NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Release No. 6 - All-Conference
May 13, 2008 | Full Release 
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NSIC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
Less than 24 hours after setting a school record in the hammer throw in the first day of the 2008 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Outdoor Track and Field meet in Wayne Neb., senior Joe Remitz (North Branch, Minn.) captured a shot put title and finished second in the discus throw en route to being named as the league’s Male Field Athlete of the Year.
For the second time in as many days, Remitz posted record-setting marks at the championships. The senior not only posted a new BSU standard, he also put a new NSIC shot put mark in the books. His toss of 61-feet, six and three-quarter inches edged his own school record by 10 inches and erased a four-year-old conference mark set by University of Minnesota Duluth’s Dan Soldner (58-05 3/4) by more than two feet. In addition he placed second in the discus throw, extending the tape to 149-06.
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Year
Northern State’s Jake Hamik (Sr., Aberdeen, S.D.) won a title in the 400m Dash (48.40s) and set a new NSIC record in the 400m hurdles (52.60s) on Saturday at the NSIC Track & Field Championships. He also reached an NCAA provisional time in the 110m hurdles (14.57s) and was a member of the winning 4x400m relay team. Hamik has been declared the NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Year and was the highest point performer at the Championships. This is the fifth NSIC Athlete of the Year award for Hamik.
NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year
MSU Moorhead’s Ashley Roemer (Jr., Maple Lake, Minn.) was a triple winner for the Dragons in the heptathlon (4,755), high jump (5-6), and 800 meters (2:15.36) and was a member of the winning relay teams in the 4 x 400 (3:59.88) and 4 x 800 (9:13.36). Roemer was also the high point performer at the NSIC Outdoor Championship.
NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
U-Mary’s Kacie Sweep earned Northern Sun Women’s Track Athlete of the Year honors after winning three titles The junior from Bismarck, ND, won both the 100 and 200 meter dashes and ran the second leg on the winning 4x100 meter relay. She met the NCAA provisional qualifying standards when she finished the 200 meter dash in 24.72 seconds.
NSIC Men’s Newcomer of the Year
Wayne State’s Nate Preston, who won three individual events, was selected the NSIC Men’s Newcomer of the Year. Preston, a junior from Omaha, Neb., won three events for the Wildcats, winning the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:20.09), crossing the line first in the 10,000 meter run in a time of 32:31.80 and taking first in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 15:36.67.
NSIC Women’s Newcomer of the Year
Anna VanWechel (Fr., Fergus Fall, Minn.) swept the 1500 (4:42.73) and 5000 (18:53.88) meter run at the NSIC Championships. VanWechel was also on the top finishing 4X800 relay (9:13.36) which set a new NSIC record. She was the 2007 NSIC Cross Country Individual Champion.
NSIC Men’s Coach of the Year
Wayne State’s Marlon Brink was named NSIC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season after leading the Wildcats to a third consecutive NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
NSIC Women’s Coach of the Year
For the second straight year, U-Mary’s Mike Thorson was named the NSIC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year. Under his direction, U-Mary has won four consecutive conference titles (indoor & outdoor) and 13 in 14 years at the University of Mary.
NSIC Baseball Weekly Release No. 11
May 12, 2008 | Full Release | Tournament Website
Indianapolis - The NCAA Division II Baseball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the 2008 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship. The NSIC will have two teams representing the league in Wayne State College (40-11), the NSIC regular season champions, and Concordia University-St. Paul. (27-14), winners of the NSIC’s Tournament and automatic bid. Wayne State earned the #3 seed and will face Central Missouri (41-15) in round one. Concordia-St. Paul will be the #6 seed and will open play against the top-seed and host Emporia State (48-8).
It’s the fifth straight season and sixth time in the last eight years that Wayne State College has qualified for the NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament. Wayne State College earned an at-large berth to this year’s tournament following a 10-6 loss to Concordia-St. Paul in Sunday’s NSIC Tournament championship game. This marks the first time in school history that Concordia-St. Paul has qualified for the NCAA Regional Tournament.
The regionals will be comprised six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments. Eight regional competitions will be played May 15-18, at eight on-campus sites. Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 24-31 at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois, which will be hosted by Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
NSIC Women's Softball Weekly Release No. 10
May 12, 2008 | Full Release
St. Paul, Minn. - Emporia State University, KS came up with a pair of big home runs and defeated Winona State University 9-1 in five innings of the NCAA Division II North Central Region Championship game. #12 Southwest Minnesota State was elminated a day earlier by Minnesota State University, Mankato in a 2-1 eight inning loss. Minnesota State was later eliminated by Winona State. This ends the 2008 NSIC Softball campaign.
NSIC Weekly Golf Release No. 8
Schmidt Advances to Nationals
May 12, 2008 | Full
Release
St. Paul, Minn. - Upper Iowa’s Rachael Schmidt (Jr., Elk River, Minn.) will return to the National Golf Championship for the third straight year as she shot her second straight 73 to finish tied for second place with Truman State’s Kaytie Spangler at +8 over par (224) at the NCAA DII North Regional Championship played last week in Grand Forks, N.D. Spangler will join Schmidt as the other individual to advance to the championship on May 13-16 in Houston, Texas. Nebraska at Omaha and Augustana College advanced on the team side.
