Friday, March 20, 2015
UMC Student-Athletes Named to NSIC Winter All-Academic Team
BURNSVILLE, Minn.- The University of Minnesota Crookston had 10 student-athletes named to the 2014-15 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Winter All-Academic team. Five Golden Eagle men’s basketball players and five Golden Eagle women’s basketball players earned the honor.
To be eligible for this honor, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. Furthermore, the athlete must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her/his institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at that institution.
For the UMC men’s basketball team: John Hughes (Jr., F, San Diego, Calif./Management), Austin Dierks (So., Chokio, Minn./Agriculture Systems Management), Lucas Reller (Sr., G, Lead, S.D./Management), Tomas Parker (Sr., F/C, Pequot Lakes, Minn./Management) and Kevin Larson (Sr., G, New Ulm, Minn./Sports and Rec Management) earned the recognition.
For the Golden Eagle women’s basketball team: Alexa Thielman (Jr., G, Buffalo, Minn./Health Science), Katrina Moenkedick (Jr., F, Perham, Minn./Applied Studies), Ashley Martell (Sr., G, Somerset, Wis./Health Science), Kenzie Church (Sr., F, Fairmount, N.D./Management) and Megan Taylor (So., F/C, Estelline, S.D./Animal Science) earned the recognition.
470 NSIC student-athletes in total who compete during the winter season were honored on the NSIC
All-Academic Team.
Monday, March 16, 2015
UND maintains grip on No. 1 national ranking
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – For
the fifth consecutive week, and for the ninth time this season, the
University of North Dakota is the nation’s top-ranked team according to
the men’s hockey polls released on Monday.
North Dakota (27-7-3) captured 44 of 50 first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll and 33 of 34 first-place votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
poll. UND, the top seed in the NCHC playoffs, advanced to this week’s
NCHC Frozen Faceoff with a 2-game sweep of Colorado College in their
best-of-three quarterfinals series last weekend.
Minnesota
State, Boston University and Michigan Tech held on to spots two through
four in both polls, while Denver was No. 5 in the USCHO poll and Miami
was No. 5 in the USA Today poll.
UND
will face No. 18 and sixth-seeded St. Cloud State on Friday afternoon
in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinals at Target Center in Minneapolis.
The puck drops at 4:08 p.m. Central.
USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll
Rk. School (First place votes) Record Pts. PR
1. North Dakota (44) 27-7-3 993 1
2. Minnesota State (3) 27-7-3 942 2
3. Boston University (3) 23-7-5 895 3
4. Michigan Tech 28-8-2 839 4
5. Denver 22-12-2 788 7
6. Miami 23-13-1 771 5
7. Quinnipiac 23-10-4 629 11
8. Minnesota Duluth 20-15-3 597 6
9. Bowling Green 23-10-5 531 13
10. Omaha 18-12-6 498 8
11. Boston College 21-13-3 466 9
12. Massachusetts-Lowell 20-11-6 429 14
13. Minnesota 21-12-3 390 15
14. Providence 22-13-2 368 10
15. Colgate 21-11-4 273 16
16. Vermont 22-14-4 252 17
17. Harvard 19-12-3 251 18
18. St. Cloud State 18-17-1 195 NR
19. Yale 18-9-5 171 12
20. Robert Morris 24-7-5 79 20
Others receiving votes: Michigan 64, St. Lawrence 60, New Hampshire 6, Canisius 4, Michigan State 4, RIT 3, Mercyhurst 2.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
Rk. School (1st place votes) Record Pts. PR
1. North Dakota (33) 27-7-3 509 1
2. Minnesota State 27-7-3 473 2
3. Boston University (1) 23-7-5 441 3
4. Michigan Tech 28-8-2 402 4
5. Miami 23-13-1 353 5
6. Denver 22-12-2 340 8
7. Quinnipiac 23-10-4 252 11
8. Minnesota Duluth 20-15-3 248 6
9. Bowling Green 23-10-5 203 13
10. Omaha 18-12-6 192 7
11. Boston College 21-13-3 134 9
12. Massachusetts-Lowell 20-11-6 117 14
13. Minnesota 21-12-3 93 15
14. Providence 22-13-2 81 10
15. Harvard 19-12-3 57 NR
Others receiving votes: St. Cloud State 47, Vermont 45, Colgate 33, St. Lawrence 21, Yale 21, Robert Morris 13, New Hampshire 2.
