SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior men’s hockey was unable to get their 2nd win of the season on Friday, falling to UW-River Falls 2 to 1. Blake Holmes would have the lone goal for the Yellowjackets. UWS (1-5) will next play at UW-Stout on Saturday. Puck drop is at 7 PM. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
HERMATOWN, Minn.- Hermantown native and future Bulldog Zam Plante will get a chance to suit up for the U.S. Junior Select Team next month. Plante was one of the 22 players selected to compete in the World Junior A Challenge in Nova Scotia. He wasn’t the only future Bulldog named to the roster. Joining him will be Chaska defenseman Adam…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UW-Superior men’s basketball team picked up their 4th straight win on Wednesday, defeating St. Scholastica 70 to 62. The Yellowjackets were led by J’Vaun Walker, who had 16 points in the victory. On the other end, Jeff Moore had a team-leading 15 points for the Saints. UWS (4-0) will next play Ripon at home on Saturday. CSS…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team will look to snap their six game winless streak with another rivalry series this weekend. The Bulldogs will be in St. Cloud to take on the 17th ranked Huskies. A team UMD has seen quite a bit over the years. Just last season, the two squads would meet in seven games. With UMD…
DULUTH, Minn.- Fresh off their bye week, the 7th ranked UMD women’s hockey team returns to the ice this weekend. And it’s a big one as the Bulldogs welcome in the 4th ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers into Amsoil Arena. Both teams come into the matchup with similar seasons so far. Each squad has two losses, which have come from Ohio…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD football team was well represented on the NSIC all-conference team. A whopping 12 players were on the first and 2nd teams. Nine of those players made the first team. On offense, Tight End Sam Pitz and linemen Treyvon Cahalan and Arik Johnson achieved first time honors. They were joined by Lineman Andrew Klopp, Drew Hennessey, Ethan…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD football team put themselves in a strong position to make the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, the selection committee felt otherwise as the Bulldogs saw their season end on Sunday. UMD snapped a two-year drought just a day earlier when they upset 9th ranked Minnesota State-Mankato 33 to 21. Even with a loss and the same record, Minnesota…
DULUTH, Minn.- The St. Scholastica men’s hockey team is moving up in the latest USCHO poll. The Saints jump from up six spots, going from number 14 to number eight in the country. This is the first time since 2014 that CSS has cracked the top 10. Scholastica is off to a strong start this season, posting a 5-0 record so…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD Junior Linebacker Mac Strand earned NSIC Defensive Player of the Week Honors after rallying up 16 tackles in the Bulldogs 33 to 21 victory over MSU-Mankato. Those 16 tackles were a career best for the Appleton, Wisconsin native. Strand finishes the year with 50 total tackles, 35 of which were solo. He also had a career-high in…
DULUTH, Minn.- The weekly polls came out for Division one hockey on Monday. After a tough weekend against North Dakota, which resulted in two losses, the UMD men’s hockey team has fallen out of the top 20. The Bulldogs will look to snap a six game win-less drought this weekend in St. Cloud. Meanwhile, the women’s team was on their…
DULUTH, Minn.- Despite not reaching nationals as a team, three St. Scholastica runners will be representing the Saints in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. Lars Dewall, Calvin Boone and Alli Hendrickson have qualified as individuals following Saturday’s NCAA North Regionals. In the men’s race, Dewall placed sixth while Boone followed his teammate in seventh place. In the women’s…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior men’s basketball team are now 2-0 to start the season with Friday’s 76-68 win over UW-La Crosse at Mertz Motorelli Gymnasium. J’Vaun Walker led UWS in scoring with 18 points. Meanwhile, Reid Johnson and Josef Fahrenoltz each tallied 17 points while Joey Barker added 16 points, along with a whopping seven steals. As part of the…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior men’s hockey team remains winless four games into the 2023-24 season as they were shut out 2-0 against Bethel in their home opener. This marks the first time the Yellowjackets have started 0-4 since the 2017-18 season. UWS went on to finish that season with a 9-15-3 record. This was the first game of a back-to-back,…
