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Summer cash High hopes for Super Tuesday in a dash Political analysts are disappointed with previous caucuses LINDSAY PETERSON

staff writer Minnesota State University, Mankato students should spruce up and grab their resumes on Wednesday in order to keep their gears grinding this summer.

More than 60 employers will be attending the Summer Job Fair Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom, and they are eager to meet with students looking for summer jobs.

There will be a variety of jobs presented for all majors and interests for students to jump start their careers and build their resumes with summer jobs, parttime employment and internships.

Some examples of registrants include YMCA, LEEP, Valleyfair, National Parks, AmeriCorps, Mankato Golf Club, and multiple camps throughout Minnesota as well as resorts, and recreation agencies, health care and early childhood development organizations, food service and retail/production businesses.

With more participants than past years, the fair is expected to bring opportunities that would be shameful to miss out on.

Students will be able to wander the ballroom, speak one-onone with employers and hand out their resumes.

It is suggested to dress professionally and come prepared to meet potential future employers because often times speaking with them is a form of an interview.

“I’m hoping to find hands-on experience to be sure I would like a career in the nutrition field,” said dietetics major Brianna McLaughlin.

Just by attending the fair students can win gift certificates, t-shirts and sweatshirts. Pop and popcorn will also be provided for those who attend.

“It is a great opportunity that is easy to access and completely worth just taking a quick peak,” said recreation, parks and leisure services major Angela Kukowski.

This event is sponsored by the recreations, parks and leisure services department and is free for all MSU students.

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staff writer Super Tuesday, as it’s known in the political world, will be the Caucus Day for Colorado and Minnesota.

As caucuses continue to dominate political news, many bloggers are disappointed with the progress and results of the caucuses thus far. Disappointment was found with Nevada officials who hand-counted the ballots and, instead of releasing information through the press, wanted to release the results via Twitter. Voters criticize the effectiveness of releasing information in this manner.

Chuck Muth, a former Nevada GOP executive director, wrote on his blog, “You can say this about Nevada Republicans: they are consistent. They never blow an opportunity to blow an opportunity. And hoo-ahhh…did they ever blow this one!”

The process of counting ballots in Nevada did not help the

fact that Iowa had reported the wrong winner one month earlier. Many people are upset and implying fraud with the officials and GOP system.

With the upset of how the caucus has been handled, many people look forward to Minnesota and Colorado to learn from the mistakes of the previous caucuses.

In 2008, although Mitt Romney won the delegation votes for Minnesota and a high chance of winning is predicted. Minnesota is still seen as fair game for all candidates.

While Nevada was still casting and counting its votes, Ron Paul made an appearance in Arden Hills Saturday to rally up supporters prior to the Minnesota Caucus.

While Rick Santorum won delegations in Iowa, Newt Gringrich won delegations in South Carolina, and Romney currently leads by winning delegations in New Hampshire, Florida, and

Nevada. Romney is currently leading in support but many candidates are looking towards the middle and southern states, starting with Minnesota and Colorado, for further confirmation or rejection of his perceived support.

“Our goal is to get to Super Tuesday, where we’re in much more favorable territory,” said

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Out of the doghouse and into reader’s hands An uncommon underdog stor y

KYLE RATKE

editor in chief Some college students have trouble reading a book for a class. It’s too much work, too long and difficult to focus.

If you think reading book is difficult, try writing one while still being a full-time student.

It isn’t easy. Just ask James Clayton.

Clayton is a 25-year-old student at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He’s had a less than ideal ride to where he is now, and in a way, that’s exactly why he decided to start writing “Underdog’s Way to Success” in October of 2009. While that was more than two years ago, Clayton’s vision and dream for the book is finally complete. As is a publishing deal.

The book is 109 pages and is about life and how to come out of it proud of what you’ve done. Clayton is just starting his journey.

“My goal for the project is

to touch a couple of lives, no matter what a person is going through,” Clayton said. “We all have a different story.”

