Category Archives: Women’s Volleyball News

Volleyball gets tour, breakfast with Gov. Dayton

The 2012 national champion Tommie volleyball team assembled Monday April 8 at the Governor’s residence in St. Paul for a tour and breakfast hosted by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton.
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Volleyball holds banquet, eyes spring workouts

Tommie volleyball recently celebrated its 2012 national championship season with its annual postseason banquet. 
 
Among the honorees were six who received all-conference recognition — All-MIAC selections Kaiti Wachter (SR)… Continue reading

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Gene’s Blog: 2012 brought many thrills for Tommies

St. Thomas student-athletes, coaches and fans might have mixed feelings about 2012 coming to a close. This last calendar year will rank with the best in athletics in school history.
One bright spot: the 2013 year should be an exciting one, too.
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Gene’s Blog: 2012 brought many thrills to UST

St. Thomas student-athletes, coaches and fans might have mixed feelings about 2012 coming to a close. This last calendar year will rank with the best in athletics in school history.
One bright spot: the 2013 year should be an exciting one, too.
Duri… Continue reading

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Gene’s Blog: West High’s year of medals and mettle

The world of sports has been compared to a playground or a toy department. In our culture, sports are a haven from life’s hassles and headaches.
Part of their appeal? Sports are not life and death.
Except, that is, when sports are life and deat… Continue reading

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Volleyball’s Reagan saluted in Omaha media

Nebraska native McKenna Reagan was saluted in the Omaha World-Herald for her contributions in the Tommie volleyball comeback win in the NCAA championship match against Calvin.
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Volleyball celebration here Thursday at noon

A reception for the Tommies’ NCAA champion volleyball team will be held Thursday Nov. 29 at noon in Schoenecker Arena.
Students, alumni, parents and fans are invited. Cake will be served after a brief ceremony. 
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MIAC website feature story on Volleyball title

The Tommies’ NCAA champion volleyball team was profiled by Matt Higgins of the MIAC office:
http://miac-online.org/news/2012/11/23/WVBALL_1123124537.aspx
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Gene’s Blog: VB beats Nate Silver odds, claims gold

Ok. A show of hands. Raise them up high if you thought Tommie volleyball would do all of the following:
–Overcome a 2-1 set deficit to win Oct. 5 at nationally-ranked Wartburg (15-13 deciding set) and hand the Knights their only home defeat in 2… Continue reading

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Volleyball is UST’s 8th different sport to get title

Saturday’s NCAA volleyball championship for St. Thomas over Calvin (Mich.), a 3-2 comeback thriller, gives the institution 15 national team championships in eight different sports.
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