MSU club hockey beats two ranked teams
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The No. 8-ranked Minot State University men's club hockey team knocked off a couple higher-ranked teams to open the ACHA Showcase.
Five different players scored for the Beavers (5-0) in their 5-0 win Friday night over No. 6 Delaware, the defending ACHA national champion. Defenseman Nigel Dube had three assists in the game.
"This was a total team effort," MSU coach Wade Regier said in a press release. "We bought in to the team defensive philosophy and it payed off. To beat the defending national champs was a big step for our program."
On Saturday, MSU beat No. 7 Liberty University 3-1. Eric Herbel and Mike Jordan scored in the first period and Logan Herauf added a second-period goal.
"We had a great first period," Regier said. "We came out with that intensity that coaches always look for. Liberty is a great team and hopefully this win will send a message to the entire country."
The Beavers play No. 17 Stony Brook at 8:15 this morning.
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MHS swimming wins Dickinson Invitational
DICKINSON - The Minot High School swimming and diving team won five events to finish first at the four-team Dickinson Invite on Saturday.
The Majettes finished with 640 points, 101 ahead of second-place Williston. Mandan finished third with 443 points and Bismarck High placed fourth with 371.
"We had a pretty good day," MHS coach Dan Hinton said in a press release. "Our biggest accomplishment was getting more divers qualified. We had five divers that had really good days on the board. Our divers have been working pretty hard the last couple of weeks and the results of that hard work are starting to show."
MHS sophomore Emmalee Stach placed a team-best fourth in the one-meter diving event with a 355.05 score.
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Minot State in 11th at NSIC tournament
BRAINERD, Minn. - The Minot State University women's golf team struggled to a 398 on the opening day of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament Saturday at the Classics at Madden's golf course.
Junior Mackenzie Nagel was the only MSU golfer to break 100, finishing in a tie for 31st with a 94-stroke round.
The Beavers sit in 11th out of 13 teams. Augustana College (S.D.) leads the event with a score of 326, 14 shots ahead of Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.).
Augustana's Allie Ostrander (75) and Marisa Toivonen (81) lead the individual scoring.
The tournament will conclude with one round today, and then two more after the spring season.
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Minot High's Oothoudt takes fifth at state
BISMARCK - After being upset early in the state singles tournament Friday, Minot High School senior Hunter Oothoudt won two matches Saturday to finish in fifth place.
Oothoudt defeated Fargo Davies' Marcus Osman in a consolation semifinal, and then took down Bismarck High's Willi Ulness (6-4, 6-2) in the fifth-place match.
"Hunter had pretty much the perfect day to end his senior year," MHS coach Scott DeLorme said. "We kind of talked to him yesterday that now that he lost, the pressure was all off. He played about as good as he has all year. I think if he could've played that way yesterday, it could've ended differently."
Two Minot singles players and two doubles teams qualified for the individual state tournament, but Oothoudt was the only Magician to place.
Despite taking early exits in the individual tournament, the Magicians proved to be a tougher squad collectively. Grand Forks Red River defeated Minot, 4-1, in the state-title match Friday.
"I think it just shows our depth," DeLorme said. "We have Hunter, who's a dominant player. Even though he took fifth, he's as good as anybody in the state. After that, we just have a lot of balance two through seven. I think that shows you how hard we worked that we were able to finish second. The five seniors that we have on the varsity will be missed."
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NDSU runs over Youngstown State in blowout
FARGO (AP) - Marcus Williams returned an interception 98 yards for a touchdown Saturday to help North Dakota State blow open a close game and crush Youngstown State 48-7.
Williams stepped in front of a Kurt Hess pass at the NDSU 2 midway through the second quarter as the Penguins were driving for a possible tying score. That made it 21-7.
The defending Football Championship Subdivision champions tacked on two more touchdowns to go ahead 35-7 at halftime.
Ryan Smith and John Crockett each scored two touchdowns for the Bison (5-0, 2-0 Missouri Valley). Smith caught a TD pass from Brock Jensen and returned a punt 76 yards for a score, while Crockett ran for 103 yards.
Youngstown State (4-1, 1-1) was saddled with three turnovers, all in the first half.
The game was played before a record crowd of 19,065 at the Fargodome.