In his team’s second year of Division I, St. Thomas football coach Glenn Caruso received the Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year award for his team’s remarkable 10-1 record and undefeated conference season. Cam Kauffman has the story.
Isaiah Hall remembers the jitters he felt heading into his final season on the St. Thomas football team, a program that was ranked dead last among 128 FCS football programs after making the unprecedented jump from Division III to Division I.
St. Thomas student-athletes, coaches and staff have worked together since last May to create an initiative called “Shed a Little Light” that was launched in October 2020 to bring change to campus regarding racial inequities in response to the killing of George Floyd. Olivia Paradise and Cam Kauffman have the story.
Although MIAC presidents allowed football programs to schedule up to four games or scrimmages this spring semester, a final Tommie-Johnnie game before St. Thomas moves to Division I will not take place this spring, as St. John’s decided to concentrate its efforts on preparing athletes to compete next fall. Reporter Luana Karl has the story.
St. Thomas softball coach John Tschida will resign at the end of the 2021 season to become the softball coach at his alma mater, St. Mary’s University, athletics departments from St. Mary’s and St. Thomas announced Monday. Production Editor Justin Amaker has the story.
St. Thomas football plans to host Augsburg University for the teams’ first official game since the MIAC announced their approval for football teams to play up to four conference games or scrimmages in the 2021 spring season.
Minnesota hockey referees and officials, including those who have worked at St. Thomas games, have had to adjust to uncertainty, electronic whistles, and daily health screenings in order to keep games running during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 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 President Julie Sullivan and the St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government held a student town hall meeting over Zoom Thursday night to update St. Thomas community members on a number of upcoming campus changes. Scout Mason and Cam Kauffman have the story.
The St. Thomas men’s and women’s hockey games against Gustavus this weekend have been postponed “due to COVID-19 protocols,” St. Thomas Athletics said in a statement Friday. Reporter Andrés Tejeda 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.
St. Olaf College joins neighboring Carleton College as the second MIAC school to cancel the 2020-21 winter sports season for varsity athletic teams due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Sports Editor Joey Swanson and Production Editor Justin Amaker have the story.
Carleton College became the first MIAC school to cancel in-person athletic competition for the winter sports season after Carleton’s athletics department released a statement Friday.
