http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressreleases.html en-us Copyright © 2009 St. Norbert College Thu, 28 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT This is a list of St. Norbert College Athletics press releases. sncXML Generator http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss athletics@snc.edu (Dan Lukes) scott.crevier@snc.edu (Scott Crevier) Thu, 28 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=613 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=613 DE PERE - Junior outfielder Jared Yost and junior infielder Tony Jandron have both received accolades on the American Baseball Coaches Association All-Central Region team. Yost was named to...
Yost was named to the first team as an outfielder, while Jandron earned second-team honors as a utility player.

Yost, a De Pere native, hit .465 this season and hit safely in 35 of 38 games. Yost, who has had a hit in 58 of his last 63 collegiate games, tied a school record with 74 hits and also hit 14 doubles with 30 runs batted in. He also led the team with 22 stolen bases.

Jandron, a Negaunee, Mich., native, hit .352 and posted team highs with six home runs and 47 runs batted in. On the mound, Jandron was 4-4 and struck out 51 hitters in 49 innings pitched.

St. Norbert finished the season 23-15 and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, where it finished tied for fifth at the Midwest Regional.]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 16:18:33 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=612 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=612 Day 5 - We started the day with a tour of the city of Kalamata, which included a Byzantine church and a monastery. The church at the monastery was small, but beautifully painted and decorated. After...
In the late afternoon we had our second game against the Ekaskenop Men's basketball club of Kalamata. The gym we played in was extremely hot and the floor was made of a hard rubber that somewhat felt like a wrestling mat. The game started out good, and we played much better than the last game. We had a good lead for most of the game and held on for the win even though they cut the lead to seven in the second half. It was a good win for us after the last one. We got back to the hotel for a late dinner and got ready for the next day.

Day 6 - We had another early wake up call before we had to head out back towards Athens, which was a good five hours away. Along the way we stopped at Nafplion, which was a nice place to shop for souvenirs and look at the view, since a castle was at the top of a mountain overlooking the town. Next, we stopped at Epidaurus, which is the site of the sanctuary of Asclepius. This place is known for a spectacular theater that has the best acoustics in the world. The sound was so good that even though it seated 17,000 people, you could hear a penny drop from anywhere in the theater!

The last stop on the way back to Athens was a short stop at the Corinth Canal. It was amazing to see the size canal, as it was about 80 meters deep and stretched for four miles. After that we headed back to Athens and said goodbye to Yannis, our tour guide, since tomorrow we are going on our cruise of the Mediterranean without him. We have the rest of the night to relax before our cruise and our last game tomorrow. We will check back soon to let you know how it goes!

Day 8 - Waking up early once again and another good breakfast and it was off to our cruise boat for the all day cruise on the Mediterranean Sea and explore three Greek Islands. The cruise boat had three levels with the dining area in the middle. The entire team stayed on the top deck and enjoyed the sun while working on a tan and enjoying the slight breeze. About half the guys got a game of cards going. Coach Grzesk won a game of hearts between himself, Kenny Rideout, Chris Peterson, and myself (Jake). I'm sure he won't let us forget that.

When arriving in Hydra we were able to get off the boat and walk around the beautiful island. Some shopped for more souvenirs and others went swimming. Some of the guys jumped into the sea from a rocky platform. A few of the braver guys on the team found a 35-foot cliff to jump off of. All in all, Hydra, the view and scenery was amazing! We had lunch on the second floor of the boat. During lunch, the band played music and sang. A group of David Wipperfurth, Chris Peterson and Kyle Johnsen did a Greek dance with about 15 other people. John Taylor did a little improv of Frank Sinatra's L-O-V-E song which got the entire place laughing. There were a lot of pictures taken and there may be even a video of it floating around!

The next stop was to the island of Poros where we had only about 35 minutes to get off and explore. It was about 90 degrees outside so most the guys just jumped into the sea and swam. The last island on our stop was Aegina which we had the most time to spend there about two hours. Like the other two island there was a place to swim and get food. After two hours of having fun in the sun it was time to head back to Athens for the game. When arriving to the stadium some of the guys got a good rest on the bus and were focused to play.

The stadium was home to the Maroussi Basketball Club who was an A1 professional team in Greece. The team we played were the younger group of the club team. The game was a complete success - we won by 40 points. Every guy played a major role in the victory and it was a great way to end the trip and the basketball games. We headed back to our hotel for a late 11 p.m. dinner. Afterward, we were free to spend the rest of the night doing whatever. Most just went to bed since we had a 3:30 a.m. wake up call for our flight the next morning.

Day 9 - Heading home after a great week in Greece. We got a wake-up call at 3:30 a.m. since we had to be at the airport three hours before our flight out of Athens at 8:15 a.m. We said good by to our bus driver (Bobby) and the other guide -- another Yannis. Yannis was our guide for all the basketball games. He was a great guide and got along with all the players and families on the tour. After the four-hour flight to London, we had a couple more hours there before we got on our eight-hour flight back to Chicago. The bus finally pulled into De Pere around 8 p.m.

It was sad to have such a fun week in Greece come to an end, but it was exciting to get back home at the same time. We all had a blast!! It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip and we will never forget it. The memories will last forever and hopefully our success will continue into the next basketball season. Thanks to all - Jake and Paul signing off for one last time!!!!!!!!]]> Tue, 26 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=611 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=611 MAROUSSI, Greece - St. Norbert College wrapped up its trip to Greece with an 82-41 rout of Maroussi Basketball Club. The Green Knights jumped out to a 20-5 lead at the end of the first...
The Green Knights jumped out to a 20-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 40-14 advantage at halftime. Dave Wipperfurth had 11 points in the first quarter, and connected on three 3-pointers in the first 2 minutes 47 seconds of the game.

St. Norbert made 30 of 69 field-goal attempts, good for 43.5 percent. Maroussi was held to 28.3 percent shooting from the floor, making just 15 of 53 shots.

Wipperfurth led St. Norbert with 22 points, connecting on five 3-pointers while grabbing seven rebounds. Rob Durrett registered a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Steve Papke had 13 points and nine rebounds.

Matt Coenen added nine points, Chris Peterson seven, John Anstett six, Kenny Rideout five John Taylor four and Kyle Johnsen three. Taylor had seven assists.]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=610 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=610 KALAMATA, Greece - St. Norbert College evened its record during its men's basketball trip to Greece with a 62-50 win over Nikiti Ekaskenop. The Green Knights are 1-1 with two games...
Dave Wipperfurth hit two 3-pointers in the final 1 minute 26 seconds to clinch the win for St. Norbert. Wipperfurth led the Green Knights with 15 points and canned four 3-pointers in the game.

Steve Papke added 13 points for the Green Knights, while Rob Durrett scored nine points while grabbing nine rebounds.

Jake Dietz had seven points, Matt Coenen six, Chris Peterson four, Kenny Rideout and John Taylor three each and Kyle Johnsen two. Taylor had 10 total rebounds, including four on the offensive end.

