Friday marked the final home hockey game, including the "senior night" tradition. The six seniors recognized before the start of the game led their teammates to a convincing 4-1 victory over St. Thomas, then-ranked fourth in the nation.
We live in an era that will be better remembered for steroid use and recruiting scandals than amazing jump shots and blazing fastballs. As fans of our beautiful games, let's represent accomplishment over failure, integrity over deceit and fun over burden. After all, sports were sports in the first place because, well, they are fun.
Both the men's and women's tennis squads traveled to Rochester Saturday to play Luther College in a nonconference matchup, and both squads were soundly defeated 8-1 by the Norsemen.
Last Saturday, the St. Olaf men's track team met at St. John's University, taking third place in the quadrangular and claiming four individual wins among the various events.
Last week, the men's wrestling team met in Collegeville, Minn. at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional. Senior Tom Kopietz performed well, finishing in fourth place after posting a 4-2 record in the 165 weight class.
