point average with a major in Biology and Pre-Med, finished the…

  • Men’s Basketball Loses 75-59 To Division II Winona State

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    adele burk

    The Gustavus Adolphus College men’s basketball team shot over 50 percent from the field, but was unable to overcome 15 turnovers in a 75-59 loss to defending NCAA Division II champion Winona State University on Saturday night in Winona. The Gusties were 25-of-48 shooting for 52.1 percent compared to 50 percent shooting for the Warriors.…

  • Men’s Basketball Knocks Off Buena Vista 62-58 In Home Opener

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    adele burk

    Clutch free-throw shooting from Jesse Van Sickle and Mike DesLauriers late in the second half helped the Gustavus men’s basketball team upset eighth-ranked Buena Vista University 62-58 on Tuesday night in St. Peter. The Gusties, who led 40-27 at halftime, saw their lead cut to two points with :10 remaining before DesLauriers sank a pair…