Football

At Macalester on Saturday, Grinnell capitalized on an impressive performance by quarterback Trey Raney and a dominating first-half to crush Macalester 48-6. Raney went 13-20 for 329 yards and five touchdowns. Macalester quarterback Adam Denny ’04 went 20-for-29 for 199 yards in the losing effort, while running backs David Kruger ’04 and Matt Munson ’04 combined for 130 yards on 29 carries.
 

Soccer

Later on Saturday, the women’s soccer team managed to rebound from last week’s loss to Concordia to pull off a morale-boosting 6-0 win over underdogs Bethel. Alice Hacker ’05 led the team with a hat-trick. Annie Borton ’07 contributed a goal and three assists, Maddie Ruegg ’07 and Erin Hoople ’05 added a goal apiece and Katie Pastorius ’06 had two assists. Five goals were scored in the first 22 minutes, with reserves taking over for most of the remaining game.

Late on Wednesday, the Scots visited St. Thomas, and were held to a 1-1 draw. Borton scored for the Scots.

The men had a narrow 2-1 win at Hamline on Saturday. Andrew Wissler ’06 opened the scoring for the Scots, but Hamline replied 10 minutes later with an equalizer from Spencer Iverson. Substitute Magnus Oppenheimer ’07 scored the winner, his first career goal for Macalester, in the 80th minute. Oppenheimer was later declared MIAC player of the week.

The Scots returned to their home field on Tuesday to host Augsburg. Nathan Knox ’04 and Patrick Kelly ’05 scored first-half goals and scoring leader Joe Wertz ’05 added two after the break for the easy victory. Macalester now has a 26-game unbeaten streak in the MIAC, a perfect 6-0 record this season and a seven-game overall winning streak.
 

Cross Country

Koby Hagen ’06 finished in first place, leading the Scots to second place at the Midwest Short Course Challenge in Colfax, Wis. last Friday. Macalester finished one point behind title-winner University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Hagen’s time of 10:56 on the 3-kilometer course was eight seconds better than the second-place finisher. Francie Streich ’06 finished tenth while Maureen Mullikin ’04 placed 11th.

The men’s team won their 5-k race at Colfax with Eric Olson ’05 taking top honors for his first place finish in the 118-runner field, with a winning time of 15:54. Roscoe Sopiwnik ’06 and Bo Rydze ’05 finished third and fifth respectively.
 

Golf

The Macalester women placed ninth at last weekend’s MIAC championships at Cedar Valley golf course in Winona, Minn. Kylie Thompson ’07 placed 32nd after scoring 196 over two rounds.

The men’s team finished tenth at the MIAC tournament at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. Kramer Lawson ’05 shot a 79 on both rounds to secure a 17th place finish.