Live Stats available at: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1192
Concordia-St. Paul Wins NSIC Baseball Tournament
May 11, 2008 | Box Score | Tournament Bracket
Wayne, Neb. - The Concordia University baseball team (27-14) won their second NSIC Tournament title and first since 2003, defeating host and top seed, #15 Wayne State (40-11) 10-6 on Sunday afternoon in the championship game in Wayne, Neb. The Golden Bears earn the NSIC automatic qualifier to the NCAA Central Regional Tournament May 15-18. Official pairings and site will be released by the NCAA Sunday evening.
Concordia opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth inning, using singles by Joe Abellera (Sr., Minnetonka, MN) and Chris Herbert (Jr., White Bear Lake), along with three Wayne State errors, to grab a 2-0 lead.
The Wildcats countered with four runs in the top of the fifth to take a 4-2 advantage as Wayne State put together three hits, coupled with two Golden Bear errors. Marc Manganaro produced a two-run single to left field, scoring Brian Sulzman and Matt Dunn. (Read More)
2008 NSIC All-Tournament Team
Catcher - Chris Herbert, Concordia-St. Paul
Designated Hitter - Mike Wagner, Bemidji State
First Base - Marc Manganaro, Wayne State
Second Base - Nick Bidroski, Wayne State
Shortstop - Travis Mather, Upper Iowa
Third Base - Alex Koch, Wayne State
Outfielders (3) -
Brenden Furrow Concordia-St. Paul
Ted Farni, Concordia-St. Paul
Joe Wendte, Wayne State
Pitchers (4) -
Nick Schumacher, Wayne State
Jake Schmidt, Concordia-St. Paul
Blake DeVries, Concordia-St. Paul
Adam Schrader, Southwest Minnesota State
Most Valuable Player - Brenden Furrow, CSP
Most Valuable Pitcher - Jake Schmidt, CSP
Northern Sun Presidents Rise to Occasion
May 6, 2008 | NCAA Release
By Gary Brown, NCAA News
Presidents from every Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference member institution have pledged their support to Division II’s game-environment initiative.
The Northern Sun is the first conference to demonstrate unanimous support after presidents of league governing boards convened with the Division II Presidents Council two weeks ago to talk about game-environment issues.
Presidents and chancellors at the April 23 meeting signed a pledge form that stated:
“The Division II Presidents Council and representatives from Division II conference governing boards affirm that athletics events should reflect the values of higher education and the mission of each institution. Division II emphasizes learning and development in a personal setting. As chancellors and presidents, we are concerned about the uncivil behavior exhibited at college athletics contests, and, thereby, pledge to work together to make respectful, family-friendly events a standard of the Division II experience.”
Presidents at the April 23 meeting signed the form, but many also pledged to take the matter back to their conferences for additional support. It took only a few days for the Northern Sun members to get on board. At the league’s spring meetings April 28, Presidents Council member and Southwest Minnesota State President David Danahar and Minnesota State Moorhead President Roland Barden relayed actions from the earlier meeting to their Northern Sun peers.
“We explained our discussion about game environment and how it was desired for us to present a strong position on this for practical and ethical reasons,” Danahar said. “As you can see, there was no confusion about the importance of monitoring the atmosphere at our collegiate events.”
The presentation included a preview of the new Division II game-environment Web site (www.diicommunity.org/gameenvironment/), which features one of the league’s member schools, Winona State, as an institution that has implemented programming and tools to create a positive atmosphere at basketball events.
“As you might expect, that presentation played very well with our group,” Danahar said.
Northern Sun athletics directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletics representatives also viewed the presentation at the league meetings to ensure that all levels of athletics oversight understood the value of the initiative.
Division II’s game-environment effort is one that combines the need for sportsmanship from players and coaches on the courts and fields, but extends to ensuring that the venues are family-friendly, comfortable and lively. The newly launched Web site, which includes resources, success stories and teachable moments about game-environment issues, launched with almost 50 suggestions already from Division II members about staging a positive game environment. Those examples are expected to grow – much like the community-engagement ideas did – as more members use the site in the coming months.
Signatures on the Northern Sun game-environment pledge card:
David Danahar, Southwest Minnesota State
Robert Oliver, Augustana (South Dakota)
Jerry Fischer, Mary (on behalf of President Sister Thomas Welder)
Bill Wade, Minnesota Duluth (on behalf of Chancellor Kathryn Martin)
Jon Quistgaard, Bemidji State
Charles Casey, Minnesota-Crookston
Judith Ramaley, Winona State
Earl H. Potter, St. Cloud State
Alan Walker, Upper Iowa
Robert Holst, Concordia-St. Paul
Richard Collings, Wayne State (Nebraska)
Richard Davenport, Minnesota State Mankato
Patrick Schloss, Northern State
Minnesota Moorhead President Roland Barden signed the pledge at the April 23 Division II meeting; Davenport and Schloss pledged support via conference call.
Watch Web Stream of NSIC TV Showcase #4
Click Here for March 12 ,2008 NSIC Showcase
Show four features highlights from the 2008 NSIC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, NSIC Track & Field Championships along with all-conference awards as well as a feature on the WBCA "Think Pink" promotion.
NSIC Radio Spotlight - Week 20
March 4, 2008
Week 20 Northern Sun Spotlight Radio Show
Guests: Wayne State MBB Coach Rico Burkett & U-Mary Head T&F Coach Mike Thorson
http://northernsun.org/radio/NSIC_WEEK20_04Mar08.wma
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