After winning a national title last year, the men’s lacrosse team is gearing up for another season both on and off the field.
Men’s lacrosse preps for upcoming season
Women’s bball beats injury-plagued Hamline
The St. Thomas women’s basketball team kept rolling Monday night with a decisive 68-50 win over the injury-riddled Hamline Pipers at Concordia University’s Gangelhoff Center.
Former Johnnie now wears Tommie purple
St. Thomas men’s basketball won in overtime against St. John’s 70-69. Sophomore Noah Kaiser is familiar with the Tommie-Johnnie rivalry, but this is his first game playing against his old team.
Chris Olean named interim baseball coach for 2010
After assistant coaching for nine years, Olean will take over for Dennis Denning, whose 15-year tenure at St. Thomas included 522 wins and national championships in 2001 and 2009.
Women’s basketball falls to Gustavus
St. Thomas women’s basketball lost to Gustavus Wednesday night 77-63 after leading the game at half-time.
Men’s bball breaks record with 32 straight MIAC wins
St. Thomas men’s basketball got a 77-68 win over St. Mary’s Monday night at Concordia University’s Gangelhoff Center.
The win also broke the MIAC’s old record of 31-straight MIAC victories, held by the 1965-67 St. Thomas teams.
Baseball coach Dennis Denning retires
Baseball coach Dennis Denning will retire Feb. 1, 2010 after coaching St. Thomas for 15 seasons.
Denning announced his retirement Tuesday afternoon at a press conference at St. Thomas’ St. Paul campus.
“I can’t remember one bad thing while coaching here, not one,” Denning said.
Online recruiting beefs up athletic program
Tommie’s athletics was ranked 13th out of the 435 NCAA Division III colleges in last spring’s Director Cup all sport standings.
Superior shuts out women’s hockey 3-0
Wisconsin-Superior scored a goal in each period Tuesday night in Mendota Heights and shut out the No. 10-ranked St. Thomas women’s hockey team.
Football enjoyed best season in school history
On Monday night, a group of about 40 parents, coaches and fans gathered at Plum’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar on Snelling Avenue to look at film of the St. Thomas football team’s 31-20 loss to Linfield.
New look but same result so far for men’s bball
It’s a new look for the St. Thomas men’s basketball team this season.
Gone are B.J. Viau’s big smiles, Al McCoy’s trademark dreads and Lonnie Robinson’s lock-down defense. In statistical terms that means 2,109 minutes, 791 points and 93 games worth of experience have vanished.
Linfield ends St. Thomas playoff run
Ben Wartman led St. Thomas with 155 rushing yards and a score, and sophomore Fritz Waldvogel added 137 receiving yards and a touchdown Saturday in McMinnville, Ore.
Caruso says Linfield loss is ‘extremely frustrating’
McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Costly St. Thomas mistakes and Linfield’s efficient offense added up to a 31-20 defeat for the Tommies in the NCAA Division III football quarterfinals.
The loss ended a stellar season in which St. Thomas posted an 11-2 record and advanced further in the playoffs than any time before.
Football team getting acclimated to Oregon
The football team arrived in Oregon this morning and promptly set to work preparing for Saturday’s quarterfinal playoff game against Linfield College.
With an early flight and two hours gained by traveling west, the team had a full day to get settled into a foreign atmosphere and turn their thoughts toward kickoff.
“It was a pretty long day with the time difference and everything,” junior Brady Ervin said. “Overall, it was pretty good.”
Football team starting trek to Oregon
Tommie the mascot and a few brave souls withstood freezing temperatures Friday morning to see the Tommie football team head to the airport to make the trip to Oregon.