St. Norbert shot 36 percent from the floor, making 22 of 61 shots. St. Norbert shot 13-for-23 (56.5 percent) from the floor in the first half.]]> Sat, 23 May 2009 15:51:47 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=609 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=609 MARIETTA, Ohio - Dann Schneider picked up his second All-America honor of the 2009 track and field season with a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship...
Schneider ran a time of 48.60 for his sixth-place finish. McMurray University's Hanneus Ollison won the national championship with a time of 46.65 seconds.

Schneider, a sophomore from Wausau, placed eighth in the 400 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championship in March.]]> Sat, 23 May 2009 14:47:03 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=608 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=608 MARIETTA, Ohio - Ashley Graybill won her second national championship of the 2009 track and field season with a rousing win of the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships at...
Graybill, who won the indoor 800-meter championship in March, won a strongly contested race. Graybill's school-record time of 2 minutes 9.18 seconds clipped The College of New Jersey's Jianna Spadacinni at the finish line, with Spadacinni finishing in 2:09.37. UW-Platteville's Jessica Scott, the runner-up to Graybill at this year's indoor meet, was third in 2:09.83.

St. Norbert track and field coach Don Augustine said Graybill was fifth with about 200 meters to go before an impressive finishing kick was the impetus to Graybill's win.

"She was about three wide on the outside with about 100 meters to go and she took off," Augustine said. "She passed the pack with about 80 meters to go and held on from there."

Graybill was the final qualifier into the eight-person finals after a time of 2:12.84 during Friday's trials, but became the first St. Norbert College track and field athlete to win national championships during both indoor and outdoor seasons. The national title in the outdoor 800 for Graybill was St. Norbert's first in outdoor track and field. Other than Graybill's two championships, Laura Salm's national titles in the indoor high jump in 1991 and 1993 are the only women's track and field national championships in St. Norbert history.

St. Norbert junior Jenny Scherer, who entered the 5,000-meter run as the 11th seed out of 18 entrants, finished fourth for her second All-America honor of the outdoor championships. Scherer also placed fourth in the 10,000-meter run on Thursday.

Scherer ran a time of 17:23.22 in temperatures soaring over 80 degrees. UW-Oshkosh's Ayla Mitchell won the event with a time of 17:14.52, while Carroll University's Megan O'Grady was second in 17:19.83. Carleton College's Simone Childs-Walker was third in 17:22.45.

St. Norbert recorded a top-10 team finish, placing in a tie for tenth with 20 points. The Green Knights, who finished eighth at the NCAA indoor meet in March, recorded their two highest team finishes in school history this season.]]> Sat, 23 May 2009 14:44:03 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=606 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=606 Day 3 - After an early wake up call we hit the road towards Delphi. During the drive we passed through the cities of Thiva and Livadia. These two cities were entrenched in the mountain side that...
After the Temple of Apollo we made our way to the museum with its collection of ancient works including the Sphinx of the Naxians, the Silver Bull, and the Charioteer. The evening concluded with shopping for souvenirs and a night out on the streets of Delphi!

Day 4 - The morning started with a delicious breakfast. This day was mostly a travel day as Olympia and Kalamata were hours away from Delphi. Our first stop was Olympia which was the site of the First Olympic Games. The weather was beautiful and very hot throughout the tour of Olympia. Here we saw the Temple of Zeus, which is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Here we also saw the place where they light the torch for the Olympic games every four years. After the tour of the ruins, we broke for a lunch break and more souvenir shopping. Some ordered a hamburger expecting the norm, but received just a patty without the bun!

We boarded the coach and headed towards Kalamata, a three hour drive. Just checked into the hotel tonight where we have a great view of the Mediterranean Sea off the balcony. It is a Friday night here so there will be more people out and about. We will be here for the weekend and hope to swim in the sea as well as explore the night life. Game tomorrow, so we will check in soon. Jake and Paul signing off! ]]> Fri, 22 May 2009 19:42:04 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=605 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=605 MARIETTA, Ohio - St. Norbert College senior Ashley Graybill qualified for the finals of the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships held at Marietta College's Don Drumm...
Graybill ran a time of 2 minutes 12.84 seconds to finish in a tie for first in her heat with The College of New Jersey's Stephanie Herrick. Graybill's time is tied for seventh-best in the eight-person finals field, which will run at 3 p.m. EDT Saturday.

Graybill won the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Championship in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.95. UW-Platteville's Jessica Scott, who was the national runner-up to Graybill at the indoor nationals, is the top seed going into the finals with a qualifying time of 2:11.23.]]> Fri, 22 May 2009 19:38:24 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=604 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=604 MARIETTA, Ohio - St. Norbert College sophomore Dann Schneider qualified for the finals of the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Marietta College's...
Schneider ran in the third of three heats in the trials, winning his hit with a time of 48.05 seconds. Schneider was the only sprinter in his heat to advantage to the finals.

Schneider is seeded eighth for the eight-man finals. McMurry University's Hanneus Ollison, the top seed entering the meet, ran the fastest trial time with a spring of 47.57 seconds.

The 400-meter finals are set for 2:10 p.m. EDT Saturday.]]> Fri, 22 May 2009 19:32:18 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=603 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=603 MARIETTA, Ohio - St. Norbert College junior Jenny Scherer placed fourth in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Marietta College's Don Drumm...
Scherer ran a school-record time of 35 minutes 48.84 seconds, and was just over two seconds out of second place. Williams College's Lauren Philbrook won the national championship with a time of 35:24.78. Tufts University's Stephanie McNamara was second with a time of 35:46.62, while Washington (Mo.) University's Taryn Surtees was third at 35:46.94.

Scherer will compete in the 5,000-meter run on Saturday. The Green Knights' Ashley Graybill will run in the 800-meter trials Friday.]]> Thu, 21 May 2009 19:50:44 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=602 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=602 Day 1 - Depart from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. On our flight we all got our own personal TVs where we could watch a selection of movies, television shows or simply listen to music....
Day 2 - We started the day by touring the Acropolis which was very fascinating when learning about all the facts and how far the dates go back. Our tour guide, Yanni, was very informative. The city of Athens itself spreads vast miles in each direction and is extremely congested. Transportation seems to consist of more mopeds than cars and the mopeds feel free to drive wherever they would like including sidewalks and shops. The next stop was on to the Athens National Museum. The museum was made of mostly statues and sculptures of humans. The museum was hot!

On our next stop, the original modern Olympic stadium, which was very exciting to see since we are athletes. This stadium hosted the first modern games in 1896. We went back to the hotel to rest up before our first game.

