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In their first showing of the 2010 season, the Carleton College women’s cross country team secured a 15-50 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Superior on a 5.5-kilometer course. The Knights’ Simone Childs-Walker overcame a wrong turn and still won the race.

The Carleton women’s golf team, ranked 25th to open the 2010-11 season, enters the year with high hopes after setting a slew of school records last season and its entire line-up returning. The Knights shattered the previous school scoring record by nearly seven full shots and recorded the best three 36-hole scores in program history. With three seniors returning among its top five, including two-time All-MIAC performer Laura Knutson and last year's MIAC freshman of the year in Hope Keaney, Carleton head coach Eric Sieger knows his squad has the talent, depth and experience to compete with the nation’s best teams in 2010-11.

The Carleton College football season opens with optimism as the Knights' roster is littered with experienced players on both sides of the ball. Graduation claimed only one starter from last year's team giving the coaching staff plenty of veterans, like pre-season All-American Brad Eckelmann, to lean on this fall.

The axiom "defense wins championships" has proven true for Carleton College men's soccer en route to three straight MIAC crowns. The Knights built the conference's best goal protection unit during  those campaigns, but this year several new faces will be entrusted with repelling the oppositions attacks. How the reconstructed backline performs will go a very long way toward determining how this season will play out.

The Knights have much to look foward to this season as they return 10 starters from last year's squad that won the MIAC Playoff title and advanced to the NCAA Championships. Senior goalkeeper Kate Trenerry and centerback Rachel Foran direct the Knights' defense as midfielder Abby Willis and All-Region foward Niki Tomita spearhead offensive attack.

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - John Zietlow's goal with 52 seconds left in regulation helped St. Olaf salvage a 1-1 men's soccer tie with Northwestern College on Wednesday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - UW-Eau Claire scored twice in a four-minute stretch of the second half on the way to a 2-0 non-conference women's soccer win over St. Olaf on Wednesday in the season opener for each school.

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - For much of 2009, the St. Olaf women's soccer team looked like it was going get over the hump and reach the MIAC playoffs for the first time since 2004. In 2010, the Oles return all of their scoring punch in a quest to finish the season as strong as they started last year.

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - For much of 2009, the St. Olaf women's soccer team looked like it was going get over the hump and reach the MIAC playoffs for the first time since 2004. In 2010, the Oles return all of their scoring punch in a quest to finish the season as strong as they started last year.

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NORTHFIELD, Minn. - The 2010 St. Olaf men's soccer team, armed with a core of returners and explosive first years, aims to compete for a top spot in the MIAC on the heels of a solid 2009 season.

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - The St. Olaf College volleyball team, ranked 21st in the AVCA preseason poll, is primed to make a run at the MIAC title after posting a third place regular season finish and a runner up showing at the MIAC playoffs in 2009.

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - St. Olaf head coach Jerry Olszewski hopes his third team, with experiences playmakers on each side of the ball and a few new weapons, will play a complete season.

As part of a series running up to the World Philosophy Day Conference that will be held in Tehran later this fall, Professor of Philosophy Charles Taliaferro was interviewed recently by Iran's Mehr News Agency about the possibilities of developing a dialogue between Eastern and Western philosophers.

“We need to equip these kids to make sure they don’t fall behind,” says Brandon Auge ’10 about the importance of teaching English as a second language in St. Paul schools. “We are trying to get them the skills they need to graduate on time.” This is the fourth year of St. Olaf's summer course for student ESL teachers.

A few familiar faces are gone, so the 2010 version of the Carleton College Knights will rely on a mix of talented veterans and athletic youngsters as they look to return to the post-season for the first time in three seasons.

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President David R. Anderson '74 and his family recently welcomed a new addition to their home: a yellow Labrador retriever named Macey.

NEW ORLEANS - The St. Olaf men's cross country team was ranked first in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Central Region preseason poll, the group announced Monday.

NEW ORLEANS - The St. Olaf women's cross country team was ranked fifth in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) preseason Central Region poll on Monday.