DULUTH, Minn.- In this week’s Coaches Corner, we hear from St. Scholastica Cross Country Head Coach Chad Salmela as the Saints get ready for NCAA Regionals on Saturday, November 11 in Colfax, Wisconsin. Salmela has been the Saints’ cross country coach since 2016. Before that, he coached CSS’s nordic ski team for 10 seasons. Categories: Coaches Corner, College, Friday Night…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team would find themselves down early against North Dakota on Friday. Ultimately, it would be enough as the Fighting Hawks took game one 4 to 2. Luke Loheit and Anthony Menghini were the goal-scorers for the Bulldogs. Both teams will meet again on Saturday with puck drop at 6:07 PM. Categories: College, Friday Night…
DULUTH, Minn.- The St. Scholastica women’s hockey would play top ranked Gustavus tough on Thursday, but unfortunately would fall 6-0. The Saints (0-3) will once again look for their first win on Saturday when they play at Gustavus. Puck drop is at 2 PM. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- The college basketball season is underway, and St. Scholastica celebrated with a pair of wins Wednesday at Reif Gym. The CSS men defeated Northland College 84 to 74. The Saints led 39-29 at the half and kept their lead throughout the second half. Kevin Thomas was the Saints’ leading scorer with 13 points. The Hermantown product added nine…
DULUTH, Minn.- This Saturday will mark the end of St. Scholastica’s football season. Standing at 2-7 overall, things haven’t gone the Saints’ way this fall, but one of their defensive captains is committed to turning CSS around in 2024. “After each week, we’ve gotta take a look in the mirror and make sure we’re getting better and fixing the mistakes…
DULUTH, Minn.- The 18th ranked UMD men’s hockey team continues their gauntlet of a schedule this weekend when they welcome in 4th ranked North Dakota to AMSOIL Arena. The Bulldogs are coming off a tough home and home series with the Gophers, which resulted in a loss and a tie. UMD is moving forward though as they look to turn…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UWS women’s soccer team just picked up their 3rd UMAC conference title over the weekend. As a result of their efforts, a number of the players on the team earned UMAC honors. Some of the notables include Brenna Mattson, who was named UMAC Defensive Player of the Year. As the leader of the Yellowjackets backline, Mattson held…
DULUTH, Minn.- The third and final former UMD Bulldog has signed her pro contract with PWHL Ottawa. Forward Katerina Mrazova is officially a member of the team, signing a one-year contract. Mrazova suited up for the Bulldogs from 2013 to 2018. In that time span, she accumulated 75 points for UMD. Most recently, she played in the PHF for the…
DULUTH, Minn.- St. Scholastica junior midfielder Keegan Chastey has been named MIAC all-conference for the 2nd straight season. Chastey was the team-leader in shots, points, goals, and assists. Overall, he’s had 19 goals and 16 assists in his Saints career. Over on the women’s side, Tenley Voth was a MIAC honorable mention. Voth led the team with two goals and…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team continues to rack up plenty of NCHC weekly honors and the latest one goes to a first-time winner this season. Matthew Thiessen has been named the NCHC Goaltender of the Week. Just this past weekend, he had 55 saves against Minnesota, including a career-high 47 save performance in Saturday’s overtime tie. This is…
DULUTH, Minn.- A pair of UMD women’s hockey standouts picked up weekly WCHA honors on Monday. Reece Hunt has been named the WCHA Forward of the Week and Eve Gascon has been named the WCHA Goaltender of the Week. Hunt is coming off a weekend in which she had two goals and three assists in a weekend sweep of St….
