Instead of travelling to St. Mary’s University Tuesday for the St. Thomas women’s hockey team’s season finale, the game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. The cancellation marks the end of a 6-2-0 season for the Tommies.
In a back-and-forth battle, St. Thomas secured a 4-3 win against St. Mary’s thanks to senior forward Spencer Zwiener’s go-ahead goal, his second goal of the game, with just under five minutes left in the third period in the Tommies’ last home game as a Division III and MIAC member school. Justin Amaker and Sam Larson have the story.
Junior goaltender Kalli Engen stopped 18 of 21 shots in her first collegiate start to lead the St. Thomas women’s hockey team to a 4-3 win against Concordia-Moorhead Wednesday at Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Sam Larson and Olivia Paradise have the story.
Senior forward Alyssa Wallace scored her team leading third and fourth goals of the season, helping the St. Thomas women’s hockey team defeat the College of St. Benedict 6-2 Friday at Saint Thomas Ice Arena, a season high for goals. Sam Larson and Justin Amaker have the story.
The NASA rover Perseverance landed on Mars Thursday and Tommies Closet, a program that aims to recycle unwanted clothes, is offering mini workshops for students and faculty on how to mend torn clothes. Reporter Sam Larson has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas junior Josh Wagner ran 100 miles in 30 days from Jan. 6 to Feb. 6, exceeding his $500 goal by raising $700 to combat human trafficking. Reporter Sam Larson has the story.
Monday’s St. Thomas men’s basketball game at Bethel was postponed “due to COVID-19 protocols,” St. Thomas Athletics said in a statement. The game is the first postponement for the men’s basketball program.
St. Thomas announced Thursday it will partner with the Minnesota Department of Health to offer free on-campus COVID-19 testing next week at the St. Paul campus.
St. Thomas athletics welcomed 50 student athletes in its first class of Division I signees to sports other than football during the university’s first National Signing Day Wednesday, with more decisions expected in the coming days and weeks. Sports Editor Joey Swanson has the story.
Eighty positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by the University of St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, the highest total recorded all year and a 58-case increase from the previous week. Two positive cases came from employees and 78 came from students; two of the 80 cases were from the Minneapolis campus.
In response to information uncovered regarding Loras Hall’s namesake, a committee was formed to provide long-term principles guiding St. Thomas in renaming campus structures, St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan announced in an email Thursday. Sam Larson and Casey Eakins have the story.
St. Thomas residential students are now allowed to visit other residents’ dorm halls between 10 a.m. and 2 a.m., Residence Life wrote in an email to on-campus residents.
St. Thomas has a variety of sustenance options at its dining venues. Some of our TommieMedia staff members wrote about their favorite meals on campus and why they enjoy them. We want to hear from you: what’s your favorite campus meal?
