http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressreleases.html en-us Copyright © 2010 St. Norbert College Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:14 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) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:14 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=917 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=917 WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - St. Norbert College came up just a tad short in losing a 13-inning marathon to Denison University by a 7-6 score. The Green Knights dropped to 3-3 on the year, while...
The Green Knights dropped to 3-3 on the year, while Denison improved to 6-3.

Danny Pritz's walk-off double with one out in the bottom of the 13th was the difference, and the only run scored by either team in the four extra innings.

St. Norbert scored two runs in the top of the ninth to take a 6-5 lead. Matt Hannon and Ryan Gusick scored on a bizarre play where there was an infield error and outfield throwing error on the same sequence. The Big Red tied the game in the bottom of the ninth when Pritz's RBI groundout scored a run that was set up by a successful one-out hit-and-run.

The Green Knights took a 4-3 lead in the fourth on an RBI single by Jordan Powers and an RBI double by Matt Hannon. Denison scored single runs in the fifth and seventh to creep ahead 5-4.

Hannon had five of St. Norbert's 15 hits, going 5-for-6. Powers and Garrick Fisher were both 2-for-6. Kyle Mahlik took the loss on the mound, allowing one run and five hits in 3 1/3 innings of relief. Ryan Sullivan started and worked the first 8 1/3 innings, allowing six runs with two walks and six strikeouts.]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:50:30 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=916 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=916 KISSIMMEE, Fla. - St. Norbert College split a pair of games during its third day at the Rebel Spring Games, losing 3-2 to Simpson College and winning a 1-0 squeaker over William Paterson...
The Green Knights improved to 4-2 on their trip with four games remaining in the Sunshine State.

Sophomore Jessica Kropp spun a six-hit shutout with one walk and one strikeout to earn the win over William Paterson, which entered the game receiving votes in the NFCA Division III Top 25.

The Green Knights scored the game's only run when Alissa Purko led off the bottom of the seventh with a double, and was sacrificed to third by Tracy Palmer. Stephanie Ortiz's single plated Purko for the game's only run.

St. Norbert had 11 hits against William Paterson but did not draw a walk or force an error. Palmer, Kayla Krueger, Collette Ullmer and Kristin Zimmerman all had two hits for the Green Knights.

Against Simpson, the Storm scored two runs in the first inning and one in the second to take an early 3-0 lead. St. Norbert didn't score until getting two runs with two outs in the seventh on a two-run single by Morgan Buboltz. The Green Knights finished with five hits in the game.

Kari Corbeille took the loss for St. Norbert, allowing three hits with two walks in two-plus innings of work.]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:38:51 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=915 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=915 KISSIMMEE, Fla. - St. Norbert College picked up a pair of wins at the Rebel Games to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Green Knights topped Fontbonne University 6-5 in eight innings in the opener,...
St. Norbert picked up the win scoring a run in the eighth inning while Fontbonne did not using the international tiebreaker - putting a runner on second with no outs to start the inning. The Green Knights cut down Fontbone's Sam Rosner at home in the top of the eighth. Brieanne Oehlke then scored from third with no outs on an illegal pitch.

Kayla Krueger's single and Oehlke's sacrifice fly gave St. Norbert a 2-1 lead in the first inning. Oehlke had an RBI single in the third for a 3-1 lead. Fontbonne scored once in the top of the fifth, but Oehlke's RBI triple in the fifth helped the Green Knights score twice. The Griffins tied the game with three runs in the sixth inning.

Oehlke was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored, while Kayla Krueger was 2-for-3. Jessica Kropp picked up the win working an inning of relief.

Against Anderson, St. Norbert banged out 12 hits. Oehlke had a two-run double in the third, and Kristin Zimmerman added a two-run double in the fifth. Oehlke, who holds the school-season RBI record with 29 in 2007, already has 11 through four games this season.

Zimmerman, Kropp, Krueger, Tracy Palmer and Stephanie Ortiz all had two hits for the Green Knights. Kropp worked 6 2/3 innings for the win, allowing eight hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Krueger got the last out for the save.]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:01:45 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=914 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=914 WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - David Schneider earned a complete-game victory in his collegiate debut and Garrick Fisher went 4-for-5 with four runs scored to lead St. Norbert College past the Massachusetts...
The Green Knights improved to 3-2 on their Florida trip with the win, while MCLA dropped to 1-1.

Schneider allowed seven hits with one earned run while walking three with five strikeouts in his first collegiate appearance. Schneider worked around five St. Norbert errors and got a strikeout with the tying run at the plate in the eighth inning to preserve the win.

Fisher provided four of the Green Knights' 13 hits, including two doubles. Fisher started a three-run second with a double, with Ryan Kehl getting an RBI single and Matt Hannon a two-run single.

In the third, Fisher came around to score when the catcher's throw on the back end of a double steal sailed into centerfield. Kehl added an RBI single.

MCLA scored three unearned runs in the fourth. Ryan Way's sacrifice fly scored Fisher in the fifth, and Fisher's bluff steal to home in the seventh allowed him to score on a balk. Jared Yost's RBI single to score Lance Smith in the eighth rounded out the scoring.

Hannon was 3-for-5, while Kehl was 2-for-4. The Green Knights rang up eight stolen bases, including two apiece from Fisher and Ryan Gusick.]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:51:44 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=913 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=913 DE PERE - St. Norbert College senior guard Denise Heuser has been named a first-team All-Central Region selection by D3hoops.com. Heuser led St. Norbert to a 23-4 record, the Midwest...
Heuser led St. Norbert to a 23-4 record, the Midwest Conference championship and a second-round NCAA Division III Tournament appearance this past season.

Heuser, a Pulaski native, led the Green Knights with 14.4 points per game this season and shot 46.5 percent from the floor. She narrowly missed becoming the 14th player in program history to score 1,000 career points, finishing with 999.]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:33:03 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=912 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=912 HILTON HEAD, S.C. - St. Norbert College opened its annual spring trip to Hilton Head Island with three dual-meet losses. The Green Knights dropped an 8-1 decision to Wheaton (Mass.) College, lost 9-0...
Against Scranton, St. Norbert took two doubles matches to build an early lead. Nick Acosta and Mike Hyrczyk topped Scott Melideo and Joe Morra 8-6 at No. 1, while Derek Harrington and Matt Schmitz topped Michael Arrighi and Bennett Kelley 8-1 at No. 3.

Harrington topped Carl Caceres 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) at No. 1 singles, and Schmitz beat Kelley 6-4, 6-0 at No. 6.

In the Wheaton match, Eric Koppmann and Nate Tackaberry picked up the Green Knights' lone win with an 8-4 triumph over Gregory Poulin and James Little at No. 2 doubles.]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:09:39 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=911 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=911 KISSIMMEE, Fla. - St. Norbert College didn't waste much time jumping into the fire in its 2010 softball season with a pair of games against perennial NCAA Division III stalwarts Montclair State...
The Green Knights topped Montclair State 3-0 in the opener before dropping a 4-3 decision to 11th-ranked Illinois Wesleyan in the nightcap.