Arriving at the gym we did not know what to expect. Rules were a bit different and it was hard to adjust to the 24-second shot clock and the extreme lack of fouls called. We made it out alive though! We were a little short handed playing without myself (Paul Mallers) and James Pfitzinger. James being out with the dislocated ankle and myself having surgery on my knees when returning home. The game itself did not go as planned. The Green Knights lost to Near East Basketball Club 79-60. Off to sleep soon to get ready for another great day tomorrow in Delphi! We'll check in again in a few days. Paul Mallers and Jake Dietz signing off!!!]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 15:10:32 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=601 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=601 KAISARIANI, Greece - St. Norbert College kicked off its first-ever men's basketball foreign trip with a 79-60 loss to Near East, based here in the Athens suburb. Near East is a member of the Greek A2...
St. Norbert trailed 36-17 at halftime after making just 7 of 26 field-goal attempts. The Green Knights connected on 16 of 26 shots in the second half to finish 23-for-52 (44.2 percent) for the game.

Steve Papke led St. Norbert with 12 points, while Dave Wipperfurth and John Taylor scored 11 points apiece. Taylor connected on three 3-point baskets.

Matt Coenen and Kyle Johnsen each scored seven points, while Rob Durrett added six points, Jake Dietz four and Kenny Rideout two.

]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 15:04:26 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=600 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=600 DE PERE - St. Norbert College's Ashley Graybill and Jenny Scherer have qualified in a total of three events for the NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships to be held May...
Graybill, a senior from Delafield, enters the 800-meter run with the seventh-best time among 19 entrants. Graybill, who won the NCAA indoor 800 championship earlier this spring, ran her outdoor-best time of 2:11.33 on April 25 at the Gina Relays. Trials for the 800 are Friday at 4:55 p.m. EDT while the finals are Saturday at 3 p.m. EDT.

Scherer, a junior from Delavan, qualified in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs. Scherer's time of 17:12.28 is the 11th best time out of 18 entrants in the 5k, while her time of 36:11.51 in the 10k is 12th out of 18 competitors. Scherer's 5k time came May 14 at the North Central Last Chance Meet while her 10k time came April 25 at the Gina Relays. The 5k will be run Saturday at 4:20 p.m EDT and the 10k will begin at 7:40 p.m. EDT Thursday.]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 13:29:26 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=599 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=599 DE PERE - St. Norbert College's Dann Schneider has qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship to be held May 21-23 at Marietta College's Don Drumm Stadium in Marietta,...
Schneider, a sophomore from Wausau, will compete in the 400-meter dash. Schneider is seeded second among 17 entrants after running a time of 47.71 seconds on April 25 at the Gina Relays in Hillsdale, Mich.

The preliminary trials for the 400 will be run at 3:40 p.m. EDT Friday, with the final set for 2:10 p.m. EDT Saturday.]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 11:40:07 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=598 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=598 DE PERE - Dennis Doornbos has been named defensive coordinator at St. Norbert College, head football coach Jim Purtill announced. Doornbos arrives at St. Norbert after spending 25 years at...
Doornbos arrives at St. Norbert after spending 25 years at the NCAA Division I level, including 14 as a defensive coordinator. Doornbos most recently spent five years at Northern Illinois University, including four seasons as the defensive coordinator. Prior to his stint at Northern Illinois, Doornbos spent 15 years at the United States Military Academy, with his last 10 years at West Point as the defensive coordinator.

"We don't get a chance to find too many coaches of this caliber and pedigree," Purtill said. "Having his experience as a Division I coordinator is obviously a good thing. Family-wise and person-wise he fits what St. Norbert is all about."

Doornbos spent 2003 to 2007 at Northern Illinois, with the last four as the defensive coordinator. In 2003, the Huskies became the first team in Mid-American Conference history to beat three Bowl Championship Series schools in the same year in Maryland, Iowa State and Alabama.

At West Point, Doornbos spent 1990 to 1999 as the defensive coordinator and 1986 to 1990 coaching tight ends and defensive ends. The Cadets were ranked sixth in rushing defense and eighth in total defense nationally in 1996, a season where they finished 10-2 and played in the Independence Bowl.

Doornbos also has coaching experience at Texas-El Paso, Michigan, Kent State, Boston College, Illinois and Western Michigan. Doornbos, a Jenison, Mich., native, is a 1978 graduate of Western Michigan University.

Over the past 10 seasons, St. Norbert has fashioned a 91-16 overall record with eight Midwest Conference championships and seven NCAA Division III playoff appearances. The Green Knights open the 2009 season on Sept. 5 at Minahan Stadium against Wartburg College.]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 15:13:50 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=597 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=597 OSHKOSH -- St. Norbert College battled in its second-ever NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament appearance but suffered a pair of losses in the Midwest Regional at E.J. Schneider Field. The...
The Green Knights suffered a heartbreaking 7-6 11-inning loss in their tournament opener before being eliminated 8-4 by top regional seed St. Olaf College. St. Norbert finished its season 23-15, the most games it has ever played in a season. The Green Knights have won at least 20 games five times in the last six years.

St. Norbert rallied from a 5-0 deficit against St. Scholastica and forced extra innings on Jared Yost's booming home run to left field to start the ninth inning, but ended up falling in extra innings.

St. Scholastica (36-5) scored twice in the first and three more times in the fourth for its early advantage, but the Green Knights came back to score four times in the top of the fifth. Kyle Johnsen reached on an infield error to start the frame, and Brandon Hintz singled him to third. Brett Birkholz followed with a run-scoring single, and a Jared Yost single loaded the bases. Tony Jandron's sacrifice fly to right plated Hintz, while Cory Fuller's double scored Birkholz. Garrick Fisher then hit a sacrifice fly to score Yost to complete the four-run, four-hit rally.

The Saints, ranked 10th in the D3baseball.com Top 25, scored an unearned run in the sixth before Yost and Jandron hit back-to-back doubles in the seventh to cut it to 6-5. Yost then hit his home run over Wisconsin St. to square the game at 6-6 and force extra innings.

St. Norbert appeared to be in prime scoring position in the top of the 10th. Ryan Kehl singled, and with one out Ryan Gusick's single moved Kehl to third. But Hintz's fly ball center was too shallow to score Kehl and the Green Knights came up empty in the inning.

Chad Peterson opened the bottom of the 11th with a single and Sean Claughtery doubled off Jordan Vater to put runners at second and third with no outs. Tony Jandron came on to get a strikeout but Paul Kolodge's line drive down the third-base line brought Peterson home with the game-winning run.

Yost led St. Norbert at the plate, going 4-for-6 with a double and home run along with three runs scored. Hintz was 2-for-4 and Kehl 2-for-5 as the Green Knights had 13 base hits.

Josh Retka picked up the win in relief for St. Scholastica, allowing one run and five this in four innings of relief. Vater took the loss in one-plus inning of relief. Justin Wotachek started for St. Norbert and worked the first nine innings, allowing 11 hits, four earned runs, four walks and five strikeouts.

Against St. Olaf, the Green Knights got out to the early lead with a 4-0 advantage through four innings, but the Oles (31-12) scored at least once in each of the last five innings to claim the win.

