Golf off to MWCs
Rebuilding is a difficult process for any type of team in athletics at any level, and Grinnell’s women’s golf team is learning exactly what these difficulties are all about.
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Volleyball swept at Crossover
The Grinnell volleyball team is digging in to a grueling part of the season. Last weekend, the Pioneers journeyed to Beloit, Wisc. for the Midwest Crossover Tournament, where they took on all five teams in the Midwest Conference North Division. While Grinnell did not score any victories, they did take both Lawrence and Carroll to crucial fifth games before losing.
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Instant Replay
At Augustana’s Brissman/Lundeen Invite on Sept. 24 at Credit Island in Davenport, Iowa, women’s cross country finished 8th of 30 teams, while men’s cross country finished 4rd of 29. On the men’s side, the top five runners were separated by 45 seconds, and Dave Honig ‘06, Justin Riley ‘06, Colin Tschida ‘05, Mitch Herz ‘05, Omondi Kasidhi ‘05, Valentin Jimenez ‘08 and Adam Beals ‘06 all recorded finishes that put them in the Pioneer All Time Top 50 for individual times. On the women’s side, the top six finishes were recorded by first years or sophomores. ... Pioneer football has gained over 850 yards in its two road games, but has lost them both by double digits. Grinnell put up 530 yards of offense at Illinois College last week, but committed two turnovers to IC’s none. The Blueboys also had 481 yards of their own, and Pete Jennings’s 24-yard touchdown strike to T.J. Tobin midway through the third quarter gave IC a 30-12 lead en route to a 37-26 victory. … A week after his record-setting performance against Macalester, running back Nate Wineinger ‘05 ran for 191 yards and scored three second-half touchdowns in Grinnell’s defeat. [more]
On Deck
Men’s and women’s soccer host two doubleheaders this weekend against St. Norbert and Lawrence. Both Pioneer teams will play the Green Knights on Saturday before squaring off against the Vikings on Sunday. On both days, the women’s game starts at 11 a.m., the men’s at 1:30 p.m. [more]
Tennis strong in defeat at ITA Regionals
The competition at last weekend’s ITA Regionals was tough but “the players did very well considering the difficult draw,” says head coach Barbara Waite. At Luther College, where the tournament was held, the women’s tennis team posted its first major loss of the season.
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Foresters sweep
Two teams play each other twice. In those two games, one team takes 53 total shots, the other 13. Think you can guess who won? Probably not, as the Grinnell women’s soccer team (5-3, 2-1) again came up empty-handed last weekend at home against Lake Forest in a 2-1 heartbreaker which took two overtimes to decide. The game was part of a doubleheader sweep by the visiting Foresters, as the Lake Forest men’s team also triumphed over Grinnell.
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Ultimate rules Mac Field
Mac Field last weekend played host to the one sport where the hippes are the jocks.
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