St. Norbert would get its lone offense against Montclair State from the bat of catcher Brieanne Oehlke, the Green Knights' career home run leader. Oehlke hit a solo home run in the second inning and stroked a two-run shot in the sixth to boost her career total to 21.

Kayla Krueger made the home runs stand up, twirling a four-hit shutout. Krueger did not walk or strike out a Montclair State hitter. Of Krueger's 21 outs recorded, 18 came on groundballs.

Against Illinois Wesleyan, the Titans scored two unearned runs each in the first and sixth innings to scrape out the win. Oehlke had a two-run single in the third to tie the game at 2-2 and also had an RBI single in the seventh. Oehlke, who was 5-for-6 with six RBIs on the day, advanced to third on an outfield error with the potential tying run in the seventh but was stranded.

Kari Corbeille took the loss for St. Norbert, allowing six hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Illinois Wesleyan ace Christy Engel, who no-hit St. Norbert in the 2009 NCAA Tournament, was touched for five hits with five walks and six strikeouts.]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:05:03 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=910 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=910 AUBURNDALE, Fla. - St. Norbert College took the second game of a doubleheader with Albright College to salvage a doubleheader split at the Auburndale Complex. Albright (1-6) claimed the...
Albright (1-6) claimed the opener 7-5 before the Green Knights (2-2) had an offensive outburst to take the nightcap 17-7.

St. Norbert pounded out five-straight hits to open game two. Matt Hannon's triple plated Jordan Powers, with Jared Yost's RBI single making it 2-0. Ryan Gusick had an RBI single, Garrick Fisher an RBI grounder and Lance Smith a sacrifice fly to give the Green Knights a 5-0 first-inning lead.

Ryan Gusick had a solo home run in the third for a 6-3 lead. Albright cut the deficit to 7-6 in the fifth before the Green Knights scored seven times. Hannon had a three-run double and Tony Jandron a three-run home run in the uprising.

Hannon finished the second game 3-for-5 with two runs scored and six RBIs. Yost, Jandron and Gusick all had two hits for St. Norbert, which had 13 hits in the game.

Jeff LaJeunesse worked 4 2/3 innings to get the win, allowing eight hits and six runs with five strikeouts. Kyle Mahlik finished up with 2 1/3 innings pitched with two hits and one run.

In the opener, Rob Mancinelli's two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh lifted Albright to the win. The home run wasted a three-run rally by St. Norbert in the top of the seventh, with Jandron's two-out, two-run double tying the game.

Powers finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the opener, while Yost and Jandron had two hits apiece.

Ryan Sullivan took the loss, allowing two hits and two runs with three strikeouts in one inning of relief. Starter Bryan Stoppenbach took a no-decision, allowing eight hits with five runs and four strikeouts.]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:20:28 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=909 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=909 DE PERE - St. Norbert College, ranked No. 3 in the USCHO.com Division III hockey poll, travels to Lake Placid, N.Y., to play in the 2010 NCAA Division III Frozen Four. The Green Knights (23-3-3) will...
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St. Norbert will carry the radio feed online with Tim Derozier on the call at its website at http://www.snc.edu/athletics/hockey/webcast.html.

Friday's games will be videostreamed on http://www.fasthockey.com, while Saturday's championship game will be televised live on CBS College Sports Network.]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:29:03 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=908 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=908 DE PERE - St. Norbert College discovered its game time for its national semifinal game in the NCAA Division III Tournament against Oswego State University at Lake Placid, N.Y. The Green...
The Green Knights will face the Lakers at 4 p.m. EDT Friday at Herb Brooks Arena. Norwich and Plattsburgh State will square off in the other semifinal at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The national championship game is slated for 5 p.m. EDT Saturday.

Fans attending the Frozen Four in Lake Placid should contact the Olympic Regional Development Authority Box Office directly for tickets at 518-523-3330. Please indicate you are part of the St. Norbert fan base so you will be seated in the St. Norbert section.]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:38:01 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=907 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=907 GROVELAND, Fla. - St. Norbert College opened up its 2010 baseball season with a doubleheader split against Fontbonne University at South Lake High School. St. Norbert (1-1) took the opener...
St. Norbert (1-1) took the opener 9-4, while Fontbonne (3-3) claimed the nightcap 4-1. Both teams were NCAA Division III Tournament participants in 2009.

The Green Knights jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first inning when Jordan Powers scored on an infield error, followed by sacrifice flies by Ryan Gusick and Garrick Fisher. St. Norbert added to its lead with a Jeff LaJeunesse RBI single and another infield error in the third.

The Griffins cut the deficit to 6-4 in the fifth, but Ryan Kehl had an RBI groundout in the fifth and Jared Yost's RBI single and another sacrifice fly by Fisher in the sixth salted the game away.

Yost was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs for St. Norbert. Tony Jandron pitched a complete game, allowing eight hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

St. Norbert had five hits in the nightcap, with Yost going 2-for-3. Jandron's RBI single plated Yost in the first inning, but the Green Knights wouldn't score again.

Trevin Hillesheim took the complete game loss, allowing seven hits with no walks and three strikeouts.]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:30:20 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=906 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=906 GREEN BAY - St. Norbert College survived perhaps its toughest challenge of the 2009-10 season when it posted a gritty 3-1 win over Gustavus Adolphus College in a quarterfinal game of the 2010 NCAA...
The Green Knights, who held a 2-1 lead through most of the last two periods before getting an empty-net goal with 1 minute left, returns to Lake Placid, N.Y., and Herb Brooks Arena where they won the 2008 national title. St. Norbert (23-3-3) will face Oswego State Univ. (26-2) in a national semifinal Friday, March 19.

St. Norbert, which earned the 400th win in program history with the triumph, got the jump right away by getting a marker from Shane Wheeler 1 minute 36 seconds into the game. Wheeler scored on a wrister from the doorstep off assists from Kurt Astle and Tyler Allen. Gustavus Adolphus (20-7-2), last year's national runner-up, squared the game at the 10:55 mark of the first on a goal by James Leathers from the left circle.

The Green Knights would answer with 12 seconds left in the period, when Tyler Allen pushed home a loose puck for his team-high 14th goal of the year. Wheeler and Cody Keefer picked up assists on the score.

Neither team scored in a second period that featured plenty of end-to-end action. Both teams kept each other bottle up for most of the third until the Gusties made a last-ditch effort to tie the game. Gustavus' Matt Schugel rang the crossbar with about two minutes left for its best scoring chance late.

Following a St. Norbert icing and a Gustavus timeout with 1:15 left, the Green Knights were able to poke the puck out of the defensive zone. Brandon Longley's diving shot from the right wall found its way past a pair of Gustavus defenders and curled inside the far post for an empty-net goal to seal the win with 1 minute left.

St. Norbert held a 25-18 advantage in shots on goal. B.J. O'Brien made 17 saves for the Green Knights, while Josh Swartout made 22 stops for the Gusties. Both teams had three minor penalties and were also 0-for-1 on the power play.

