UPDATE: 9:01 p.m. April 23. This story has been updated to include the location of the new stadiums. The University of St. Thomas is creating new ballfields to make room for the baseball and softball teams on campus. Since the university has risen to Division I in sports, the university’s leadership team has decided to …
Minnesota Timberwolves players and staff participated in a player-led icebreaker game of slow-pitch softball on the St. Thomas baseball field.
Over the weekend, the St. Thomas women’s tennis team competed at the Gopher Invitational, starting strong with two individual match wins and two doubles team wins. Joe Ryan pitched shutout ball for the second straight outing and become only the second Minnesota starter to reach the eighth inning this season. Chad Breitenfeldt has today’s Sports in :60.
St. Thomas men’s hockey ended its inaugural Division I season with two losses over the weekend. St. Thomas softball lost three road games this weekend, falling twice to Bradley and once to Missouri in its third tournament of the season. The St. Thomas women’s tennis team fell to the University of Denver by a score of 7-0 in its summit league opener in Denver. Olivia VanGrinsven has today’s Sports in :60.
St. Thomas baseball took their first Division I victories, defeating Sacred Heart 2-0 and 3-2 this weekend. Softball took five losses on the weekend at the Mardi Gras Mambo in Youngsville, Louisiana. Women’s hockey was swept in its best-of-three series against Minnesota in the WCHA playoffs, falling 4-0 Friday and 5-0 Saturday. Scout Mason has today’s Sports in :60.
St. Thomas will reinstate its women’s tennis program after team members threatened to file a Title IX lawsuit against the university, an athletics department statement said Thursday.
Members of the St. Thomas women’s tennis team have threatened to take legal action against the university after the men’s and women’s teams were both cut from the athletics department earlier this month.
In less than ten minutes, 27 student-athletes found out that they would have to leave their home at the University of St. Thomas or sacrifice the thing that brought them here: varsity tennis. Director Mia Laube has the story.
St. Thomas Athletics announced the decision to discontinue its men’s and women’s varsity tennis programs in Director of Athletics Phil Esten’s university-wide email Tuesday. Director Mia Laube has the story.
Carleton College became the first MIAC school to cancel in-person athletic competition for the winter sports season after Carleton’s athletics department released a statement Friday.
The MIAC is postponing all athletic competition, including the previously cleared-to-compete tennis and golf until January 2021, the conference announced Monday. Director Emily Haugen and Chief Story Editor Mia Laube has the story.
The MIAC on Tuesday officially announced postponement of the fall season for football, soccer, cross country and volleyball to the spring amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Sports have been impacted worldwide by the spread of COVID-19. Designer Maggie Stout shows what sports at St. Thomas have been affected by the pandemic.
After the MIAC Presidents Council cancelled the 2020 conference regular season and postseason championships, St. Thomas cancelled the remainder of the spring sports season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this, the NCAA Division III Administrative Committee is granting an additional season of eligibility for those participating in spring sports.
Women’s tennis begins its season, three home games have new starting times, and the first episode of the Locker Room featuring the football team is now available to watch. Design Manager Christine Hastings has today’s Sports in :60.
Women’s tennis ends its season with a loss, baseball splits a doubleheader against Bethel, and Reporter Brady Halbmaier and Sports Editor Gamiel Hall host the Locker Room. Photographer Sophie Ringold has today’s Sports in :60.