Clayton graduated high school in the spring of 2005 and didn’t attend college right away.

He wanted to be an entrepreneur, and he didn’t think college would help him or maybe that he simply would do fine without it.

He began working at a bank in the summer of 2005 and was working 11 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. five days a week. Not great hours for an 18-year-old kid right out of high school. He then became a bank teller for a year, but enough was enough for Clayton. This isn’t what he wanted. During his lunch breaks, he would check out colleges online, and MSU happened to be at the top of his list.

“I would look at college campuses,” Clayton said. “I was like, ‘man, I want to be a kid and be young.’ I didn’t want

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• web photo James Clayton , a 25-year-old MSU student, has recently published his own novel, “Underdog’s Way to Success.”

to work like I was 45 years old. I also thought that I could network with people in college.”

Things didn’t turn around right away for Clayton, though.

After getting accepted into MSU, things hit rock bottom.

Clayton couldn’t find a job anywhere. He soon realized he had no money and no place to live in the fall of 2009.

“I thought to myself ‘why aren’t my parents rich?’ and made excuses for myself,” Clayton said. “I was really down on things and not being able to get a job. I was second guessing whether or not I should even be attending school again if I can’t even eat properly.”

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College of Business reforms curriculum to remain competitive MEGAN KADLEC

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While some degrees like History or Gender and Women Studies are straightforward and based on facts, other degrees like Business and Marketing are highly affected by the ever-changing world economic systems.

Students in the College of Business at Minnesota State University, Mankato need to be able to apply the knowledge they are learning to real-word situations, and with two new programs that give students these opportunities.

“The College has been looking at redesigning the curriculum for roughly two years now.

Last year, we came up with the general concept and started to refine it,” said finance chair Joseph Reising. “By the end of the year, we had the idea that we wanted to run it and we spent the fall working out the kinks and getting all the parts moving together.”

The Integrated Business Experience is a program designed to teach students the practical knowledge they need to learn to run their own business.

The 12-credit program is a

combination of three required core classes and a three-credit practicum. The classes are business finance, principles of management and productions and operations management.

“It’s what we call the practicum,” Reising said. “It’s where the students are going to develop, finance and run a business.”

Because the program is composed of four distinct classes, the students all have different instructors as well.

“Instead of just having them take the [classes] at various times whenever it fits into the schedule, we’re coordinating the

times of these particular sections,” Reising said.

He said that he did not work with the students for the first few weeks of class because they need to focus more on ideas and teamwork than finance concerns.

“After the first day, I didn’t teach for a few weeks because they didn’t need to know finance for the first couple of weeks of what they were doing,” Reising said. “They needed to develop teamwork, work on communications, work on their management.”

Reising said that the students do need to understand finances,

just not right away. “Finance comes in somewhat later weeks.

We have a large focus on that because they need to develop those skills for their business plan, to get financing,” Reising said.

While the curriculum for the required courses have not changed, the order in which the material is being presented has been moved around in order to fit the needs of the students at any given time during their experience.

“We don’t change the content of the classes much, but we design when we teach. We do some reorientation of things as

well to help the students,” Reising said.

While students of all majors are allowed to apply for the program, it is often difficult for these students to sign up for all 12 credits in one semester, as the program requires.

This is the first semester the program is being offered and applications for Fall 2012 are currently being accepted through April 10.

The other program is the Maverick Student Investment Fund. The eight students currently enrolled in the three-

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Gringrich. “We believe that by the time Texas is over, we’ll be very, very competitive in delegate count.”

Also looking towards the mid-western and southern states is Rick Santorum. Many political critics claim that Romney, who has a religious affiliation with the Mormon population of Nevada, has a clear advantage in the state. Santorum said, “Now we’re getting into states where people don’t have the natural advantage.”

The hot topics addressed by candidates are criticisms directed towards the Affordable Health Care Act, the unemployment rate and the value of the U.S. dollar, as it compares to other currencies.

