Luke Siegle – Staff Writer The Gustavus Men’s and Women’s track teams had a busy past week of competitions as they hosted the Gustie Twilight, had the Drake Relays, and also hosted a Drake Alternative meet. It was an outstanding week for the Gusties as they performed both individually and collectively as a team. Sophomore Birgen Nelson led the way as she snatched two stadium records … Continue reading Gustavus track stars smash records

Allison Fajt – Staff Writer This weekend was a bittersweet ending to the Women’s Golf spring season at the Carleton St. Olaf Invite. Scattered storms and heavy wind cut the first round short on Saturday and not many teams wanted to stay after for the second round Sunday. Gustavus placed fourth out of 14 teams after the first round and then won the Northfield Challenge still … Continue reading Women’s golf season ends

Parker Burman – Staff Writer The Gustavus men’s tennis team secured a 7-2 win over the Carleton Knights to take sole control of first place in the MIAC. They took advantage of a hot start in the doubles matches and solid singles play to take down the Knights and get themselves in a great spot as they head towards the MIAC playoffs which begins in just … Continue reading “Let it go and let it fly”

Parker Burman – Staff Writer This past weekend the Gustavus baseball team hosted St. Mary’s University for a double header. Coming into play Gustavus was sitting at 20-6 overall record with an in conference record of 7-3. After the double header sweep, and winning eleven of their last thirteen, the Gusties now move into second place in the MIAC. In game one Gustavus received a dominating … Continue reading Gusties win double header vs. Saint Mary’s

Alli Joerger – Staff Writer After a valiant effort from the Gustavus Women’s Softball team, the team unfortunately fell in both games into a double header, hosted in the MSU-Mankato dome against St. Catherine University. The final scores for the games were 1-6 and 0-6 respectively. Despite the loss in MIAC play, the Gusties are confident that they can achieve their goals of competing among the … Continue reading Softball takes tough losses

Parker Burman – Staff Writer Playing in their first meet of the season this past weekend the Gustavus men’s golf team looked to start their spring off strong. Battling below freezing temperatures and strong winds, the Gusties did just that in the Bobby Krig Invitational at the New Prague Golf Club. Finishing with a combined score of 299 and 15 over par the Gustavus men were … Continue reading Men’s golf opens season with a win

Allison Fajt – Staff Writer The women’s tennis team secured a crucial win this weekend against the previously undefeated Carleton Knights. It was a close match yet the Gusties scraped by winning 5-4. The victorious home match brought the Gustie’s season record to 15-6 and they are still undefeated 6-0 in the MIAC. “Our season as a team has really improved from the start, even the … Continue reading Women’s tennis delivers a nail-biter

The Gustavus Women’s Softball Team has had about as good of a start to a season as one could ask for. After spending over a week in Florida playing against different teams and honing their craft, the Gusties returned to St. Peter and conference competition when they played a doubleheader against Augsburg on Friday. After a slow first couple of innings, the Gusties found themselves … Continue reading Softball starts season sizzling

The Gustavus Men’s Tennis team has been relishing in recent victories, and preparing to bounce back from an unfortunate loss in the final month of the season. The Gusties swept both St. John’s University and St. Mary’s University over the weekend, with records of 9-0 for both tournaments. First-year Josh Christensen’s efforts against St. John’s earned him the honors of MIAC Men’s Tennis Athlete of … Continue reading Men’s tennis sweeps SJU and SMU

Parker Burman – Staff Writer Coming into play Monday against Hamline the Gustavus baseball team was sitting at an overall record of 11-3. After a successful trip to Arizona that saw them win eight of their nine games and ten of their last eleven, the Gusties were looking to build off that success. They currently sit at 12-4 overall with a conference record of 1-1. Monday’s … Continue reading Baseball splits series against Hamline