An interception by senior wide receiver Isaiah Hall with 4:47 remaining thwarted a fourth-quarter rally by Valparaiso, sealing the Tommies’ 20-13 victory Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium.
Tommies take down Valparaiso 20-13 in homecoming game
A pair of touchdowns from senior running back Tom Loeffler and a late interception by senior wide receiver Isaiah Hall helped the Tommies to a 20-13 win over Valparaiso in their first Division I homecoming game Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium.
INFOGRAPHIC: St. Thomas vs. Valparaiso
The St. Thomas football team will face off against the University of Valparaiso for the 2021 homecoming game at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at O’Shaughnessy Stadium.
News in :90 – Oct. 8, 2021
Russia’s daily coronavirus death toll hit a new record, Google is cracking down on ads promoting false climate change claims and giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Zoo got their names. Designer Paige Yurczyk has today’s News in :90.
The Locker Room with Women’s Soccer – Oct. 8, 2021
St. Thomas women’s soccer coach Shelia McGill and team captains Natalie Engel and Alex Balfour join TommieMedia’s Angeline Terry in The Locker Room to talk about their performance against South Dakota State this past weekend.
St. Thomas alum returns to show award-winning documentary
Thomas Simmons graduated from St. Thomas in 2005 with a degree in accounting. Now, years later, he returned to his alma mater for a showing of his film Coyote: The Mike Plant Story.
News in :90 – Oct. 7, 2021
The Minnesota Supreme Court denied Derek Chauvin’s request for a public defender, Pfizer asked the U.S. government to approve use of the vaccine in children aged 5 to 11, and a federal judge ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the country. Elijah Todd-Walden has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas students’ laptop stickers tell the stories behind masked faces in the crowd
At a school with more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, St. Thomas students’ laptop stickers tell their stories to passersby if they take the time to look.
AP: Student taken into custody hours after Texas school shooting
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Wednesday, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said.
News in :90 – Oct. 6, 2021
A touch football game kicked off homecoming week, Gov.Tim Walz called for COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for teachers, and international enrollment is at an all-time high at St. Thomas. Annabelle Wiskus has today’s News in :90.
Tommies fall 3-0 to Western Illinois in close match
First-year outside hitter Libby Mattila tied for a team-best with 12 kills in a 3-0 loss to Western Illinois University Tuesday at Schoenecker Arena.
News in :90 – Oct. 5, 2021
Minnesota gave local governments more time to claim federal COVID-19 relief funds, a former Facebook data scientist revealed the company’s dishonesty in preventing hate speech, and the St. Thomas homecoming committee kicked off the week with a football event. Jos Morss has today’s News in :90.
International enrollment at an all-time high as St. Thomas pushes cultural exchange
St. Thomas broke records in welcoming 62 new international students in-person this fall despite an ongoing pandemic as the university provided support to foreign applicants in an effort to keep cultural exchange a priority on campus.
Touch football kicks off homecoming week
St. Thomas’s Student Homecoming Committee hosted a 4-on-4 football event at O’Shaughnessy Stadium Monday evening as a celebration to mark the start of homecoming week.
Ceremonial “March Through the Arches” continues on during COVID-19
On Sept. 7th, the class of 2025 and the St. Thomas community gathered together to celebrate the new school year and the time-honored tradition of “March Through the Arches” after being unable to gather last year due to COVID-19. Videographer Maddy Herman has the story.