“A major issue Republicans will be focusing on this year is cutting taxes,” said Goodhue County Republican Party Chair Teresa Whitson. “Taxes and spending have been issues both at the state and federal level.”

The local Republican caucus will be held at Mankato East High School at 7 p.m.; further information can be found at http:// caucusfinder.sos.state.mn.us.

The Democratic caucus will be held at Minnesota State University, Mankato in Armstrong Hall the same day. While the Democratic presidential candidate has essentially been chosen already, the caucus will serve as a meeting ground for any Democrats who would like to become more involved with the political party in the future.

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assistant news editor Did you know Mankato offers a bus service from Mankato to Rochester?

The new bus service took effect about two months ago.

The company, Land to Air Express, based in Mankato is owned by Jefferson Lines, which was the first company to take on the initiative. Land to Air Express operates independently of Jefferson Lines.

The new routes provide a daily service from Mankato to Rochester. Sister connections en route include, New Ulm, Owatonna, Albert Lea, and Austin. Connections to other towns are made at stops, Owatonna and Albert Lea onto Jefferson Lines company busses.

“The route is an important part of our plans to expand our transportation network in Minnesota,” Land to Air Express manager Jason Mekalson said.

The company received its name from the service provided between Mankato

and the Twin Cities airport.

Jefferson Lines is a company based in Minneapolis.

A one-way fair between Rochester and Mankato will cost a student a total of $35.

There is little increase in price from when Jefferson Lines used to take that service over.

This service is a great way to utilize the services campus provides. Many college students don’t have cars at Mankato and may need a ride to a part of Minnesota whether it may be to visit a parent, relative or friend.

This service helps you to do so in a manner of which you might have not been able to without a car.

The combined companies, Jefferson Lines and Land to Air Express depot in Rochester is at University Village Inn, 116 Fifth St. S. W. If you would like to take this bus service, or would like more information on the bus service, route times or prices, call 1-888-736-9190.

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CLAYTON “Success doesn’t mean having $1 million. Success is doing something you want to, and you think you need to do.”

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credit class are in charge of managing $250,000 of the University’s money.

Taught by John Hylle, the portfolio manager for federated insurance, the class gives students knowledge about stock and industry analysis. The students review investment topics and present recommendations to finance professionals.

“It is challenging. There is a fair amount of responsibility.

You’re expected to go out and talk to people,” Reising said.

“Obviously, you’re using University money, so you need to report back to school officials.”

Students who are enrolled in the class will offer a body of work to show potential employers, the potential for industry contacts and give the students applied investment experience.

Student investment funds can be founded at universities across the country. While some universities offer the class as part of a Master’s degree, others, like MSU, offer the course to undergraduates.

Both the practicum course aspect of the Integrated Business Experience and the Maverick Investment Fund course are counted as electives in the College of Business program guide.

While both programs are difficult and time-consuming, they offer students a variety of benefits that should ultimately give them a leg up on the competition when they graduate from MSU.

That’s why Clayton decided to write his book. There had to be others like him, right?

Had Clayton actually hit rock bottom or was it simply in his head? Most college students can relate to exactly what Clayton was going through, and although it didn’t look promising for Clayton at the time, he’s now an author of a book. While he’s no Edgar Allan Poe quite yet, it is certainly an accomplishment.

“I was going through a difficult time,” Clayton said.

“Everything was closing in on me, but I realized I wasn’t the only one. I saw others that had to go through trials and tribulations… I might have been going

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through a difficult time, and people may not seen my vision, but they will after reading the book.”

Clayton received help from adjunct professor David Clisbee. Clisbee teaches college courses at MSU and at Rasmussen College.

“I mostly did grammar, punctuation and helped with the flow,” Clisbee said. “He worked a lot on revising… The fact that he’s a young 20-something deciding to not only going about writing a full manuscript and then taking the steps to publish it himself, that shows tremendous initiative… That’s something I would consider relatively uncommon.”

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Uncommon. That’s a word Clayton is certainly familiar with, as his ride to where he’s at now has certainly been different, and still not over.