PTP Boys Basketball All-Conference Selection
Pine to Prairie All-Conference Boys Basketball
Lucas Lindell Ada-Borup 11
Louis Larson Bagley 11
Brady Steffes Fertile-Beltrami 11
Joey Woods Fertile-Beltrami 12
Paul Gapp Fisher-Climax 10
Aaron Arneson Fosston 12
Darin Viken Fosston 12
Mitchell Hall Lake Park – Audubon 10
Dylan Reitan Mahnomen 12
Patrick Busby NCE-UH 12
Ryan Olson Norman County West 12
Zach Kvalvog Park Christian 11
Mark Schwandt Park Christian 11
Dayton Makey Waubun 10
Jordan Spaeth Waubun 12
Cole Thompson Waubun 12
Jake Knutson Win-E-Mac 12
Zac Tradewell Win-E-Mac 12
Honorable Mention
Jordan Loiland Bagley 12
Cody Baumann Fosston 11Cole Nelson Fosston 11
Lane Ulmer Lake Park – Audubon 11
Luke Warnsholz Mahnomen 12
Hunter Thompson NCE-UH 12
Noah Moberg Park Christian 12
Darius Woods-Steichen Waubun 11
Peyton Syverson Waubun 10
MN State Girls' Basketball Tournament Preview
Two teams return to defend their 2014 titles: Park Center of Brooklyn Park in
Class AAA and Eastview of Apple Valley in Class AAAA.
Coaches of all four teams voted and seeded the top five teams of each class:
Maranatha Christian Academy of Brooklyn Park in Class A; Sauk Centre in Class
AA; Orono in Class AAA; and Hopkins in Class AAAA. Both Park Center and
Eastview were seeded No. 2 in their respective classes.
Four
teams are making their first appearances: Stephen-Argyle Central in Class A;
Dover-Eyota in Class AA; and Thief River Falls and Princeton in Class AAA. Lyle
is also making its first appearance as a co-op with Austin Pacelli.
The
2015 State Girls’ Basketball Tournament starts Tuesday, March 17, with six
quarterfinal games being played at Target Center. The remaining quarterfinals
continue on Wednesday, March 18, and Thursday, March 19, at Mariucci Arena on
the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus. Semifinals start at Williams
Arena on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus on Thursday, March 19,
and conclude on Friday, March 20. The championship games of all four classes
will be played at Williams Arena on Saturday March 21. Third-place games will
be played on Saturday at Concordia University in St. Paul.
This
year and next year the boys’ basketball tournament will precede the girls’
basketball tournament because Target Center is hosting the National Collegiate
Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff tournament.
This
is the 19th year of the four-class format and the 12th year with all games
being played in Minneapolis. This is the ninth year that the Class AAA and
Class AAAA tournaments were seeded by the participating coaches, and the second
that Class A and Class AA were seeded.
The
seeding process had all 32 coaches of the section champions log onto a special
page of the League Web site. Each coach then ranked the other teams in their
class one through seven. The highest and lowest rankings for each team were
discarded, leaving five rankings for each team. From those rankings, the top
five teams were seeded. In conference calls with all eight head coaches of each
class, League Associate Director Lisa Lissimore announced the top five seeds. A
representative of the girls’ basketball coaches association, then blindly drew
the three remaining teams to establish the opponent for each seeded team.
Numbers four and five automatically play each other.
Detailed statistics provided by qualified teams are available on the League’s
Web site — www.MSHSL.org — as a Media Guide link under
Tournaments, then Winter, then Girls’ Basketball.