St. Norbert's Frozen Four appearance joins the 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons. Besides the 2008 national title, the Green Knights played in the national championship game in 2004 and 2006.]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:24:59 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=905 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=905 GREENCASTLE, Ind. - St. Norbert College sophomore Emily Schudrowitz captured the championship of the 800-meter run at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Meet held at DePauw...
Schudrowitz won her first national championship by shaving just over five second off her trial time of 2 minutes 14.25 seconds with a winning mark of 2:09.24. Her time clipped top-seeding Allison Chamberlain of Keene State, who finished in 2:09.38.

"It was a personal best for me and I like to be patient and kick it at the end," Schudrowitz said. "I like to stay in the pack and I took the lead at the 600 mark. Last year I only ran the 4x400 (relay). My goal is to qualify outdoor in the 800 and improve on my 400."

Schudrowitz's win gives St. Norbert its second-straight national title in the indoor event and the Green Knights' third overall. Ashley Graybill swept the indoor and outdoor 800 championships in 2009.

Senior Jenny Scherer also picked up All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run. Scherer's time of 17:11.78 was just over 12 seconds off the pace of 16:59.40 set by winner Wendy Pavlus of St. Lawrence University.

The Green Knights finished with 11 team points, which was good for a 18th-place finish. Wartburg College won the national championship with 33 points.]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:51:51 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=904 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=904 GREENCASTLE, Ind. - St. Norbert College sophomore Emily Schudrowitz won her heat in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship Friday at DePauw University....
Schudrowitz ran a time of 2 minutes 14.25 seconds to win her heat by almost a half-second. Schudrowitz will be the second seeding in Saturday's final behind Keene State's Allison Chamberlain, who won her heat with a time of 2:10.81. The 800-meter final is set to run at 2:45 p.m CST Saturday.

Schudrowitz is assured of All-American status after making the final eight.]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:47:45 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=903 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=903 GREENCASTLE, Ind. - St. Norbert College junior Dann Schneider finished in seventh place in finals of the 400-meter dash at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Meet held at DePauw...
Schneider finished with a time of 49.99 seconds for his seventh-place finish. UW-Oshkosh's Ben Zill captured the title with a time of 48.33 seconds.

Schneider earned All-America status in the 400 for the second-consecutive year. He was eighth in the event last year.]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:00:14 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=902 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=902 DE PERE - St. Norbert College (22-3-3) battles defending national runner-up Gustavus Adolphus College (20-6-2) with a Frozen Four berth in Lake Placid, N.Y., on the line in a NCAA Division III...
Ticket information is available here: http://www.snc.edu/performingarts/tickets/snchockey.html

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The Green Knights improved to 22-3-3 with the win, and will face Gustavus Adolphus College (20-6-2) at 7 p.m. Saturday in a national quarterfinal game at the Cornerstone. Adrian, making its first NCAA Tournament appearance, finished 24-4.

St. Norbert built a 4-1 lead but had to withstand a late Adrian flurry to advance. Adrian cut the deficit to 4-2 when Mike Dahlinger put home a rebound on a power play with 10 minutes 47 seconds gone by in the second period. That score held up until there was 3:41 remaining in the game when the Bulldogs' Mike Towns had the puck bounce off his shoulder in front of the net for a goal.

Adrian pulled goaltender Brad Fogal with 55 seconds remaining, but did not get a quality look with the extra attacker. There was a face-off in the St. Norbert defensive zone with 5 seconds left, but the Green Knights won the draw and ran out the clock.

After Adrian's Chris Stansik opened the scoring with a low far post shot from the right circle at 10:14 of the first period, St. Norbert's offense got rolling. Cody Keefer's wrister from the right slot squared the game at 1-1 at the 17:52 mark of the first.

Dustin Walz's blast from the blue line for his first goal of the season put St. Norbert ahead 2-1 at 2:07 of the second. Matt Boyd answered 1:14 later when he finished off a pretty passing combination with assists from Tyler Allen and Shane Wheeler. Brandon Longley then found himself in the right place at the 8:56 mark, when a centering pass from Mike Bernardy found Longley's chest-level stick and was redirected in for a 4-1 lead.

The Green Knights dodged a major bullet midway through the third period when they had to kill off a 5-on-3 Adrian power play. St. Norbert's Dylan Exton was called for elbowing at 8:52, and Dustin Walz followed with a crosscheck at 9:49. The Green Knights killed the first penalty and then Adrian's Dahlinger was slapped with an interference penalty at 11:12 to send the action to 4-on-4.

St. Norbert, which had two assists from Alain Joanette, outshot Adrian 31-19, and held a 4-3 shots edge in the third period. B.J. O'Brien made 16 save for St. Norbert, which was 0-for-3 on the power play.

Adrian was 1-for-3 on the power play. Fogal made 27 stops for the Bulldogs, including 14 in the first period.]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:21 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=900 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=900 DE PERE - St. Norbert College junior Dann Schneider will compete in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship this weekend at DePauw University in Greencastle,...
Schneider will compete in the 400-meter dash. Schneider, who finished eighth in the 400 last year, enters the event as the 11th seed with a time of 49.31 seconds. Cortland State's Gina Bisceglia is the top entrant with a time of 48.64 seconds.

The 400-meter trials will be run at 4:05 p.m. CST Friday, while the final is set for 1:55 p.m. CST Saturday.]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:57:21 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=899 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=899 DE PERE - St. Norbert College senior Jenny Scherer and sophomore Emily Schudrowitz wlll compete at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship this weekend at DePauw University in...
Scherer earned a berth in the 5,000-meter race, while Schudrowitz will compete in the 800-meter run.

Scherer, who finished fourth in the indoor 5K last year, is seeded 13th heading into the meet with a top time of 17 minutes, 22.58 seconds. Westfield State's Kerry Arouca is the top seed with a time of 17:03.41. The 5,000-meter race will start at 3:20 p.m. CST Saturday.

Schudrowitz enters as the third seed in the 800 with a time of 2:11.65. Keene State's Allison Chamberlain is the top seed at 2:09.30. The 800 trials are at 4:55 p.m. CST Friday, while the final is at 2:45 p.m. CST Saturday.]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:44:33 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=898 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=898 DE PERE - St. Norbert College (21-3-3) returns to the NCAA Division III Tournament after a one-year hiatus and will face Adrian College (24-3) in a first-round game 7 p.m. Wednesday at the...
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The game between the Green Knights and Bulldogs will start at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cornerstone Community Center. The St. Norbert-Adrian winner will face either Gustavus Adolphus College (19-6-2) or the University of St. Thomas (13-10-4) in a national quarterfinal on Saturday. The winner of Saturday's quarterfinal will advance to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four on March 19-20 at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y.

The Green Knights (21-3-3) won the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season and Peters Cup championships. St. Norbert is 8-0-2 in its last 10 games, and won the Peters Cup championship on Saturday with a 7-1 win over UW-River Falls. The Green Knights are 12-1-1 at the Cornerstone Community Center this season.

