The indoor track season concluded this past weekend at the MIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in St. Paul, allowing fans to look ahead to the spring season that starts in early April. However, the ice and snow still cling to our frozen campus, forcing us to discuss the winter season for just a bit longer. The Gustavus Men’s Track and Field team finished third … Continue reading Welcome to the rainy season

March has finally arrived, giving us a chance to dream of shorts and shades. The spring thaw brings spring sports into focus, and many elements of winter are gratefully left behind. Unfortunately for many, spring will have to wait while we continue to endure the deep freeze our world remains beneath. However, members of the Gustavus Women’s Hockey team hope to keep the ice around … Continue reading Women’s Hockey: Deep freeze

Fresh off another disappointing first-round exit in last year’s American League Division Series, the Minnesota Twins are back on the diamond at their spring training facility in Florida with their sights set on a division three-peat and an end to their recent postseason struggles. Sitting in third place at the All-Star break last season, the Twins caught fire to finish 48-26 in the second half … Continue reading Twins ready for year two at Target Field

Without any seniors on the Men’s Tennis team roster, the Gusties have a lot of potential this year after a disappointing end to last season. The Gusties lost their stranglehold on the MIAC with a difficult 7-2 defeat in the MIAC Playoff Championships against the Carleton Knights. However, the Gusties return nearly everyone from the roster last year, while adding 10 first-years to the team. … Continue reading Men’s Tennis: Fountain of youth

The Gustavus Men’s Basketball team extended its season with a 90-71 win on the road over St. Olaf in the quarterfinals of the MIAC playoffs on the heels of Head Coach Mark Hanson’s 400th win. Juniors Bobby Johnson and Seth Anderson led the Gusties with 22 points apiece as the Gusties outscored the Oles 49-32 in the second half. With the win, Gustavus advances to … Continue reading Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Hanson records 400th win, focus shifts to playoffs

Junior Colleen Ruane (middle) and Senior Molly Mathiowetz (right) celebrate with Molly Geske after she scored her 1,000th career point in an 85-45 win against Augsburg. Geske scored 16 points in the contest, all coming in the first half. Her 1,000th point came on a runner in the lane with a couple minutes left in the first half. Geske has a career average of 13.3 … Continue reading Junior Molly Geske scores 1,000th career point

The Gustavus Men’s Hockey team is in the MIAC playoffs for the fifth straight season, giving itself a chance to repeat the magic of the last two seasons. Matching recent success has been difficult, as Gustavus finished the year 8-6-2 in the conference, earning the fourth seed in the MIAC playoffs on the final day of play. In 2009, the team finished second in the … Continue reading Men’s Hockey: Still standing

With the completion of a Vikings season more frequently characterized by Brett Favre’s inappropriate text messages and the Metrodome roof collapse than the actual play of the Minnesota Vikings, plans for a new Vikings stadium seem to be gaining traction this off-season. Despite the inconvenience of the roof’s collapse in mid-December, causing the Vikings to play their last two home games at Ford Field in … Continue reading If you build it, they will come

Last season, the Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams had tremendous success at the MIAC Championships with the women winning the MIAC title and the men falling just short and finishing runner-up by merely eight points. Both teams will look to build on their solid seasons this year and win MIAC titles this weekend. The men will contend for their first MIAC Championship since … Continue reading Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving teams look to contend at MIAC Championships

Back in 1976, Julius Irving won the ABA All-Star Game Dunk Contest, the first professional competition of its kind. The same year the dunk was legalized in NCAA basketball. These two events collectively shaped basketball into the explosive and exciting sport it is today. The NBA will celebrate its 60th anniversary of All Star Weekend this year at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, highlighted … Continue reading NBA Dunk Contest: Above the rim