Yost singled in Brandon Hintz in the third inning and Gusick then hit an opposite-field three-run home run in the fourth to put the Green Knights ahead 4-0.

Tyler Johnson's two-run home run in the fifth got the Oles on the board, and they added one run later in the inning. St. Olaf scored once in the sixth, twice in the seventh and once each in the eighth and ninth to slowly pull away.

St. Norbert had 12 hits in the game, with Fisher going 3-for-4. Fuller and Gusick were both 2-for-4, while Yost was 2-for-5. Yost tied Adam Frost's school record for hits in a season with 74 and finished the year hitting .465.

Vater took the loss in relief of Trevin Hillesheim. Vater allowed three hits and two runs in 1.1 innings of relief. Hillesheim worked five innings, allowing eight hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts.]]> Thu, 14 May 2009 20:40:44 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=596 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=596 DE PERE - St. Norbert College will face the College of St. Scholastica at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Green Knights' first game in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional at E.J. Schneider Field in...
For a complete preview of the tournament, click MORE.]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 16:13:30 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=595 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=595 DE PERE - St. Norbert College earned a coveted at-large berth to the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, getting assigned to the Midwest Regional when selections were announced early Monday...
The Green Knights (23-13) will play in the Midwest Regional at E.J. Schneider Field at Oshkosh North High School in Oshkosh. St. Norbert, which received one of 13 at-large berths to the 54-team tournament, will face the College of St. Scholastica (35-5) at 4 p.m. Wednesday in a first-round game. The regional is a double-elimination format.

"We're obviously thrilled to be selected to the tournament," St. Norbert coach Tom Winske said. "The NCAA Committee has always looked at strength of schedule as an important factor and with the schedule we played this year I'm sure that was a big reason we were selected. I'm happy for our team we have another week to play."

St. Norbert defeated three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams this season, splitting doubleheaders with UW-Stevens Point, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville, marking the first time in program history that's happened. The Green Knights also played six games against Midwest Conference champion Beloit College and two games with Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament champion St. Olaf College.

St. Norbert is making is second NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament appearance. The Green Knights played in the West Regional in 2003, going 0-2.

In other first-round games Wednesday at the six-team Midwest Regional, St. Olaf College (29-12) faces Beloit College (28-7), while the University of St. Thomas (31-10) plays UW-Stevens Point (29-14).

The winner of the regional will advance to the NCAA Division III World Series which runs May 22-26 at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 02:21:08 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=594 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=594 WAUKESHA - Dann Schneider was named a Most Outstanding Performer and paced St. Norbert College to a fifth-place finish at the Midwest Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship held at Carroll...
The Green Knights totaled 98 points to finish fifth. Monmouth College won the championship with 194 points, while Illinois College was second with 145 points. Carroll and Grinnell College were tied for third with 116 points.

Schneider won the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.41 seconds, and placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.20 seconds. He was also seventh in both the long jump and triple jump.

Alex DeVillers set a school record with a time of 9 minutes 46.04 seconds in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to place second. DeVillers was second in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 33:10.71 and was fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:44.62.

Jordan Gobert was third in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.09 meters. Paul Leeman placed fourth in the high jump at 1.90 meters. The St. Norbert 4x400-meter relay team was third with a time of 3:24.00, and the 4x100-meter relay squad was fourth in 43.26 seconds.

John Barrett was fifth in the 800-meter run in 1:58.89, while Jon O'Brien was fifth in the 10,000-meter run in 33:28.89. Brent Schreiber was fifth in the long jump at 6.72 meters, while Paul Leeman was fifth in the triple jump at 13.62 meters. Bret Blozinski rounded out St. Norbert's top-five finishes with a heave of 40.71 meters in the shot put.]]> Sat, 09 May 2009 22:19:07 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=593 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=593 WAUKESHA - Ashley Graybill and Jenny Scherer were named Most Outstanding Performers and helped lead St. Norbert College to a third-place finish at the Midwest Conference Outdoor Track and Field...
The Green Knights totaled 106 points for their third-place showing. Monmouth College won the championship with 254 points, while Carroll was second with 172 points.

Graybill won three events - the 200- and 400-meter dashes and the 1,500-meter run. Graybill won the 200 with a time of 26.31 seconds, but set a school record in the event with a 25.54 time in the preliminaries. Graybill blew away the field in the 400, winning by almost two full seconds with a time of 57.28 seconds. Graybill's time of 4:37.20 in the 1,500 was the winning time by over three seconds.

Scherer won the 10,000-meter run by over three minutes, posting a time of 37 minutes 31.60 seconds. She also placed second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:36.66.

Emily Schudrowitz also claimed an event championship with a time of 2:20.24 in the 800-meter run. The 4x400-meter relay team won the event with a time of 4:01.41. The 4x100-meter relay was third with a time of 50.29 seconds.

In the 100-meter hurdles, Anne Mueller was third with a time of 16.21 seconds. Danielle Krause was fourth in the pole vault, clearing a height of 2.76 meters. Megan Domnick was fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.22, while Nikki Swanson was fifth with a time of 1:02.39.]]> Sat, 09 May 2009 22:07:28 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=592 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=592 DE PERE - St. Norbert College finished as the runner-up in the Midwest Conference Tournament for the third time in five years as the Green Knights dropped the championship game to Beloit College 9-6...
The Green Knights (23-13) couldn't hold Beloit off in the championship game despite taking a 5-1 lead, and now must wait to see if they will receive an at-large berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament. St. Norbert entered the weekend ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division III Central Region.

After Beloit scored in the top of the first, St. Norbert answered with a leadoff home run by Brandon Hintz. Following singles by Jared Yost and Tony Jandron, Cory Fuller hit a sacrifice fly for a 2-1 lead. The Green Knights added three in the second on an RBI double by Jordan Vater, who then scored on a wild pitch. Ryan Kehl then scored on a balk for a 5-1 lead.

Beloit scored once in the third and then scored five times in the fourth. Mike Ross hit a bloop double to short right field to score three runs with two outs in the fourth. The Buccaneers added a run for an 8-5 lead, but Hintz singled in Vater to make it 8-6 through six. Beloit added an insurance run in the eighth, and St. Norbert had the tying run at the plate in the ninth but couldn't score.

St. Norbert and Beloit each had 11 hits, with Hintz and Vater both going 2-for-4 and Yost 2-for-5. Jandron took the loss, going 3 1/3 innings and allowing six hits and seven runs with five walks and four strikeouts.

Against Monmouth, Bryan Stoppenbach pitched a complete-game seven-hitter to lead St. Norbert to the win. Stoppenbach allowed seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

Hintz and Brett Birkholz both scored on infield errors int he top of the first inning. Monmouth scored once in the second before Jandron hit a solo home run in the third. Hintz added a solo home run in the fourth for a 4-1 lead. Monmouth scored once in the fifth before Yost singled in Vater in the sixth. Monmouth's Ross Donnan then hit a three-run home run in the sixth to tie the game at 5-5.

