Saints Sports Awards 2013: Male Team of the Year Nominees

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***Winner***
  • Won its 16th consecutive UMAC Regular Season Championship and 15th straight Tournament title.
  • Made its eighth straight NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.
  • Won its first two games at a NCAA Regional for the first time in program history.
  • Fell one game shy of its second consecutive NCAA Regional Final appearance.
  • Finished with an overall record of 35-11 and 21-0 in conference play.
  • Finished unbeaten in UMAC play for the first time since the 2006 season.
  • Kyle Flagstad and Kyle Moody were honorable mention All-Americans by D3baseball.com.
  • Had four players named ABCA All-Region.
  • Kyle Flagstad named UMAC Player of the Year and Jake Nystrom named Co-UMAC Pitcher of the Year.
  • Had eight players named First Team All-Conference.
  • Defeated four nationally-ranked teams.
  • Won 29 of its last 32 games.
  • Won its fourth straight UMAC Championship
  • The team won the championship meet with 37 points, its lowest point total since the 2005 championships.
  • Had four runners place in the top seven at the championship meet to earn all-conference accolades.
  • Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the sixth straight year.
  • Placed third at the season-opening Tom Barry Invitational and Martin Luther Invitational.
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  • Qualified at least one individual for the NCAA Skiing Championships for the second straight year.
  • Finished a program-best third at the NCAA Central Region Championships, beating out two scholarship programs.
  • Finished a program-best second at the Conference Championships, beating out three scholarship programs.
  • Was without one of its top returning skiers for much of the season (Paul Schommer).
  • Finished in the top three as a team in all but one race this season.
  • Had eight different skiers score throughout the season (Finish in the team’s top three).
  • Had a First Team All-Conference selection in Jeremy Hecker (a first in program history).
  • Had three All-Region performances.
  • Paul Schommer became the first skier in program history to earn All-Region accolades in both the classic and freestyle discipline in the same season.
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  • Made the NCAA Division III Tournament for the second time in program history.
  • Won its third consecutive UMAC Regular Season title and third Tournament championship in the last four years.
  • Finished with an overall record of 18-5-0 and conference mark of 14-0-0.
  • Finished unbeaten and untied in the league play for the first time since the 2007 season.
  • Led all NCAA Divisions in goals per game (4.13), total goals (95), assists (103) and points (293).
  • Joe Watt led all NCAA Divisions in assists (26) and assists per game (1.13).
  • Andrew Jenkins led NCAA Division III in points (59).
  • Broke Program records for goals (95), assists (103) and points (293) in a season.
  • Andrew Jenkins was named the UMAC Offensive Player of the Year.
  • Had six players selected to the All-Conference First Team.