January 21, 2021

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THURSDAY • JANUARY 21, 2021

Student Gov: Cybersecurity and MavLife

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Mavs to Take on No. 3 Ohio Biden Takes the Helm, Appeals for Unity to Take on Crises State University

By BAILEY BRENDEL Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato Student Government held a meeting in the Ostrander Auditorium Wednesday, Jan. 20.

The first to present was from Vice President for Technology, Mark Johnson and Chief Information Security Officer, Mike Menne in IT Solutions on cybersecurity. In their research they found a 500% increase in phishing attempts, or the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information through your technology.

This means hackers want to use email to break into your computer and get data on you and students around you. To combat this issue, all new student accounts will have Multi-Factor Authentication.

IT Solutions is also working on many other ways of implementing and enhancing cybersecurity.

To help students now, they gave five steps students can take to protect themselves.

The first being think twice before you click on anything, including links. The others include enabling multi-factor authentication, protecting your socials, keeping tabs on your apps, and mixing up your passwords.

To enable multi-factor authentication, go to mnsu. edu/cyberawarepledge.

After presentations they moved to an open forum.

Martin Jacaruso, the graduate advisor for Maverick Adventures, announced the organization’s new, COVID-19 Safe Event, an outdoor photo contest.

This event is open to all students and will have five categories they can enter in.

There will be winners from each category, and a student’s choice category will

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IN THIS ISSUE:

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor

PATRICK SEMANSKY • Associated Press President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation’s historic confluence of crises.

Biden took the oath at a U.S. Capitol that had been battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks earlier. On a cold Washington morning dotted with snow flurries, the quadrennial ceremony unfolded within a circle of security forces evocative of a war zone and devoid of crowds because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Women’s hockey gets back into action this weekend after a week off when they travel to Ohio State University to take on the No. 3 Buckeyes.

The Mavericks hold a 4-7-1 record on the year, while the Buckeyes are at 6-4-0 through their first 10 games.

The last time MSU played, they had a twogame sweep against Bemidji State University, when sophomore goaltender Calla Frank recorded her first shutout of the season in a 4-0 win. The Buckeyes are coming off of a split series against the No. 6 University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.

The Mavericks are 1469-11 against the Buckeyes, losing their last matchup with a score of 1-0.

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Maverick National Guard Protect Amidst Protests

By JULIA BARTON • Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato students were among the National Guard troops ordered to help secure the state capitol building Wednesday in the wake of civil unrest at the nation’s capitol building in Washington D.C. Jan. 6.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilized certain members of the National Guard to Minnesota’s state capitol to help further secure the capitol during Wednesday’s 59th inaugural ceremony.

Former Vice President Joe Biden was sworn into office as president along with Kamala Harris as Vice President Wednesday in Washington D.C. However this year’s transition of power had more security than usual as a precaution due to the events that took place on Jan. 6.

“If the governor wants to mobilize members of the National Guard to further protect the capital that is absolutely within the duties of the state governor to do so, and we are happy to support his decision on behalf of the veteran and military students,” Tim Adams, MNSU’s Military & Veteran Student Success Coordinator stated.

This transition of power has been highly an-

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Forward Jamie Nelson

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter Protesters walking around the state capitol on Jan. 16 following earlier protests around the country.

ticipated as there has been much tension between now former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden.

Manav Mendonca, junior at MNSU said, “Based on the events that happened last week at the capitol, I think it’s better to be prepared and

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Freshman forward Jamie Nelson is the leading point scorer for the Mavericks with 4-4-8. Nelson is also tied for first among WCHA rookies in scoring. After missing the series against the University of Wisconsin Badgers, Nelson recorded an assist on the game-winning goal in her first series back against the Bemidji State Beavers Brittyn Fleming looks to continue her hot streak, being tied for second in points on the team, and a .520 faceoff percentage.

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News

Newly-opened Maverick Food Pantry Dishes up Meals for Students

MANSOOR AHMAD• The Reporter Food ready to be distributed to MNSU students through the Maverick Food Pantry.