This tournament appearance is St. Norbert's 11th, making appearances in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, with all quarterfinal-round games except for 1997 coming at home. The Green Knights are 12-9-1 all-time in the NCAA tournament and won the 2008 national championship.

Adrian (24-3) is making its first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance and claimed the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic berth with a 3-2 win over Marian University on Saturday.]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:59:53 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=896 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=896 STEVENS POINT - St. Norbert College shot just 35.3 percent from the floor to lead to a second-round exit from the NCAA Division III Tournament with a 63-48 loss to UW-Stevens Point at Quandt...
The winningest season in the history of the St. Norbert men's basketball program ended with a 23-4 record. Stevens Point, ranked fifth by D3hoops.com's Top 25, advances to sectional play with a 25-4 record.

St. Norbert, ranked 15th by D3hoops.com, made just 18 of 51 shots from the floor and couldn't get over the hump from an early deficit. Dave Wipperfurth's two free throws with 14 minutes 28 seconds left in the first half squared the game at 9-9, but the Pointers went on a 12-0 run over the next 3 1/2 minutes to take a 21-9 advantage.

The Green Knights would get to within 26-22 with 1:46 left in the half on Jake Dietz's layup, and would settle on a 28-22 halftime deficit.

Stevens Point led the entire second half. John Taylor brought St. Norbert to within 36-31 with 13:21 left on a layup, but consecutive 3-pointers by Ross Forman pushed the Pointers' bulge to 42-31. A Wipperfurth 3-pointer with 7:40 to go brought the Green Knights to within 46-40, but the closest they would get again was 50-43 with 4:26 left. The Pointers would make 7 of 8 free throws in the final 1:38 for the game's final margin.

Wipperfurth led St. Norbert with 15 points, while Chris Peterson added 12 points. The Green Knights were 8-for-10 at the free-throw line.

Matt Moses led the Pointers with 15 points, while Jerrel Harris added 14 points and Louis Hurd 12. The Pointers, who shot 42 percent (21-for-5) from the floor, were 13-for-21 at the free-throw line.]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:46:51 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=895 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=895 GREEN BAY - St. Norbert College extended its record for most Northern Collegiate Hockey Association post-season championships with a 7-1 win over UW-River Falls to claim its eighth Peters Cup...
The Green Knights (21-3-3), ranked third in the USCHO.com Division III Poll, clinched an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament. River Falls, ranked 12th by USCHO.com, saw its season end at 18-9-2.

St. Norbert won the game in dominating fashion, outshooting the Falcons by an amazing 42-11 count.

The Falcons were basically out of the game in the first 10 minutes. Nick Tabisz fired in a bomb from the blueline at 3 minutes 19 seconds of the first period for a power-play goal and a 1-0 lead. Shane Wheeler then redirected a shot at 9:01 of the first for a 2-0 advantage.

St. Norbert pulled ahead 4-0 with two goals 30 seconds apart in the second period. Dylan Exton and Scott Pulak scored at 6:33 and 7:03, respectively, to give the Green Knights their two-period lead.

Mike Bernardy put St. Norbert up 5-0 at 5:33 of the third on a long drive, but the Falcons' Tyler Czuba scored unassisted at 9:10. Matt Boyd scored 52 seconds later to get the goal back, and Jason Nopper closed out the scoring with a long power-play goal at 17:15 for his first goal of the year.

Tabisz, Tyler Allen and Alain Joanette each had two assists for St. Norbert, which was 2-for-8 on the power play. River Falls was 0-for-6 on the power play.

B.J. O'Brien made 10 saves for St. Norbert to improve to 21-2-3 on the year. Bo Storozuk worked the first 29:19 for the Falcons, allowing four goals with 15 saves. Eric Babcook finished up and made 20 saves in 30:41 of work.

NCAA Division III Tournament pairings will be announced Sunday night (March 7).]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:37:35 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=894 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=894 DE PERE - A stellar St. Norbert College season came to an end with a 71-58 second-round NCAA Division III Tournament loss to UW-Stevens Point at Schuldes Sports Center. The Green Knights...
The Green Knights finish with a 23-4 record, and had a 16-game winning streak snapped in the loss. Stevens Point, which lost to St. Norbert in a NCAA Tournament game in 2008, advances to the sectional with a 23-6 record.

The Pointers pulled away early, getting consecutive 3-pointers from Cassie Bandow to push a 21-17 lead to a 27-17 bulge with 5 minutes 7 seconds left in the first half. Stevens Point led 31-20 at halftime.

Stevens Point got the jump in the second half, going on a 11-4 run in the first 3 1/2 minutes for a 42-24 lead. The Green Knights trailed by double digits until Denise Heuser's 3-pointer cut the deficit to 60-51 with 3:37 left, but the host would get no closer.

Stevens Point shot 49.1 percent from the floor, making 26 of 53 shots. Bandow, who held Heuser scoreless in the first half, finished with 18 points. Ashley Averkamp also added 18 points for the Pointers, who outrebounded St. Norbert 39-25.

St. Norbert, playing its third-straight game without leading rebounder Rachel Hermus, shot 39.2 percent (20-for-51) from the floor. Heuser finished with 12 points, and ended up with 999 career points. Jamie Kuhl had 13 points to lead St. Norbert. Emily Otzelberger finished with 10 points in her final collegiate game.

The defeat was St. Norbert's second loss at Schuldes Sports Center in 40 games.]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:29:16 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=893 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=893 STEVENS POINT - St. Norbert College closed the last 3 minutes 14 seconds of the game on a 13-4 run to post a 72-65 win over Hope College in a first-round NCAA Division III Tournament game at Quandt...
The Green Knights, ranked 15th by D3hoops.com's Top 25, improved to 23-3 and will face fifth-ranked UW-Stevens Point at 7 p.m. Saturday in the second round. Hope finished its season 21-8.

The triumph is St. Norbert's second NCAA Division III Tournament win in program history. The Green Knights topped North Central (Ill.) College 69-56 in 1984 before falling to eventual national champion UW-Whitewater 87-84 in triple overtime in the round of 16.

Hope led 61-9 59 with 3:39 to play on a Will Bowser basket, but Jake Dietz's layup with 3:14 left squared the game at 61-61. Hope's Andy Venema then missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 2:54 left, and James Pfitzinger's layup with 2:41 to go put the Green Knights ahead 63-61. Pfitzinger scored again on St. Norbert's next series for a 65-61 lead with 1:51 left.

Bowser canned a jumper in the paint to bring the Flying Dutchmen within two, but Dave Wipperfurth canned a 3-pointer with 1:06 to go for a 68-63 lead. Hope had three shots on its next trip to score but missed all three attempts. The Green Knights made 4 of 8 free throws down the stretch to seal the game, with Hope's last score coming with 14 seconds left.

