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Two MLC athletes win POTW honors

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Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID Two Martin Luther College won Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors recently, Britney Prahl in women’s tennis and Ben Pearson in men’s golf. Prahl wrapped up her collegiate career with the Knights by being awarded the UMAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week (April 20-26). Prahl went 4-0 in singles play this past week as the No. 1 player for MLC. On Monday, against Hamline, she won 0-6, 6-4 (5-10), 1-0, then claimed a 6-3, 6-2 win over Bethany on Tuesday, and followed those efforts up with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Morris on ...

Area roundup: Wolverines, Chargers battle to doubleheader split

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PREP BASEBALL SIBLEY EAST 5, MVL 1 (GAME 1) MVL 6, SIBLEY EAST 5 (GAME 2) NEW ULM — The Sibley East Wolverines opened up a South Central Conference baseball doubleheader against Minnesota Valley Lutheran with a 5-1 win on Tuesday, but the Chargers did enough to hold on and take the ...

Wild take 3-2 lead over Stars in Western Conference series

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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS — Matt Boldy scored the tiebreaking power-play goal in the final minute of the second period, after having one taken away late in the first, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference series. Kirill Kaprizov scored an empty-net goal with two minutes left and had two assists, while Mats Zuccarello scored in his return from a three-game absence with an upper-body injury for the Wild. Michael McCarron also had a third-period goal. The Wild go home for Game 6 ...

MVL/NUC has strong showing at NUHS meet

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NEW ULM — In a seven-team prep track and field meet at New Ulm High School on Tuesday, it was Minnesota Valley Lutheran/New Ulm Cathedral that stood out the most, winning the girls side of the meet with a score of 163 and placing second on the boys side with a score of 97. “We’ve ...

Cathedral downs Wabasso in doubleheader

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NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral used solid offense with shutdown pitching Tuesday afternoon as they swept Wabasso 15-0 and 6-0 in a Tomahawk Division baseball doubleheader at Mueller Park. The first game was stopped after 4 1/2 innings because of the 10-run lead rule. “I was happy with ...

MLC roundup: 4x100 relay, Habben and Romsdahl break records

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Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD ST. PETER — The Martin Luther College women's track and field squad participated in its second meet at Gustavus on Saturday. The Knights had multiple PRs and claimed first in the 3000m steeplechase, as Nicole Trapp placed first with a mark of 13:01.48. Jemimah Habben broke an MLC record in the 5K event, clocking in at 18:44.62. The previous record time was 19:19.02 by Emilee Koltz in 2014. The other records that were surpassed on Saturday were the discus thrown by Madelinn Romsdahl, who tossed it 39.48 meters. Romsdahl ...