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St. Norbert College changing conference affiliation

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St. Norbert College’s intercollegiate athletics program will join the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference beginning with the 2020-21 school year.

“Extensive study of our athletic department and the quality of academic experience for our student-athletes led us to explore Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference membership,” St. Norbert College President Brian Bruess said.  “Our student-athletes will be spending significantly less time away from campus allowing for a more integrated student experience.”

The NACC, of which St. Norbert was already an affiliate member for men’s volleyball, consists of 13 schools in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Wisconsin members include Alverno College, Milwaukee School of Engineering and Wisconsin Lutheran College (all of Milwaukee), Concordia University Wisconsin (Mequon), Edgewood College (Madison), Lakeland University (Plymouth) and Marian University (Fond du Lac).  Illinois members include Concordia University of Chicago and Dominican University (River Forest), Aurora University (Aurora), Benedictine University (Lisle), Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago) and Rockford University (Rockford).  St. Norbert is already partners in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association with MSOE, Concordia Wisconsin, Marian and Aurora.

The move to the NACC will end membership in the Midwest Conference, which has nine other members, including Lawrence University, Ripon College and Beloit College in Wisconsin.

Ripon, Lake Forest win Midwest Conference basketball titles

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Ripon Red Hawks (Photo Courtesy of Ripon College Athletics)

Top-seeded Ripon college captured the Midwest Conference women’s tournament championship on Saturday with a 55-48 win over Monmouth College.  The Red Hawks (19-8) improved to 12-1 at home this season and will enter next weekend’s NCAA Tournament having won 16 of their last 17 games.

Monmouth entered the game ranked number one in scoring offense in the Midwest Conference, while Ripon is number-one defensively.  It was the Red Hawks defense that set the tone early holding Monmouth to single digits in each of the first two quarters and they never trailed.  The Fighting Scots shot just 21 percent (6 of 28) in the first half.  Ripon took a 22-14 lead into halftime.

The Red Hawks shot 58 percent (11 of 19) in the second half, starting the third quarter on a 12-2 run.

Senior Laurissa Johnson led the team with 13 points on 5 of 6 shooting. [Read more…]

Winske leaving St. Norbert baseball program

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Tom Winske

St. Norbert College baseball coach Tom Winske has resigned in order to accept an assistant coaching position at Central Michigan University.

Winske leaves St. Norbert College with the most wins in Midwest Conference baseball history, posting a 444-287-1 record in 20 seasons.  The Green Knights appeared in five NCAA Division III tournaments and won four MWC championships under Winske’s leadership.  The Green Knights won 30 games in 2017, the most wins for a St. Norbert men’s sports team.

Winske will be an assistant at Division 1 Central Michigan University.  St. Norbert alumnus Jordan Bischel (Class of 2003) was named head coach of the Chippewas in June.

St. Norbert College Athletic Director Tim Bald said a search for Winske’s replacement will begin immediately.

 

Ripon forges into first place with home victory over St. Norbert

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The Ripon College Redhawks ran their win streak to eight games by knocking off St. Norbert College 76-61 at Ripon on Tuesday night.

Tyler Semenas poured in 27 points and Isaac Masters added 20 for the Redhawks (13-5, 10-3 MWC) who built an early lead and never surrendered.  Ripon College shot 48% from the field, hit 7 of 17 three’s (41.2%) and 21 of 28 free throws (75%).

Mitchell Reinthaler scored 14 points to lead the Green Knights (15-5, 10-3 MWC), who made just 1 of 17 (5.9%) from three-point range and made just 8 of 15 (53%) at the free throw line.

The win gave the Redhawks a sweep of the two-game season series.

Ripon’s victory now leaves four teams (Ripon, St. Norbert, Monmouth and Lake Forest) tied for the lead atop the Midwest Conference regular season standings with 10-3 records.  There’s just five games remaining in the regular season.

Tuesday’s MWC Scoreboard

Ripon 76, St. Norbert 61
Monmouth 107, Grinnell 92
Lake Forest 71, Beloit 47
Knox 66, Illinois College 65
Cornell 69, Lawrence 62

 

UW-Whitewater to host 8-team NCAA baseball regional

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Prucha Field – Photo Courtesy of UW-Whitewater Athletics

Second ranked UW-Whitewater will host the Midwest Regional of the 2017 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship starting Thursday at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.

The Warhawks (35-7 overall) are the number-one seed in the eight-team regional and will host eighth-seeded St. Norbert College on Thursday at 1:15 p.m.  The Green Knights won three straight elimination games on Saturday to win the Midwest Conference Tournament.