St. Norbert opened the game with with an 8-0 lead three minutes into the game. The Flying Dutchmen, making their 21st NCAA Tournament appearance, then went on an 11-0 run following a 19-19 tie to take a 30-19 advantage with 5:04 left before halftime. The Green Knights finished the half on a 6-0 run to trail just 32-27 at the break.

Hope led by as many as nine points in the second half at 41-32 with 16:32 left. The Green Knights finally tied the game at 52-52 with 8:06 to go on a pair of Chris Peterson free throws. Pfitzinger's dunk with 6:22 left put St. Norbert ahead at 57-56, and other than a couple of ties the Green Knights stayed in the lead the rest of the way.

Wipperfurth finished with a game-high 19 points, while Peterson had 15 points and nine rebounds. John Taylor added 14 points for the Green Knights, who were 20-for-30 at the free-throw line. St. Norbert shot 46.9 percent (23-for-49) from the floor.

Chris Nelis led Hope with 15 points, while Venema added 14 and Bowser 10. The Flying Dutchmen, who were 8-for-10 at the free-throw line, shot 41 percent (25-for-61) from the floor for the game.]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:08:04 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=892 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=892 DE PERE - St. Norbert College pulled off another NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament stunner with a 78-67 first-round win over 12th-ranked Calvin College at Schuldes Sports...
It's the third-straight NCAA appearance the Green Knights have beaten a team ranked in the D3hoops.com Top 25. St. Norbert beat fifth-ranked Carleton in 2003's second round, and the Green Knights topped 13th-ranked UW-Stevens Point in the first round in 2008.

St. Norbert, which has won 38 of its last 39 home games, will face Stevens Point in the second round at 5 p.m. Saturday at Schuldes Sports Center. Stevens Point, ranked 23rd by D3hoops.com, topped Minnesota-Morris 86-64 in the other first-round game.

The Green Knights (23-3) survived a poor start to the game, falling behind 16-4 in the first 6 minutes 43 seconds of the game. Following a 2-2 tie, Calvin went on a 14-2 run to take its biggest lead of the game. The Knights went ahead 19-9 on an Emily Ottenhoff 3-pointer, but St. Norbert went on a 9-0 run to get back into the game trailing 19-18 with 7:32 left. Calvin went back ahead 31-22 with 4:32 left, but the Green Knights closed on a 9-2 run. Erin Baganz's conventional three-point play with 24 seconds left trimmed the halftime score to 33-31.

St. Norbert opened the second half on fire, going on a 15-2 run in the first 6 minutes of the second half for a 46-35 lead with 14:12 to go. Denise Heuser had seven points during the run. Calvin got back to within 51-44 wtih 12:01 to go on a Courtney Kurncz layup, but Stefanie Bunday's 3-pointer ignited a 10-0 run for a 61-44 lead with 9:03 to go.

Calvin, which also trailed by 17 at 65-48 with 7:22 to go, got to within 72-67 with 1:24 left but the Green Knights made all six of their free throws down the stretch to close out the win.

Bunday finished with a game-high 19 points, while Heuser added 18. Jamie Kuhl came off the bench with 14 points and eight rebounds, with 10 of her points coming in the second half. Baganz also had 12 points. St. Norbert shot a robust 64 percent in the second half, making 16 of 25 shots to score 47 second-half points. The Green Knights finished 49.1 percent (26-for-53) from the floor for the game, and outrebounded the bigger Calvin squad 35-30.

Calvin, which had 19 first-half turnovers and 27 for the game, shot 47.1 percent (24-for-51) from the floor. Calvin freshman center Carissa Verkaik, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, had 17 points. Brook VanEck added 14 for the Knights (24-5).]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:33:34 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=891 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=891 DE PERE - St. Norbert College (22-3) plays its first men's basketball game in the month of March in 26 years when it faces Hope College (21-7) in a first-round NCAA Division III Tournament game at...
Tournament information regarding tickets and video streaming of the games are available here: http://athletics.uwsp.edu/sports/2010/3/2/MBB_0302101353.aspx?id=157

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Ticket information is available here: http://tickets.snc.edu/tickets/showdates.php?s_id=274

All games will be video streamed live at http://www.pennatlantic.com/

Live stats will be available at http://www.snc.edu/athletics/teamfiles/livestats/xlive.htm

Click "MORE" for a complete preview of the tournament.]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:53:46 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=889 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=889 DE PERE - St. Norbert College takes on UW-River Falls in the championship game of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Peters Cup Playoffs at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Cornerstone Community...
Ticket information is available here: http://www.snc.edu/performingarts/tickets/snchockey.html

Click "MORE" for a complete preview of the game.]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:23:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=888 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=888 DE PERE - St. Norbert College will host a four-team regional Friday and Saturday in the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament at Schuldes Sports Center. St. Norbert (22-3) will...
St. Norbert (22-3) will face Calvin College (24-4) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The other game features UW-Stevens Point (21-6) against the University of Minnesota-Morris (19-7) at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The first-round winners will play in a second-round game at 5 p.m. Saturday.

The Green Knights are making their ninth NCAA Division III Tournament appearance, and the fifth year they will serve as a tournament host. Schuldes Sports Center served as the host site for the 1985 NCAA Division III Final Four.

St. Norbert last appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2008, topping UW-Stevens Point in the first round before falling to the University of Chicago in round two.

Calvin is making its 12th NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. The Knights lost in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament championship game to Hope College 68-49, their third loss to the Flying Dutchmen this season.]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:04:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=887 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=887 DE PERE - St. Norbert College will face Hope College in a NCAA Division III Tournament first-round game at 5:30 p.m. Friday at UW-Stevens Point's Quandt Fieldhouse. The Green Knights (22-3)...
The Green Knights (22-3) also faced Hope in their last NCAA Division III Tournament appearance in 2002. Hope claimed a 54-53 win on a last-second basket in a first-round game at Schuldes Sports Center.

Tickets are available through the UW-Stevens Point box office at 715-346-4100. Ticket prices are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and 18-under and $3 for college students with an ID.

St. Norbert is making its third NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. The Green Knights reached the second round of a 32-team tournament in 1984, beating North Central (Ill.) College 69-56 before losing to eventual national champion UW-Whitewater 87-84 in triple overtime.

Hope enters the tournament with a 21-7 overall record. The Flying Dutchmen qualified for their 21st NCAA Division III Tournament with a 78-74 win over archrival Calvin College in the championship game of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament. Hope finished 11-3 in the MIAA regular-season to finish one game behind champion Calvin.

Host UW-Stevens Point (23-4) will face Carleton College (19-9) in the other game of the regional at 8 p.m. Friday. The second-round game will be played at 7 p.m. Saturday at Stevens Point.]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:40:26 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=885 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=885 JACKSON - St. Norbert College improved to 4-6 on its dual-meet season with a 6-3 win over Concordia University Wisconsin and 9-0 over Loras College at the Pleasant Valley Tennis Club. Derek...
Derek Harrington beat Concordia's Steven Anschutz 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, and Nate Tackaberry beat Thao Lor 6-2, 7-5 at No. 4. Ethan Kadow beat Cody Welter 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5, and Matt Lobeck topped Taylor Shaffer 6-4, 6-0 at No. 6.

