Macalester College Athletics

Laura Avena

Scots boost record to 5-1; top UW-Superior

09.08 | Volleyball

Macalester’s first home match of the season was a winning one as the Scots toppled Wisconsin-Superior in four sets to improve to 5-1 on the season. Set scores were 25-22, 25-19, 18-25 and 25-16. Laura Avena and Majra Mucic combined for 30 kills and Steffanie Fisher contributed 34 assists and six serving aces to lead the way for Macalester. Avena posted a .364 hitting percentage with 16 kills and Mucic hit .522 with 14 kills.

Big win lifts Scots to No. 7 in national rankings

09.07 | Men's Soccer

Fresh off a victory over traditional regional and national power Loras (Ia.), Macalester’s men’s soccer team is ranked No. 7 in the first regular-season NCAA Division III national poll. Coach Ian Barker’s team is 3-0 on the season, having shutout St. Scholastica, Northwestern-Roseville and Loras.

Nate Juergens featured in D3Soccer.com story by father Jay Weiner

09.07 | Men's Soccer

D3soccer.com and local sports writer Jay Weiner from MinnPost.com have posted a feature of three Division III men’s soccer players and their experience this past summer in Cape Town, South Africa, on a study-abroad consortium called "Globalization and the Environment." The story profiles Macalester’s Nate Juergens, the son of the writer, as well as student-athletes from Swarthmore and Pomona-Pitzer. Read the story

Matt Butler

Macalester wins dual over St. Mary’s

09.05 | Men's Golf

Macalester had six of the top seven finishers and cruised past St. Mary’s 318-354 in a dual match Sunday at Troy Burne Golf Course in Hudson, Wis. Ben Langworthy captured medalist honors, walking off the par-71 Tom Lehman Signature course with a 76. Matt Butler was right behind with a 78 to finish in the runner-up position.