Google+

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Archives for St. Norbert College

Winske leaving St. Norbert baseball program

By

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

By

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

By

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

By

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

By

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

By

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

By

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.

 

St. Norbert College women’s basketball team penalized for alcohol-related incident

By

The St. Norbert College women’s basketball team is unable to compete in its next 10 women’s basketball games due to a violation of institutional policy stemming from an on-campus alcohol-related incident involving a number of players.

The decision, as decided by the St. Norbert college student judicial review process, suspends the involved students for 10 games.  The suspension is effective immediately and will run through Jan. 24.

“The health and wellness of our student body is of paramount importance,” Rev. Jay Fostner, O. Praem., St. Norbert College Vice President of Mission and Student Affairs said.  “We have  high expectations of our student-athletes and our students in general.”

Additionally, St. Norbert College is ineligible for the Midwest Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament and regular-season championship because it is unable to play a full conference schedule as result of a situation within an institution’s control.

St. Norbert College will continue with practice and other team functions prior to resuming its season on Jan. 27 at Cornell (Iowa) College.

St. Norbert’s Coghlin is headed for Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame

By

 

St. Norbert head hockey coach Tim Coghlin

St. Norbert College hockey coach Tim Coghlin will be inducted into the 2017 class of the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame.

Coghlin is one of two inductees in the Hall of Fame’s 2017 class, joining John Kennedy of Franklin at the enshrinement banquet to be held Saturday, Sept. 9 in Eagle River at Eagle Waters Resort.

Coghlin has built the St. Norbert hockey program in a national powerhouse in his 24 seasons, compiling a record of 529-138-52.  St. Norbert has appeared in 17 NCAA Division III Tournaments since 1997, highlighted by its national championships in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014.  The Green Knights have made 11 Frozen Four appearances, and placed as national runner-up in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2016.  Coghlin’s eight national title game appearances as a head coach is the second-most in NCAA Division III history.

As a player, Coghlin captained UW-Stevens Point’s first NCAA Division III championship team in 1989 and was an assistant coach with the Pointers when they won the national title in 1993 and finished runner-up in 1992. [Read more…]

La Crosse advances to winners bracket of Midwest baseball regional

By

Mason McMahon – Photo Courtesy of Jim Lund and UW-La Crosse Athletics

Mason McMahon scattered five hits in six innings to lead UW-La Crosse to a 5-2 win over top-seed and host UW-Whitewater in the NCAA’s Midwest Regional.

La Crosse (30-17) will face Concordia-Chicago in a winners bracket game at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The Warhawks fell to 36-8 and dropped into the losers bracket in the double elimination tournament.  They’ll face St. Thomas (27-17) at 10 a.m. Saturday.

St. Norbert eliminated

The St. Norbert College Green Knights struck out 13 times and fell to St. Scholastica 2-0 on Friday morning, becoming the first team to be eliminated from the NCAA Midwest Regional field. [Read more…]