The MIAC Presidents’ Council announced Wednesday that it will allow both 2020 fall sports and 2021 spring sports to compete during the spring semester, with shortened seasons for fall sports only.
Junior guard Riley Miller took advantage of the Auggies zone defense and carried the Tommies to a 81-70 victory over Augsburg University with 20 points and six 3-pointers Saturday at Si Melby Hall Gymnasium, keeping the Tommies undefeated and at the top of the MIAC standings.
St. Thomas junior Anders Nelson scored 23 points and was 10 of 16 from the field as he led the No. 7 Tommies to a 76-64 victory over No. 5 St. John’s University Wednesday at Schoenecker Arena after four consecutive postponements due to COVID-19 protocols. Joey Swanson and Casey Eakins have the story.
Junior goaltender Eryn Cooley saved 21 of 23 shots that came her way, helping the St. Thomas women’s hockey team to a 4-2 win against Bethel University Saturday at Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Production Editor Justin Amaker and Assignment Editor Joey Swanson have the story.
St. Thomas women’s track and field coach Joe Sweeney and senior sprinter Delaney McLoone join TommieMedia’s Joey Swanson to discuss the team’s final season in the MIAC and its first meet in 11 months.
Nine positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being, marking the third week in a row with a case decline. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson and Design Manager Lauren Dettmer have the story.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus relief and the St. Thomas vice president for mission, the Rev. Larry Snyder, will retire on June 30, 2021. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson has today’s News in :90.
Five St. Thomas students were victims of an armed robbery involving a firearm at around 2:56 a.m. Saturday on Cretin Avenue between Selby and Dayton avenues, approximately one block from the university’s St. Paul campus, according to an email from St. Thomas Public Safety Saturday morning. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson has the story.
The MIAC Presidents’ Council announced on Wednesday its intent to move forward with winter sports competition after postponing the decision on Dec. 15. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson and Sports Editor Olivia Paradise have the story.
The MIAC Presidents’ Council agreed Tuesday to continue planning for the possibility of winter sports competitions, according to a statement on its website. Sports Editor Joey Swanson has the story.
A second round of asymptomatic COVID-19 mass testing took place Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex Field House. Taylor Shupe, Huda Alsomali and Joey Swanson have the story and slideshow.
Forty-seven positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, a decrease of ten from the previous week. Joey Swanson, Justin Amaker and Maggie Stout have the story.
St. Thomas Athletics began a four-week no practice period on Saturday, Nov. 21 after Gov. Tim Walz implemented a four-week dial back on certain activities Wednesday to slow the spread of COVID-19. Sports Editor Joey Swanson has the story.
The St. Thomas dance team will transition to Division I from the Open Division of the Universal Dance Association in the fall of 2021. Sports Editor Joey Swanson has the story.
Campus community members lined up Wednesday for St. Thomas’ free on-campus asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex Field House.