By BAILEY BRENDEL Staff Writer The Maverick Food Pantry opened in early December for Minnesota State University, Mankato students. Located in Carkoski 142, down the hall from the Student Health Services, this service provides free weekly groceries to students who may be going through food insecurities.

All students have to do is walk down to the pantry and fill out the Google form from the scanner on the table. On the form, you fill out the necessary information, and there is even a box for suggestions of food you’d like to see in the future. After handing in the form, students can expect a box of food that could include meat, bread, pasta and snacks.

This service plans to combat food insecurity at the University. According to Dr. Kelly Meier, Assistant Vice Principle of Diversity and Inclusion at MSU, “In a study by Carol Glasser, a Sociology professor at MSU, in one of her classes she found that 40% of students experienced high or very high levels of food insecurity, and another 24% of students who had marginal food insecurity.”

This data shows that if

this classroom represented all MNSU students, then it would mean almost of the school’s population have experienced some sort of food insecurity during their time here.

The Maverick Food Pantry partners with Second Harvest Heartland, a food distribution center that allows the pantry to receive food at a lower cost.

However, the Maverick Food Pantry is still in need of donations.

The organization recently received a large donation from the IFL faculty association as well as other donations.

They’re also willing to take donations or work with anyone on research projects.

“We want to provide more than just food,” Meier said.

“We want to be a one-stop location for many types of services.”

The pantry has many plans for their future benefits, including a community garden for students to enjoy and a YouTube channel to teach students how to get creative with cooking. The pantry also wants to destigmatize the use of food shelves and eliminate the shame some feel when accessing resources.

“We want it to be more than just a box of food going out,” Meier said.

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Senator Jack Wheeler gave his report on his plan for the upcoming semester. Last semester his plan was to add more recycling bins to off campus buildings, and so far it has been very successful. Wheeler wanted to provide a service that would be beneficial to all members of the Maverick community. To continue this innovative idea, he is working with the MavLife app, where there will be a social channel for students to write input on

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services they need on and off campus.

“Currently, we don’t have resources for students with food insecurity to ask ques-

tions directly to staff, and I believe using the MavLife app will give us the ability to bridge the two,” Wheeler said.

Following presentations, Tatsuya Okawa was elected and sworn in as one of the new Residential Life Senators.

A Senator position for the College of Allied Health and Nursing as well as a new Residential Life Senator, a College of Science and Engineering Technology, and an Off-Campus Senator position is open!

If interested check out the Student Government Engage page.

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Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, however, declined to attend Biden’s inauguration.

He joins the small list of other former presidents who did not attend their predecessor’s inaugural ceremony.

Other honorable guests who were in attendance were former President Barack Obama, former State Secretary Hillary Clinton, now former Vice President Mike Pence, along with Minnesota’s own senator Amy Klobuchar who had given the opening speech.

“I thoroughly enjoy the support that the students, faculty, and staff give to our veterans and Guard students who are looking to support the government and the constitution, the people of society while continuing their education at MNSU,” said Adams, a veteran and National Guard member.

The National Guard is also helping distribute the COVID-19 vaccine statewide to health care providers and other essential workers.

Last May, certain members of the National Guard were called in to help the police force in Minneapolis as an organized group of people to help keep the peace when events escalated.

“It’s smart just to be prepared with more security if something were to happen,” Ben Leaf-

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter A Minnesota State Patrol guarding the capitol as protestors gather on Jan. 16.

blad, freshman at MNSU stated.

MNSU freshman Matt Mueller said, “More security is always better; if you don’t have enough and something happens then you’re screwed.”

“It’s better to have too much security than too little security,” Chloe Corbin, freshman at MNSU. The National Guard also helps in natural disaster events such as fires, floods, and other domestic emergencies issued by the state to provide extra aid to those in need.

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We Have to Aim for Unity... How do we do That?

Editorial

With this election cycle over, Joe Biden becoming the new President of the United States, many citizens are left wondering how we will recover from such a divisive year. Are we, as the American people, damned to be at each other’s throats for the rest of time? Or will we be able to unify and learn to respect one another again.