Class
A Preview
(Section 8) Stephen-Argyle Central (23-5) vs. (No. 1 Seed-Section 4) Maranatha
Christian Academy, Brooklyn Park (27-3): Stephen-Argyle Central is making its
debut tournament appearance. The Storm finished the season unranked in the
final Minnesota Basketball News (MBN) poll. Maranatha Christian Academy enters
ranked No. 2 by MBN. The Mustangs, champions in 2011 and 2012, are making their
sixth consecutive and overall appearance. They fell in the quarterfinals last
year.
(No. 5 Seed-Section 3) Minneota (27-4) vs. (No. 4 Seed-Section 5) Browerville
(28-1): Last year’s runner-up Minneota is making its fifth consecutive and
sixth overall appearance. The Vikings won a previous title in 2013 and are the
No. 4-ranked team in the final MBN poll. The Tigers of Browerville, ranked No.
6 by MBN, are making their second consecutive and third overall appearance. In
2014, Browerville lost in the quarterfinal round.
(Section 2) Springfield (24-4) vs. (No. 2 Seed-Section 6) Ada-Borup (29-0):
Unranked Springfield is making its fourth overall appearance and first since
2007. Ada-Borup enters the tournament undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the final
MBN poll. It is the fourth consecutive and eighth overall appearance for the
Cougars, who lost in the quarterfinal round last year. Ada-Borup won previous
championships in 2008 and 2009.
(Section 1) Lyle/Austin Pacelli (25-3) vs. (No. 3 Seed-Section 7) Mountain
Iron-Buhl (28-2):
This
is the first tournament appearance for Lyle and the fourth overall for Austin
Pacelli, whose last trip to the tournament was in 1981. The final MBN poll
ranked the Athletics No. 9. Mountain Iron-Buhl enters tournament play as the
No. 3-ranked team. It is the fifth consecutive and sixth overall appearance for
the Rangers, who are looking to improve on a loss in the quarterfinals last
year.
Class A Quarterfinal Schedule — Thursday, March 19
11:00 a.m. — Stephen-Argyle Central vs. Maranatha Christian Academy at Mariucci
Arena
1:00 p.m. — Minneota vs. Browerville at Mariucci Arena
3:00 p.m. — Springfield vs. Ada-Borup at Mariucci Arena
5:00 p.m. — Lyle/Austin Pacelli vs. Mountain Iron-Buhl at Mariucci Arena
Class AA Preview
(Section 2) Norwood-Young America (26-3) vs. (No. 1 Seed-Section 6) Sauk Centre
(29-1): The unranked Norwood-Young America Raiders are making their first
tournament appearance since 2007 and second overall. Sauk Centre returns after
a one-year hiatus for its fifth overall appearance. The Mainstreeters finished
the season ranked No. 1 in the final MBN poll.
(No. 5 Seed-Section 5) Annandale (23-7) vs. (No. 4 Seed-Section 4) Minnehaha Academy,
Minneapolis (25-4): The Cardinals of Annandale, ranked No. 9 by MBN, return to
the tournament for the first time since 2010, making their second overall
appearance. Champions in 2010, Minnehaha Academy is making its second
consecutive and ninth overall appearance. The Redhawks enter tournament play
ranked No. 6 in the final MBN poll.
(Section 3) Fairmont (22-6) vs. (No. 2 Seed-Section 1) Dover-Eyota (28-2):
Fairmont is making its second overall appearance and first since 2007. The
Cardinals closed the season unranked in the final MBN poll. The No. 2-ranked
Eagles of Dover-Eyota are making their first tournament appearance.
(Section 8) Roseau (24-6) vs. (No. 3 Seed-Section 7) Esko (26-4): Back in the
tournament for the first time since 2000, Roseau is making its third overall
appearance. The Rams closed the season unranked. The Eskomos of Esko, ranked
No. 10 in the final MBN poll, are making their second consecutive and 11th
overall appearance.
Class AA Quarterfinals Schedule — Wednesday, March 18
2:00 p.m. — Norwood-Young America vs. Sauk Centre at Mariucci Arena
4:00 p.m. — Annandale vs. Minnehaha Academy at Mariucci Arena
6:00 p.m. — Fairmont vs. Dover-Eyota at Mariucci Arena
8:00 p.m. — Roseau vs. Esko at Mariucci Arena
Class AAA Preview
(Section 8) Thief River Falls (26-3) vs. (No. 1 Seed-Section 5) Orono (28-1):
Thief River Falls is making its debut appearance. The Prowlers were unranked in
the final MBN poll. The No. 1-ranked Spartans of Orono are making their
second-ever appearance and first since 2001.
