The NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring championship games, including this Saturday’s matchups between the St. Thomas and St. John’s men’s basketball teams and the St. Thomas and Lake Forest men’s hockey teams, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement from NCAA president Mike Emmert Thursday. TommieMedia and the Associated Press have the story.
General spectators will not be allowed to attend Saturday’s Tommie-Johnnie basketball game in Collegeville, Minnesota, following an NCAA announcement Wednesday afternoon that was driven by concerns over COVID-19. TommieMedia’s Justin Amaker and Emily Haugen have the story.
The St. Thomas men’s hockey team will be playing No. 8 Lake Forest (Ill.) College on Saturday at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The St. Thomas men’s hockey team will play Concordia-Moorhead for a MIAC playoff championships after defeating St. John’s 4-1 Saturday in St. Cloud and both St. Thomas men’s and women’s indoor track teams won the MIAC championships Saturday. Columnist Zaid Khan has today’s Sports in :60.
For the third time, St. Thomas women’s soccer coach Sheila McGill won MIAC Coach of the Year, seven Tommie soccer players were selected for the 2019 all-MIAC team and two earned academic all-district, All-America honors. Reporter Mia Laube has the story.
The academic culture of St. Thomas football is demonstrated through four senior athletes who were selected for the 2019 coSIDA Academic-All District team. Reporter Mia Laube has the story.
St. Thomas men’s soccer coach, Jon Lowery, was voted MIAC Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year for the 2019 season, his third honor in the last four seasons.
St. Thomas volleyball’s senior Libero Ellie Meyer, first-year middle defense Selena Levendoski and coach Thanh Pham earned MIAC honors at the end of the regular season.
The No. 19 St. Thomas women’s soccer team drew No. 15 Carnegie Mellon University 0-0 after double overtime, but fell just short in a penalty shootout Saturday, losing 6-5 to the Tartans in the Elite Eight of the Division lll NCAA Tournament.
A crucial penalty-kick save by goalkeeper Sarah Pasternak lifted the No.19 St. Thomas women’s soccer team past No. 6 Wheaton College Friday afternoon and into the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Division III Tournament at Joe Bean Stadium.
St. Thomas Athletics Director Phil Esten said Thursday that the NCAA agrees that St. Thomas “look(s) like we could be and operate like a Division I institution” and the university will know more about its fate after the NCAA convention. Reporter Justin Amaker has the story.
With back-to-back wins in the opening weekend of the tournament, the St. Thomas women’s soccer team advance to the Sweet 16 – the first group to do so since 2002. The No. 19 Tommies will travel to face the No. 6 Wheaton College Thunder Friday. Reporter Jacob Schneider has the preview.
The University of St. Thomas Athletic Hall of Fame inducted 16 new members on Nov. 16. Every three years the ceremony is held for a new class of inductees. Reporter Rae Beaner has the story
St. Thomas goalkeeper Sarah Pasternak recorded eight saves in the Tommies’ second round game of the NCAA tournament, helping them defeat Illinois Wesleyan University 1-0 Sunday afternoon at South Field.
Concordia takes down Carleton and Augsburg defeats Hamline. Assignment Editor Kat Barrett has this week’s MIAC Roundup.
