The Gustie football team is back on track after a decisive 23-3 win over the St.Olaf Oles in Northfield last weekend. This victory moves the Gusties to 4-4 overall (2-4) MIAC and puts an end to a four-game losing streak. Heading into the game, Gustavus was tied 7th in the MIAC league standings, with the 6th ranked offense and 4th ranked defense. The Gustie defense … Continue reading Football bounces back: A 23-3 win against St. Olaf ends the Gusties’ 4 game skid

The Gustavus Women’s Soccer team went 1-1 against two tough teams in Augsburg and St. Benedict’s. The Gusties were shut out for the second game in a row as it fell by a score of 2-0 at Augsburg College on October 7 at Edor Nelson Field. With the loss the Gusties now move to 5-4-2 (2-4 MIAC), while the Auggies have continued what has been … Continue reading Women’s Soccer gets a W: Bouncing back from a tough Augsburg loss, Gusties beat St. Benedict’s

Coming off a tough 3-1 loss to nonconference opponent UW-Stout on Oct. 4, Gustavus Volleyball had only winning on their minds heading into their Oct. 7 match with MIAC rival Carleton College, and win the Gusties did. “Our offense was more evenly distributed tonight, which makes it a lot harder on their defense. We picked up a lot of fun, long rallies to gain some … Continue reading Volleyball nets back to back wins

Take away Wednesdays loss to Saint John’s and the Gusties have finally been playing their soccer. Despite a bit of a rough start to their season, the Gustavus men’s soccer team has had multiple strong performances in the past few weeks. Although currently holding an overall record of four wins, seven losses, and one tie, the team has enjoyed a decent amount of success in … Continue reading Men’s Soccer steps up: Beats three out of the last four MIAC opponents

The Homecoming football game is always a special event, but this year it was more so. The game also marked the celebration of 100 seasons of Gustavus Football. Football alumni showed up in massive numbers. The alumni not only got to enjoy the game, but also take a photo with the current players and attend a large celebration in Alumni Hall afterwards. Despite the Gusties’ … Continue reading Centennial Celebration

A year after losing to the Gusties in the final seconds, the Cobbers had their revenge. Despite keeping the score close throughout the first three quarters of the game, the Gustavus football team dropped their Homecoming game to the Cobbers last Saturday, 21-46. The Gusties faced a very different team than the previous week, when they held Hamline to only 17 rushing yards but struggled … Continue reading Football falls short on homecoming: Strong final quarters sees Cobbers run away with 46-21 victory

Volleyball’s eight-match win streak was snapped by Augsburg on Wednesday, Sept. 28, when the Auggies beat the Gusties 3 sets to 1. The loss also broke a 16-match win streak within the MIAC that dated back to 2014. “Augsburg played relentlessly. Very strong defense and attacked our block a lot…I felt like we couldn’t totally get into a groove and hold our momentum when we … Continue reading Volleyball goes one in three against tough rivals

Over the past number of weeks, Gustavus Men’s and Women’s Tennis have both been hard at work during their fall season. This rather brief fall season only lasted about one month. Each team, however, is very pleased with how their short seasons went. On the Men’s side of the court, the Gusties had two competitions this fall. Their first competition took place in Iowa at … Continue reading Men’s Tennis sweep ITA Regionals: Al-Houni and Whaling takes first and second to highlight cool fall season

After only two and a half minutes of play on Wednesday, Women’s Soccer found themselves down 1-0 to St. Mary’s.  Sixteen minutes later a boot from Sophomore Goalkeeper Ashley Becker found Senior Madison Ackiss past midfield. Ackiss did the rest of the work from there, dribbling past St. Mary’s defense to tie the game up 1-1. The goal was the second of the season for … Continue reading Women’s Soccer surges past St. Mary’s: Senior Madison Ackiss scores twice in victory

The Gustavus Football team took their first loss of the 2016 season last weekend when they lost a nail-biter to the Hamline Pipers in St. Paul. The Gustie offense had a chance after a forced safety brought them within two points of the Pipers with 35 seconds to go in the game, but they weren’t able to overcome the deficit.  The final score was 42-40 … Continue reading Football comes up short in shootout