4 days Ago By Staff reports
DULUTH — Jacob Andrews kicked a 43-yard field goal in overtime to lift the St. Scholastica football team to a 44-41 victory over Macalester on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Walt Hunting Stadium-Marv Heikkinen Field.
The Saints led 41-26 late in the fourth quarter, but the Scots scored two touchdowns inside the final five minutes to send the game into overtime. ADVERTISEMENT But Andrews' long kick gave the Saints a victory to close out their season. CSS quarterback Don West completed 22 passes on 43 attempts for 331 yards and two touchdowns.
West also caught a TD pass. Wide receiver Andrew Burgess was West's favorite target, catching 10 passes for 170 yards and a TD. CSS running back Nick Schlender carried the ball 25 times for 246 yards and two touchdowns.
On the defensive side, John Bonner led the Saints with 10 tackles. St. Scholastica finishes the season with a 4-6 overall record, 2-5 in the MIAC.
MEN’S HOCKEY CSS splits weekend games The Yellowjackets defeated St. Scholastica 2-1 on Friday, Nov. 15, at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth, but the Saints topped Northland College 3-1 Saturday, Nov.
16, at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth. On Friday, Evan Axell and Justin Daupinais each scored goals assisted by Ikki Kogawa for UWS. The Saints’ Braden Panzer notched a power-play goal in the second period.
ADVERTISEMENT UWS goalie Jack Boschert made 29 saves, while CSS keeper Eino Rissanen stopped 36 shots. On Saturday, Northland jumped out to a 1-0 first-period lead, but Hunter Hanson tied the game with a power-play goal in the second, and Jacob Seitz and Evan Pahos each scored a goal in the third to put the Saints out of reach. Seitz assisted on the other two goals.
Northland's Andrew Yocum made 45 saves in goal, while Brenden Stroble stopped 27 shots for St. Scholastica. The Saints (2-3-1) take on Augsburg University in a weekend series — at 7 p.
m. Friday, Nov. 22, in Minneapolis and at 7 p.
m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY Bennies sweep Saints The College of St. Benedict swept a weekend series over St. Scholastica — 2-1 in overtime Friday, Nov.
15, in Duluth and 5-0 Saturday, Nov. 16, in St. Cloud.
In the opener at Mars Lakeview Arena, Makenzie Cole made 45 saves to keep the Saints close, but CSS could only muster a third-period power-play goal by Hanley Block. ADVERTISEMENT Kate Moffat stopped 26 shots for the Bennies. In the Saturday rematch, St.
Benedict tallied five goals from five different players to complete the sweep. Makenzie and Moffat made 35 and 32 saves, respectively. The Saints will look for their first win this season (0-5) during a weekend series against Augsburg University — at 6 p.
m. Friday, Nov. 22, at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth and at 4 p.
m. Saturday, Nov. 23, in Minneapolis.
MEN’S BASKETBALL Northwestern topples St. Scholastica Soren Anderson scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to pace Northwestern to an 85-78 victory over St. Scholastica on Saturday, Nov.
16, at Reif Gym in Duluth. Koy Nelson led the Saints with 17 points, and Aaron Keykal notched a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. St.
Scholastica hosts Northland College on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Reif Gym. Tipoff is 7 p.
m. ADVERTISEMENT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Saints fall to Pointers, strike Sabres St. Scholastica split a pair of games over the weekend.
On Friday, Nov. 15, the Saints fell 67-43 to Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Berg Gym in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Ava Haus led St.
Scholastica with 12 points. On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Saints overcame a 41-29 halftime deficit to rally in the second half and defeat Marian University 75-67 at Sadoff Gym in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Haus again led CSS, this time with 21 points, and Jackie Johnson and Kloey Lind also hit double figures with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Lind also hauled in 9 rebounds. CSS (1-3) hosts Northland College on Saturday, Nov.
23, at 1 p.m. MEN’S, WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Saints run at NCAA regionals The Saints competed at the NCAA Division III North Region cross country meet Saturday, Nov.
16, in Northfield, Minnesota. ADVERTISEMENT Calvin Boone completed the 8K men’s course in 25 minutes, 9.1 seconds and placed 26th to lead St.
Scholastica to a 15th-place team finish. Grace McCormick ran the women’s 6K course in 23:15.4 and paced the Saints with a 42nd-place finish.
Overall, the Saints women placed ninth overall..
