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February 08, 2005
Sports Briefs
Men’s basketball holds on to beat St. Olaf 62 - 60 in MIAC play
The men’s basketball team beat St. Olaf 62-60 in a heart-pumping finish that sent the Pipers to their second straight win.
Hamline (7-12, 5-9 in the MIAC) trailed by four at the break, 37-33, but opened the second half on a 17-5 run. Piper senior Brandon Aukes notched up six points and hauled in three rebounds during the run that lasted nearly four minutes. Teammate Ayan Hargrove added all six of his points in that span.
The Pipers were up by as many as 11 points with six minutes left to play before the Oles (7-13, 3-12 MIAC) scored the next eight points to make the score 61-58 with 1:50 left on the clock.
St. Olaf then had a couple of chances to tie the game, but Steve Banick and Andy Grimsrud each missed threes on their next possession. Piper guard Jesse Hendricks scored Hamline’s last point of the game when he went 1 of 2 from the free throw line. St. Olaf added a basket in the final seconds of the game but it wasn’t enough to put them on top.
Aukes finished the game with 20 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead Hamline to the MIAC victory and keep Hamline in contention for the final conference playoff berth. Grimsrud led St. Olaf with 15 points.
St. Olaf dominates Piper women’s basketball in 75 - 55 win
St. Olaf outscored Hamline 32-10 over the last 12 minutes of play to defeat the Pipers 75-55 in MIAC action.
Hamline (6-12, 4-11 in the MIAC) led 45-43 after an Erin Petrich three-pointer with 11:58 remaining but the Oles (5-13, 4-10 MIAC) responded by scoring the next seven points of the game and never looked back.
St.. Olaf’s Molly Simon scored eight points over the last 10 minutes of the game, including back-to-back threes to give the Oles a 72-55 lead with just under a minute remaining.
Hamline was held to 35 percent shooting in the game and were forced into 19 turnovers. St. Olaf shot 46 percent for the game.
Piper Ashley Busch was the only Hamline player in double figures, with 10 points. Petrich, Laurisa Ewert, and Ashlee Senser each tallied nine points in the game. Holly Grimsrud led St. Olaf with 15 points.
Track starts strong indoors
The men’s and women’s track teams opened their indoor season on the right foot. Competing on different days and different meets but in the same location (St. Olaf), the track teams turned in some key performances to start the season.
The Piper women won three individual events to take third place in the St. Olaf Invitational. Hamline scored 67 points n the four-team invite.
Host St. Olaf was first with 161 points, while Carleton took second and Hamline third. St. Kate’s finished fourth.
Junior Keidra Anderson won the 3000-meter run in a time of 10:49.49 and Sara Warnke set a personal best in the same event, finishing fifth with a time of 11:49.15.
First-year Sara Burns won her first collegiate race, placing first in the 800-meter run, crossing the line in a time of 2:32.69.
The men’s team also had a strong outing when they competed the next day in the St. Olaf Triangular.
Senior Ralph Rosario had a toss of 51-3 1/2 to set a new Hamline school record in the weight throw as the Pipers finished second at the meet.
Rosario finished second in the competition behind St. Olaf’s Peter Cathcart, but Rosario broke the record of 50-10 set by Chad Peterson in 1996.
St. Olaf won the meet with 128 points, Hamline was second with 107 and Carleton finished third with 79 points.
The Pipers won four events in the meet and second in 11 others. Hamline athletes set 13 personal-best marks in the first meet.
Posted by msveum at February 8, 2005 04:30 PM