St. Thomas men’s and women’s cross country teams are now both ranked in the top four in the region as the men moved up to fourth and the women slid down to third after last weekend’s races.
Women’s soccer still undefeated in MIAC
The women’s soccer team ran its conference unbeaten streak dating back to last season to 15 games with a 5-0 win Wednesday at Hamline. The win is St. Thomas’ fourth in a row, moving the team to 6-2 on the year and 3-0 in MIAC play.
No. 6-ranked volleyball plays St. Mary’s Wednesday night
The No. 6-ranked Tommies are 10-2 after two losses last weekend at the Washington Invite in St. Louis.
Intramural football kicked off with Thompson’s 45-yard boot
For many sports fans, the kickoff between the Pittsburg Steelers and Tennessee Titans marked the beginning of their favorite time of the year: football season. At St. Thomas, the real start to the season isn’t the NFL’s first game or even the opening game for the Tommie varsity football team.
The real season started Monday, Sept. 21 with the field goal kicking contest that “kicked off” the annual intramural football league. Freshman Jeff Thompson won the contest with a field goal of 45 yards.
Women’s soccer travel to Hamline Tuesday afternoon
The women’s soccer team will be in action 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hamline. St. Thomas is fresh off a 2-1 victory over Augsburg on Saturday and beat Hamline 2-1 last year in overtime. But the Tommies lost 3-2 to Hamline in 2007, the last time the women played on the Pipers’ home field. Jordan Osterman …
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Golf teams in action over the weekend
The women’s golf team took fifth out of 20 teams at the Division-III Classic this weekend while the men’s team finished 11th out of 20 teams at the St. John’s University Invite.
The Tommie women battled through the absence of injured senior All-American Laura Heck to post a team score of 659. St. Thomas finished 31 strokes behind tournament champions Gustavus. The Tommies had only four players, so the score for every golfer for both rounds were counted. Senior Amy Anderson led the Tommies with a 156, which was good enough to tie for fifth in the entire field.
Construction displaces varsity sports, intramurals and pick-up games
The construction has taken away the Coughlan Field House and Shoenecker Arena, causing many varsity teams to move their practices to McCarthy Gymnasium on South Campus.
Intramural football starts tonight with kicking contest
The St. Thomas intramural football league will “kick off” its season with a field goal contest at 5 p.m. on Palmer Field.
The event is open to all faculty and students who are not members of the varsity or junior varsity teams. Anyone looking to enter the contest should report to the field before 5 p.m. to sign up.
Horak’s late header helps women’s soccer beat Augsburg
[slidepress gallery=’womens-soccer-augsburg-091909′] St. Thomas women’s soccer team won 2-1 against Augsburg College at home on Saturday. “The first half [of the game] we dominated, and made them look tired and unfit,” coach Sheila McGill said. The Tommies came out hard early, and after an excellent assist from junior Regina Horak, senior Erin Sprangers scored the …
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Late comeback helps football top St. Olaf in MIAC opener
The St. Thomas football team erased the memory of a Division-III record six-overtime defeat at St. Olaf last year with a 27-16 win to open its MIAC season Saturday at Palmer field.
Tommies top St. Olaf in MIAC opener
Heart procedure can’t keep Ricky Margarit off the field
After a six-overtime defeat at St. Olaf last season, the Tommies are looking to avenge that loss this Saturday at home against the Oles (2-0).
Two players who are excited to play together for the first time in front of the home crowd are brothers Tony Margarit, a fifth-year senior, and sophomore Ricky Margarit.
“We have always played backyard football, backyard basketball and stuff, but we never got to play in a competitive environment with each other,” Tony Margarit said.
Women’s soccer starts MIAC season 1-0
When the St. Thomas women’s soccer team opened its conference season last year, the women were underdogs to win the conference title. This season, St. Thomas opened its title defense with a 3-0 win against St. Catherine University at home Wednesday afternoon.
“We came out with intensity,” coach Sheila McGill said. “We played as a team.”
Football seeks revenge after last year’s marathon loss at St. Olaf
It was a fall Saturday afternoon in Northfield, Minn. Two college football teams clashed repeatedly, neither budging an inch, ending regulation in a tie.
Passionately bringing football back to the top
Glenn Caruso wore a football helmet every day to his kindergarten class.
But it wasn’t because the future St. Thomas head football coach wanted to let his classmates know about the passionate love he had for the game. He strapped it on daily because any blow to the young Caruso’s head could have killed him.