St. Thomas’ Blue Ox Rugby team ripped through its final tune-up matches before next week’s national tournament as it swept the Macalester Cup Saturday.
Foursquare users leaving their marks with virtual graffiti
College campuses may soon have to start dealing with another form of social networking after the introduction of “Foursquare,” a virtual graffiti site that allows users to tell others where they are and what they think about the spot.
News in :90 – March 24, 2010
[slidepress gallery=’osterman-nin32410′] This is News in :90 for Wednesday, March 24, 2010.
Men’s hockey coach Terry Skrypek retires
After amassing 419 victories in 23 seasons for the St. Thomas men’s hockey program, coach Terry “Skry” Skrypek is retiring.
First-place Tommie baseball sweeps Wisconsin-LaCrosse
The first-ranked St. Thomas baseball team improved to 4-1 in its young season with a 10-3 and 3-2 sweep of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Thursday evening.
Distance-medley runners recap their championship relay
Talk about redemption.
After two straight years of second-place finishes at the NCAA Championships, the women’s track and field distance-medley finally relay broke through and won the national championship.
Women’s and men’s track finish 19th, 23rd
Sophomore Mike Hutton’s fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run highlighted St. Thomas’ Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Top notch: Women’s relay wins national title
The women’s track and field distance-medley relay are national champions.
Freshman Taylor Berg and seniors Nikki Arola, Erin Sprangers and Kelly Russ ran the relay in 11:50.46, taking the title in Greencastle, Ind., with the fastest time by more than a second.
Late run falls short, Tommie men’s season ends in first round
KENOSHA WIS. – The No. 3-ranked men’s basketball team was upset Friday night 73-71 by No. 24-ranked Anderson University in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis.
Post office may halt Saturday mail services
Sunday may no longer be the only day to skip the walk to your mailbox.
With the number of handled items dropping and financial losses rising, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing Congress to allow it to cut Saturday deliveries.
Men’s bball lines up with eight top-25 teams in bracket
Without a home arena, St. Thomas was unable to secure a bid to host the first rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. So the team is starting its run at a national championship about 360 miles away in Kenosha, Wis., at host-school Carthage College.
Women’s bball wins MIAC championship in overtime
Make some room in the trophy case, because the women’s basketball team is coming back from the MIAC championship game with some hardware.
It took an overtime period to decide it, but St. Thomas is the new MIAC champion.
Fourth-quarter free throws put Tommie women in MIAC finals
The women’s basketball team didn’t get the memo about five seeds not belonging in the MIAC playoff finals.
The Tommies are crashing the championship game after going on the road Wednesday to win 63-60 in a barn-burner over two-seed Gustavus.
Women’s bball upsets Gustavus, plays in MIAC finals Saturday
The women’s basketball team didn’t get the memo about five seeds not belonging in the MIAC playoff finals.
St. Thomas is crashing the MIAC championship game after going on the road Wednesday to win 63-60 in a barn burner over two-seed Gustavus.
Women’s bball advances to MIAC semi-finals
The women’s basketball team went on the road to defeat Macalester 60-52 in the first round of the MIAC playoffs.
Junior Rachel Booth led the Tommies with a game-high 20 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks.