This is Sports in :60 for Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.
Sports in :60 – Nov. 30, 2016
Tommies crush Coe college 55-6, advance to Elite Eight
The third-ranked St. Thomas football team cruised past Coe 55-6 Saturday afternoon at O’Shaughnessy Stadium.
Men and women’s soccer make school history
The St. Thomas men’s and women’s soccer teams have rewritten the history books with impressive and, at times, unprecedented 2016 campaigns.
Women’s CC sprints to 20th at NCAA finals
The St. Thomas women’s cross country team, led by a trio of seniors, finished 20th at the 2016 NCAA Division III National Championships Saturday.
Tommies drop season opener to UW-River Falls despite comeback
Devin Buckley scored 29 points to lead Wisconsin-River Falls to a 74-65 win over the tenth-ranked St. Thomas men’s basketball team Tuesday evening at Schoenecker Arena.
St. Thomas football earns top-four seed in NCAA playoffs
The third-ranked St. Thomas football team earned the second-overall seed in the NCAA DIII tournament bracket Sunday evening, and will play the Upper Midwest Conference Champion Northwestern-St. Paul in the first round of playoffs.
MIAC roundup: Johnnies rout Concordia, await NCAA bid
After winning its regular-season closer 31-7 over Concordia at Moorhead, St. John’s must wait for NCAA Division III playoff pairings to come out on Sunday to find out if their season will continue.
St. Thomas represents in fall NCAA playoffs
The St. Thomas volleyball team and both the men’s and women’s soccer teams qualified for their respective NCAA playoffs. Here’s what you need to know.
Sports in :60 – Nov. 8, 2016
This is Sports in :60 for Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.
Women’s soccer loses championship title to Augsburg
Marta Anderson’s goal 15 minutes into the game gave Augsburg a 1-0 victory Saturday over St. Thomas in the MIAC women’s soccer championship game played on the Tommies’ South Campus field.
Men’s soccer wins first-ever MIAC championship
The St. Thomas men’s soccer team won its first ever MIAC playoff championship with a 1-0 victory over Macalester in the conference title game on Saturday morning.
St. Thomas No. 2 in NCAA football playoff rankings
St. Thomas is ranked second in the west region of the first NCAA Division III football playoff pairings announced this week.
Volleyball sweeps Concordia, advances to MIAC semis
The Tommies swept the Cobbers for a second time in Wednesday’s MIAC quarterfinals.
MIAC roundup: Hamline’s Spriggs torches Augsburg
The Pipers at 5-3 overall ensured themselves at least a break-even record after 19 losing seasons behind Justice Spriggs’ five touchdown passes.
St. Thomas leads Bethel 7-0 at halftime
Wide receiver Nick Waldvogel fought off multiple Royals on a 44-yard run late in the first quarter to score the sole touchdown of the half, giving St. Thomas (5-0 MIAC, 7-0 overall) a 7-0 lead over Bethel University (3-2 MIAC, 3-4 overall) Saturday.