“I expect people to gain from it, kind of like what they already know, they may not have thought of information,” Clayton said. “Success doesn’t mean

having $1 million. Success is doing something you want to, and think you need to do.”

Clayton will be speaking at various colleges during the next few months. His book is available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.

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Blame it on Pitchfork.

One day, not too long ago, the division between the haughty independent scene and the vapid world of dancefloor pop was miles wide. If you listened to At the Drive-In, you would never even touch a Britney Spears record without doing so out of irony or derision.

But something changed.

Slowly, the underground rock press started to find an appreciation for the glitzy production values and lyrical simplicity of pop music. Maybe it was the gradual transition from industrial grind, or from hip-hop, or the commercialization of once sacredly secretive counter-cultural acts. Whatever the reason, critics that once made fun of the bubblegum pop world started to admit joy at listening to “Toxic” and “Ignition” and “Umbrella.”

It was only a matter of time until the process worked in reverse. Until someone caught on to the idea that instead of bloggers absorbing mainstream pop they could make a pop star just for them, marketed to the indie scene with all the sensibilities of a megastar pop singer.

Suddenly, the controversy surrounding Lana Del Rey has become clear.

After months of debate and speculation, Del Rey’s debut album, Born to Die, has finally arrived, and, surprisingly, it answers all our questions. The truth is, it’s never been about the singer’s looks or her admittedly dreadful stage performances, at least not consciously.

It turns out, people were rebelling against the notion that someone might take advantage of a cynical generation’s newfound, unironic appreciation of pop. We had finally come to terms with our pretensions and started to shed them and call a truce with Lady Gaga and Beyonce and Rhianna, when suddenly the labels tried to infiltrate this new sales market from within.

Like white blood cells attacking an unknown substance it assumes is a virus, bloggers turned on Lana Del Rey. Read a comment thread on her SNL performance, and it’s rarely about her songwriting or her voice, but more about her appearance and the speculation that she might be an industry puppet, a product of her rich father designed to make money.

The only logical explanation for this kind of angry diatribe, for the outrage over the sort of

complaints anyone could level against singers like Katy Perry but critics rarely mention, is that it’s an attack on marketing. It has nothing to do with music; if Lana Del Rey got play on Top 40 radio before she hit the blogs, she might have been able to straddle the line.

But because “Video Games” made its way through the indie scene and The Current, the backlash has been vitriolic and, ultimately, unwarranted.

Honestly? Born to Die is surprisingly enjoyable, if you accept it as a pop album.

It’s lyrically void, but no more so than anything by any of the world’s best-selling singers. “Come on take a walk on the wild side/Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain/ You like your girls insane,” she coos on the album’s title track. It’s not poetry, but it’s not unacceptable.

What makes the album work is its production. The strings that open “Born to Die” are straight out of The Arcade Fire’s “Empty Room.” Industrial beats litter every song and give the tracks an air of sadness that still retains dance-ability.

Vocally, Del Rey is like a love-sick Fiona Apple; occasionally she waivers in a brokenhearted sort of way (“Video Games”), sometimes she takes on a straight-singing pop star tone (“Diet Mountain Dew,” “Off to the Races”), and still other times she seems to float above it all as if lost in thought.

Songs about eternal love, getting money, and clubbing might seem an odd fit for the music’s wistful tone, but the juxtaposition gives Del Rey a flavor, a unique style that sets her apart for anyone willing to give her even the begrudging notion of individual talent.

Each song has treasures to explore; the lovely melody of “Radio” is uplifting and catchy (the odd use of profanity and pronunciation of “vitamin” notwithstanding), while “Million Dollar Man” has a classic nightclub sorrow that’s very fetching.

But any pleasure derived from Born to Die requires the listener to let go of the notion that Del Rey is a self-made singer-songwriter, or that she’s some label mannequin, or that she’s some millionaire’s daughter. Forget where she came from or what she represents.

