March 05, 2010
Falcon hockey compete in NCHA playoffs, track and field heads to UW-Platteville
Track & field
On Feb. 26, the men’s and women’s track and field teams headed to UW-Platteville to compete in the first day of the WIAC Meet. The pentathlon event was the only one completed on Friday. Carl Calabrese was the top finisher for the men, scoring 2,940 points. Kevin Rengo and Jake Cavanaugh finished with 2,811 and 2,687 points respectively. Sarah Novak scored 2, 391 points, finishing in the top for the women. Alex Radtke finished with 2,148 points, and Megan Rinke scored 2,088 points on the afternoon. The second day of the meet was the following day, the 27th, and the women placed fourth overall; the men, seventh. Natasha Arnold won the 400, setting a school record, snatching an NCAA National Meet provisional qualifying time. Alyssa Rasmussen, Samantha Nyre, Kali Meurer and Arnold won the 4x400 relay, and the distance medley relay team, consisting of Leah Korf, Megan Rasmussen, Brittany Nordland and Carly Eggert, also placed first. For the men, Nick Zeien placed second in the 800, and Scott Degner, Indy Liljevall, Alex Zeien and Jared Brandenburg, the distance medley team, finished second as well.
Women’s hockey
The women’s hockey team beat UW-Eau Claire in the first of two games in the first round of the NCHA playoffs on Feb. 26. The Falcons beat the Blugolds, 3-2. Breanne Hrabe scored the first goal for the Falcons, and Jessica Thompson picked up the second. Scoring the third goal for the team was Kayleigh Bell. Falcon goalie Cassi Campbell made 18 saves, picking up the win. In the second game of the weekend, the Falcons took the series over the Blugolds, finishing with a win on Saturday, 3-1. Shannon Nelson, Jamie Briski and Emma Nordness scored each of the goals, respectively. The win moves the team to a 12-0-4 record in the last 16 games. The Falcons advance to the NCHA semifinals and will play Adrian at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5 at Lake Forest. In addition, Katie Flanagan, Amanda Ryder, Briski, Thompson and Lauren Conrad were named to All-NCHA teams.
Men’s hockey
On Feb. 27, the men’s hockey team beat St. Scholastica, 6-3, earning themselves a spot in the NCHA finals. Ben Beaudoin scored two goals on the night. Brady Horn, Tyler Czuba, Jason Yuel and Sean Roadhouse each chipped in one goal apiece, as well. Goalie Bo Storozuk had 29 saves on the night, to pick up the win. The Falcons are ranked No. 12 in the USCHO.com poll this week, and will face St. Norbert in the NCHA Finals at St. Norbert College. The puck drops at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 6. Justin Brossman, Czuba, Storozuk, Josh Calleja, Horn, Caleb Wolfgram and Yuel were each given All-WIAC honors.
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