St. Norbert broke the tie in the eighth on a Birkholz two-out single to score pinch-runner Jordan Powers. Ryan Gusick doubled in Garrick Fisher in the ninth for an insurance run.

Hintz was 3-for-4 against Monmouth, while Birkholz was 2-for-3. Jandron was 2-for-5 with two runs batted in for St. Norbert, which had 13 hits against the Scots.]]> Sat, 09 May 2009 19:38:25 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=591 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=591 DE PERE - St. Norbert College faces a daunting, but not impossible, task ahead of it if it wishes to claim the 2009 Midwest Conference Baseball Championship. The Green Knights must win three games...
St. Norbert (22-11) beat Grinnell College in its tournament opener 9-8 before losing to Beloit College 6-3 at Mel Nicks Field. The Green Knights face Monmouth College at 10 a.m. Saturday in an elimination game, with the winner needing to beat Beloit twice to steal the title. Knox College swept three games on the tournament's final day in 2008, beating St. Norbert and twice topping Ripon College, to claim the championship.

Beloit (27-7) led from start to finish, taking a 3-2 lead before putting the game away with three runs in the seventh inning. Beloit led 2-0 before St. Norbert scored in the fourth when Tony Jandron's RBI groundout scored Brett Birkholz. The Buccaneers scored once in the fifth but St. Norbert answered back in the sixth on Jandron's RBI single to scored Jared Yost.

The Buccaneers broke the game open with three in the bottom of the seventh, after a routine double play ball was erred that could have potentially ended the inning. St. Norbert scored once in the ninth on Matt Hannon's RBI groundout, but couldn't get any closer.

Beloit pitchers did not walk a batter in the game and the Bucs' defense did not commit and error until the ninth inning. Mike Kovach picked up the win, allowing eight hits in six innings. Alex Norman got the save with three hitless innings of relief.

Justin Wotachek took the loss for St. Norbert, allowing 10 hits and five walks and 6.1 innings. Yost was 3-for-4 for the Green Knights' only multi-hit game.

Against Grinnell, St. Norbert rallied with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to escape with the first-round win. The teams combined for 28 hits and left 27 total runners on base in a game that lasted 2 hours 54 minutes.

Grinnell led 4-1 after three innings but St. Norbert would scored twice in the fourth and sixth and once in the fifth for a 6-4 lead. Ryan Kehl's RBI double in the second got St. Norbert on the board. Yost's smash to third base got past the Grinnell third baseman for an error to score a run in the fourth, and Jandron's sacrifice fly cut it to 4-3. Birkholz drove in Kehl with a single in the fifth, and Garrick Fisher's two-run single in the sixth gave St. Norbert a brief lead.

Grinnell scored three runs on four hits in the seventh, doing all the damage after two outs with no one on. The Pioneers could have extended their lead, but left the bases loaded. Grinnell added a run in the top of the eighth for an 8-6 lead.

Kehl's RBI groundout scored Cory Fuller in the eighth to make it 8-7, and Ryan Gusick's double to left-center drove in Fisher for an 8-8 game. Following a walk, Brandon Hintz's slow roller on the left side was thrown out of play to bring home Gusick and the game's decisive run.

Jandron pitched 2.1 innings of five-hit relief to earn the win, while Grinnell's Ben Pope got the oss in relief. Jandron was 3-for-4 for St. Norbert, while Fisher was 3-for-5 and Birkholz was 3-for-6. Kehl added a 2-for-5 showing for St. Norbert, which had 15 hits.]]> Fri, 08 May 2009 19:53:33 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=590 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=590 BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - St. Norbert College's run in the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament was a short one as the Green Knights were eliminated in the Bloomington Regional by a 6-3 loss to Concordia...
The Green Knights, who won the Midwest Conference championship for the second time in three years, finished the season 17-19.

St. Norbert fell behind 2-0 in the first inning but scored single runs in the top of the second and third to pull within 2-2. Brieanne Oehlke extended her school record with her nine home run of the year with a solo shot in the second. Kayle Krueger's RBI groundout in the third plated Tracy Palmer.

Concordia (25-22) scored twice in the third and once in the fourth for a 5-2 lead, but St. Norbert cut it to 5-3 in the sixth. Kristin Zimmerman's RBI groundout scored Stephanie Ortiz.

The Falcons got the run back in the sixth and the Green Knights went down in order in the seventh.

Danielle Burke twirled 4.1 innings of one-hit relief to pick up the win. Burke walked one and struck out six.

Kayla Krueger worked the first 3.1 innings and suffered the loss. Krueger allowed five hits with two walks and one strikeout. The Green Knights had five hits in the game, with no one recording a multi-hit game.]]> Fri, 08 May 2009 19:37:23 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=589 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=589 BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan University's Christy Engel fired a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts as the host Titans beat St. Norbert College 1-0 in the first round of the NCAA Division III...
The Green Knights (17-18) will face Concordia (Wis.) University (24-22) at 10 a.m. Friday in the losers' bracket in the double-elimination tournament.

Engel and Monica Urban hit back-to-back doubles with one out in the bottom of the third inning for the game's only run. Valerie Hackett was 3-for-3 for the Titans (35-4), who had six total hits.

St. Norbert's best scoring chance came in the fourth inning, when Kim Sawyer and Stephanie Ortiz walked to put runners at first and second with one out - but both runners were stranded. The Green Knights did not get a baserunner in the last three innings.

Kayla Krueger was the hard-luck loser for St. Norbert, allowing six hits with one walk and two strikeouts in six innings.]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 16:10:02 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=588 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=588 MADISON - St. Norbert College wrapped up its 2009 season with the year-end Midwest Conference Singles and Doubles Championship at Nielsen Tennis Center. The Green Knights, who finished...
The Green Knights, who finished fourth at the MWC team championship, finished third in the tournament with 57 points. Conference champion Grinnell totaled 105 points, while runner-up Monmouth had 60 points.

St. Norbert did not have any conference champions but did have a pair of singles players reach their flight finals. Derek Harrington was the runner-up to Grinnell's Dan LaFountaine at No. 2 singles, dropping the title match by a 6-0, 6-2 score. Harrington easily won his first two matches, beating Lake Forest's Tommy White 6-0, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and Monmouth's Sam Graf 6-2, 6-1 in a semifinal match.

Ethan Kadow reached the finals at No. 5 singles, dropping the title match to Grinnell's Eric Ritter 6-0, 6-3. Kadow topped Carroll's Adam Knoelke 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals and Monmouth's Tyler Lampe 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 in the semifinals.

The other four singles players all reached the semifinals before being eliminated. Nate Tackaberry, playing at No. 4 singles, was the only one to go to three sets before succumbing to Grinnell's Sam Raife 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

In doubles action, two of the three flights reached the semifinals. Jordan Bauer and Mike Hyrczyk lost to Lawrence's Ryan Dunn and Dan Hertel 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1. Eric Koppmann and Matt Schmitz lost to Lake Forest's Joe Campagna and Chris Paterakos 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3.