You have to extend the same benefit of the doubt to Lana Del Rey that you might extend to Gaga, to Spears, to R. Kelly, and listen to the songs for what they are: Beauty in a shiny package, sadness on the dance floor, pop creation filtered through indie sincerity.

Because it was inevitable that Lana Del Rey would come into this world. Let’s not act so surprised that she’s here and finally let that last grip of ironic cynicism slip away.

ALEXANDER RYAN ROUNDTREE

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L

ana Del Rey’s 2011 was a busy one, becoming a word-of-mouth phenomenon among websites and bloggers alike. There was criticism and praise along with panning of performances and anticipation for the release of her debut album. What was thought about Lana Del Rey (born Lizzy Grant) throughout 2011, whether it was negative or optimistic was focused on something else more important last week: the music.

With the release of her major debut album titled Born to Die critics had to focus on the album, not the botched Saturday Night Live performance and most certainly not rumors of possible cosmetic surgery.

It seems that image and perception has always played a huge part, not just in Lana Del Rey’s career but many others, if not every artist’s career. However, she is a singer, so we’ll take a step back from perception for a second to examine what she does for a living; sing.

On Born to Die, Lana Del Rey has chosen to be backed by soft strings and sweeping instrumentation that is perfect for her voice, which whispers and quietly croons listeners into her hypnotizing world.

The track “Dark Paradise” possesses an enthralling build, complete with subtle piano and invigorating charm.

She then puts the song into overdrive by delivering slick lines such as “There’s no remedy for memory of faces like a melody.”

The song “Summertime Sadness” crawls with a desperado guitar and elegant march giving the effect of subtlety and mesmerizing converging.

“National Anthem” finds the singer moving into a blend of signature sound and hitting a place where pop music lives, singing “Tell me I’m your national anthem.”

The excellent “Off to the Races” boasts hip-hop drums, with backing effects that are intriguing and well placed. The song is something that is winding and twisting, taking you on a journey through its seductive path. The songs on Born to Die are interesting and great. Though, similar in sound,

they contain the components that make the album as a whole, something that is fitting for an enticing listen.

The standout track on the album is an auto-biographical testament titled “This is What Makes Us Girls.” Floating effortlessly over the lush background placement, it is a drawing song that pours sentiment that is equally catchy as it is glorious and celebrated. “Remember how we used to party up all night, sneaking out looking for a taste of real life?” she sings earnestly. The chorus is most telling in the songs statement with the lines “This is what makes us girls; we don’t stick together cause we put love first.” On the refrain she explains what makes us girls is that “we all look for heaven and we put love first, something that we die for it’s a curse. Don’t cry about it.”

The album’s other undeniable standout is the previously released “Video Games.” Much like a lot of the album’s material that features string accompaniment, “Video Games” sticks with the listener long after the album has finished playing.

There is something that is innocent and knowing about the track that was the first introduction to Lana Del Rey, for many.

Lana Del Rey is an illustration for how we perceive individuals around us. Most times, we find that what is rumored or criticized is either false, or, possibly, what makes the piece so interesting to begin with. Is Lana Del Rey the best singer to ever live? That is up to the listener and their perception of the music at hand. Throughout criticism or praise one thing remains clear at the end of the day. The music is either good, or it sucks. It plays and you can listen to it, or you can’t. Born to Die is a debut album by a relatively new singer that is both good and playable. Still, many might come to the conclusion that Lana Del Rey is hype, untalented or un-relatable. The first words uttered on Born to Die from the title track are “feet don’t fail me now, take me to the finish line.” Who can’t relate to that?

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MSU Women’s Hockey: The Mavericks were swept by the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers in Madison over the weekend, falling 5-2 Friday and 6-0 Sunday.

Forwards Lauren Smith and Nicole Germaine each had a goal on Friday.

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Maverick offense, Cook end Friday blues The junior goalie turned away a season-high 43 shots on Friday.

JOEY DENTON

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This past weekend the Minnesota State, Mankato men’s hockey team finally got over the Friday hump, winning its first Friday game in the second half of the season by defeating the Michigan Tech Huskies 5-3.

