The NCAA announced that 10 Minnesota State track and field athletes will be participating in the NCAA Division II indoor championships in Albuquerque, N.M.
The women will be sending senior Brittany Henderson, who will be participating in the 60 and 200-meter dash events for the third straight season.
Seniors Kelsey Leonard and Whitney Kroschel will be competing in the 400-yard dash and the pole vault event respectively.
Junior Lauren Stelten will also be competing in the pole vault event.
The men are led by senior Denise Mokaya, who qualified for the 800-meter run. This is the third year in a row he has qualified for this event.
Sophomore Dan Novak took second last year pole vaulting, and will look to build on that this year.
MSU is also sending its distance medley team, which includes seniors Jonathan Stoltman, Sam Lance, freshman Eric Anenson and Mokaya.
Junior Nicholas Ramber will be the alternate for the squad.
Baseball
On Tuesday, the MSU men's baseball team swept the Bemidji State Beavers in a two-game set at the Metrodome.
The Mavericks defeated the Beavers 6-0 in the first game and won 3-1 in the second behind a strong showing from sophomore right-handed pitcher Blake Schwartz.
Schwartz pitched a one-hitter with the only hit coming in the sixth inning to Dan Bennett.
It took Schwartz (2-0) 73 pitches to get through seven innings of work.
The Mavericks have five batters hitting over .350, including Josh Simon, Zach Rowles, Ben Kincaid, Pat Dockendorf and Aaron Berner.
MSU shortstop Kosuke Hattori was named NSIC Player of the Week, going 6 for 7 in the two wins over UW-Parkside last week. He had two doubles and two triples.
The Mavericks lost both games to the Beavers on Wednesday and are 6-3 in non-conference play this season.
They will travel to Florida on Sunday and are scheduled to play a total of nine games.
Men's Tennis
The MSU men's tennis team lost to Montana State Billings on Tuesday evening, 5-4.
The Mavericks opened with a pair of wins as doubles partners Chris Webber and Marco Vazquez earned a 9-7 win.
The Mavericks also won the No. 2 flight as freshmen Mitch Barr and Cole Jensen earned an 8-3 win.
In singles play, Billings won at the No. 1 and No. 6 flight, while the Mavericks won the No. 3 flight.
The Mavericks (1-3) will travel to Florida on Sunday to open up a five-match swing.
Handball
The MSU handball club won the U.S. Handball Associations DII National Championship, which was held Feb. 24-28.
There were nine men and two women that combined for 937 points, winning the title for the Mavericks.
This is only the third year the club has existed at MSU.
The two individual national champions were Rebecca Cole and Joe Nordahl.
The team is coached by Mike Wells, Lee Cornell and John Stoffel.
There will be more coverage on the handball team after the week of spring break.
Academics
There were 15 MSU athletes that were named Myles Brand All-Academic Distinction award-winners.
These are students with a grade point average of 3.75 or higher, have exhausted their eligibility and are on track to graduate.
The list includes: Tegan Bakke (tennis), Lindsay Broughten (cross country), Natalie Bullis (soccer), Paige Burke (tennis), Lauren Butters (tennis), Jonathon Herzog (golf), Carly Hiedeman (tennis), Jenny Hoese (cross country), Whitney Kroschel (cross country), Ally Kwikkel (volleyball), Courtney Magnuson (soccer), Gina Paletta (soccer, Michael Robinson (football), Ashton Schuster (tennis) and Liz Trauger (women's basketball).
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