St. Ben's Volleyball

St. John's linebacker Maze Thompson of Shoreview is this week's MIAC Defensive Player of the Week. The Saint John's football team came from behind Saturday to beat Gustavus, 31-17, as the Johnnie defense allowed only a single field goal after halftime. Thompson finished 12 total tackles - nine solo - which led the Johnnies in Saturday's win over the Gusties.

College Volleyball: St. Ben's 3, Bethel 1 (Sophie Stangl had 19 kills and Lexi Alm had 17 kills for the Blazers. St. Ben's improves to 25-4 overall and 9-1 in the MIAC. St. Ben's wraps up the #2 seed for the upcoming MIAC tournament. The Blazers close the regular season at Concordia-Moorhead Saturday at 3pm)

The St. Cloud State wrestling team is ranked #2 in the first Division II Wrestling Coaches Association poll. The Huskies were runner-up for 2 consecutive seasons at Division II and finished the 2011-2012 season with a perfect 21-0 dual meet record. The SCSU wrestling team returns 4 NCAA All-Americans, Andy Pokorny, Jake Kahnke, Shamus O'Grady, and Jacob D. Horn.

#6 Minnesota-Duluth 3, St. Cloud State 1 (Dani Donmeier had 14 kills and Rachel Burke had 13 kills for the Huskies. SCSU is 6-14 overall and 2-10 in the NSIC) St. Ben's 3, St. Scholastica 0 (Lexi Alm had 14 kills and Sophie Stangl had 11 kills for the Blazers. St. Ben's is 22-4 overall)

College Volleyball: St. Ben's 3, St. Catherine 0 (Lexi Alm had 13 kills and Alexa Rinde had 10 kills for the Blazers. St. Ben's is 17-4 overall and 6-1 in the MIAC) Men's College Soccer: St. John's 5, Bethel 0 (Ian Scudder had 3 goals and Michael Coborn had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Johnnies. St. John's is 6-5-2 overall)

Women's Soccer: St. Ben's 3, St. Thomas 1 (Alyssa Hoffman scored 2 goals for the Blazers. Kaitlyn Lauer scored a goal for St. Ben's. Megan Favorite had 3 saves for the Blazers. St. Ben's is 4-4-2 overall)

St. Ben's Volleyball downed UW-Superior 3 games to none Tuesday night. Sophie Stangl had 9 kills for the Blazers and both Lexi Alm and Kendra Coleman had 7 kills apiece. St. Ben's is 13-4 overall.

St. Ben's volleyball won all 3 games from Hamline and win the match 3 games to none Wednesday night. Sophie Stangl had 13 kills for the Blazers and Lexi Alm added 10. St. Ben's is 12-3 overall and 2-0 in the MIAC. The Blazers play at rival St. Thomas at 3pm Saturday.

The St. Ben's volleyball team defeated Augsburg 3 games to 2 in their MIAC opener Wednesday night. Lexi Alm had 19 kills and Sophie Stangl had 14 kills for the Blazers. St. Ben's is 7-3 overall and 1-0 in the MIAC. The Blazers play at the Simpson Invite in Indianola, Iowa Friday and Saturday.

The St. Ben's volleyball suffered their first loss of the season falling 3 games to none to Northwestern College on Wednesday night. Alexa Rinde had 13 kills to lead the Blazers. St. Ben's falls to 4-1 on the season.