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BY K ATIE JO SVE NSON • COORDINATOR OF SPORTS INFORM ATION
CROSS COUNTRY Due to COVID restrictions the cross country season in 2020 was cancelled.
BASEBALL Record: 16-15 overall, 12-4 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Three Vikings earned First Team All-Conference honors: Ross Beumer (Northfield, Minn), Dallas McBroom (Elysian, Minn.) and Logan Nissen (Olivia, Minn.). Honorable Mention honors went to Alec Gratz (North Mankato, Minn.) and Brody Curtiss (Belle Plaine, Minn.) Beumer was also an All-Region selection.
MEN'S BASKETBALL Record: 6-4 overall, 4-3 UMAC (Conference Only Schedule in 2021) Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) was named First Team All-Conference and Hunter Nielsen (New Prague, Minn.) earned Honorable Mention. Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) was also named Honorable Mention and earned a spot on the All-Defensive team.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UMAC Champions (Conference Only Schedule in 2021) Record: 9-1 overall, 6-1 UMAC The Bethany women's basketball team claimed the second-consecutive regular season Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) championship, and also won its third-straight UMAC Tournament Championship in 2021. This means the Vikings qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year, though unfortunately, those championships were cancelled. Hanna Geistfeld (Truman, Minn.) was named First Team All-Conference and was the UMAC MVP. Abby Olson (Montevideo, Minn.) was also a First Team All-Conference 24
Selection. Sara Kottke (Buffalo Lake, Minn.) was named UMAC Rookie of the Year and was Honorable Mention Hanna Geistfeld Sara Kottke All-Conference. Geistfeld became the program's first All American in the Division III era as she was named Second Team All American by D3hoops.com.
MEN'S GOLF Third place at the UMAC Championships Gabe Stoesz (Waseca, Minn.) was named First Team All-Conference. This marks the third straight season a Viking golfer has been named All-Conference.
WOMEN'S GOLF Sixth place at the UMAC Championships Hayley Thompson (Victoria, Minn.) was named First Team All-Conference. This marks the fifth straight season a Viking golfer has been named All-Conference.
MEN'S SOCCER Record: 7-2 overall, 6-1 UMAC (Conference Only Schedule in 2021) Max Busch (Odenthal, Germany) was named the UMAC MVP and head coach Derek Lyngholm was named UMAC Coach of the Year. Busch also
