http://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/21/WBB_1121092828.aspxWomen's Basketball

Host Whitman edged Macalester 52-59 at the Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic in Walla Walla, Washington, in the season-opener for both teams. Trina PaStarr scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Scots, while Majra Mucic added eight points. Macalester returns to action Saturday against Whitworth (Wash.). ]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/20/MSWIM_1120092701.aspxWomen's Swimming & Diving, Men's Swimming & DivingFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/17/MBB_1117091903.aspxMen's Basketball

Macalester won its first game under new head coach Tim Whittle, jumping out to a 39-22 halftime lead and going on to beat Crown 77-60 at the Leonard Center in the season-opener for both teams. The Scots shot 47% from the floor, including 9-for-21 on three-pointers, and received points from 12 different players. Colin Keely posted a double-double, scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, to lead the way for Macalester. Jerry Kraus just missed a double-double of his own, finishing with 11 points and nine boards. ]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/16/MSOC_1116092514.aspxMen's Soccer

Nate Juergens ’11 and Scott Petesch ’10 play on the powerhouse men’s soccer team, which this year has taken Mac to the NCAA championship playoffs. Both men are also biology majors—and friends—who have done cutting-edge research in molecular genetics. Their research involves identifying species by sequencing the DNA, long bits of four-letter genetic code. Using DNA sequences rather than morphology (form and structure) to describe species is called DNA barcoding. Read the story here ]]>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/16/WSOC_1116091507.aspxWomen's Soccer

Riding on camels and living in yurts were just part of the summer for Maddie Mette, a senior from Burnsville and a two-time All-MIAC defender for the women's soccer team, spent late July and early August in Mongolia taking part in a geology research trip. Mette was a member of a Keck Geology Consortium field excursion that took several professors and a dozen students to a remote section of southwestern Mongolia to study fossils and rocks in the Gobi-Altai area. Read the story here ]]>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/15/WSOC_1116094214.aspxWomen's Soccer

Concordia-Moorhead scored three second half goals to beat the Scots 3-1 Sunday night at Macalester Stadium in an NCAA Division III second-round playoff game as the Scots wind up their season with a 14-6-3 record. No. 8-ranked Concordia, the MIAC regular-season champs, improve to 18-0-2 and move on to the Sweet 16, where they will play next weekend against Lynchburg (Va.). Jordan Eckstein scored Macalester's goal. View Mac’s goal by Jordan Eckstein ]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/15/MSOC_1116091154.aspxMen's Soccer

No. 7-ranked Loras picked up a couple second half goals to hold off upset-minded Macalester 2-0 in an NCAA Division III second-round match Sunday night in Dubuque, Iowa. The Duhawks, who are going for their third straight Final Four appearance, advance to the Round of 16 and improve to 20-2-1. After winning their previous seven games and after a first-round win a night earlier over Grinnell, the Scots wind up at 13-8-1 under MIAC Coach of the Year Ian Barker. ]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/14/MXC_1115090617.aspxMen's Cross Country

Macalester ran in the 25-team NCAA Division III Central Region championships at Grinnell, Ia., and placed 15th. Wade Ekstrom qualified for next weekend’s NCAA championships in Cleveland by placing 10th overall out of 173 runner, completing the 8-kilometer course at Oakland Acres Golf Course in 25:20.1. Ten of the top 11 finishers were from the MIAC. ]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/14/WXC_1115091448.aspxWomen's Cross Country

Erin Lowrey and Tara McCoy placed 33rd and 34th, respectively, to lead Macalester to an 11th-place finish out of 26 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Region championships at Grinnell, Ia. Lowrey crossed the finish line of the 6000-meter race in 23:08.2 and McCoy finished in 25:10.9. Both ran to all-region finishes. ]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/11/15/MSWIM_1115093838.aspxMen's Swimming & Diving

Macalester turned in eight first-place efforts to beat St. Mary’s 117 ½ to 92 ½ in an MIAC dual meet meet in St. Mary’s. Jeff Yamashita led the way for the Scots by winning the 50-yard freestyle (22.91) and 100-yard butterfly (55.14). Also winning a pair of races was Nathan Young, who reached the wall first in the 200 freestyle (1:55.53) and 100 backstroke (55.53). ]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT