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

Brady Boie – Staff Writer The Gustavus Women’s Hockey team continued their Cinderella run in the NCAA tournament. After knocking off the 2nd-ranked River Falls Falcons, the Gusties found themselves facing the Plattsburg State Cardinals, who were the defending National Champions and touted as the third-best team in the NCAA throughout the regular season. This Frozen Four matchup would determine who would advance to the championship … Continue reading Women’s hockey caps season with a thriller

Luke Siegle – Staff Writer The Gustavus Women’s Tennis team returned from their spring break trip in Texas and locked up two wins this past Saturday against Mankato State University and Southwest Minnesota State University. With an impressive 5-2 win over Mankato and then a dominant 7-0 win against SMSU they got back on track heading into conference play which starts in a couple weeks. “On … Continue reading Women’s tennis sweeps SMSU and MSU

Allison Fajt – Staff Writer This weekend Gustavus’s Seniors Brooke Merila and Sophia Redding ended their gymnastics season on a high at Nationals held at Ithaca, New York. Merila placed 8th in the All-Around category and Redding placed 6th in bars- both earning the title of All-American. “Getting All-American was definitely in the back of my mind, I didn’t want that to kinda be like the … Continue reading Gymnastics seniors compete at Nationals

Luke Siegle – Staff Writer Three members of the Women’s Track and Field team earned a spot at the NCAA Indoor Championships last Friday and Saturday. Junior Annika Poe competed in the shot put and finished in 8th place. Junior Birgen Nelson competed in the 60 M Hurdles and placed 7th and Senior Elizabeth Donnelly also finished in seventh place in the 800 M. With all three … Continue reading Women’s track makes history at nationals