Falcon sports wrap week of March 8 through March 12
Published March 12, 2010
Track & field
On March 6, the Falcon men’s and women’s track & field teams managed to set several records at UW-Stevens Point in the Last Chance meet. Jenny Aronson set a school record in the high jump, leaping 18-10. Sophie Lasko set a school record in the 55 dash with a time of 7.29. The distance medley relay team, consisting of Leah Korf, Alyssa Rasmussen, Brittany Nordland and Carly Eggert, also set a record, finishing in 12:14. Two of the men’s relay teams set school records. The 4x400 team of Dan Rodewald, Paul Schreiner, Indy Liljevall and Nick Zeien set a record with a time of 3:17.94. Scott Degner, Liljevall, Alex Zeien and Jared Brandenburg, the Falcon distance medley relay team, set a record, finishing in 10:09.42. Nine members of the men’s and women’s teams will compete in the NCAA National Meet at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., this weekend. Aronson, Natasha Arnold, Kali Meurer, Rasmussen, Samantha Nyre, Nick Zeien, Liljevall, Rodewald and Schreiner are the qualifying members.
Women’s hockey
On March 5, the Falcons beat Adrian in the NCHA semifinals, 4-1 at Lake Forest. Alyssa Black, Jessica Thompson, Judy Daleiden ad Abby Sunderman were the Falcon scorers on the night. Goalie Cassi Campbell got the win, making 28 saves. UWRF was headed to the NCHA finals to take on UW-Superior. On March 6, the Falcons won the NCHA O’Brien Cup playoff championship, beating UWS, 2-1. Jamie Briski scored both Falcon goals in the win, and goalie Melissa Deardorff made 34 saves to get the win. The victory allowed the team to tie the school record for most wins in a season, with 20. They tied the 2003 and 2009 teams. The team will travel to Gustavus Adolphus for the first round of the NCAA tournament on March 13. In addition to play-off commotion, five Falcons were named to the NCHA All-Academic team: Sunderman, Briski, Brittany Erickson, Thompson and Bailey Vikstrom.
Men’s hockey
After Jordan McIntyre, Sean Pettinger, Bo Storozuk and Jason Yuel were named to the NCHA All-Academic team, the Falcons traveled to St. Norbert on March 6 to face the Green Knights in the NCHA Finals. After trailing 2-0 at the end of the first period and 4-0 at the end of the second, UWRF went on to lose the game 7-1. It was Tyler Czuba who scored the only goal for the Falcons. Goalie Storozuk took the loss. UWRF finished their season 18-9-2.
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