In doubles action, Jordan Bauer and Nick Acosta beat Brian Tresedder and Ross McDonell 8-5 at No. 2. Harrington and Tackaberry beat Lor and Welter at No. 3 by an 8-1 score.

St. Norbert swept to its win over Loras, with Acosta beating Justin Steines 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles. Harrington, Eric Koppmann and Tackaberry all won 6-1, 6-0 at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 singles, respectively.

Bauer and Acosta and Tackaberry and Harrington both won 8-2 at No. 1 and 2 doubles, respectively.]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:00:14 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=884 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=884 GREEN BAY - St. Norbert College took advantage of a whopping 15 power-play opportunities to post a dominating 7-1 win over UW-Stevens Point in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Peters Cup...
The Green Knights, 20-3-3 overall, will face UW-River Falls for the Peters Cup championship at 7 p.m. Saturday March 6 at the Cornerstone. Stevens Point ends its season 12-15-1.

St. Norbert led 1-0 after one period thanks to Johan Ryd's power-play goal 13 minutes 11 seconds into the game. The Green Knights had five power-play chances in the period but couldn't bolster their lead.

The Green Knights added to their lead on Brandon Longley's ninth goal of the season at 7:39 of the second period. Adam Hammerbeck then finished off a solid play with a goal at 12:21, and Kurt Astle's unassisted power-play goal at 13:08 gave St. Norbert a quick 4-0 lead.

Things fell apart quickly for Stevens Point in the third period, with the Pointers getting whistled for five minors in the first 9:28 of the frame. Astle went far post for a power-play goal at 7:46. Tyler Allen then finished off a breakaway at 9:28, and Cody Keefer's power-play score at 16:08 closed out St. Norbert's scoring.

St. Norbert outshot UW-Stevens Point 52-25 and finished 4-for-15 on the power play. B.J. O'Brien made 23 saves for St. Norbert. Nick Graves made 45 saves for the Pointers, who were 0-for-4 on the power play.]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:55:41 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=883 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=883 GALESBURG, Ill. - St. Norbert College's women's track and field team finished in third place at the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held at Knox College's T. Fleming...
The Green Knights totaled 150 points to finish two points out of second place. Monmouth College won the championship with 217.5 points, while Carroll was second with 152 points.

Emily Schudrowitz won the 800-meter run with a NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 2:16.13. Lindsay Wiebe won the high jump with a provisional-qualifying height of 1.66 meters. The Green Knights also claimed a title in the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay, with the quartet of Marisa Trakanovich, Danielle Krause, Megan Domnick and Schudrowitz finishing with a time of 4:11.32.

Jenny Scherer had three second-place finishes. Scherer ran a time of 5:14.68 in the 1-mile run, a time of 10:22.01 in the 3,000-meter run and a provisional-qualifying time of 17:33.90 in the 5,000-meter run. Carroll's Megan O'Grady won all three of those events.

Trakanovich was second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.70, while Danielle Allen was second in the 55-meter hurdles at 8.90 seconds. The distance medley relay finished second with Kelsey Timm, Katherine Larson, Melissa Menne and Scherer posting a time of 13:02.02.

Schudrowitz picked up a pair of third-place finishes in the 200-meter dash (26.89 seconds) and the 1-mile run (5:16.57). Domnick was third in the 800 meters with a run of 2:23.60, while Trakanovich was third in the 55-meter hurdles in 8.93 seconds.

Danielle Krause set a school record in the pole vault with a cleared height of 3.05 meters, and Allen was third in the triple jump with a leap of 10.60 meters.]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:50:49 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=882 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=882 GALESBURG, Ill. - St. Norbert College registered a second-place team finish at the Midwest Conference Indoor Championships held at Knox College's T. Fleming Fieldhouse. The Green Knights...
The Green Knights registered 115 points to finish behind Monmouth College's 177 points. St. Norbert finished ahead of third-place Carroll's 98 points.

St. Norbert had a pair of relays finish as conference champions. The 1,600-meter sprint medley of Kirk Fishel, Dann Schneider, Ryan Ascher and Ham Dowden won with a time of 3:37.74. The distance medley relay of Zac Weier, David Mason, Ben Knapp and Mackenzie Laska won with a time of 10:45.82.

Schneider finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.16 seconds, narrowly getting clipped by Carroll's L.J. Hyland who won in 50.11. John Barrett placed second in the 1-mile run, finishing with a time of 4:25.82. Jon O'Brien was the runner-up in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:57.84.

Dowden was third in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.64, and Aaron Roden was third in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:37.47. Jordan Gobert finished third in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.15 seconds. Schneider also claimed a third-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.61 meters.]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:32:28 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=881 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=881 DE PERE - Despite playing shorthanded, St. Norbert College had little trouble winning its 15th consecutive game topping Ripon College 73-57 in the Midwest Conference Tournament championship game at...
The Green Knights, who lost leading rebounder Rachel Hermus to an injury in the tournament semifinals, shot 50 percent from the floor to clinch an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament. It is the ninth NCAA tournament appearance for the Green Knights and venerable head coach Connie Tilley.

St. Norbert took command of the game early, taking a 9-2 lead just over four minutes into the game, and eventually had a 15-5 advantage with 12:39 left before halftime on a Kristin Zimmerman 3-pointer. The Green Knights led 35-17 late in the half before settling on a 35-22 advantage at intermission.

Erin Lind's conventional three-point play cut Ripon's deficit to 37-27 with 15:58 left to play. Erin Baganz stemmed the tide with a 3-pointer on the next trip down the floor, and started a 9-0 run in the process. Jamie Kuhl's jumper in the paint gave the Green Knights a 47-27 lead with 14:12 to go and Ripon never seriously threatened after that.

Denise Heuser led St. Norbert with 17 points and nine rebounds. Emily Otzelberger added 11 points, while Baganz and Kuhl had 10 apiece. The Green Knights canned 27 of 54 shots from the floor, including 6 of 13 3-pointers.

Jessica DeHamer led Ripon with 19 poitns, while Emily Meyer added 13 points. Erin Lind finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds. The Red Hawks shot 38.2 percent (21-for-55) from the floor and had 23 turnovers, but did win the rebounding battle 36-30.]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:56:11 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=880 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=880 DE PERE - Dave Wipperfurth's career-high 33 points powered St. Norbert College to a high-octane offensive performance in an 85-74 win over Carroll University in the Midwest Conference Tournament...
The Green Knights (22-3) clinched the league's automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III Tournament, and set a school record for wins in the process. The NCAA Tournament trip is St. Norbert's first since 2002, and comes just four years after a seven-win season.

