14 Bethany winter and spring student-athletes earn academic all-conference awards Tuesday, June 09, 2009
ST. PAUL – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) released its winter and spring sports academic all-conference lists from the 2008-09 school year on Tuesday. Full Story
Bethany baseball’s Schwecke and Dorris named NCAA All-Region, both to play for the Kutztown Rockies Friday, May 29, 2009
Mankato, Minn.—Bethany Lutheran junior center fielder Justin Schwecke (Buffalo Lake, Minn./Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop) and junior left-handed pitcher Ashton Dorris (Cassville, Mo./Iowa Central) have been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) NCAA Division III All-Midwest region teams. Both Schwecke and Dorris have also signed a contract to play in the NCAA summer baseball league for the Kutztown Rockies of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Full Story
New faces provide a promising future for softball team Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Mankato, Minn.—The Bethany softball team finished the 2009 season with a record of 9-27, including a 7-14 record within the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). Coach Leigh Ann LaFave put the season into perspective, “Even though we failed to reach our goal of making the UMAC postseason tournament, we came on strong toward the end of the season and played well.” Full Story
Baseball team posts winningest season in recent history Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Mankato, Minn. – The Bethany baseball team finished the 2009 season with a 29-10 record, including a 17-3 record to place them second within the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). The team also fell one win short of a UMAC postseason championship. Coach Ryan Kragh was happy with the way his team competed. “Although we didn’t complete our main goal of winning the conference,” Kragh said, “this team exceeded all expectations and is the winningest Bethany baseball team in many years, maybe ever.” Full Story
Six seniors help men’s tennis program turn the corner Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Mankato, Minn.—An improved Bethany men’s tennis team finished the 2009 season with a 4-9 record (4-5 UMAC). The guys finished third in both the conference regular season and postseason tournament. Full Story
Women’s tennis achieves winning season in 2009 Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Mankato, Minn.—The Bethany women’s tennis team has improved every year since the team went winless in 2005, and their 2009 season proved to be their most successful yet. The Vikings finished the season with a record of 7-5 (5-4 UMAC). They also placed third place in the conference regular season and fourth in the postseason tournament. Full Story
Baseball claims nine All-Conference Awards including UMAC Pitcher and Player of the Year Friday, May 15, 2009
ST. PAUL – Bethany Lutheran College, who took second place in both the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season and postseason tournament, landed five players on the all-conference first team and two more on the honorable mention list. The Vikings swept the UMAC Player and Pitcher of the Year awards, which went to Justin Schwecke and Ashton Dorris. Schwecke, the UMAC Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference member, batted .487 in 20 UMAC contests with 36 RBI and 55 total bases. The outfielder led the league in RBI while placing second in hits and runs scored. Full Story
Baseball defeats St. Scholastica in extra innings, advances to UMAC Championship Friday, May 08, 2009
Duluth, Minn.—The second seeded Bethany baseball team, met the number one seeded St. Scholastica on the Saints home field on Thursday night in the second round of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Postseason Tournament. While it looked like the Saints might pull through for the win, the Vikings never gave up and came back to win the game 10-9 in ten innings. Full Story
Women's tennis finishes fourth in UMAC Tournament Sunday, May 03, 2009
Minneapolis, Minn.—The Bethany women’s tennis team brought their season to a close at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tennis Championship Tournament at the Baseline Center on Saturday, taking fourth place in post season play. Full Story
Men's tennis finishes third in UMAC Tournament Sunday, May 03, 2009
Minneapolis, Minn.—The Bethany Lutheran men’s tennis team finished third in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament on Saturday at the Baseline Tennis Center. Full Story
Men’s basketball rallies in tournament to finish UMAC runner-up Monday, March 16, 2009
Mankato, Minn.—The Bethany men’s basketball season had many ups and downs in their 2008-09 season. The Vikings closed the season with a modest 13-15 record and 5-9 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). The team reached the UMAC tournament as the sixth seed and completed road upsets of Northwestern (third seed) and Martin Luther (second seed). In the championship, the Vikings were on the losing end of a dramatic game and subsequently finished as the runner-up to the College of St. Scholastica. The Vikings also won the Trinity Tournament held in Connecticut over winter break. Full Story
Departing seniors Voss and Kahle led the way for women’s basketball Monday, March 16, 2009
Mankato, Minn.—The Bethany women’s basketball team finished the 2008-09 season with a 10-15 record overall and 4-10 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). The Vikings just missed out on the UMAC post season tournament, but finished the season strong. In February, the team went on a three-game conference winning streak where they upset the then conference leading Minnesota-Morris on the road. Full Story
Wills, Saffert and Colbert receive men's basketball UMAC All-Conference honors Wednesday, March 04, 2009
ST. PAUL – After a thrilling finish to the 2008-09 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) men’s basketball season, the league released its all-conference award lists on Wednesday. The College of St. Scholastica and Martin Luther College, who were UMAC co-champions, each had two players on the all-conference first team. Bethany Lutheran College and Northwestern College were also awarded two all-conference first team players each. Full Story
Voss and Kahle named to women's basketball All-Conference Teams Tuesday, March 03, 2009
ST. PAUL – 17 women’s basketball players from Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) institutions were named to the UMAC All-Conference First and Honorable Mention Teams on Tuesday, two days after Northland College claimed a season sweep, winning both the UMAC regular season and postseason tournament championships. Full Story
Bethany women’s basketball suffers disappointing loss to St. Scholastica Friday, February 20, 2009
Duluth, Minn.—The Bethany women’s basketball team faced the St. Scholastica Saints on Friday evening, hoping to secure a spot in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Post-season Tournament. The Saints, however, used their home court advantage, taking the win with a score of 66-60. Full Story