Harrington and Tackaberry won the consolation championship at No. 2 doubles, beating Ripon's Jake Knappen and Alex Tande by a 10-2 score.]]> Sun, 03 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=587 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=587 DE PERE - St. Norbert College's softball team will head to Bloomington, Ill., for their NCAA Division III Regional Tournament at the Illinois Wesleyan University Softball Field. The Green...
The Green Knights (17-17) will open the regional at 2 p.m. Thursday against the host Titans (34-4). St. Norbert is the seventh seeding in the seven-team, double-elimination tournament. Illinois Wesleyan is the second seeding.

Defending national runner-up UW-Whitewater (36-5) is the No. 1 seeding. The Warhawks will face the loser of No. 4-seeding UW-Eau Claire (27-14) and No. 5-seeding Coe College (34-10). Eau Claire is the defending national champion.

In its second game, St. Norbert will face either the winner or loser of No. 3-seeding Alma College (27-11) and No. 6-seeding Concordia University of Wisconsin (24-21). That game would be at either 10 a.m. or Noon on Friday.]]> Mon, 04 May 2009 11:44:31 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=586 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=586 ROCKFORD, Ill. - A red-hot score of 311 on the third day of the Midwest Conference Championship led St. Norbert College to a second-place finish at the 54-hole event held at Aldeen Golf...
The Green Knights totaled 951 to finish eight strokes behind conference champion Monmouth College, which fired a 943. St. Norbert entered the final day in fifth place, but its 311 was the best daily score of the tournament. The Green Knights finished two strokes ahead of third-place Carroll University, and five strokes ahead of both Grinnell College and Knox College.

It was St. Norbert's best conference finish since 2000, when it also finished second. The Green Knights, who have never won a MWC golf championship, had not finished higher than fourth in the last eight years.

Gabe Dahl was St. Norbert's lone top-10 finisher, finishing in third place with a 78-78-72 - 228. Dahl's 72 was the second-best round of the tournament, behind medalist Mark Strain's 71 on day three. Strain, of Illinois College, shot a six-over 222 to win the tournament.

Brian Kuehl was 14th with an 82-79-80 - 240, while Seth Oberschlake was 15th at 82-81-79 - 242. B.J. O'Brien finished in a tie for 22nd with a 78-82-89 - 249.

Michael Zera was 37th with an 89-91-80 - 260, while Alex Wagner carded a 100-86-91 - 277 to finish 47th.]]> Sat, 02 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=585 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=585 MADISON - St. Norbert College's men's track and field team received several solid showings at the University of Wisconsin Open at the McClimon Complex. Dann Schneider was third in the...
Dann Schneider was third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.12 seconds, finishing behind a pair of Wisconsin sprinters. Schneider was fifth in the long jump with a jump of 21 feet 10 inches.

Paul Leeman placed fourth in the high jump, clearing a height of 6 feet 2 inches.

Tony Grossman was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.25 seconds, while Ham Dowden added a fifth in the 800-meter run witha time of 2:02.62.

St. Norbert's 4x400-meter relay was third with a time of 3:34.61.]]> Sat, 02 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=584 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=584 MADISON - Jenny Scherer provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to lead the St. Norbert College contingent at the...
Scherer's time of 11 minutes 6.47 seconds won the event, and topped runner-up Kared Greuel of Wisconsin by almost 4 1/2 seconds.

Anne Mueller was third in the 100-meter hurdles and fourth in the 100-meter dash. Mueller ran a time of 16.92 seconds in the hurdles, and sprinted 13.36 in the dash. Hope Kovala added a fourth-place finish in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.86 seconds.

Ashley Graybill finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.29 seconds. Danielle Krause added a second-place showing in the pole vault, clearing a height of 8 feet, 10 1/4 inches. Nikki Swanson also finished second in an event with her leap of 16-5 1/4 in the long jump.

The 4x400-meter relay team won with a time of 4:00.60. The 4x100-meter relay was third with a time of 50.83 seconds.]]> Sat, 02 May 2009 17:00:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=583 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=583 DE PERE - St. Norbert College used a ninth-inning rally in the second game of a Midwest Conference doubleheader to finish off a sweep of Lawrence University by scores of 17-7 and 7-6 in 10...
The Green Knights (21-11, 12-4 MWC North) claimed their fourth MWC North Division championship in five years and will host the league championship tournament May 8-9.

St. Norbert led 4-1 going into the eighth inning but Lawrence answered with three runs in the eighth and two in the ninth to take a 6-4 lead. The Green Knights started the bottom of the ninth when Jared Yost beat out a slow roller to third and Tony Jandron singled to left. Yost and Jandron then had a double steal to move up to second and third with nobody out. Cory Fuller then hit a deep drive to left that was caught just shy of the fence to score Yost on a sacrifice fly. Jandron moved up to third on a flyout to right by Garrick Fisher. Ryan Gusick then singled with two strikes through the right side to tie the game.

Lawrence left two runners on in the top of the tenth. St. Norbert opened its half of the inning with a strikeout, but Brett Birkholz singled to reach. Yost then doubled to deep right to put runners on second and third. Jandron was intentionally walked to load the bases. With Lawrence's infielders at double-play depth, Fuller hit a grounder to short, but beat the relay to first by a step to drive in the winning run.

Yost and Birkholz were both 4-for-6, with Yost scoring three runs and Birkholz two. Fuller was 2-for-4 with three runs batted in, while Jandron was 2-for-5 and Brandon Hintz 2-for-6. St. Norbert had 17 hits in the game. Jandron earned the win with 1 2/3 innings of relief. Justin Wotachek got the start and allowed seven hits and four runs in 7 1/3 innings.

In the opener, St. Norbert and Lawrence were tied 7-7 after the Vikings' half of the fifth but the Green Knights scored the last 10 runs of the game. Fuller had an RBI double and Fisher a two-run single in the fifth to make it 10-7. St. Norbert scored twice in the sixth on a Birkholz squeeze bunt and a fielder's choice. The Green Knights then scored five times in the eighth to end the game. Birkholz had a two-run double, Jandron an RBI double and Fisher a two-run single in the inning.

Birkholz was 4-for-5 in the opener with three runs scored and three runs batted in. Fisher was 4-for-6 with six runs batted in, while Yost and Jandron had two hits apiece. St. Norbert had 16 hits in game one and 33 for the doubleheader.

Jordan Vater earned the win for St. Norbert, working four innings of scoreless relief. Vater allowed three hits with no walks and one strikeout.]]> Sat, 02 May 2009 20:55:47 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=582 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=582 RIPON - St. Norbert's College's long road back ended with a Midwest Conference championship after winning three games in 5 1/2 hours at the Midwest Conference Tournament at Tracy Field. The...
The Green Knights (17-17) rallied from 4-0 deficits in their first two games and then held on in Game 7 to steal the title. St. Norbert topped Lake Forest College 6-5 in an elimination game, and then swept Ripon College 8-6 and 5-4 to earn its third MWC championship. The Green Knights, who receive an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament, also won MWC titles in 1991 and 2007.

