Category: Sports & Fitness

Brady Boie – Staff Writer To put it lightly, the Gustavus women’s volleyball team had a rollercoaster of a playoff weekend while vying for the MIAC championship. Their weekend began with a semifinal match against the St. Olaf Oles. Although the Gusties had a significantly better regular season record than the Oles, the Gustie women knew…

Luke Siegle – Staff Writer The Gustavus men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the conference meet last Saturday, Oct. 30. Both teams finished with top-five performances, the men finished in fourth while the women took third to round out the MIAC season. “Conference was a meet unlike any other as far as the atmosphere.…

Luna Walker – Staff Writer The Gustavus Men’s Hockey team has their eyes set on yet another championship, bouncing back from a 5-2 opening night loss against Lawrence University by securing a 7-4 victory over the Vikings, giving them their first win of the season. With that win in their pockets, the Golden Gusties move to a…

Allison Fajt – Staff Writer The Women’s and Men’s swim and dive team has a great start to their season this weekend with a home victory. Morningside University simply was no match for Gustavus in the water. The Gustie women ended the meet with a score of 108-88 and the men ended 126-69. “Honestly I think…

Brady Boie – Staff Writer After something of a rough (pumpkin)patch in the season, the Gustavus women’s soccer team was set to play Bethel in a conference game on Oct. 23. The game was a difficult back and forth with neither team displaying any particular advantage, culminating in a double overtime situation for the Gusties. Eventually, the…

Alli Joerger – Staff Writer The Gustavus women’s volleyball team has had a spooktacular season. Their dominant play throughout the year has brought the team together and given the Gusties an opportunity to snag the number one seed as the season draws to a close. “Bethel and Hamline have a big match this weekend, and depending on…

Allison Fajt – Staff Writer The Gustavus men’s soccer team suffered a disappointing loss Saturday Oct. 16 against St. Olaf at Northfield. With a 2-4 final score the chance to win the regular season MIAC was gone. Yet Sunday they redeemed themselves with a 1-0 win in an intense home game against UW Whitewater. “It’s a…

Alli Joerger – Staff Writer After the 2021 ITA Midwest Region Championship, the Gustavus Tennis team was dissatisfied with not qualifying athletes for the ITA Cup. Nonetheless they are content with their overall performances and are currently gearing up for the spring season. In a turn of events, doubles semi finalists at the Region tournament Senior…

Luke Siegle – Staff Writer The Gustavus men’s and women’s cross country team headed to Lacrosse last Friday Oct. 15 to compete in their final meet before conference. Runners for both the men and women teams ran some of their lifetime personal records which led to top-five finishes for both teams. The high finishes for both are…

Autumn Zierman – Staff Writer The Gustavus Adolphus Men’s and Women’s team opened their practice and pre-competitive season this last Saturday, October 9 in the Lund Center with an intrasquad meet that invited alumni. Alumni and students were invited to partake in either a 50 of each stroke or the 100 IM, or cheer on Gusties old…