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St. Norbert College gives Green Bay a battle in exhibition

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Gary Grzesk

When division one basketball teams schedule division three teams in an exhibition, it’s supposed to be a rather lopsided contest.  Such was not the case in Green Bay on Monday night when the Green Bay Phoenix beat St. Norbert College 79-72 to open exhibition play.

The Green Knights led on multiple occasions in the first half before the Phoenix closed out the frame with a 42-31 lead.  Green Bay kept the margin at double-digits for much of the second half before going cold down the stretch.  The Phoenix went the final 6:11 of the game without a field goal to draw closer in the end.

Five players finished in double figures for the Phoenix, led by 16 points each from Kam Hankerson and Trevian Bell. [Read more…]

St. Norbert College hosts Augsburg in NCAA D-3 hockey tournament

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The St. Norbert College Green Knights will host Augsburg University in the first round of the NCAA Division 3 Tournament on Saturday night (7 p.m.) in De Pere.

It marks the fourth straight season the Green Knights (22-4-3) will host the Auggies (21-3-3) in the NCAA Tournament.  St. Norbert eliminated Augsburg in national quarterfinal games by scores of 6-1 in 2016, 4-3 in overtime in 2017 and 5-2 in 2018.

The winner will advance to a national quarterfinal against UW-Stevens Point (26-0-2) on Saturday, March 16 at K.B. Willett Arena in Stevens Point.

This tournament appearance is St. Norbert’s 19th, with the Green Knights also making appearances in 1997-99, 2002-08, 2010-14 and 2016-18.  All previous first-round and quarterfinal-round games except for 1997 have come at home.  The Green Knights are 31-13-1 all-time in the NCAA tournament, winning national titles in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018.  St. Norbert is 22-4 in its last 26 NCAA Tournament games dating back to 2008.

Augsburg is making its sixth NCAA Division 3 Tournament appearance.  The Auggies played in the tournament in 1984, 1998, 2016, 2017 and 2018.  Augsburg is 4-7-1 all-time in the tournament and advanced to the Frozen Four in 1998.

St. Norbert clinched the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) automatic qualifier with a 4-1 win over Adrian College on Saturday in De Pere.  Augsburg earned the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s automatic berth with a 2-1 win in quadruple overtime over St. John’s University on Saturday in Minneapolis.

St. Norbert College falls in NCAA D-3 Frozen Four

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St. Norbert College fell to Trinity College in a NCAA Division 3 Frozen Four semifinal, falling 3-2 in Utica, New York.

The Green Knights (22-6-1) were making their 11th Frozen Four appearance but fell short of a fifth NCAA Championship.

The Green Knights pulled their goalie with 1:38 left but couldn’t get the puck past Trinity goaltender Alex Morin, who made 31 saves, including stopping all 13 shots he faced in the third period.

Jeremy Olinyk opened the scoring in the first period, scoring his seventh goal of the season.  Trinity would score twice to go up 2-1 before Pijus Rulevicius tied the game 2-2 with a second period power play goal.

The Bantams scored the games final goal at the 18:26 mark of the second period to go up 3-2.

Trinity outshot St. Norbert 37-33.  T.J. Black made 34 saves in goal for the Green Knights.

St. Norbert hockey back to the Frozen Four

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St. Norbert College advanced to its 11th NCAA Division III Frozen Four in the last 15 years after beating Augsburg College 4-3 in overtime in a NCAA Tournament quarterfinal at Cornerstone Community Center on Saturday night.

The Green Knights (22-5-1) moved on after Roman Uchyn ended the contest with the game winning goal at 13:54 of overtime.

St. Norbert will face Trinity (Conn.) College in a national semifinal on Friday in Utica, N.Y.  Norwich University and Adrian College play in the other semifinal.

Augsburg outshot St. Norbert 34-26.  T.J. Black made 31 saves in goal for the Green Knights, while Nick Schmit made 22 stops for the Auggies.

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 earns at-large NCAA D-3 Tournament berth, Stevens Point in as well

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St. Norbert College logoThe St. Norbert College men’s hockey team earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament and will host Augsburg College in a national quarterfinal game.

The Green Knights (23-3-2) and Auggies (17-8-2) both received a first-round bye in the 11-team tournament.  The game will be played at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at the Cornerstone Community Center in De Pere.  The winner will advance to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four on March 25-26 at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y.

This tournament appearance is St. Norbert’s 16th, with the Green Knights also making appearances in 1997-99, 2002-08 and 2010-14.

The Green Knights are 25-11-1 all-time in the NCAA tournament and won the 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014 national championships.  St. Norbert is 16-2 in its last NCAA Tournament games dating back to 2008. [Read more…]

Green Knights tie D-3 victory mark

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St. Norbert head coach Gary Grzesk

St. Norbert head coach Gary Grzesk

The St. Norbert College Green Knights rolled past Knox College 83-47, earning their 61st straight Midwest Conference victory on Saturday afternoon.

The win matches the NCAA Division III record for consecutive victories, originally set by Wheaton College of Illinois in the 1950’s.

The Green Knights also clinched a 20-win season for the sixth time in the last seven years.

D.J. DeValk led the Green Knights (20-2, 17-0 MWC) with 14 points.  Mitch Reinthaler added eleven points and Taylor Penn had ten.

St. Norbert women capture 14th title

The St. Norbert College women earned their 14th MWC championship with a convincing 87-70 win over Knox on Saturday.

Stephanie Weigman had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Green Knights (18-4, 17-0).

The win is the 45th in the last 46 conference games for the Knights.