Wipperfurth scored 16 points in the first half as the Green Knights charged out to a 43-32 halftime advantage behind 16 of 27 (59.3 percent) shooting from the floor. St. Norbert led 36-32 with 5 minutes 1 second left in the first half before going on a 7-0 run to close the half. James Pfitzinger's jumper in the paint started the run, and Chris Peterson's 3-pointer with 3:13 left put St. Norbert ahead 41-32. Peterson then made a pair of free throws for the half's final points.

St. Norbert led 60-49 with 12:31 left to play before going on a 3-0 run over the next 2 1/2 minutes to take a 69-49 lead with 9:53 to go on a John Taylor jumper. The two teams traded 3s, with Wipperfurth canning a 3-pointer with 8:13 left for a 72-52 lead.

Carroll would make a last-ditch rally, going on an 11-1 run over the next four minutes to pull within 73-64 by the Pioneers' do-everything guard John Hoch. The closest the Pioneers would get was seven at 75-68 with 2:06 left, but St. Norbert made all eight of its free throws down the stretch to ice the win.

Wipperfurth added seven rebounds and five assists and made six 3-pointers in 34 minutes. Taylor finished with 12 points, Peterson 11 and defensive specialist Paul Mallers had four points, five assists and 12 rebounds. The Green Knights were 46.4 percent (26-for-56) from the floor for the game, and canned 11 of 21 three-point field goals.

Hoch, Carroll's second all-time leading scorer, finished his collegiate career with 26 points. Eric Thompson finished with 20 points, making six 3-pointers, and Paul Grosshuesch had 15 points and 11 rebounds. The Pioneers shot 41.7 percent from the floor, making 25 of 60 shots.]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:31:27 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=879 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=879 DE PERE - St. Norbert College scored 47 second-half points to rally and top Illinois College 69-54 in a Midwest Conference Tournament semifinal game at Schuldes Sports Center. The Green...
The Green Knights improved to 21-3 in winning their 14th-straight game, and will face Ripon at 6 p.m. Saturday at Schuldes Sports Center for the tournament championship. Illinois College's season ended at 14-10.

Illinois College led 24-22 at halftime after the Green Knights went the final 9 minutes 51 seconds of the first half without a field goal. Denise Heuser's fastbreak layup gave St. Norbert a 21-14 lead, but the Green Knights would miss their final 14 field-goal attempts of the half.

St. Norbert opened the second half on a quick 7-0 run, getting a basket by Kristin Zimmerman, a 3-pointer by Erin Baganz and a layup by Heuser to lead 29-24. The Lady Blues countered with a 5-0 run to square the game at 29-29, but the Green Knights went on an 11-1 run for a 40-30 lead with 11:58 left to take command of the game.

Illinois College trailed 42-34 with 10:53 left, but St. Norbert went on an 8-0 run to put the game away at 50-34 with 8:06 to go.

Heuser and Baganz each scored 12 points to lead St. Norbert, which shot 47.5 percent (29-for-61) from the floor for the game. The Green Knights were 19-for-33 (57.6 percent) from the floor in the second half.

Candy Norville led Illinois College with 17 points, while Rachel Macon added 14 points. The Lady Blues shot 40.4 percent (21-for-52) from the floor.]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:52:35 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=878 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=878 DE PERE - St. Norbert College moved into the championship game of the Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament with a hard-fought 78-74 win over Ripon College at Schuldes Sports...
The Green Knights tied a school record with their 21st win against three losses, and also beat Ripon three times in one season for the first time in school history. Ripon ended its season 15-9. St. Norbert will face Carroll, an 85-81 win over Lake Forest in the other semfiinal, at 3 p.m. Saturday.

In front of a raucous crowd of 1,471, both teams battled to a 30-30 halftime tie. John Taylor's long 3-pointer with 5 seconds left in the first half gave St. Norbert a 30-27 lead, but Ripon's Aris Wurtz canned a 30-footer at the buzzer for the deadlock.

Ripon got the early jump in the second half, pushing out to a 37-33 lead on a Scott Gillespie basket with 17:17 left to play. Following a St. Norbert timeout, the Green Knights went on an 11-0 run to take a 44-37 lead with 14:40 to go. Chris Peterson had a conventional three-point play to get the run started, and had seven points in the run. Dave Wipperfurth had the other four points.

Peterson's 3-pointer with 10:35 left gave St. Norbert a 51-39 lead, but Ripon went on a quick 8-0 run to pull within 51-47 with 8:27 left. Wurtz had all eight points, getting two 3-pointers and a basket. The Green Knights pushed back ahead 58-49 with 5:40 left on a Jake Dietz free throw.

St. Norbert led 71-63 with 45 seconds left before Ripon made a late charge, drilling three 3-pointers to get within 75-72 with 18 seconds left. Wipperfurth split a pair of free throws with 11 seconds left, and a Scott Gillespie layup cut it to 76-74 with 7 seconds left. But John Taylor made both free throws a second later for the final points.

The Green Knights shot just 43.8 percent from the floor, making 21 of 48 shots, but canned 30 of 37 free throws. Peterson led St. Norbert with 23 points, while Wipperfurth added 18 and Taylor 14.

Wurtz and Gillespie each scored 25 points for Ripon, while Taylor Koth added 10 points. The Red Hawks shot 49.2 percent (30-for-61) from the floor, but were just 5-for-10 at the charity stripe.]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:38:16 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=877 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=877 DE PERE - For the sixth time in 11 years, St. Norbert College will host the Midwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at Schuldes Sports Center. The Green Knights (20-3) will host Illinois...
Click "MORE" for a complete preview of the tournament.]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:05:55 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=876 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=876 DE PERE - St. Norbert College will play its fourth home post-season men's basketball game since 1961 when it hosts the Midwest Conference Tournament this weekend at Schuldes Sports Center. St....
Click "MORE" for a complete preview of the tournament.]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:47:15 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=875 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=875 DE PERE - St. Norbert College faces UW-Stevens Point in a NCHA Peters Cup Playoffs semifinal-round game at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Cornerstone Community Center. The Green Knights (19-3-3) had a...
Click "MORE" for a complete preview of the game.]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:06:10 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=874 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=874 STEVENS POINT - St. Norbert College freshman Lindsay Wiebe's second-place finish in the long jump led the Green Knights at the UW-Stevens Point Eastbay Invitational. Wiebe had a leap of 1.62...
Wiebe had a leap of 1.62 meters to finish second to UW-Whitewater's Shelby Demos, who had a jump of 1.73 meters. It was St. Norbert's highest individual finish at the meet.

Marisa Trakanovich finished fourth in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:01.32, while Megan Domnick was eighth in 1:02.45. Danielle Allen placed seventh in the triple jump at 10.18 meters to round out St. Norbert's individual scoring performances.

St. Norbert's 4x200-meter relay finished third with a time of 1:50.53, while its distance medley relay finished second with a time of 12:25.34.]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:15:26 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=873 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=873 STEVENS POINT - St. Norbert College junior Dann Schneider set a school indoor record in the 200-meter dash to lead the Green Knights at the UW-Stevens Point Eastbay Invitational. Schneider...
Schneider ran the 200 in a time of 22.48 seconds to finish second to UW-Stevens Point's Keith Ingram's 22.23 seconds. Schneider's time eclipsed Ben Dreyer's eight-year-old school record of 22.50 seconds.

