Women’s golfer Emma Thorngren closed out her stellar career at last week’s NCAA Division II Championship and earned first-team All-American honors for the second time.
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UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Fifth-year senior golfer Emma Thorngren earned a spot at the NCAA Division II Championship when she placed third individually at the NCAA East Regional.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Marina Prediger and Ben-Hur Kasprzak each concluded their careers with the most singles victories in school history as the UMSL tennis teams fell in the GLVC semifinals.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior Emma Thorngren became the first UMSL woman to win medalist honors at the GLVC Championship since 2011. She led the Tritons to a runner-up finish.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior Chris Ferris shared the 36-hole lead at the GLVC Men’s Golf Championship after posting rounds of 69 and 72 on Sunday at Fox Run Golf Club.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
A busy weekend of athletics saw the volleyball team win its ninth straight, women’s soccer upset No. 8 McKendree and Ben-Hur Kasprzak become UMSL’s all-time career singles wins leader.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Freshman Jack Meuse’s goal in the 96th minute gave the men’s soccer team a 1-0 overtime victory at Lindenwood as the Tritons notched their seventh win.
UMSL athletics on hold amid coronavirus pandemic
The men’s basketball team was boarding its bus when it learned the NCAA Division II Tournament had been canceled, and the GLVC has suspended spring sports.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior Marina Prediger tied the women’s tennis program’s record for career victories when she picked up her 79th in a 6-0, 6-1 sweep of Purdue Northwest’s Patricia Dizon.
Men’s basketball team earns first NCAA Tournament bid since 1988
Coach Bob Sundvold’s squad received an at-large berth when the bracket was revealed on Sunday night.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Freshman Tove Rosengren earned medalist honors at last week’s Battle at Hilton Head after winning a three-person playoff in the women’s golf team’s first event of the spring.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Yaakema Rose Jr. and the 24th-ranked men’s basketball team set a single-season record for victories last week when they beat William Jewell and Rockhurst to improve to 23-5.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Junior forward Alex LaPorta poured in a career-high 37 points and ripped down 16 rebounds in the women’s basketball team’s overtime victory at McKendree.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The men’s basketball team dropped back-to-back games after moving up to No. 13 in the national rankings, and the spring sports season is underway.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Shane Wissink helped the 15th-ranked men’s basketball team continue its season-long roll with 20 points in win over McKendree as the Tritons improved to 20-2.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The 18th-ranked men’s basketball team went undefeated on the road last week with wins against Lindenwood, Illinois Springfield and Lewis. The effort pushed the Tritons into first place in the GLVC standings.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The 18th-ranked men’s basketball team bounced back from a loss at top-ranked Bellarmine with wins against No. 23 Indianapolis at home and Lindenwood on the road.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The 23rd-ranked men’s basketball team knocked off Drury and Southwest Baptist on the road last week to run its winning streak to 13 games.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Yaakema Rose Jr. and the men’s basketball team won their 11th straight game with a strong defensive effort against Missouri S&T.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The women’s basketball team heads to Puerto Rico for two games later this week looking to bounce back from a 68-53 loss Monday night at Culver-Stockton.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The volleyball team’s historic season came to an end with a loss to No. 23 and sixth-seeded Michigan Tech in the opening round of the NCAA DII Midwest Regional Tournament.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Junior guard Jose Grubbs poured in a career-high 28 points last Tuesday in a victory over Ohio Dominican, the first of two Tritons wins in the UMSL Thanksgiving Classic.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The 22nd-ranked volleyball team lost the GLVC Tournament final in five sets against Rockhurst but secured it first NCAA Regional berth since 2010.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior Selena Nolte led the 23rd-ranked volleyball team to victories over Missouri S&T and Maryville over the weekend to close out a 27-3 regular season.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Junior setter Kaileen Herman directed the 23rd-ranked volleyball team to a sweep of Truman State, giving the program 25 victories in a season for the first time since 1995.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Women’s golfer Emma Thorngren won GLVC Player of the Week honors after picking up her second individual title of the season at last week’s Flagler Fall Slam.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Charlotte Richards had 21 kills as the volleyball team swept No. 13 Ferris State at last weekend’s Midwest Region Crossover Tournament and improved to 20-2 on the season.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior midfielder Magnus Andersen netted four goals on the weekend, including the lone tally in the men’s soccer team’s upset victory over No. 2 Maryville.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior Selena Nolte helped the volleyball team continue its torrid start, earning all-tournament team honors at the Union University Classic as the Tritons improved to 12-0.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior tennis players Ben-Hur Kasprzak and Marina Prediger swept through the A Singles flights at the UIS Tournament while the volleyball team continued its hot start.
UMSL announces addition of cross country and track and field, names Steve Picucci head coach
The programs will begin competing in the 2020-21 academic year and will increase the university’s total number of varsity sports to 19.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The volleyball team won its first four matches for the first time since 1998 while playing in the Miner Invitational as the fall sports season got underway.
Nominations open for 2020 UMSL Sports Hall of Fame
The Department of Athletics is now accepting nominations for inductees to the UMSL Sports Hall of Fame in three categories: student-athlete, coach or distinguished services.
Tritons golfer Joel Sylven earns national Outstanding Freshman Award
Sylven ended the year with a 71.89 stroke average, a new single-season UMSL record.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Both the men’s and women’s golf teams punched their tickets to the NCAA Division II Championships with strong showings at their respective regional tournaments.
Coming off conference title, Tritons softball hosts NCAA Regional
UMSL is the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Midwest Regional and begins play against No. 7 seed Illinois Springfield on Thursday.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Clutch hitting and dominant pitching lifted the softball team to a GLVC Tournament title, the fifth conference championship in program history.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
A 4-0 week locked in a share of the regular season conference title for the softball team, which takes the top seed into this week’s GLVC Tournament.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The men’s golf team finished first in the stroke play portion of the GLVC Championships, claiming the top seed for Tuesday’s match play.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The softball team ran its conference record to 12-6 with a two-game sweep of Maryville heading into the final games of this season’s home schedule.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The women’s tennis team logged two wins as senior Salome Bleuler drew closer to the program’s all-time singles wins record.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The men’s tennis team extended its winning streak to six when it beat Southern Indiana 5-2 last Wednesday, but the 45th-ranked Tritons fell Saturday at No. 23 Drury.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The softball team continued its hot streak with a pair of two-game sweeps, including one over defending national champion Southern Indiana.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The baseball team won four of five games behind a powerful week at the plate from junior outfielder Derrick Freeman.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The softball team finished off its Florida road trip with a 6-2 record, including wins over No. 25 Gannon and No. 14 Grand Valley State.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The men’s basketball team topped Maryville to log its first 20-win season since 1990-91. Now, the Tritons’ sights are set on the conference tournament.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Joel Sylven shot a season-low 216 over three rounds to take medalist honors at the Newberry College Invitational last week, the second win of his UMSL career.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
UMSL swimmers, including junior Patryk Golinski (above), set 12 school records over three days of competition at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The men’s basketball team (17-4) is off to its best start since 1971-72 after a comeback win over William Jewell that saw the Tritons close on a 19-1 run.
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The men’s and women’s basketball teams both secured narrow victories over crosstown rival Maryville, with the women overcoming a 16-point deficit.