Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID

COLLEGE TRACK

AND FIELD

Jemimah Habben continued her impressive start to the season by breaking the Martin Luther College school record in the 5K on Friday evening. Habben finished with a time of 18:54.17 that put her in 20th out of 35 runners that included student-athletes from DI and DII schools. The freshman surpassed Emilee Koltz’s time of 19:19.02 set in 2014. Additionally, Habben also claimed third in the 800 meter (2:28.57).

Habben previously broke the school record in last week’s meet in the mile run (5:26.84).

Other top finishes for the Knights women came from Naomi Foley in the pole vault, who took eighth with a top distance of 2.45 meters.

MLC had three throwers with top-10 results in the shot put as Elise Nolte took fifth (11.05 meters), Madelinn Romsdahl sixth (10.96 meters), and Ella Schlei ninth (10.43 meters). Romsdahl also place seventh in the weight throw with a mark of 12.08 meters.

Maya Habben came in ninth out of 17 runners in the 1000 meter run after clocking in at 3:26.05.

For the MLC men, Freshman Arthur Robinson had a busy day and finished the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.22 seconds that gave him sixth in the event. Robinson also recorded a jump of 6.46 meters in the long jump, earning him second and had one more top-10 result in the 200 meter (23.36 seconds, seventh place). Stephen Wietzke had the fastest time in the 200-meter run (23.00 seconds, fourth place).

Samuel Plocher came in a third-place tie in the high jump (1.80 meters), while Jeremiah Stanton took fourth in the triple jump (12.52 meters).

The 400-meter run saw two MLC runners finish in the top-five with Daniel Ertman (53.14 seconds, third place) and Micah Schibbelhut (53.24 seconds, fourth place) being the Knights’ representatives for the middle distance race.

Robert Perry finished in the top-10 in the shot put, coming in sixth with a top throw of 13.30 meters.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

MLC 82, Northland 66

NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College men’s basketball team had no trouble in their Saturday afternoon home contest with Northland College, taking down the Lumberjacks 82-66.

MLC had great success getting into the lane off of pick-and-rolls and the Knights’ backcourt put a lot of pressure on Northland’s defense as the MLC guards made sound decisions with the ball in the halfcourt offense. As a result, the Knights coasted to a 46-27 lead into the second half with firm control of the game.

However, Northland picked up their intensity in the second half and cut their deficit to 12 (67-55) at the 7:05 mark. Despite that, the Knights never felt as if they’d relinquish the lead and topped the Lumberjacks for the double-digit conference victory.

Adam Loberger caught fire in the second half, scoring his four 3-pointers and 19 of a game-high 24 points in the half. Thomas Balge (14 points), Benjamin Pearson (13 points), Benjamin Vasold (12 points) all shot 50 percent from the field to give MLC a favorable advantage. Vasold also the team with four assists and three steals.

MLC scored 25 points off of Northland miscues and shot over 45 percent from the field as a team.

The Knights go to 5-10 overall, 2-4 in the UMAC, and head to Maranatha Baptist on Monday, January 27, for a 6 p.m. start.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MLC 74, Northland 36

NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College women’s basketball team cruised to a 74-36 victory over Northland College on Saturday in front of a good size crowd on Parents’ Day.

The Knights bounced back from their road loss on Wednesday to Bethany and had complete control of the game in the first half, going up 44-16 at the break. MLC managed to get all 16 players some playing time on the court in this one and brought in some reserves in the first half even.

MLC earned a few of season highs as a team in today’s win, including rebounds (54), steals (24), and made free throws (14). The Knights forced 30 total turnovers and scored 36 points off of them. Emma Dorn, Lydia Feidt, and Audrey deBoer finished with three steals apiece. Dorn (10 points) and Feidt ( 9 points) were the leading scorers on the Knights’ squad.

MLC improves to 11-5 overall, 5-1 and will travel to Watertown, WI on Monday, January 27, for a 4 p.m. tip off.

MEN’S TENNIS

WINONA — The Martin Luther College men’s tennis team started up another season on Saturday when they traveled to Saint Mary’s for a seven-point match. The Knights hung in there for most of their matches, but the Cardinals edged out MLC 6-1.

MLC picked up a win in the No. 3 doubles match as the tandem of Aidan Mattek and Jonah Uhlenbrauck secured a 6-2 victory. The No. 2 doubles match saw Eli Stern and Isaiah Scharf give a solid effort before falling 4-6 in it.

Matthew Koelpin (4-6, 0-6) and Mattek (3-6, 2-6) kept it somewhat close in their No. 2 and No. 5 singles matches respectively. Freshman Noah Koelpin played his opponent the closest, and won his second set before his opponent topped him in No. 6 singles.

MLC (0-1) will resume action against Crown on Friday, February 14, at 1:30 p.m. The two teams will face off in Owatonna.