St. Norbert was on the brink of having its season end several times, especially against Lake Forest. The Green Knights scored twice in the bottom of the seventh, getting RBI singles from Kristin Zimmerman and Collette Ullmer - both with one out. St. Norbert began its rally with one run in the third, getting a RBI single from Kayla Krueger. The Foresters made it 5-1 with one in the fourth, but the Green Knights answered with two in their half on a two-run double from Tracy Palmer. St. Norbert pulled to within 5-4 on a solo home run from Ullmer in the sixth.

Zimmerman and Ullmer both finished 3-for-4 against the Foresters, while Palmer and Krueger were both 2-for-4. Jessica Kropp earned the wining relief, allowing eight hits but just one run in 4 2/3 innings.

St. Norbert again fell behind 4-0 in its first matchup of the day against Ripon. Brieanne Oehlke and Zimmerman stroked back-to-back doubles to start the second, and Kropp folloowed two hitters later with a two-run single. The Red Hawks scored one in the fourth but St. Norbert answered right back with an RBI single from Alyssa McGray to pull within 5-4. St. Norbert broke the game open with a four-run fifth. Zimmerman had an RBI single to score Stephanie Ortiz, and Ullmer then hit a three-run home run. Ripon scored once in the seventh and had two runners on but couldn't get the winning run aboard.

Ullmer was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, while Zimmerman and Oehlke were both 2-for-3 with two runs scored. St. Norbert had 11 hits. Krueger picked up the win in relief, allowing six hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings.

In the decisive seventh game of the double-elimination tournament, St. Norbert got the early jump, taking a 3-0 lead after three innings. Oehlke hit a two-run home run in the second, and Krueger drove in Palmer with a single in the third. Ripon scored once in the fourth, but Ullmer's solo home run in the bottom of the inning made it 4-1. Ripon scored twice in the sixth to cut it to 4-3, but Oehlke hit her ninth home run of the year with a solo shot in the sixth.

The top of the seventh proved tense for St. Norbert, as Ripon mounted a last-ditch rally. Following a flyout to start, Ripon had three baserunners reach on two singles and an error, and an outfield error made it 5-4 with runners on second and third with one out. Zimmerman then cut down the potential tying run at the plate for the second out, and Krueger fielded a comebacker to end the game.

Ullmer homered in each of the three games for St. Norbert, while Oehlke homered in both Ripon games. Oehlke finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored.

Kari Corbeille worked the first 5 1/3 innings and earned her first win of the season, allowing six hits with three runs with one walk and three strikeouts. Krueger earned the save with 1 2/3 innings of three-hit relief. Brittnee Peotter suffered the loss for Ripon, allowing eight hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts.]]> Sat, 02 May 2009 20:26:04 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=581 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=581 RIPON - A four-error seventh inning by St. Norbert College led to a four-run Ripon College inning to lead the Red Hawks to a 5-2 win over the Green Knights in the Midwest Conference Softball...
The Green Knights (14-17) had a golden opportunity to knock off the defending champion Red Hawks (20-12) when they carried a 2-1 lead into the seventh inning, but Ripon had two hits to capitalize on four St. Norbert errors to steal the win. St. Norbert loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't score.

St. Norbert will face Lake Forest College in an elimination game at 10 a.m. Saturday. The winner will have to beat Ripon College twice to win the tournament championship.

St. Norbert pulled ahead 2-1 with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Kayla Krueger had a run-scoring single to score Tracy Palmer. Brieanne Oehlke's double to left-center field plated Krueger.

The loss spoiled a sterling pitching effort by Krueger, who allowed five hits with no walks and two strikeouts. St. Norbert had just five hits of its own against Ripon pitchers Brittnee Peotter and Andrea Knorr.

St. Norbert opened the tournament with a resounding 8-1 win over Lake Forest College. Krueger spun a four-hitter with no walks and four strikeouts, not allowing a run until the seventh.

Collette Ullmer had a two-run home run to put St. Norbert on the scoreboard in the fifth. Palmer then had a run-scoring single later in the frame to make it 3-0. Kristin Zimmerman's RBI single in the sixth gave St. Norbert a 4-0 advantage. The Green Knights broke through with four runs in the seventh on five hits, getting a run-scoring single by Krueger, a two-run single by Stephanie Ortiz and an RBI double by Oehlke.

Ortiz was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two runs batted in against Lake Forest, while Oehlke was 2-for-3. St. Norbert had 11 hits against the Foresters.]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 22:37:31 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=580 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=580 MADISON - St. Norbert College's men's tennis team suffered about as much heartbreak as one team could encounter at the Midwest Conference Team Championship at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The...
The Green Knights, who entered the tournament on an 11-match winning streak, lost their conference semifinal match to Monmouth College 5-4. St. Norbert then lost to Lawrence University 5-2 in the third-place match. The Green Knights (18-10) had beaten both Monmouth and Lawrence 5-4 during the regular season.

Things looked promising against Monmouth when the Green Knights claimed two of three doubles matches. Jordan Bauer and Mike Hyrczyk outlasted Kyle Korb and Chris Utterback 9-7 at No. 1 doubles, while Eric Koppmann and Matt Schmitz beat Tyler Lampe and Ben Morrow 8-2.

St. Norbert, however, had three singles matches go three sets and ended up dropping all three. The Green Knights got singles wins from Derek Harrington at No. 2 by a 6-0, 6-0 score over Sam Graf and at No. 5, where Ethan Kadow beat Tyler Lampe 6-4, 6-0.

St. Norbert had to turn right around and face Lawrence and ended up losing all three doubles matches by 8-6 scores. Harrington won again at No. 2 singles, beating Caleb Ray 7-5, 6-1. Kadow topped Kyle Nodarse 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5.]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 17:15:40 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=579 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=579 APPLETON - St. Norbert College posted another big doubleheader sweep in its quest for the Midwest Conference North Division championship with wins of 7-2 and 5-4 over Lawrence University at Don...
The Green Knights, 10-4 in the MWC North and 19-11 overall, lead Beloit College and Ripon College by one game in the loss column with two games left to play. Should St. Norbert sweep Lawrence on Saturday at Mel Nicks Field, the Green Knights win the division and will host the conference tournament May 8-9. A split would result in either a two- or three-way playoff with Beloit and/or Ripon on Monday at Mel Nicks Field.

Tony Jandron's two-run home run in the eighth inning of the nightcap was the difference in a tight contest. Jared Yost doubled to lead off the inning and Jandron followed with a deep drive to center field. Lawrence centerfielder Wes Otte had the ball in his glove for a moment, but when he crashed into the fence the ball squirted out and over the fence for the dramatic home run.