SUPERIOR, Wis.- It’s become a fall tradition of sorts for both of UWS’s soccer teams to win the UMAC and advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The next step is for one of them to make it through the first round, a feat neither team has accomplished since 2019. On Monday, the men’s soccer team learned they will be…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD football team’s reliable kicker is once again getting recognized for his steady play on the field. Curtis Cox has been named the NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week following Saturday’s win against Concordia St. Paul. Cox knocked down both of his field goal attempts, along with all four point-after tries. This is the second time…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s basketball team is now turning its attention to the regular season after defeating Bethel University 78-32 in Monday’s preseason finale. Madelyn Granica scored 14 points for the Bulldogs while knocking down 70% of her shots. UMD’s regular season begins on Saturday, November 11th when they take on Thomas More on the road. They’ll have to…
DULUTH, Minn.- One week after the tragic on-ice accident resulting in the death of Adam Johnson, the UMD Men’s hockey team honored their former player before their first game since his passing. At AMSOIL Arena, the team held a seven-second moment of silence, as well as a final stick salute and a tribute video highlighting Johnson’s time with the Bulldogs….
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior women’s soccer team have captured their third consecutive UMAC Championship, defeating Northwestern (Minn.) 3-0 at NBC Spartan Sports Complex on Saturday. Despite outshooting the Wolves 8-1 in the first half, the Yellow Jackets were scoreless at halftime. “I told them at the end of the day, we were working hard, but we needed to calm down…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s hockey team has captured their fifth-straight win, defeating St. Thomas 3-1 on Friday. The Bulldogs got off to a 2-0 start in the first period while outshooting the Tommies 21-10. UMD and St. Thomas will square off again Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, the UMD men fell on the road to the Minnesota Gophers 3-1. They’ll have…
DULUTH, Minn.- This week’s top plays feature a pair of impressive scores from a college captain and a high school footballer. At number two, UMD’s Mannon McMahon scored a goal unassisted on a breakaway in the first period against St. Thomas. The Bulldogs women’s hockey team would go on to win 3-1. At number one, Hermantown’s Martin Sleen dodged tacklers…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UWS men’s hockey team is coming off a year in which they made a deep WIAC tournament run. The Yellowjackets however have wiped the slate clean and are focused on having a big year this season. The first two games of the season should be somewhat of a telling point for UWS. Just this past Saturday, they…
DULUTH, Minn.- Training camp for PWHL clubs are quickly approaching and two more former UMD hockey standouts signed their first PWHL deals. Patty Kazmaier award winner Elizabeth Giguere is officially heading to the Big Apple on a one-year deal. Giguere skated for UMD for one season and would tally 62 points. Over in Beantown, Jess Healey is officially a member…
DULUTH, Minn.- Another day and another former Bulldog signing with her PWHL squad. Defender Ashton Bell has signed a three-year contract with PWHL Ottawa. Bell was taken by the team with the 38th overall pick in the PWHL draft in September. Just this past season, she tallied 33 points in 39 games of action. Bell’s the 2nd Bulldog to sign…
DULUTH, Minn.- It’s been a tough week for the UMD men’s hockey team as they continue to mourn the loss of former forward Adam Johnson. The Bulldogs plan to honor Johnson Saturday before their contest against Minnesota with a moment of silence, video tribute, and stick salute. They will also wear helmet decals with Johnson’s initials on it. Many of…
DULUTH, Minn.- Like the men’s team, the UMD women’s hockey team will also be honoring Johnson as they begin a two game series with St. Thomas on Friday. The Bulldogs have caught a bit of a hot streak as they are currently riding a four game unbeaten streak. UMD will look to make it five as well as extend their…
