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October 6
Simmons named to Border Battle All-Tournament Team
The MIAC quickly came back in the second set of matches, with the College of St. Benedict sweeping Wartburg 3-0 and Bethel taking all three games over Cornell College. The Pipers then posted their second win in their tournament by defeating Loras 3-2. Macalester also needed five games to beat Dubuque for their first win of the weekend. The final matches of the day saw St. Benedict beating Cornell 3-0, and Bethel outlasting Wartburg 3-0. Bethel was undefeated in the tournament, going 4-0 in the two days. The All-Tournament Team was announced immediately following the last match. Representing the MIAC are senior Liz Glesne (Underwood, Minn.; Bethel), sophomore Tasha Simmons (Eagan, Minn.; Hamline), senior Kate Fahje (Waukesha, Wis., Macalester), and first-year Laurel Haggernes (Mora, Minn., St. Benedict). The IIAC is represented by sophomore Kristin Paczosa (Arlington Heights, Ill.; Cornell), senior Amber Rippentrop (Charles City, Creative and innovative teaching and learning attract a diverse student body of nearly 4,600 undergraduate and graduate students to Hamline University. Challenged to create and apply knowledge in local and global contexts, Hamline students develop an individual and community ethic of social justice, civic responsibility, and inclusive leadership and service. Ranked first in Minnesota among comprehensive master’s universities by U.S.News & World Report, Hamline is also Minnesota’s first university, founded in 1854, and among the first co-educational institutions in the nation. |
After the first day of competition ended with both conferences posting four wins, the MIAC took six of eight on Saturday. The day opened with the University of Dubuque defeating Hamline, 3-1, and Loras College overtaking Macalester College 3-1. The MIAC won everything from there on out, though.
Iowa; Dubuque), junior Jenny Dziubla (Bartlett, Ill., Loras), and senior Ashley Rogers (Dubuque, Iowa; Wartburg).