St. Norbert, playing its sixth game in three days, used four pitchers in game two to get the win. Jeff Schneider and Matt Hannon both worked three innings apiece, allowing two runs each. Jordan Vater worked 2 1/3 innings to get the win, while Jandron got the last two outs for a save. Lawrence had runners on first and second in the bottom of the ninth but a 6-4-3 double play ended the game.

Yost and Jandron had RBI singles in the third inning, and Yost scored on a wild pitch in the fifth for St. Norbert's first three runs. Yost was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and Jandron was 3-for-5 with three runs batted in.

In the opener, Cody Woods pitched a complete game in his first collegiate start. Woods allowed five hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

St. Norbert took a 3-0 lead in the third after getting a run in the second on a Ryan Gusick sacrifice fly and two in the third on a two-run home run by Brett Birkholz. Lawrence got one each in the third and fourth to cut it to 3-2, but the Green Knights got two in the sixth. Gusick had a run-scoring single in the inning and Ryan Kehl had a run-scoring groundout. St. Norbert scored two runs in the ninth to salt the game away on a two-run home run by Garrick Fisher.

Fisher and Cory Fuller each were 2-for-4 with Fisher getting two runs batted in. Birkholz was 2-for-5 with two runs batted in.]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:31:50 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=578 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=578 DE PERE - St. Norbert College's softball team completed its 2009 regular season with a Midwest Conference doubleheader sweep of Beloit College at Mel Nicks Field. The Green Knights won the opener 7-1...
Kayla Krueger spun a three-hitter in the opener, walking one and striking out seven. Kim Sawyer homered in the third inning to give St. Norbert a 5-1 lead, while Krueger iced the game with a two-run home run in the sixth.

Krueger, Tracy Palmer, Stephanie Ortiz and Collette Ullmer all had two hits apiece in the opener. Ullmer collected two doubles and Ortiz also had a two-base hit.

In the nightcap, Beloit led 3-1 before St. Norbert answered with three runs in the fifth inning to take control. Stephanie Ortiz homered with one out to cut the deficit to 3-2. Krueger walked but was erased on a fielder's choice by Kristin Zimmerman. Brieanne Oehlke then followed with a triple to tie the game. Sawyer then walked to set up a game-winning double steal, with Oehlke just beating a bang-bang play at the plate.

St. Norbert pitcher Jessica Kropp set Beloit down in order in the sixth and yielded a one-out hit in the seventh, but St. Norbert turned a double play to end the game. Kropp allowed eight hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

Alyssa McGray had the only multi-hit game in the nightcap for St. Norbert, going 2-for-3.]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:45:44 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=577 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=577 GREEN BAY - St. Norbert College junior Tony Jandron drove in 11 runs to key the Green Knights to an important sweep of Ripon College in a Midwest Conference doubleheader by scores of 14-11 and 5-1 at...
The pair of wins moved St. Norbert back into first place in the MWC North Division's loss column. The Green Knights are 8-4 in the league and 17-11 overall entering this weekend's four-game series with Lawrence University. Ripon is 14-14, 7-5 in the MWC entering its series with Carroll University. Beloit ended the league schedule 11-5. The top two teams in the division qualify for the conference tournament.

Jandron drove in eight runs in the opener and was also the winning pitcher as the Green Knights outlasted the Red Hawks in a slugfest. Jandron was 3-for-4 with three runs scored with a home run. Jandron worked 7 1/3 innings allowing seven hits, six walks and seven strikeouts. In the nightcap, Jandron was 2-for-4 with three runs batted in and also turned in several sparkling defensive plays at shortstop.

In the opener, Ripon scored three unearned runs in the top of the first before St. Norbert charged back with four in the first and three in the second. Jared Yost had an RBI double, followed by a Jandron sacrifice fly. Cory Fuller drove in a run on an infield error and Garrick Fisher followed with a run-scoring double to close out the first. In the second, Jandron had a two-run single and Fuller a run-scoring double.

St. Norbert built its lead with two runs in the sixth on a two-run home run by Jandron. Ripon scored twice in the seventh, but St. Norbert got a RBI singles from Brett Birkholz and Fisher and a run-scoring groundout by Jandron. The Red Hawks put up five runs in the top of the eighth, but St. Norbert would get two insurance runs in the inning on a two-run single by Jandron. Ripon had the tying run at the plate in the ninth but could not get him on base.

The Green Knights had 14 hits in the opener, getting a 2-for-3 game from Birkholz, a 3-for-6 showing by Yost and a 3-for-4 from Fisher. Fuller was 2-for-6.

In the nightcap, Justin Wotachek scattered six hits to earn the complete-game win for St. Norbert, improving to 6-1 on the season. Wotachek walked just one batter and struck out two.

St. Norbert scored once in the first on a single by Jandron to score Birkholz. Ripon scored an unearned run in the second, but St. Norbert got it back on a Ryan Kehl RBI groundout. The game stayed 2-1 until St. Norbert put up three runs in the seventh. Birkholz drove in Ryan Gusick with a single and Jandron finished his torrid twinbill with a two-run single up the middle.]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:39:34 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=576 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=576 RIPON - St. Norbert College's quest for a berth in the Midwest Conference Baseball Tournament took a serious blow with a 6-1, 4-2 doubleheader sweep at the hands of Ripon College at Francis...
The Green Knights (15-11, 6-4 MWC) face Ripon (14-12, 7-3 MWC) in the back end of the four-game series at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Joannes Stadium in Green Bay. Beloit (22-7, 9-5) is also in contention for the two spots in the tournament.

St. Norbert led 1-0 in the opener, scoring a first-inning run. Brandon Hintz singled to left and moved up to second on an outfield error. After Hintz was bunted to third, Jared Yost's infield single plated Hintz. St. Norbert would load the bases in the first inning with one out but would not score again.

Ripon broke through with a six-run seventh inning. A misplayed sacrifice bunt attempt led to an RBI single by David Soda. With two outs, a pair of bases-loaded walks and two hits scored five runs.

Mike Lloyd picked up the win for Ripon, allowing seven hits with five walks and five strikeouts. Trevin Hillesheim took the loss, allowing six hits in 6 2/3 innings with six walks and four strikeouts. Hintz was 2-for-4 and Yost was 3-for-4 in the opener, getting five of the Green Knights' seven hits.

St. Norbert mustered six hits in the nightcap, getting two from Hintz in three at bats. Ripon took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. The Green Knights made it 2-1 when Garrick Fisher's sacrifice fly scored Yost in the fourth, but Ripon answered with runs in the fourth and fifth. Tony Jandron's sacrifice fly to score Hintz in the eighth was St. Norbert's other run.

Matt Dwyer outdueled Bryan Stoppenbach on the mound. Dwyer allowed six hits with two walk and five strikeouts. Stoppenbach scattered eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts.]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:16:51 CDT