DULUTH, Minn.- St. Scholastica has a new head coach as Kallee Wilkins becomes the 7th head coach in program history. Wilkins comes from Sul Ross University, where she was the assistant softball and volleyball coach the last two years. Prior to that, she was an assistant at Northeast Texas Community College. Wilkins replaces Rilee Dawson, who stepped down after eight…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD volleyball team is back on track after sweeping Winona State last Wednesday. Now, they’re preparing for the final regular season stretch before the postseason. With only four regular season games remaining, UMD will have their final homestand beginning on Thursday when they take on Southwest Minnesota State. The Mustangs would get the best of the Bulldogs…
DULUTH, Minn.- One day after Gabbie Hughes signed her pro contract with PWHL Ottawa, a former teammate of her’s put pen to paper. Former UMD goaltender Emma Soderberg has signed a two-year contract with PWHL Boston. Back in September, Boston drafted her with the 58th overall pick in the inaugural PWHL draft. Soderberg just wrapped up her Bulldog career in…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD football team’s playoff hopes took a hit on Saturday when the Bulldogs fell to Bemidji State 38 to 31, dropping to 7-2 on the season. UMD would make a game out of it after trailing 28 to 10 at one point. However, they could only get within seven in the 4th. The Bulldogs have two games…
DULUTH, Minn.- Former UMD women’s hockey standout Gabbie Hughes can start adjusting to her new home in Ottawa. On Monday, Hughes and PWHL Ottawa agreed to a three-year contract. Ottawa drafted the 2023 Hockey Humanitarian Award winner in the 4th round of the league’s inaugural draft back in September. During her time with the Bulldogs, Hughes was an All-American and…
Part 1: Part 2: DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD community and hockey world are mourning the loss of Adam Johnson, who passed away after an accident during a hockey game in England on Saturday. Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League when he collided with a member of the Sheffield Steelers in the…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior volleyball team was unable to keep up with Minnesota Morris on Swarm Night, falling in four sets on Friday. In the defeat, Maiana Stark led the Yellow Jackets with 14 kills. Ayla Oltmanns added 12 kills while Kaylin Plautz contributed with 11. Defensively, Jenna Anderson tallied 34 digs. Plautz, Sydney Smith and Marena Saeger each recorded…
DULUTH, Minn.- This week’s top play goes to the UMD soccer team for their game-winning goal Sunday against the University of Sioux Falls. With three minutes left, Lauren Hansen’s corner kick went straight to Myra Moorjani, whose header found the back of the net, giving UMD a 2-1 victory. Categories: College, Plays of the Week, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis.- After trailing to Lawrence on Friday, the UWS women’s hockey team rallied back to win in their home opener, 2 to 1. Cora Coz and Brynn MacLean would light the lamp in the victory for the Yellowjackets. The two teams will meet again on Saturday. Puck drop is at 2 PM. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team added another captain to their leadership group. The Bulldogs named Connor McMenamin as an alternate captain. He spent the last two seasons as an alternate captain for Penn State. So far this year, McMenamin has tallied two goals and two assists for the Bulldogs. He is set to don the “A” for the…
NEWARK, N.J.- Former UMD goalie Hunter Shepard made his NHL debut on Wednesday in the Washington Capitals’ contest against the New Jersey Devils. It was a night to remember for Shepard as he had 18 saves in net. Shepard would also earn the win in his debut as the Capitals held off the Devils 6 to 4. Categories: Professional Sports,…
DULUTH, Minn.- Another weekend, and another weekend of UMD men’s hockey without a loss as the Bulldogs swept Bemidji State in a home and home series. Now, they hop on a plane to face a team similar in the polls. Both UMD and Cornell were either ranked 11th or 12th in multiple polls. It’s the 2nd consecutive season the Bulldogs…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s hockey team is coming off a weekend in which they completed the sweep. The Bulldogs would outscore MSU-Mankato 7 to 2 to pick up two victories. The train rolls on this upcoming weekend as UMD stays on the road to play a winless Bemidj State squad. The Bulldogs have taken their last nine contests against…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Former UMD and Grand Rapids goalie Hunter Shepard received the call any hockey player dreams about. And that’s the call to the pros. The Washington Capitals recalled Shepard from Hershey on Tuesday. Even better news, he’s expected to make his NHL debut Wednesday against the New Jersey Devils. This is the 2nd time Shepard has been called up…
