ST. OLAF TOOK ON HAMLINE IN A MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME

The St. Olaf Oles traveled to Hamline University for a men's basketball game. St. Olaf came into the game with a record of 3-4 and Hamline came into the game with a record of 1-4.

Both teams looked to set the tempo early on in the contest. Hamline started in a zone defense. They looked to spread St. Olaf out on offense.

St. Olaf's Connor Gunderson went down hard and was able to walk off the court on his own power. St. Olaf's Alfred Jaryan was all over the court. He was able to drive through traffic and knock down some shots.

Hamline's Mike Campbell got his shot going as he was able to score some easy baskets.

Campbell did a good job of getting his teammates involved in the offense.

St. Olaf called a timeout with 13:11 left in the first half. The score was Hamline 16 and St. Olaf 11.

St. Olaf did a good job of moving the ball around the three-point line on the offensive end.

Both teams played an up tempo style of play throughout the first half.

The Hamline guards did a good job of driving to the lane. That is how they did most of their scoring.

Hamline switched between zone and man-to-man defense late in the first half. Dior Ford took the ball hard to the basket. He was able to get fouled and we made both of his free-throws.

St. Olaf called a timeout with 6:39 left in the first half. The score was Hamline 27 and St. Olaf 17.

Hamline did a good job of trying to get the ball into Dior Ford. Ford was camped out on the low block. Ford did a good job of powering the ball up to the basket and was able to make some shots.

St. Olaf looked to score baskets in transition. They were able to do that.

Hamline called a timeout with 13.4 seconds left in the first half.

At halftime the score was Hamline 37 and St. Olaf 27.

St. Olaf started the second half in a zone defense. Hamline also started the second half in a zone defense.

Hamline called a 30 second timeout with 18:02 left in regulation. The score was Hamline 41 and St. Olaf 33.

Hamline was able to shoot holes in the St. Olaf defense.

St. Olaf called a timeout with 15:59 left in regulation the score was Hamline 59 and St. Olaf 35.

Ford took some easy shots on the low block .

St. Olaf called a timeout with 14:53 left in regulation.

Hamline did a good job of scoring baskets in transition. St. Olaf as not able to get into their shooting rhythm. They didn't get discouraged by that as they continued to look for shots they thought they could take.

St. Olaf called a timeout with 8:28 left in regulation the score was Hamline 68 and St. Olaf 47.

Noha Aguirre for Hamline knocked down a deep three-point shots. Campbell kept shooting the ball well and was all over the court. On the defensive end he was able to slow down his man.

Hamline was too quick for St. Olaf. I thought that Mike Campbell played well. He was all over the court and was able to score at will. I also thought that Dior Ford played well and he was also able to score baskets at will.

For St. Olaf I thought Alfred Jaryan played well. He was all over the floor.

Hamline came away with the 81-64 victory over St. Olaf.

The leading scorers for Hamline were Mike Campbell with 26 points, Dior Ford with 19 points and Noah Aguirre with 13 points. They shot 32-67 from the field that included going 4-15 from behind the three-point line. They were 13-16 from the free throw line. They grabbed a total of 32 rebounds, 23 of them on the defensive end.

The leading scorers for St.Olaf were Bobby Fong with 13 points, Sterling Nielson with 12 points and Stu Neville with 11 points. St. Olaf shot 25-55 from the field that included going 3-14 from behind the three-point line. They were 11-19 from the free throw line. They grabbed a total of 29 rebounds, 22 of them were on the defensive end.

PIPERS SKATE TO TIE

Four straight Hamline University goals were answered by four straight St. Olaf College goals, as the two teams split the points in the MIAC women’s hockey standings with a 4-4 tie.

The Pipers opened the game with a flurry of goals in the first period, building up a 3-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

Alli Miller (So., Fairbault, Minn.) put the puck in the net first, scoring at 5:53 from first-year Billye Nelson (Warroad, Minn.). The goal was Alli Miller’s eighth of the year.

Shannon Griswold (Jr., Portland, Ore.) doubled Hamline’s lead with her first goal of the season at 14:18. Brianna Miller (Sr., Woodbury, Minn.) was credited with the assist. Alli Miller and Mallory Steele (Jr., Rochester Hills, Minn.) then combined to get the puck to Brianna Miller 13 seconds before the end of the period, as she increased the lead to 3-0.

The Pipers added another goal to their side of the scoreboard at 5:54 in the second, when Alli Miller scored her second of the game. Erin Kastner (Fy., Fairbault, Minn.) was credited with the assist.

St. Olaf responded with four unanswered goals to tie the game, including three power play goals in the second period. Their first game at 9:28 from Kristen Latta (Fy., Edina, Minn.), scoring on a pass from Kelly Biddle (Fy., La Miranda, Calif.).

They narrowed the Piper lead to two goals at 12:50 when Kim McClintick (Jr., Chaska, Minn.) scored from Lauren Tomford (Jr., Avon, Conn.). The same pair of players cut the lead to one at 13:47 with a goal from Tomford and an assist from McClintick.

The Oles tied the game with their fourth straight goal just 33 seconds into the third period. Tomford put the puck in the net on a delayed penalty goal, unassisted, for her second goal of the game.

Hamline and St. Olaf played the remainder of the third period without scoring, sending the game into the five minutes overtime period. Despite several desperate scrambles in front of both nets, the teams finished with the 4-4 tie.

The Pipers now stand at 6-7-1, 2-4-1 MIAC, while the Oles are 4-5-3, 4-4-1 MIAC.

PIPERS LONE UNDEFEATED TEAM IN MIAC PLAY

A trio of goals in the second period, and several multiple-point scorers, led the Hamline University men’s hockey team to a 6-2 victory at home over St. Olaf as they become the only unbeaten team in MIAC play.

The Pipers only needed five minutes to put their first goal on the board, as Kyle Kurr (Jr., Elk River, Minn.) put the puck in the net at 5:09. Chris Berenguer (So., Eden Prairie, Minn.) was credited with the assist.

Ryan Kupperman (So., Canterbury, N.H.) doubled the Piper lead at 12:01, with Kurr and Joe Long (Sr., Dayton, Minn.) earning the assists.

The two-goal Piper lead lasted until St. Olaf responded at 15:49 with a power play goal from Derek Grogan (Fy., Eagan, Minn.). Bryan Osmondson (Jr., Princeton, Minn.) and Roger Truesdale (Sr., Rogers, Minn.) were credited with the assists.

Less than two minutes into the second period, Kupperman’s second goal of the game came at 1:18 on passes from Dustin Fulton (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Brian Arrigoni (Fy., Saint Paul, Minn.). Fulton then put the Pipers up 4-1 on a power play goal at 9:44 from Long and Andrew Birkholz (Sr., Maple Grove, Minn.).

Just seven seconds after gaining a 5-on-3 advantage in skaters, Berenger dumped a puck in the Ole net at 12:16 in the second to give Hamline a four-goal lead. Long and Kupperman earned the assists.

St. Olaf scored their second, and final, goal of the game at 8:43 in the final period, as Dylan Mueller (Sr,. Plymouth, Minn.) scored from Osmondson and Truesdale.

The final Piper goal for the 6-4 win came from Arrigoni at 11:50 in the third from Kupperman and Kurr.

With the win, the Pipers improve to 10-3-1, 5-0-0 MIAC, and with a loss tonight by St. Thomas, is the only unbeaten team in the conference. The Oles suffer their first conference loss of the year in dropping to 9-6-1, 5-1-1 MIAC. These same two teams will meet again tomorrow, Saturday, January 17, in Northfield at 7:00 p.m.