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Men’s Track and Field

NORTHFIELD — The Martin Luther College men’s track and field team was back at it on Saturday at an event hosted by Carleton College after a week off over Easter.

The Knights finished sixth at the event with a total of 44 points. Saint John’s finished first with 209.5 points, followed by Gustavus (106) and Concordia-Moorhead (97) in the top three.

MLC had a number of its top finishes in the throwing events, where Caleb Foelske continued his strong season with three top-10 finishes. Foelske took third in the Shot Put (14.3 meters), eighth in the Discus (37.46 meters), and eighth in the Javelin (42.26 meters). He also finished 11th in the Hammer Throw (39.28 meters).

Gustav Wenz also had a strong day, taking third in the Javelin with a season-best throw of 48.37 meters, and also finished 17th in the Discus. Zachary Gregorius finished ninth in the Javelin with a throw of 41.64 meters.

In the jumping events, Eric Raasch took third in the Long Jump with a top jump of 6.02 meters, with Jonathan Holtz and Joseph Ehlke also finishing in the top 10 of that event. Ehlke would also add a fourth-place finish in the Triple Jump with a jump of 11.83 meters, with Seth Veers finishing just behind him in fifth place with a jump of the same distance.

On the track,Jonas Landwehr led the way in fourth place in the 400 Meter Hurdles with a time of 1:02.95. Caleb Lash and Camden Sulzle finished sixth and eighth, respectively, in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase.

Carson Oestreich took ninth out of 28 runners in the 100 Meters. Micah Schibbelhut took 11th out of 25 runners in the 400 Meters, with Cole Burow finishing behind him in 15th place. Josiah Loersch took 13th in the 1500 Meters, while Nathan Pausma finished 16th in a deep 800 Meters field.

In the relay events, the Knights took fourth out of nine teams in the 4×100 Meters, and then finished eighth out of 17 teams in the 4×400 Meters.

Women’s Track and Field

NORTHFIELD — The Martin Luther College women’s track and field team returned to action at Carleton College on Saturday.

The Knights finished sixth in the final standings out of 10 teams at the event with 29 total points. St. Benedict took first with 162 points, followed by Gustavus (160) and Carleton (137.5) in the top three.

Many of the Knights’ best finishes came on the track, where Maia Pankow and MacKenzie Lynch took fourth and eighth, respectively in the 200 Meters.

Claire Tomhave (fifth) and Emily Dobberstein (seventh) each had strong finishes in the 400 Meters, while Emma Nelson finished fourth in the 400 Meter Hurdles with a time of 1:14.93.

Maya Habben took 12th in the 1500 Meters and 14th in the 800 Meters, and Karly Mathena finished eighth in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase.

In the relays, the Knights’ 4×100 team finished third out of five teams. The 4×400 team took fifth.

Grace Seim finished 10th in the High Jump with a top jump of 1.37 meters, while Lynch finished 11th in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.13 meters.

In the throwing events, Erika Gosch finished 13th in the Javelin, while Emmaline Hagedorn took 16th in the Discus and 18th in the Shot Put. Isabelle Kettler led the Knights in 18th place in the Hammer Throw, and added a 20th place finish in the Discus.

Women’s Softball

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL — The Martin Luther College softball team lost both games on the second day of the UMAC Crossover event in the Twin Cities, dropping game one 10-8 to University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) at North Central before losing game two 12-11 to Crown College at Northwestern.

The Knights lost the opener 10-8 to UMM on a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning.

MLC were in control for much of the game, but the Cougars came back from three different deficits before finally scoring the win in their last at bat.

The Knights built an early 3-0 lead, and then answered a four-run UMM third inning with a grand slam by Emma Berg in the fifth inning to take a 7-4 lead. The Cougars tied the game with three runs in the sixth inning, but Berg once again answered with a double that scored Elena Hoffman to push the Knights back in front 8-7.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Cougars scored once with the help of an MLC error to tie the game, and then Marissa Allen ended the game with a two-run home run with two outs to give UMM the win.

Berg had a career day at the plate for MLC, going 4-4 with six runs batted in. Hoffman and Kylie Wolf each added three hits. Madison Uhlenbrauck (3-9) took the loss in the circle, allowing 10 runs (six earned) in 6.2 innings.

MLC once again fell on the wrong end of a slugfest as Crown took the afternoon game 12-11.

The Storm jumped in front 6-0 in the first three innings, but the Knights answered with four runs in the bottom half of the third thanks to a bases-clearing double by Emmalee Mindock to cut the deficit to 6-4.

Crown added five runs in the sixth and one more in the seventh to take a 12-6 advantage heading into the Knights’ final at bat. The Knights rallied with four straight two-out hits, capped by Wolf’s two-run double that cut the Storm’s lead to one and put the tying run on second base, but the Storm were able to secure the final out to score the one-run win.

Both teams finished the game with 15 hits, but eight MLC errors led to four unearned runs for the Storm to aid them in the win. Wolf and Jordyn Heckendorf each recorded three hits for MLC, while Lisa Hoffer and Berg each finished with two hits apiece. Jessica Horn (2-9) started in the circle and took the loss for the Knights, allowing six runs (four earned) on 10 hits in 3.0 innings.

MLC fell to 7-19 on the season and 2-10 in UMAC play following the two defeats.