Saturday was a different story.

Friday after the Mavericks jumped out to a 3-0 lead at the end of the first period, the Huskies bounced back and scored three unanswered goals in the second period for a 3-3 tie.

“I think our first periods have been our worst periods all season plus-minus wise, so popping three even-strength goals was huge for us,” Junior goalie Phil Cook said.

In a 3-3 tie at the start of the third, the Mavericks got back the momentum with a slap-shot goal from freshman forward Matt Leitner past Josh Robinson at the 1:16 mark of the period.

Freshmen Zach Palmquist and Jean-Paul Lafontaine were credited with the assists on the power play goal.

Then sophomore forward Johnny McInnis gave the Mavericks a bigger cushion at 5-3, scoring his sixth goal of the season with eight minutes to go in the game.

Cook, in his sixth consecutive start in front of the net, got his fourth win in those starts and stopped a season-high 43 shots.

The Mavericks won their

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first Friday game of 2012, ending a drought dating back to early December in a 4-2 win over Alabama-Huntsville, and Friday’s win wasn’t easy.

“You have to give (Michigan Tech) credit, they came out in the second and put us on our heels,” head coach Troy Jutting said. “I’m pleased the way the kids responded to it though.”

Ever since Christmas, the Mavericks have definitely played their best hockey, but still had trouble getPhil Cook ting in the win column on Fridays. Of their previous four Friday games, the Mavericks had lost by one goal in three of them, including an overtime loss to Nebraska-Omaha.

“It’s nice to get the monkey off our back with the Fridays and score some goals,” Jutting said.

Saturday’s game started great following Friday’s triumph, then quickly turned into a nightmare.

The Mavericks started the game right where they left off, scoring the first goal of the game less than two minutes into the opening period thanks to junior defenseman Evan Mosey’s goal.

From then on it was all

Michigan Tech. The Huskies scored six goals the rest of the first period, including five unanswered goals.

The Mavericks tried coming back after trailing 6-2 at the start of the second period, but the puck never bounced their way, as the final score ended 7-3 in favor of the Huskies.

“They played good and we didn’t. Pretty simple,” Jutting said. “It’s the first period since Christmas where we just did not play, and they did.”

MSU co-captain Tyler Elbrecht agreed.

“They did come out with a better jump in the first period and we didn’t play our game: doing what we needed to do,” the senior defenseman said.

Overall the Mavericks had an opposite weekend than usual, finally getting a win on a Friday, but seemed to “burn out” once Saturday came around.

“We had some good and some bad; we need to understand there’s no twenty minutes off,” Jutting said.

With the split the Mavericks find themselves 10-19-1 overall and 6-15-1 in conference play.

MSU has three series remaining in the regular season, as they make the long trek to Anchorage, Alaska this weekend before wrapping up with two tough series against Minnesota-Duluth and North Dakota.

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MSU senior Tel Todd the last time that the Dragons recorded his 17th win of the would score, as Haynes rounded season at 157-lb., freshman out the win with a 7-1 decision Cody Quinn earned a decisive over Gerad Fugleberg. pin at 165-lb. and sophomore With the win over MoorNate Haynes continued his head, MSU improves to 1-2 in heavyweight dominance at 285- conference play and 3-7 overall. lb. as the Maverick wrestling The team will have a chance to team rolled to a 31-6 win over better its record this week, with in-state rival MSU-Moorhead back-to-back stops at the UniThursday night in Bresnan versity of Mary and Northern Arena.

State on the schedule.

