The St. Thomas women’s hockey team’s loss in overtime to Plattsburgh State at the national championship competition in March was the top story on TommieMedia in 2014.

The story, which included a photo slideshow of the game and video of the press conference following the game, is currently the third-highest viewed story ever published on TommieMedia.

Other popular stories from this year include student involvement with the legalization of marijuana (3), the university hiring 43 new staff positions after many staff and faculty members retired in the spring (8) and the announcement of Andy Grammer as the artist at STAR’s spring concert (9).

The top-10 list is based on the number of unique visitors to the website. All news and sports stories posted on TommieMedia in 2014 were analyzed for the list.

1. National title hopes end for women’s hockey in OT

2. Women’s golf tops the leaderboard at St. Thomas Invitational

3. Marijuana legalization debate sparks student involvement

4. Allies club celebrates Night of Noise

5. Riedel receives All-American honors at banquet

6. Library evacuated after microwave fire

7. St. Thomas adopts new sexual misconduct policy

8. University works to fill 43 positions

9. Andy Grammer to perform at STAR’s spring concert

10. ‘Pirate Theory’ seeks to explain fear of darkness

Bjorn Saterbak can be reached at sate3878@stthomas.edu.