Schneider added a third-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 6.76 meters, missing a second-place tie by a centimeter.

St. Norbert's 4x200-meter and distance medley relays both finished seventh in times of 1:40.00 and 10:35.78, respectively. The Green Knights' 4x400-meter relay finished eighth with a time of 3:26.01.]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:04:45 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=872 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=872 GREEN BAY - St. Norbert College lost a pair of dual matches to Augustana College and UW-Oshkosh at Western Racquet Club. The Green Knights fell 5-4 to Augustana and 9-0 to UW-Oshkosh. St....
St. Norbert and Augustana split the six singles matches but the Vikings tipped the Green Knights 2-1 in doubles action to claim the win. Jordan Bauer topped Adam DeSimone 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 at No. 1 singles, and Derek Harrington beat Will Palmer 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. Eric Koppmann beat Nik Lehnert 6-1, 4-6, 10-7 at No. 3 singles to round out the Green Knights' singles wins.

Harrington and Nate Tackaberry beat Palmer and Jack Cullen 8-6 at No. 3 doubles for St. Norbert's last win. DeSimone and Mullin beat Koppmann and Mike Hyrczyk 9-8 (7-5) in the decisive match played at No. 1 doubles.

St. Norbert's closest match against Oshkosh came at No. 2 doubles, when the Titans' Dustin Blackburn and Nate Kilsdonk beat Nick Acosta and Bauer 9-8.]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:52:03 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=871 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=871 WAUKESHA - St. Norbert College suffered through a cold first half of shooting and finished up the regular season with a 77-68 Midwest Conference loss to Carroll University at Van Male...
The Green Knights, 20-3 overall and 14-2 in the MWC, will host Ripon College in a MWC Tournament semifinal game the evening of Feb. 26, with Carroll facing Lake Forest College in the other.

St. Norbert made just 8 of 24 shots in the first half, including 2 of 12 from beyond the three-point arc, to trail 32-20 at halftime. The Green Knights finished shooting 43.9 percent (25-for-57) for the game.

St. Norbert led 6-3 just over 5 minutes into the game on a Chris Peterson basket, but John Hoch's 3-pointer on the next possession jump-started a 12-0 Carroll run that put the Pioneers in control for good. Carroll would lead by as much as 15 points in the first half at 30-15.

The Green Knights would cut the deficit to 38-31 on a Dave Wipperfurth 3-pointer with 15:04 to go, but Carroll answered with a 10-0 run to take a 48-31 advantage and the game was never in question after that.

Hoch had 27 points for Carroll, which shot 55 percent (22-for-40) from the floor. Eric Thompson added 18 points for the Pioneers, who were 25-for-31 at the free-throw line.

Wipperfurth and John Taylor each had 15 points for St. Norbert, while Peterson added 12.]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:40:48 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=870 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=870 WAUKESHA - St. Norbert College clinched the outright Midwest Conference championship and with it hosting duties for the MWC Tournament next weekend with a 76-61 win over Carroll University at Van...
The Green Knights will host both the men's and women's tournaments, marking the first time in league history both will be held at the same site. St. Norbert improved to 20-3, marking the first time the Green Knights have won 20 games in three consecutive seasons.

St. Norbert will play Illinois College in one semifinal the evening of Feb. 26, with Ripon College and Lake Forest College playing in the other semifinal.

The Green Knights snapped an 18-18 tie on a Jamie Kuhl basket with 5:53 left in the first half, and Kuhl scored again 37 seconds later for a 22-18 lead. St. Norbert held the lead the rest of the half and led 36-30 at halftime.

Carroll's Karen Hoewisch canned a 3-pointer on the second half's first possession, but St. Norbert would answer with a basket by Emily Otzelberger and a 3-pointer by Denise Heuser to lead 41-33 with 18:04 left. St. Norbert's lead would fluctuate between five and 10 points until Kristin Zimmerman's layup with 6:20 to go put the Green Knights up 66-54, and Carroll would get no closer the rest of the way.

Five St. Norbert players scored between 10 and 13 points. Heuser led the Green Knights with 13 points. Otzelberger and Kuhl both posted double-doubles, with Otzelberger getting 12 points and 10 rebounds and Kuhl 10 points and 11 rebounds. Kuhl's rebound total is a career high. Zimmerman and Krista Pelky each scored 12 points for the Green Knights, who shot 51.6 percent (32-for-62) from the floor and held a 43-27 rebounding advantage.

Carroll shot 38.6 percent from the floor, making 22 of 57 shots. Lyndsey Seewald led the Pioneers with 17 points, while Janelle Groer added 15.]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:33:28 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=869 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=869 DE PERE - St. Norbert College (19-3, 13-2 MWC) travels to Carroll University (13-9, 8-7) in an important Midwest Conference game at 2 p.m. Saturday at Van Male Fieldhouse. The Green Knights need to...
Click "MORE" for a complete preview of the game.]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:51:58 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=868 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=868 DE PERE - Midwest Conference champion St. Norbert College (20-2, 14-1) closes out the 2009-10 regular season with its league finale against Carroll University (14-8, 9-6) at Van Male Fieldhouse in...
Click "MORE" for a complete preview of the game.]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:50:13 CDT http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=867 http://www.snc.edu/athletics/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=867 HANCOCK, Mich. - St. Norbert College's women's basketball team scored over 100 points for just the ninth time in school history in a 103-43 rout of Finlandia University at the Paavo Nurmi...
The Green Knights, playing a rare February non-conference game, improved to 19-3 overall in winning their 12th-straight game. The Lions dropped to 9-14.

St. Norbert last hit the 100-point mark in a 102-45 win over Knox on Dec. 2, 2006. The Green Knights last scored as many as 103 points in a 105-38 win over Cornell (Iowa) College on Jan. 28, 1995.

Finlandia's Becky Kangas hit a 3-pointer almost four minutes into the game to bring the Lions within 109, but the Green Knights would then go on a 17-0 run over the next four minutes to take a 27-9 lead with 12:22 left before halftime. The Green Knights led 49-19 at the break.

Brigette Baudhuin's first of two free throws with 1:20 left put St. Norbert at 100 points, and her second gave the Green Knights their largest lead of the game at 101-40. All 12 St. Norbert players scored, and all played at least 10 minutes. Only one St. Norbert starter played more than six minutes in the second half with Denise Heuser's seven.

Heuser and Stefanie Bunday led St. Norbert with 17 points each, while Emily Otzelberger added 12 points and Amy Brunner 10. The Green Knights shot 56.8 percent from the floor, making 42 of 74 shots, and had just four turnovers.

Finlandia, which committed 35 turnovers, was led by Jodi Riutta's 13 points. The Lions shot 36.7 percent from the floor, making 18 of 49 shots.]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:02:48 CDT