Moorhead senior Corey “We’ve learned a lot over Ulmer opened the match with these last three duals,” said a 7-1 decision win over MSU head coach Jim Makovsky sophomore David Demo. Then following the win. “When MSU senior Brian Reisenauer you compete hard, when you defeated Graelin Garlington compete at a high level, your in an 18-5 decision, sparking strengths and weaknesses come a dominant streak of seven out.” consecutive wins for the MavTheir strengths were cerericks. tainly on display against MoorMSU junior Robby head, as the Mavericks Fisher followed the recorded their most win with a 13-4 lopsided win of the seadecision victory of his son. Still, with only four own, downing Moorduals remaining in the head sophomore Conregular season the team nor MacGregor. won’t have much time to Todd’s tech-fall relish the victory. win over Derek Lee Makovsky, however, Tel Todd continued the trend, remained focused on his before Quinn made team’s recent efforts. quick work of Jacob “It’s about staying Bennet, pinning the Moorhead in the moment,” he said, “Not junior 1:33 in. worrying about the past or the MSU sophomore Brendan future, it’s about getting ready Eichmann continued the streak, today.” winning a 4-2 decision over MSU returns to action at 7 Trent Svode, before MSU fresh- p.m. on Thursday, traveling to man Brandon Pederson downed Aberdeen, South Dakota to take Kody Kalkbrenner 11-5. on Northern State. The team Moorhead freshman Eric will head to Bismark, North DaLehmann defeated senior Derek kota the following night for a 7 Hahn 2-0, but the win would be p.m. matchup with U-Mary.

Women’s Basketball

MSU sinks No. 25 Vikings in OT, gets mauled by No. 4 Wildcats

TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer

It’s hard to imagine a much more polarizing weekend for the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s basketball team.

The weekend began on Friday with what could end up being MSU’s biggest win of the season, a 98-95 upset of No. 25 Augustana, but completely turning around the following night when the Mavericks suffered an 83-45 blowout loss to No. 4 Wayne State.

While the split will probably help the Mavericks in the big picture, it’s hard to understand what exactly to take away from the weekend after seeing such completely different games.

The biggest surprise was Friday night’s win over Augustana, a team the Mavericks match up

well against, but one that still managed to edge MSU 62-57 back in December.

“We had a really good week of practice and we knew that we played them close last time, so we weren’t intimidated by them,” said MSU head coach Pam Gohl.

The Mavericks got off to a hot start, shooting a blistering 48.6 percent in the first half, while the Vikings struggled from the field while going 0-9 from behind the three-point line.

“From the start of the game we were making our shots and it’s really pretty amazing how, when your shots are going in, you start working a little harder on defense and everything seems to get a little easier,” Gohl said.

The Vikings were able to claw their way back, but the Maver-

icks were able to hold off the run enough to take the game into overtime, with the score knotted up 86-86 at the end of regulation.

After three back-and-forth minutes of overtime, Augustana managed to once again tie the game 95-95 with less than two minutes left.

But after shooting 9 of Jamie Bresnahan 27 from the free-throw line the Saturday before against Upper Iowa, the Mavericks pulled ahead 97-95 with a pair of clutch free throws by freshman Jamie Bresnahan before senior Jennie Noreen stuck in the dagger by adding an-

other with 14 seconds remaining, giving MSU a 98-95 lead that proved enough to ice the game.

“We came up with some clutch free-throw shooting,” Gohl said. “We shot over 80 percent on Friday and that ended up being a key for us.”

But the win was short lived.

After suffering through a 20-3 run midway through the first half, the Mavericks found themselves in a 46-20 halftime hole against the No. 4 team in the country, the Wayne State Wildcats.

“We knew going into the game that the most important thing for us to do would be to score,” Gohl said. “We knew we wouldn’t be able to stop Wayne State every time on defense but we needed to be able to score

against their zone. We knew what we wanted to do but we just couldn’t come through and do it.”

MSU’s offense remained cold throughout most of the second half, and there was little the Mavericks could do to slow down the Wildcats or save themselves from the 83-45 loss that was recorded following the final horn.

But in the big picture, the 38-point loss will ultimately appear as just another “L” on MSU’s final record, while Friday night’s win adds an unexpected “W”.

“I’ve been telling them to just forget about it so we can move on,” Gohl said. “We’ve got bigger things to worry about this weekend.”

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