COLLEGE SPORTS

Gophers advance over No. 2-seeded Miami

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Rodney Williams scored 21 points to lead Minnesota to a 78-60 victory over Miami in a second round NIT game Monday night. The Gophers never trailed after starting the game on a 12-0 run. Williams scored 16 points in the first half and has now scored 20 or more points in his last three games. “I feel like I’ve been a little bit more consistent lately,” Williams said. “The guys have been giving me the ball in the right spots. I was feeling good.”

By Associated Press , March 19, 2012

NDSU softball pitcher Menke honored for 2nd straight week

North Dakota State freshman Krista Menke was named the Summit League softball pitcher of the week for the second straight week. She posted a 5-2 record with three shutouts in NDSU’s Spring Break trip. She struck out 45 batters, walked 12 and gave up seven earned runs in 48.1 innings.

March 19, 2012

UND earns top seed for West Region

GRAND FORKS – The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team is headed back to St. Paul. One day after winning the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship in the Xcel Energy Center, the Sioux found out that they’ll be headed back to the home of the Minnesota Wild for the first round of the NCAA tournament. UND’s opponent will be Western Michigan, which finished second in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association this season and won the league’s postseason tournament, defeating Miami and Michigan this weekend. The Sioux-Broncos game will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Regional-host Minnesota plays Boston University in the regional’s other first-round game.

By Brad E. Schlossman / Forum Communications Co. , March 18, 2012

Sioux men turn the ball over 16 times in a loss to Drake

DES MOINES, Iowa – In the big picture, the North Dakota men’s basketball team has completed the difficult NCAA Division I transition and expects to return four sophomore starters from a program that qualified for postseason play two years in a row. In the short term, Wednesday night’s late-game shortcomings in a winnable game against Drake of the Missouri Valley Conference stung. The Sioux turned the ball over 16 times, including a crucial turnover trailing by two points with 24 seconds left, and struggled from the free-throw line in falling 70-64 to the Bulldogs in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in front of 1,829 at Knapp Center. The Sioux close out the year 17-15 overall.

By Tom Miller / Forum Communications Co. , March 14, 2012

Bison softball team loses two in Texas

WACO, Texas – North Dakota State’s softball team lost a pair of one run games on Tuesday in Texas. Courtney Repka and Liz Paul combined to pitch a shutout for Baylor and a 1-0 victory. Taylor Mortensen scored two runs for NDSU in a 6-5 loss to Texas-San Antonio.

March 13, 2012

Bison track teams both picked to win Summit

FARGO – The North Dakota State men’s and women’s track and field teams were picked to win the Summit League outdoor title in a poll of the league’s head coaches Tuesday. The Bison women received all nine of the first-place votes for 81 points. Southern Utah was picked second with 67 points. The Bison men received 60 points, edging Southern Utah by a single point.

March 13, 2012

Menke shares Summit’s pitcher of the week honor

ELHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State’s Krista Menke and IPFW’s Courtney Cornin were named the Summit League’s co-pitchers of the week Monday. Menke threw her first career no-hitter against Liberty in a 1-0 Bison win on Saturday.

March 12, 2012

Satzinger’s four RBIs pace Bison over Bucknell

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – North Dakota State scored nine runs in the third inning on the way to defeating Bucknell 16-8 in baseball on Monday. Wes Satzinger drove in four runs for the Bison (9-5).

March 12, 2012

Five F-M hockey players receive MIAC honors

MOORHEAD – Five Fargo-Moorhead high school graduates earned postseason honors in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s hockey. Beau Christian of Moorhead, a senior goaltender at Hamline, was named to the MIAC all-conference team as was Erick Galt of Fargo South, a senior defenseman for Concordia.

March 12, 2012

Cobber women ousted by RIT in quarterfinals

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The latest stride made by the Concordia women’s hockey program came to an end Saturday, as the Cobbers lost 5-2 to Rochester Institute of Technology in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament. The national tournament berth was a first for Concordia. “It was great to get here, but I don’t think we’re satisfied with the outcome,” Cobbers head coach Brett Bruininks said. “We’d like to continue to work hard and get back here again.”

March 10, 2012

UND hockey forward Kristo out indefinitely with frostbite

University of North Dakota men’s hockey forward Danny Kristo sustained frostbite to toes on his right foot due to exposure to extreme cold while walking near campus on Sunday evening, the school has announced.

By Forum staff reports , February 01, 2011

Men's basketball: Cobbers claw past St. Mary's to snap a 3-game losing streak

Senior forward John Fraase sank the go-ahead foul shot with 72 seconds remaining to help lift Concordia to a 62-59 victory against St. Mary’s in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s basketball at Memorial Auditorium.

By Eric Peterson , January 31, 2011

Women's basketball: Cobbers cruise past St. Mary's in MIAC play

exandra Lippert scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help lead Concordia to a 78-49 victory against St. Mary’s in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball at Memorial Auditorium.

By Eric Peterson , January 31, 2011

Cobbers basketball doubleheader against St. Mary's moved up one hour

Concordia’s basketball doubleheader against St. Mary’s tonight at Memorial Auditorium has been moved up one hour.

By Forum staff reports , January 31, 2011

Men's basketball: Dragons use big first half to power past Minnesota-Crookston

Minnesota State Moorhead erupted for 51 points in the first half en route to an 88-69 victory against Minnesota-Crookston in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference men’s basketball at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse.

By Eric Peterson , January 29, 2011