Justin Hellinga

Dordt Women’s Track And Field Finish 5th At Nationals

Yankton, South Dakota — The Dordt Defender women’s track and field team finished its indoor season with a fifth place finish at the NAIA National Championship hosted in Yankton, South Dakota. The Defenders scored 35 points and the day was highlighted by a pair of runner-up finishes in the 400 meters by Emma Bakker and in the 4×400 by Bakker, Anmarie Stuit, Mika Kooistra and Annika Rick. Read more

MVC Statement On Cancellation Of UNI-Drake Men’s Basketball Game

St. Louis, Missouri — The Missouri Valley Conference has cancelled the third quarterfinal game of the 2021 State Farm MVC Tournament due to a positive COVID-19 test result (and subsequent contract tracing) among the University of Northern Iowa’s Tier I personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, managers and staff. As a result, Drake – UNI’s scheduled opponent — will advance to Saturday’s semifinals and will play the winner of the Missouri State-Valparaiso game, which will be played at 8 p.m. tonight as originally scheduled. Read more

Raider Women Earn At-Large Bid To NAIA Basketball Championship

Kansas City, Missouri — The nervous anticipation is over as the Northwestern College women’s basketball team learned the good news regarding their postseason fate as they were announced as one of the 48 qualifiers for the 2021 NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship Opening Round, presented by Ballogy. Read more

Jenness Ready To Compete At Nationals

Park City, Kansas — Luke Jenness is set to compete at the 2021 NAIA Wrestling National Championships this weekend at the Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan. Action gets underway early Friday morning at 9am with session I; the second session will begin at 5:30pm later in the day with the finals on Saturday. Read more