UW-La Crosse also earned an at-large spot in the field and will be seeded fifth.  The Eagles will face St. Scholastica in the first game of the dam on Thursday at 10 a.m. [Read more…]

River Falls captures WIAC crown

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River Falls captured the WIAC Tournament Championship, knocking off Oshkosh 60-59.  The Falcons captured the automatic bid for the NCAA Division III tournament in the process.

Clay Seifert’s jump shot with 2:35 to play put River Falls (24-3) up 60-58.  Oshkosh’s Max Schebel made one free throw with 1:59 left and that closed out the scoring.

The Titans (17-10) had a chance.  Ben Boots, who shoots 86.7% from the free-throw line on the season, missed both free throws after he was fouled with 55-seconds left and then missed a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Midwest Conference

Ripon College knocked off Lake Forest 81-72 to capture the men’s Midwest Conference Championship and earn a trip the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time since 2002. [Read more…]

St. Norbert College earns Midwest Conference crown

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The 14th-ranked St. Norbert College men’s basketball team knocked off Lake Forest 64-58 on Tuesday night in Green Bay, capturing at least a share of the Midwest Conference basketball title.

D.J. DeValk scored 24 points for the Green Knights (18-4, 15-2), who clinched their fifth straight Midwest Conference title and seventh in the last eight seasons.

The Green Knights also extended their home court win streak to 49 straight games.

Wisconsin college scoreboard

Ripon 83, Lawrence 67
Cornell 67, Beloit 59
Marian 91, MSOE 89 (OT)
Wisconsin Lutheran 72, Lakeland 70
Concordia (Wis.) 83, Edgewood 62
Trinity International 84, Maranatha Baptist 78

St. Norbert’s NCAA record win streak is over

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Coach Ryan Kane talks strategy during a timeout with his team. (Photo: Courtesy of Ripon College Athletics)

NCAA scoring leader Ty Sabin poured in 33 points on Wednesday night, leading the Ripon Red Hawks to a 81-55 throttling of 7th-ranked St. Norbert College in Ripon.

The Green Knights saw their NCAA Division III record for longest winning streak against conference opponents snapped at 72.  It also dropped St. Norbert College (11-3, 8-1 MWC) into a first place tie with Ripon (12-2, 8-1 MWC) atop the Midwest Conference standings.

Ben Bobinski had 14 points to lead the Green Knights in defeat.

The Green Knights struggled offensively on the road, hitting just 35% from the field, while the Red Hawks were red hot, hitting 55% from the field.

Ripon also converted on 8 of 19 three-pointers (42%), while the Green Knights made just 3 of 22 from distance (13%).  Ripon also had the rebound advantage 39-29.

The two teams will meet again, on January 31st, at the Kress Center in Green Bay.

Grzesk named M-W-C Coach of the Year

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Gary Grzesk

Gary Grzesk

St. Norbert College men’s basketball coach Gary Grzesk has been named the Midwest Conference Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive season, becoming the first coach in league history to accomplish the feat.  It is Grzesk’s fifth overall MWC Coach of the Year award.

St. Norbert College enters the MWC Tournament 21-2 overall and ranked No. 8 in the D3hoops.com Top 25.  They finished the regular season unbeaten in MWC play at 18-0 for the third straight year.  St. Norbert has won 62 consecutive games against Midwest Conference opponents.

Green Knights sophomore guard D.J. DeValk and junior guard Terrence Garner also received All-Midwest Conference honors.

DeValk was a first-team All-MWC selection while Garner was named to the second-team.

DeValk, from Little Chute, is averaging 15.3 points a game and has made a team-high 50 three-point field goals.  He is shooting 85.7-percent from the free-throw line.  DeValk’s assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.08 is currently 13th-best in NCAA Division III.

Garner, from Oak Creek, is averaging 10.9 points a game as well as a team-high 6.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.  Garner is shooting 53.7-percent from the floor this season.

St. Norbert College sets consecutive victory record

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Gary Grzesk

Gary Grzesk

St. Norbert College set a record for consecutive wins against conference opponents by a NCAA Division III school when it won for the 62nd-straight time against a Midwest Conference opponent with a 72-62 win over Cornell College.

The Green Knights (21-2, 18-0 MWC) surpassed the previous record of 61, held since the late 1950’s by Wheaton (Ill.) College in College Conference of Illinois play.  St. Norbert has not lost against a MWC foe since a 104-99 overtime loss on Feb. 9, 2013 at Grinnell College.

St. Norbert also finished 18-0 in the Midwest Conference’s regular season for the third consecutive year, the only three times in the 95-year history of the league a men’s basketball team has won 18 games in conference play. [Read more…]