Tag: miac athlete of the week
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Power Named MIAC Women’s Hockey Athlete Of The Week
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Erica Power helped her team take three of four points from Concordia over the weekend in a huge MIAC series, as her team pulled even with the Cobbers in third place, just a point out of first.
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Tanner Sonnek Earns Third MIAC Athlete Of The Week Honor
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Sophomore Tanner Sonnek continued his outstanding season with his third-straight MIAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week award. Sonnek’s latest heroics included four first-place finishes in a 189-109 dual meet win at Carleton Friday. His season-best time of 2:06.05 not only gave him a win in the 200-yard breaststroke, but it also broke a Thorpe Pool…
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Sonnek Earns Second Straight MIAC Weekly Honor After Record-Setting Performance
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Gustavus sophomore Tanner Sonnek (North Mankato, Minn.) turned in a record-setting performance at the University of Minnesota’s Jean Freeman Invitational to win his second-straight MIAC weekly award. Sonnek broke his own school record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 56.12, which resulted in a second-place finish. He also finished seventh in the 200-yard…
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Tanner Sonnek Named Men’s Swimming & Diving Athlete Of The Week
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Swimmer Tanner Sonnek had an outstanding performance to lead his team to victory at the Gusties’ home Grace Goblirsch Invitational and earn MIAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week honors. Sonnek won both of his individual events, racing to victory in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:10.75 and the 500-yard freestyle with a time…
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Jordan Kahlow Named MIAC Football Defensive Player Of The Week
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Gustavus sophomore defensive back Jordan Kahlow provided the spark that pulled the Gusties away for good in Saturday’s 38-21 win at Carleton. With the score 24-21 in favor of Gustavus midway through the fourth quarter and the Knights driving into Gustavus territory, Kahlow intercepted a pass at midfield and returned it 50 yards for a…
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Casey Decker Named MIAC Football Special Teams Athlete Of The Week
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Casey Decker had a productive day punting the ball against the No. 4-ranked Tommies. Decker had six punts for 235 yards, averaging 39.2 yards per punt. He also landed a season-long 57-yard punt inside the 20-yard line. Decker’s punting was crucial in the field position game as he gave the Tommies a long field to…
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Holtan Earns Fourth MIAC Volleyball Setter Of The Week Award
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Gustavus star setter Nora Holtan (So., Rochester, Minn.) completed her spectacular regular season by winning her fourth MIAC Setter/Libero-of-the-Week award of the fall. She led her team to a 3-0 win over Hamline and a narrow 3-2 loss to Saint Mary’s with 84 assists (10.50 per set), 26 digs, nine kills and three blocks. She…
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Hannah Sturtz Named MIAC Women’s Soccer Athlete Of The Week
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Junior forward Hannah Sturtz played a key part in Gustavus’ two victories last week as she registered one goal and two assists for a big four-point week. Sturtz tallied the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win over UW-Stout, and then followed that performance with a goal and assist in a 4-2 victory at St. Catherine.…
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Brittany Luethmers Named MIAC Volleyball Libero Of The Week
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Gustavus sophomore defensive specialist Brittany Luethmers (Prior Lake, Minn.) has been a constant on the back line for the Gusties all season long, and that trend continued last week. The sophomore libero averaged 4.86 digs per set (68 total digs) in three matches, while reaching the 1,000-dig mark in her young career with 27 digs…
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Matt Bateman Named MIAC Men’s Soccer Athlete Of The Week
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Goalkeeper Matt Bateman (So., Savage, Minn.) and the Gustavus men’s soccer team (3-7-1, 2-2-1, 7 points) posted two-straight 1-0 shutouts last week to gain valuable points in the MIAC standings. For the week, the sophomore logged 191:55 in goal with a total of 14 saves and no goals allowed, with a perfect 1.000 save percentage…