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St. Norbert College names new women’s basketball coach

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Amanda Leonhard-Perry (middle) Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Athletics

St. Norbert College has named Amanda Leonhard-Perry as its next women’s basketball coach on Thursday.

Leonhard-Perry has spent the last 11 seasons as an assistant coach at the highly successful NCAA Division I program at UW-Green Bay.  She has helped the Phoenix to 10 regular-season Horizon League titles, eight conference tournament championships, nine NCAA Tournament appearances and two trips to the WNIT.  During those 11 seasons, Green Bay went 333-62, with a winning percentage of .843.

Leonhard-Perry succeeds Connie Tilley, who is retiring after 42 years at the helm of the women’s basketball program.

Leonhard-Perry played at Green Bay, as part of the teams that finished 86-35 and played in three NCAA [Read more…]

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.

 

Heideman loses battle with cancer

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Mike Heideman – Photo courtesy of Tom Neises.

Former UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College men’s basketball coach Mike Heideman died Saturday at the age of 70, losing a battle with cancer.

Heideman served as head coach of the Phoenix for seven seasons, posting a 110-95 overall record.  He posted 20 or more wins in two of those seasons.

Heideman was fired after going 9-21 in 2001-’02, his third straight losing season.  Prior to that, Heideman had never finished below .500 in any of his first four years.

Heideman led the Green Knights to the Division 3 Sweet 16 in 1984.

 

St. Norbert College adding men’s volleyball

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St. Norbert College will add men’s volleyball as an intercollegiate varsity sport for the 2019-20 school year.  Men’s volleyball will bring the total of varsity sports at St. Norbert to 23 and will be the 12th men’s sport added to St. Norbert athletics offerings.  The men’s volleyball season traditionally runs from January through April.

An emerging sport at the NCAA Division III level, 94 institutions sponsored men’s volleyball during the 2018 season, with at least nine schools adding it for the 2019 campaign.  The NCAA Division III men’s volleyball tournament had a 12-team field this past season.  Teams are allowed to compete on 22 regular-season dates.

The St. Norbert men’s volleyball program will be an associate member of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, which consists of 12 colleges and universities in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Aurora University, Benedictine University, Concordia University of Wisconsin, Dominican University, Lakeland University, Marian University and Milwaukee School of Engineering competed for the NACC men’s volleyball championship this spring.  Illinois Institute of Technology is joining the NACC in 2018-19, while Concordia University Chicago will also add men’s volleyball next year.

St. Norbert College Athletic Tim Bald said the process of hiring a full-time coach who will supervise both the St. Norbert men’s and women’s programs is underway.

 

St. Norbert, Stevens Point advance to NCAA D-3 Frozen Four

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Two Wisconsin teams will make up half of the four-team field at this week’s Division 3 NCAA Frozen Four in Lake Placid, New York.

St. Norbert College and UW-Stevens Point both advanced with victories over the weekend.

The Green Knights advanced for a record 12th time following a 5-2 win over Augsburg University in a national quarterfinal game at Cornerstone Community Center in De Pere, Wis.

St. Norbert (25-4-1) will face Colby College (17-10-2) in a national semifinal at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday at Herb Brooks Arena.  The schools 12th appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four ties Norwich University.

UW-Stevens Point will face Salve Regina University in the other semifinal game.  The Pointers advanced by knocking off Adrian College 5-2 on Saturday in Adrian, Michigan.  Stevens Point improved to 21-5-3 on the season.  Freshman forward Zach Zech tallied a pair of goals in the win.

 

 

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

 

St. Norbert falls to 3rd in D-3 College hockey rankings

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The St. Norbert College Green Knights after being perched at the top of the Division 3 College polls all-season, but a recent bump in the road has seen them fall from first to third in the latest polls (USCHO.com & D3hockey.com).

The Green Knights dropped three straight games over the last two weekends before ending the skid with a 5-1 victory over Trine on Saturday.

As a result, the Knights fell from first to third.  Adrian College, who handed St. Norbert one of its losses, moved into the top spot and UW-Stevens Point is now ranked second.

Badgers stay put at 18

The Wisconsin Badgers split with Notre Dame two weeks ago, then took 5 of 6 points in their two game series with Penn State this past weekend, yet for the third week in a row, there’s been no movement.  The Badgers, who are 19th in the PairWise rankings, are 18th in the USCHO.com poll.

Notre Dame, which also split a pair of games with Minnesota last weekend, dropped out of the top spot to number-2, with Cornell moving into the top spot.  Clarkson is third, Denver fourth and Ohio State is in at number-5.

The Badgers hit the road for a two-game series at Michigan this weekend, before returning home to face rival Minnesota in two weeks.

 

Top-ranked St. Norbert upset in D-3 hockey

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Top ranked St. Norbert College was upset on Friday night, falling 5-4 to Northland College in Ashland.

The Green Knights (15-2-1, 10-1 NCHA) found itself trailing 3-0 after two periods and 4-0 early in the third.

After St. Norbert cut the gap to 4-2, Northland scored a fifth goal to take a 5-2 lead.  The Knights would score two more times but couldn’t get the equalizer.

St. Norbert outshot Northland 49-26 in the loss.