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The storied Saint John’s football program showed St. Scholastica more than a few things but the Saints didn’t come out of Saturday’s 70-21 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup without a few high points.
For one, CSS’s 21 points were the most any team has scored on the 10th-ranked Johnnies all season, albeit they all came in the second half when the hosts were up 49-0.
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Donald West threw touchdown passes to Andrew Burgess, Teagen Lubinski and Nathan Behrens as the Saints outscored the Johnnies 14-7 in the third quarter and added another touchdown in the first minute of the fourth.
West was 15-for-33 passing for 165 yards. He was also CSS’s leading rusher on a tough day to move the ball on the ground. The Johnnies outgained the Saints 550-228 and 177-63 rushing.
CSS (3-6, 2-6 MIAC) will cap off the season against No. 4 Bethel in Duluth on Saturday.
St. Scholastica ended up with a bad opponent to try and get a critical result from, as a 3-0 (25-22, 31-29, 25-19) sweep by undefeated conference champion St. Olaf plus adverse results elsewhere caused the Saints to miss the MIAC tournament on a tiebreaker.
CSS hit a decent .197 on Saturday at Reif Gym in Duluth, but St. Olaf piled up 50 kills in just three sets on a .256 hitting percentage, and the Oles had twice as many aces and blocks.
Lindsey Baribeau finished with 13 kills and three blocks for CSS, while Cassidy Lustig led all players with 19 digs.
CSS (14-13, 5-6 MIAC) finished tied with Augsburg for the sixth and final MIAC playoff spot, which went to the Auggies by virtue of a four-set head-to-head win in Minneapolis in late September after they swept Saint Mary’s in the regular-season finale.
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Grace Chapman’s hat trick for St. Scholastica put the Saints within striking distance of a huge upset on Saturday before No. 1-ranked Wisconsin-River Falls held on for a 4-3 victory in River Falls, Wisconsin.
Chapman bagged the first two legs of her feat in the first period as the Saints went to the locker room with a stunning 2-0 lead. UWRF responded, scoring three times without reply in the second period, but Chapman’s third goal of the game tied it 1:09 into the third period.
UWRF’s Kailey Niccum broke that tie about three minutes later and the Falcons, who had all four of the game’s power plays, including two in the last 10 minutes, held on for the win.
Makenzie Cole made 38 saves for CSS, which was outshot 42-7.
CSS (2-1) opens MIAC play on Friday at Saint Benedict before the teams come to Mars Lakeview Arena for the Saints’ home opener on Saturday.
St. Scholastica men’s hockey got MIAC play off to a bad start on Friday, getting thumped 7-1 by Saint John’s at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.
The Johnnies scored four goals in the first 5:35 and five in the period, while Braden Panzer got the Saints on the board on the power play 12:44 into the game.
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Eino Rissanen made 49 saves for CSS.
On Saturday, CSS turned it around a bit, earning a 4-4 tie and shootout loss when the teams played in Collegeville, Minnesota.
The Saints scored twice in the last 81 seconds to force overtime, first from Panzer before Gavin Gunderson bagged an equalizer with 11.5 seconds to play, only for the Johnnies to score the only goal in the shootout.
Jared Scott had a goal and assist for CSS, while Rissanen made 33 saves.
CSS (1-2-1, 0-1-1 MIAC) plays a nonconference game at Wisconsin-Superior on Friday.
St. Scholastica kicked off the 2025-26 college basketball season with a pair of wins over the weekend in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
The Saints knocked off Bethany Lutheran 64-53 on Friday.
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Outside shots weren’t falling for CSS (1-for-15), but the Saints still shot 43 percent from the field and 85 percent from the free-throw line, taking a 36-21 halftime lead and holdingonf rom there.
Ava Haus finished with 17 points and Kloey Lind 14 for the winners, while Evi Schmitz finished with 11 off the bench.
Saturday, CSS did even better offensively in an 84-68 victory over Minnesota Morris, this time knocking down 14 3-pointers including seven in the second quarter alone.
Schmitz, Haus and Jackie Johnson each connected four times from outside with Schmitz scoring a team-high 21. Lind finished with 19 points and a whopping 18 rebounds.
CSS (2-0) is scheduled to host Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday night.
Tanner Thomson piled up 29 points as St. Scholastica prevailed 84-70 at Minnesota Morris in the season opener for both teams on Friday night.
CSS got out to a sizable early lead, 41-22, then responded when the Cougars cut the gap from 25 to six in the second half.
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Thomson was 9-for-15 from the floor and knocked down three 3-pointers. Conner Barney (Cloquet) added 15 points off the bench for the Saints.
CSS (1-0) is scheduled for an exhibition at Division I North Dakota State on Wednesday before a two-game weekend tournament in Storm Lake, Iowa.
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