Three Lady Flames were named to the All-MCAC Women's Volleyball Teams. Veronica Barrientos was named first team All-MCAC, Cara Fleischman was named to the second team and Samantha Sandiland received honorable mention recognition. For the latest news on CSM VB get on Coach Madrid's blog on volleyball at http://flamesvolleyball.blogspot.com/  

  

The All-MCAC Women's Soccer Teams were announced in late November and five college of Saint Mary players were named to this team: Melissa King- Forward and Daniella Padilla-Midfielder were first team selections.  Katie Archibald-Midfielder, Jessie McLaughlin-Defender and Hillary Brown-Defender were second team selections. Check out the most up to date soccer news on Coach Homan's blog http://coachjimhoman.blogspot.com/  

  

Flames BB claimed their first victory of the year by defeating the Bethany Swedes 70-65 on November 25. According to Coach Brewer the team played outstanding defense and did a great job on the offensive boards. Jennifer Perkins pulled down 16 rebounds to lead the defensive effort. On offense Nyahok Duop scored 16 points and Jessica See added 15 points.  

  

Over Thanksgiving weekend the Flames hosted the Thanksgiving Holiday Inn Tournament. Participating teams were Concordia University, Kansas Wesleyan University, and Dakota Wesleyan University. Kansas Wesleyan defeated Dakota Wesleyan 63-57 to win the tournament. The Flames Angela Jones was named to the All Tournament Team. 

  

January 2 through January 8 the basketball team will be in balmy Florida where they will play Northwood University on January 6 and Palm Beach Atlantic on the 7^th. The Flames return home to play Johnson and Wales University out of Denver on January 9. MCAC play begins on January 13. The MCAC race will be wide open. College of the Ozarks was selected as the pre-season favorite by a vote of the coaches. 

  

The Softball team is busy with winter conditioning and drill work. Play is scheduled to begin February 27 & 28 at the Evangel Tournament. The team travels to Tucson, Arizona over spring break, March 5 thru March 12. More to come on FLAME softball! 

  

We would like to invite teams and/or individuals to campus to learn about the FLAMES and the excellent academic opportunities that are available. Please contact Steve Schneider at 402-399-2332 or email at sschneider@csm.edu to make arrangements for a visit.