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MIAC teams prep for another week of NCAA Championship competition

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Another week of spring NCAA Championship competition awaits Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) teams. 
Softball
Saint Mary's (42-4) secured the second 40-win season in program history on its way to a regional championship in the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament. The Cardinals took care of Husson, 5-2, before coming out on top in what turned out to be a best-of-three series against Simpson. SMU defeated the Storm, 3-1, on Friday to advance to the regional championship, where Simpson was able to force a second game in the double-elimination bracket with a 3-2 win on Saturday. Saint Mary's rallied back with a fury in the deciding matchup with a 10-2 win to punch a ticket to the Super Regionals.

The Cardinals will host UW-Whitewater (38-6) in the best-of-three Super Regional series starting on Thursday, May 22, to determine which team will head to the College World Series in Bloomington, Illinois, next week.

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Outdoor Track & Field
The NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track & Field Committee announced the accepted entries for the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend. Thirty-five MIAC student-athletes are listed among the qualifiers for this year's NCAA Championships.

For each individual event contested, including the decathlon and heptathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the competition.

The championships run from Thursday, May 22, to Saturday, May 24, at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

A complete list of national qualifiers from the MIAC is below.
 2025 MIAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Qualifiers
Name Institution Class  Event Seed/Mark/Points
Landen Liu Bethel Jr. 100-Meter Dash 10.41
Grant Nelson Bethel Sr. 400-Meter Dash 46.20
Jacob Parent Bethel Sr. 400-Meter Dash 46.33
Jayson Ekiyor Bethel Sr. 110-Meter Hurdles 13.83
Jayson Ekiyor Bethel Sr. 400-Meter Hurdles 51.57
Josh Thomsen Bethel Sr. 400-Meter Hurdles 52.39
David Myres Bethel Sr. 400-Meter Hurdles 52.56
Cameron McConnell Bethel Jr. 4x100 Relay 40.55
Grant Nelson Bethel Jr. 4x100 Relay 40.55
Sam Raitz Bethel So. 4x100 Relay 40.55
Jacob Parent Bethel Sr. 4x100 Relay 40.55
Jacob Parent Bethel Sr. 4x400 Relay 3:07.52
Josh Thomsen Bethel Sr. 4x400 Relay 3:07.52
Victor Lelinga Bethel So. 4x400 Relay 3:07.52
Grant Nelson Bethel Jr. 4x400 Relay 3:07.52
Timmy Ball Bethel Fy. Discus 51.25m
Brady Goss Concordia So. 3000-Meter Steeplechase 8:46.29
Tommy Schreiner Concordia Fy. Long Jump 7.27m
Cooper Folkestad Concordia Sr. Shot Put 18.62m
Cooper Folkestad Concordia Sr. Discus 52.56m
Austin Schloeder Hamline So. Pole Vault 4.93m
Isaiah Watson Hamline Fy. Triple Jump 14.81m
Kevin Arthur Saint John's Sr. 100-Meter Dash 10.19
Max Reis Saint John's Fy. 100-Meter Dash 10.46
Kevin Arthur Saint John's Sr. 200-Meter Dash 20.81
Matt Hansen Saint John's So. 4x100-Meter Relay 40.28
Kevin Arthur Saint John's Sr. 4x100-Meter Relay 40.28
Kieran Murnan Saint John's So. 4x100-Meter Relay 40.28
Max Reis Saint John's Fy. 4x100-Meter Relay 40.28
Jackson McDowell Saint John's So. High Jump 2.07m
Max Reis Saint John's Fy. Long Jump 7.33m
Max Lelwica Saint John's Sr. Decathlon 6905
Kevin Turlington St. Olaf Jr. 5000-Meter Run 14:11.84
Ignatius Fitzgerald St. Olaf Jr. 3000-Meter Steeplechase 8:52.30
 2025 MIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Qualifiers
Name Institution Class  Event Seed/Mark/Points
Shalom Sulungaine Bethel So. 400-Meter Dash 54.95
Kelsie Sealock Bethel Gr. 100-Meter Hurdles 13.80
Kelsie Sealock Bethel Gr. 400-Meter Hurdles 1:00.80
Kelsie Sealock Bethel Gr. 4x400-Meter Relay 3:45.80
Abbie Swenson Bethel Sr. 4x400-Meter Relay 3:45.80
Hailey Gregg Bethel Sr. 4x400-Meter Relay 3:45.80
Shalom Sulungaine Bethel So. 4x400-Meter Relay 3:45.80
Anna Speratos Bethel Jr. Hammer Throw 53.45m
Sophie McManus Carleton Sr. 3000-Meter Steeplechase 10:45.19
Peyton Selle Concordia Sr. Heptathlon 4538
Megan Geraets Gustavus Sr. 200-Meter Dash 23.96
Megan Geraets Gustavus Sr. 400-Meter Dash 53.87
Megan Geraets Gustavus Sr. Long Jump 5.82m
Ariella Rogahn-Press Macalester Fy. 400-Meter Dash 53.89
Isabel Wyatt St. Olaf Jr. 800-Meter Run 2:09.44
Alison Bode St. Olaf Sr. 10000-Meter Run 35:35.82
Ella Stritesky St. Scholastica Jr. Hammer Throw 52.45m

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Men's Golf
Carleton College will represent the MIAC as its automatic qualifier to the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships, May 20-23 at Midvale Country Club in Penfield, New York. Bethel's Will Karkoc and Saint John's Andrew Boemer have also been selected to compete as individuals, the NCAA announced on Monday afternoon.

A total of 225 participants will compete at the 2025 championships. Thirty-four conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the championships. The final nine berths were at-large selections. The ten individuals were selected from the remaining players who did not qualify with a team.

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Women's Tennis
Three women's tennis players from the MIAC are headed to the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Individual Championships. Gustavus first-year Karina Elvestrom and St. Catherine graduate student Kelsey Dorr were among 32 players selected for the Women's Singles Championships, while Elvestrom and doubles partner Kaya DeBruijn were one of the 16 duos picked for the Women's Doubles Championships. The individual championships will be held May 24-27 at Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, California. Claremont McKenna Mudd Scripps Colleges will host.
 
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Men's Tennis
Three Gustavus men's tennis players will participate in the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Individual Championships. Gustavus' Gage Gohl and Marco Siviero were selected for the singles tournament, while the Gusties' defending national champion tandem of Gohl and Tyler Haddorff was selected for the doubles draw. The individual championships will be held May 24-27 at Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, California. Claremont McKenna Mudd Scripps Colleges will host.
 
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Women's Golf
MIAC champion St. Catherine finished 14th overall with a 72-hole team score of 1,221 at the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships played at the Kingsmill Resort & Spa in Williamsburg, Virginia, last week. Wildcats senior and MIAC Player of the Year Kyra Venne placed 17th on the individual leaderboard with a 9-over par 297 over four rounds of play. Teammate Grace Petzold tied for 50th in the individual standings at +14, while Carleton junior Carter Sichol also made the individual cut, tying for 59th at the tournament with a +25 overall.
 
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Baseball
MIAC champion Gustavus got a win in its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance, defeating Beloit by a 7-5 margin to open the 2025 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament on Friday. The Gusties' season came to an end on Saturday after coming up short in a 15-10 matchup with red-hot UW-Oshkosh in the winner's bracket and falling to UChicago in an elimination game, 9-1, later that afternoon.

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