(ST. NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS) DE PERE – St. Norbert College officially clinched a share of the 2025-26 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season title with a 87-49 triumph over Dominican University in the regular season finale at Mulva Family Fitness and Sports Center.
The Green Knights (19-6, 16-2 NACC) won at least a share of their third conference title since joining the NACC in 2021. It is the 12th conference title won under coach Gary Grzesk, having won nine in the Midwest Conference.
St. Norbert opened on a 10-0 run early in the first half, with Cole Uhlenbrauck scoring eight points on his first three shot attempts. Uhlenbrauck and Connor Pytleski continued to be lethal from beyond the arc as the Green Knights led 31-14 with 6:35 left in the first half.
The Green Knights went on to hold a 44-23 lead at halftime, with Will Stuckey scoring two free throws after being fouled just before the buzzer.
The Stars cut the lead to under 20 points early in the second half before the Green Knights went on a run to extend their lead to over thirty points. Stuckey, Uhlenbrauck and Pytleski led the run thanks to more excellent shooting from beyond the arc.
In total, St. Norbert shot 40.6 percent from three, draining 13 of 32 shots. Uhlenbrauck led with 17 points and seven rebounds, making five 3-pointers on eight attempts. Pytleski also had 17 points while Stuckey had 15. Cam Lathos had eight points off the bench while Maddox Cornette had seven in the four minutes.
The Green Knights shot 47.1 percent from the floor overall (32-for-68).
Dominican shot 35.3 percent from the floor (18-for-51). Braydon Murphy led the Stars with 13 points.
The Green Knights will open the NACC Tournament as the two seed, hosting Rockford University next Tuesday at 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
DE PERE – St. Norbert College capped off its regular season with a 76-58 victory over Dominican University in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game at Mulva Family Fitness and Sports Center.
The Green Knights (16-7, 14-2 NACC) took place of the second seed for the upcoming NACC Tournament and will host Concordia University Wisconsin in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday.
The two teams tussled for the lead in the first quarter until a 3-pointer from Reese Sellers (pictured) gave St. Norbert its first taste of breathing room. Four points in a big afternoon from Taylor Thiry in the final minute of the opening quarter made it 23-13. The Stars were able to close the lead to 23-18 at the beginning of the second quarter before a 8-2 run from the Green Knights made it 35-22. Dominican cut the lead down to 39-30 at halftime.
Rose Hahn, Thiry and Olivia Conway all made early buckets in the third quarter to lead 48-34. The Green Knights led by as many as 23 in the fourth quarter, with 11 Green Knights finding their name on the scoresheet by the end of the game.
St. Norbert shot 57.1 percent from the floor (32-for-56). Thiry had 25 points to take sole possession of fourth place with 1,322 career points. Kalina Winslow had nine points while Reese Sellers had eight points off the bench. Hahn and Conway had seven points.
Dominican shot 38.2 percent from the floor (21-for-55). Kennedy Yost led the Stars with 16 points.
MEN’S HOCKEY
DE PERE – St. Norbert College extended its unbeaten streak in the quarterfinal round of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Playoffs to 50 following an 8-1 rout of Concordia University Wisconsin in the second game of a Harris Cup Playoffs series at Cornerstone Community Center.
The Green Knights (19-6-2), ranked No. 5 in the USCHO.com Division III Poll, have now won 25 consecutive NCHA Playoffs quarterfinal series, going 49-0-1 in those games. Including some years where it received a bye out of the quarterfinals, St. Norbert has claimed each quarterfinal series it has played in since the 1995-96 season. St. Norbert will face Trine University in a Harris Cup Playoffs semifinal game at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at Cornerstone Community Center.
St. Norbert had just five shots on goal in the first period but cashed in at the pay window in taking a 2-0 lead after the opening 20 minutes. Calvin Hanson’s rocket from the right circle after a crisp feed from Jack Christen was good for a power-play goal at 11:25. Logan Dombrowsky’s deke from the crease was good for a 2-0 lead at 16:46.
Ethan Byrne (pictured) gave St. Norbert a 3-0 lead when he scored at 6:23 of the second period. Concordia would get its only goal at 7:04 when Connor Van Weelie scored to cut its deficit to 3-1. St. Norbert then exerted heavy pressure for the rest of the second period, resulting in power-play goals from Byrne at 11:31 and Braden Lindstom at 12:21. The Green Knights carried a 5-1 lead into second intermission. St. Norbert outshot Concordia 22-10 in the second period.
St. Norbert pulled away with three third-period goals. Christen scored at 7:29, followed by Gustav Portillo at 17:28. Ryan Gingher closed out the scoring with a power-play goal at 18:56.
Byrne had two goals and one assist for three points, while Dombrowsky had one goal and two assists for three points. Hanson, Christen and Lindstrom each had one goal and one assist for two points. Landon Fleming, Braydon Beahm and T.J. Koufis all had two assists apiece.
St. Norbert outshot Concordia 43-19. Hunter Garvey made 18 saves for the Green Knights.
The Green Knights were 4-for-8 on the power play, while Concordia was 0-for-3.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
DE PERE – St. Norbert College skated past Milwaukee School of Engineering 4-0 in the second game of a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Slaats Cup Quarterfinal at Resch Olympic Pavilion.
The Green Knights (17-8-2) won their sixth consecutive shutout in the second game of the quarterfinal round to sweep MSOE, having defeated the Raiders 2-0 in the first game on Friday.
Tristan Wicklund scored the opener at 5:39 in the first period off Emily Bill and Sydney Zurawick helpers to take an early 1-0 lead. Annalee Holzer doubled the advantage shortly after at 13:42 as the Green Knights started to roll. Hannah Grabinowski scored on a power play in the third period to make it 3-0 at 3:07 in the second period. Anna Rausch (pictured) completed a dominant performance with a goal at 13:14 as the Green Knights advanced to the Slaats Cup semifinals.
Wicklund finished the afternoon with one goal and two assists for three points while Claire Healy had two assists for two points. Emily Bill, Grace Wittkopf and Ava Anick all had one assist for one point.
St. Norbert outshot the Raiders 31-17. Keira Markell made 17 saves for St. Norbert while Jenna Kent made 27 stops for MSOE.
The Green Knights were 1-for-2 on the power play while MSOE went 0-for-2.
St. Norbert will face Concordia University Wisconsin next Saturday at 7 p.m. in a Slaats Cup semifinal in Mequon.
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