Men’s swim grabs fifth-place finish
- The Scots traveled to Decorah, Iowa, for the two-day Luther Invitational. They put up 446.5 points, good for placing fifth of eight competing schools.
- Max Taufen ’28 won the 200-yard freestyle race and also placed in the top five in the 100-yard individual medley and 50-yard freestyle.
- The Scots placed fourth in both relay events.
- The Scots will host the annual Roger Ahlman Invitational at Riley Pool this weekend.
Women’s swim and dive gets “silver” down in Decorah
- The women’s swim team also rolled into Decorah for the Luther Invitational. The Scots secured a second place finish, scoring 655 points.
- Ainsley Kashatus ’29 claimed victory on the one-meter diving board and placed fifth on the three-meter board.
- Izzy Ulhorn-Thornton ’26 won the 200-yard breaststroke, and Molly Nuckolls ’28 won the 200-yard butterfly.
- The Scots relay teams placed second and third in their two events.
- The Scots will host the annual Roger Ahlman Invitational at Riley Pool this weekend.
Women’s cross country goes national
- For the first time since 1983, the Scots sent two individual runners to the NCAA championships for cross country.
- As both finished in the top seven, Ingrid Norquist ’27 and Kate Fox ’28 qualified for the national race after their regional performances.
- Norquist finished 81st and Fox finished just behind her at 107th at nationals. There were 290 finishers.
- Norquist was the third MIAC competitor across the line, and Fox was fifth. They were the first Scots to run at nationals since 2016.
- Cross country has now concluded their season and will start back up next fall.
Men’s basketball claims win, loses two
- Men’s basketball had three games since our last TWIS, going 1-2 over that span.
- They began with a trip to Lake Forest, Ill. to take on the Lake Forest College Foresters. It was a competitive matchup, but the Scots couldn’t recoup from a rough first half and were chopped dow 70-99.
- The Scots got to within eight points in the second half, but couldn’t get enough to overcome the Foresters in the first matchup between the two schools since 2013. Noah Shannon ’26 led the Scots with 13 points.
- Noah Hamburge ’29 took over in the Scots next matchup with the University of Wisconsin River Falls. The first year went 5-6 from three point land to lead the Scots to an 88-81 win.
- Mac took a 10-point lead into halftime and rode it all the way to the finish, as Hamburge’s career high 20 points earned him MIAC Player of the Week honors.
- Finally, the Scots had a crosstown matchup at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn.
- Noah Shannon poured in 27 points, but it wasn’t enough for Macalester, who lost their halftime lead and fell 67-74.
- It wasn’t an ideal start to conference play, and the Scots moved to 4-4 on the season.
- They’re next in action at Hamline University on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Women’s basketball notches first win under Donovan, drops MIAC opener
- Women’s basketball also had three games over the break. They also went 1-2.
- It started with the Scots’ first win of the season over the University of Northwestern (Minn.). Faith Accardo ’29 hit the big three pointer to secure the win, a 55-51 triumph that officially rang in the AD Donovan era at Mac.
- Accardo also led the team in scoring with 12 points.
- They then hosted the University of Wisconsin Superior (UW-S) Yellowjackets next, but couldn’t make enough shots in the face of UW-S’ lockdown defense. They fell 54-43.
- Mary Daley ’27 paced the Scots with 13 points, but Macalester only made three three-point shots and couldn’t find their offensive rhythm.
- Finally, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, the Scots couldn’t support a career-high 17 points from Sydnee Smith ’27 and opened conference play with a 77-52 loss to Bethel University.
- The Scots got to within six in the third quarter, but the story so far this season has been shot-making, and the Mac attack faltered late into the game.
- The Scots continue conference play with a road game at Hamline University on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Men’s soccer concludes historic season with first loss in 10 games
- The Scots’ magical run came to an end in the round of 16 in Northfield, Minn., when they lost 1-0 to the Lyons of Wheaton College (Mass.).
- The only goal came on a Scot deflection into their own net on a free kick in the 25th minute.
- The Scots’ 17 wins were the second most in a single season, trailing only 1998’s 18 win campaign.
- The Scots will be back in action next fall, looking to replicate this season’s success while losing some key players.