(No. 5 Seed-Section 7) Princeton (20-8) vs. (No. 4 Seed-Section 2) Marshall
(27-2): The unranked Princeton Tigers are making their first tournament
appearance. They’ll face the Marshall Tigers, who are making their second
consecutive and ninth overall appearance. They made one additional appearance
as a co-op with Marshall Area Christian in 2000. Marshall was ranked No. 2 in
the final MBN poll and is looking to improve on last year’s runner-up showing.
If Marshall wins, it would be the third title for the Tigers. They won
previously in 2001 and 2002.
(Section 6) Richfield (15-14) vs. (No. 2 Seed-Section 3) Park Center, Brooklyn
Park (22-7): The Spartans of Richfield, unranked in the final MBN poll, are
making their third overall tournament appearance and first since 2013. The
defending champions from Park Center return for their second consecutive and
overall appearance. They were ranked No. 3 in this year’s final MBN poll.
(Section 1) Kasson-Mantorville (28-2) vs. (No. 3 Seed-Section 4) New Prague
(24-4): No. 5-ranked Kasson-Mantorville returns for its second consecutive and
fifth overall tournament appearance. The KoMets fell in the 2014 quarterfinals.
New Prague, returning for a ninth overall appearance after a one-year hiatus,
won the title in 2000. The Trojans finished the year ranked No. 4 by MBN.
The Class AAA Quarterfinal Schedule — Tuesday, March 17
6:00 p.m. — Thief River Falls vs. Orono at Target Center
8:00 p.m. — Princeton vs. Marshall at Target Center
The Class AAA Quarterfinal Schedule — Wednesday, March 18
10:00 a.m. — Richfield vs. Park Center at Mariucci Arena
Noon — Kasson-Mantorville vs. New Prague at Mariucci Arena
Class AAAA Preview
(Section 1) Rochester Mayo (23-5) vs. (No. 1 Seed-Section 6) Hopkins (27-1):
Ranked No. 10 in the final MBN poll, the Spartans of Rochester Mayo are making
their 11th overall appearance and first since 2013. They won previous
championships in 1995 and 1997. Hopkins is looking for its sixth title, having
won previously in 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The No. 1-ranked Royals are
making their ninth overall appearance, returning to the tournament after a
one-year absence.
(No. 5 Seed-Section 2) Shakopee (21-8) vs. (No. 4 Seed-Section 4) White Bear
Lake Area (22-7): Shakopee returns to tournament play for the first time since
1997. It is the fifth overall appearance for the Sabers. White Bear Lake Area
is making its seventh overall appearance and first since 2012. Neither team was
ranked in the final MBN poll.
(Section 7) Andover (19-10) vs. (No. 2 Seed-Section 3) Eastview, Apple Valley
(28-1): This is the second appearance for the Huskies of Andover, who finished the
year unranked by MBN. Andover last competed in the tournament in 2004. The
defending champions from Eastview return for their fourth consecutive and
eighth overall appearance. The Lightning were ranked No. 2 in the final MBN
poll. They are looking to improve on last year’s runner-up showing.
(Section 5) Centennial, Circle Pines (21-8) vs. (No. 3 Seed-Section 6) St.
Michael-Albertville (25-3): The Cougars of Centennial return for their second
consecutive and sixth overall appearance. They fell in the quarterfinals in
2014 and were not ranked in this year’s final MBN poll. The Knights of St.
Michael-Albertville are making their fourth consecutive and eighth overall
appearance. They were ranked No. 3 in the final MBN poll and are in the hunt
for their third championship. They won previously in 2001 and 2009. Last year
the Knights lost in the quarterfinals.
