http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu The Gustavus Adolphus College student newspaper since 1891 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/a-formidable-end-to-a-great-season/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/a-formidable-end-to-a-great-season/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:33:55 +0000 Julie Hammond Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3928 The Gustavus Men’s Hockey team’s season ended last Saturday with a 3-1 loss to St. Norbert College. Despite losing 2-1 in overtime to St. Thomas in the MIAC Championship game, the Gusties received one of three coveted at-large bids into the NCAA Tournament along with the opportunity for revenge in a rematch with St. Thomas. [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/a-formidable-end-to-a-great-season/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/gustavus-women%e2%80%99s-hockey-team-hosting-division-iii-championships/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/gustavus-women%e2%80%99s-hockey-team-hosting-division-iii-championships/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:32:34 +0000 Seth Wisner Sports Editor http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3926 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/gustavus-women%e2%80%99s-hockey-team-hosting-division-iii-championships/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/march-madness-or-bust/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/march-madness-or-bust/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:31:29 +0000 Andy Keenan Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3924 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/19/march-madness-or-bust/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/ready-for-the-ncaa-tournament/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/ready-for-the-ncaa-tournament/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:33:49 +0000 Raissa Carpenter Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3836 Last weekend the Gustavus Women’s Hockey team defeated Saint Catherine’s University 5-1 in the MIAC Championship. The Gusties will now advance to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth consecutive year. This Saturday, the Gusties will host the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in a quarterfinal game. The winner of the quarterfinal game will not only advance [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/ready-for-the-ncaa-tournament/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/looking-to-hit-their-stride-and-start-season-strong/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/looking-to-hit-their-stride-and-start-season-strong/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:27 +0000 Craig Nordquist Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3833 Coming off its first losing season in nearly a decade, the Gustavus Baseball team is looking to learn from last year and contend for a berth in the Conference Tournament. The Gusties open their non-conference season Sunday at the Metrodome against UW-Oshkosh. After a weeklong trip to Arizona over Spring Break, Gustavus will open its MIAC [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/looking-to-hit-their-stride-and-start-season-strong/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/swinging-for-success/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/swinging-for-success/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:31:08 +0000 Julie Hammond Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3830 With experience and talent, the Gustavus Softball team is looking to follow up a National Tournament appearance last year with another strong season The Gustavus Softball team is back for more, striving to claim their title as National Champions this year. The team has approached the season differently than in previous years. The women have more [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/12/swinging-for-success/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/men%e2%80%99s-hockey-team-makes-history/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/men%e2%80%99s-hockey-team-makes-history/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:33:42 +0000 Craig Nordquist Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3740 With the team’s MIAC Semifinal victory in four overtimes over Augsburg, the Gusties set the record for the longest game in the history of Division III men’s hockey by 39 minutes and 56 seconds. The Men’s Hockey team will have to wait to see if it gets a bid into the NCAA Tournament for the second [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/men%e2%80%99s-hockey-team-makes-history/feed/ 4 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/a-disappointing-end/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/a-disappointing-end/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:32:54 +0000 Julie Hammond Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3736 The Gustavus Men’s Basketball team finished second in the MIAC this year with a season record of 16-11-0. With all the success the men have had this season, the approach they took at the beginning of the season was unlike any other year. “Our approach at the beginning of the season was to put emphasis on [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/a-disappointing-end/feed/ 1 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/a-cinderella-story-for-women-in-sneakers/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/a-cinderella-story-for-women-in-sneakers/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:31:46 +0000 Lauren Bennett Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3731 “I don’t even know where to begin,” Senior Captain Bri Radtke said about the Gustavus Women’s Basketball team’s 2009-10 season. On Monday, March 1, the women found out they did not receive a bid to the National Tournament. This news was only more heartbreaking after their close loss to the University of St. Thomas on February [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/03/05/a-cinderella-story-for-women-in-sneakers/feed/ 2 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/gusties-aim-to-defend-miac-title/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/gusties-aim-to-defend-miac-title/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:33:23 +0000 Raissa Carpenter Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3635 Last weekend the Women’s hockey team faced Saint Mary’s University. On Friday night the Gusties won 3-2. Four of the games five goals occurred in the third period at what was truly a close game. Gustie goals were scored by Senior forward Melissa Mackley, First-year forward Lindsey Hjelm and Sophomore forward Mollie Carroll. Saturday’s game against [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/gusties-aim-to-defend-miac-title/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/tough-tourney-for-men%e2%80%99s-tennis-team/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/tough-tourney-for-men%e2%80%99s-tennis-team/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:32:23 +0000 Seth Wisner Sports Editor http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3632 With only one returning top player from last year’s National Championship contending squad, along with a new head coach, the Gustavus Men’s Tennis team faced a tough task last weekend in competing against seven of the best Division III tennis programs in the nation in the ITA National Indoor Tournament at Gustavus. The Gusties dropped all [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/tough-tourney-for-men%e2%80%99s-tennis-team/feed/ 0 http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/high-expectations-for-women%e2%80%99s-tennis-team/ http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/high-expectations-for-women%e2%80%99s-tennis-team/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:31:09 +0000 Julie Hammond Staff Writer http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=3623 Gustavus Women’s Tennis team ready to start season strong at the ITA National Indoor Tournament this weekend The Gustavus Women’s Tennis team has nothing less than high expectations this year as it is going for its nineteenth straight MIAC title. “Although right now we are mainly focused on our upcoming match this weekend against Emory, our [...]]]> http://weekly.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/02/26/high-expectations-for-women%e2%80%99s-tennis-team/feed/ 0