The Class AAAA Quarterfinal Schedule — Tuesday, March 17
10:00 a.m. — Rochester Mayo vs. Hopkins at Target Center
Noon — Shakopee vs. White Bear Lake Area at Target Center
2:00 p.m. — Andover vs. Eastview at Target Center
4:00 p.m. — Centennial vs. St. Michael-Albertville at Target Center
Television and Webcast Coverage
All semifinal and championship games will be televised live by KSTC-TV, Channel
45, and also streamed live at Prep45.com for a fee of $4.97 per day. Live
statistics of all games will also be displayed on the League website (www.MSHSL.org).
Ticket Information
Tickets will be available at Target Center, Mariucci Arena, and Williams Arena.
Quarterfinal tickets cost $14.00 for adults and $9.00 for students. Daily
quarterfinal wristbands, which are good at each venue, are $19.00 for adults
and $12.00 for students. Semifinal and championship tickets will be available
at Williams Arena and cost $14.00 for adults and $9.00 for students per
session. Third-place tickets will be available at Concordia University and cost
$10.00 for adults and $7.00 for students.
A visit to any participating Wells Fargo metro location can yield you a $2
discount coupon for students 13 and younger.
(info via mshsl)
Thursday, March 12, 2015
NDSU to Host NCAA Tournament Selection Show Event on Sunday
FARGO,
N.D. – The North Dakota State University athletic department will host
an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament selection show watch party at the
Fargodome on Sunday, March 15.
The
event is free and open to the public. The watch party will be held in
the banquet rooms on the second level of the Fargodome. Fans are asked
to park in the east lots of the building and enter through the east
lobby. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m., and the matchups for the 68-team
field will be announced on CBS starting at 5 p.m.
Fans
are encouraged to arrive early. Men’s basketball student-athletes will
sign autographs from 3:30-4:30 p.m., and door prizes will be given
throughout the event. Head coach David Richman will address the crowd
after the pairings have been announced.
Locations
for the second and third rounds of the NCAA Tournament will also be
announced during the selection show. The eight host cities are
Jacksonville, Fla.; Louisville, Ky.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Portland, Ore.;
Charlotte, N.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Omaha, Neb.; and Seattle, Wash.
The
tournament opens with the “First Four” on March 17-18 in Dayton, Ohio.
The second round will be played March 19-20, with the third round to
follow on March 21-22.
NDSU (23-9) was The Summit League’s regular season co-champion and tournament champion, culminating with a 57-56 victory over South Dakota State in the league championship game on Tuesday night to clinch the school’s third bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
UND places four on all-conference teams
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota senior forward Mark MacMillan and junior goaltender Zane McIntyre
were named to the All-National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC)
First Team, highlighting UND’s all-conference honorees that were
announced today by the NCHC.
Additionally, forward Drake Caggiula (Jr., Whitby, Ontario) and defenseman Jordan Schmaltz (Jr., Verona, Wis.) were named to the All-NCHC Second Team, while freshman forward Nick Schmaltz (Fr., Verona, Wis.) earned NCHC All-Rookie Team honors.
MacMillan
tied for the conference goal-scoring lead with 13 despite missing the
final two games of the regular season due to injury. The Penticton,
British Columbia, native also led the NCHC in goals per game (0.59)
during conference play and had 20 points in 22 games.
McIntyre,
a native of Thief River Falls, Minn., started all 24 of UND’s
conference games and went 16-6-2 with a 2.15 goals against average and
.931 save percentage. He led the league in wins and winning percentage
(.708) while ranking second in save percentage and third in goals
against average.
Caggiula,
like teammate MacMillan, tied for the conference goal-scoring lead with
13 en route to collecting a team-leading 22 points during NCHC games. A
team-high four of his goals came on the power-play and he tied for the
team lead with three game-winners. Caggiula was named NCHC Player of the
Month in November.
Jordan
Schmaltz was UND’s lone repeat honoree after collecting 13 points
during conference play, including a pair of power-play goals. He was
also a second-team all-conference selection as a sophomore in 2013-14.
Nick
Schmaltz earned all-rookie team honors after scoring four goals and 11
assists in 20 conference games, placing him third in the NCHC rookie
scoring race. Schmaltz was named NCHC Rookie of the Month in October.
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