During his speech after the inauguration, President Biden spoke, as many have in the past, about the importance of healing as a nation after a turbulent election.

“With unity, we can do great things, important things,” Biden said during his speech, highlighting the division in the US right now.

There are several causes that have led to this division, but the first and foremost has been our inability to communicate and listen to understand another’s perspective.

We live in a world where our view of society is governed by what media we consume. Whether it is through our chosen news networks, or the ever present social media, we choose media that proves what we believe in.

So how do we come out of this funk of misinformation and intolerance?

The answer is simple; we need to listen to each other.

We will not always agree with one another, in fact, it’s better that we do not. Discourse and disagreement is what swings the political pendulum, resulting in progress in a generally positive direction.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

It is all too common nowadays to assume everyone is looking at the world through the same lens and seeing different pictures, when in reality, we all view the world through a lens that was designed by ourselves to prove our own opinions.

So what we need to do is try to view the world through other’s lenses. We have to not just seek to understand what other people believe, but why they believe it.

By having open and honest conversations, where the goal

is not to “win”, but instead understand a differing opinion is where positive disagreement and conversations that are actually worthwhile take place.

Instead of playing Thanksgiving dinner political quip tennis with grandpa, try and understand the root of his beliefs.

Especially as students in the University level, we are in the forming years of our opinions and beliefs. Many of us shift from believing what our parents believed to finding our true thoughts when it comes to the political world. This

often happens through open late night dorm conversations with new people from different backgrounds than you.

As we continue our college journey, and subsequently life outside of MNSU, we have to remember to continue to have these conversations, because if we don’t understand those who disagree with us, we will never see an end to the divisive nature of our country right now.

As our new president said in his inauguration address, “For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury.”

“How do you think the US can heal from such a divisive election?”

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NAOMI SWANSON, FRESHMAN “Once the pandemic is over we can focus on other things.”

AMELIA VANDE ZANDE, FRESHMAN “Through unity and people shifting their focus.”

BENOIT KABWAR, JUNIOR “I’m an international student so I don’t have much thought.”

GREGORY LEPRIYA NKIERE, SOPHOMORE “Through unity and accepting how things go.”

EMILY RUSSO, FRESHMAN “Unity and equality with topics like BLM, hopefully seeing better outcomes.”

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President Biden’s Inauguration

Thursday, January 21, 2021

No Shortage of Challenges as Biden takes White House Photos by DAVID J. PHILLIP, ALEX BRANDON, and EVAN VUCCI • Associated Press

On Day One, Biden targets Trump Policies on Climate, Coronavirus

Biden Repudiates White Supremacy, calls for Racial Justice Reforms

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President Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The new president signed the orders just hours after taking the oath of office at the Capitol, pivoting quickly from his pared-down inauguration ceremony to enacting his agenda. With the stroke of a pen, Biden ordered a halt to the construction of Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, ended the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, declared his intent to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization and revoked the approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, aides said.

The 15 executive actions, and two directives, amount to an attempt to rewind the last four years of federal policies with striking speed. Only two recent presidents signed executive actions on their first day in office — and each signed just one. But Biden, facing the debilitating coronavirus pandemic, a damaged economy and a riven electorate, is intent on demonstrating a sense of urgency and competence that he argues has been missing under his Republican predecessor.

“There’s no time to start like today,” Biden said in his first comments to reporters as president.

Rare for an inaugural address, President Joe Biden issued a strong repudiation of white supremacy and domestic terrorism seen on the rise under Donald Trump.

In his speech Wednesday, Biden denounced the “racism, nativism, fear, demonization,” that propelled the assault on Capitol Hill by an overwhelmingly white mob of Trump supporters who carried symbols of hate, including the Confederate battle flag.

“A cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making moves us,” Biden said in the nearly 23-minute-long speech promising to heal a divided nation. “A cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear. And now a rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat.”

Compared to his immediate predecessors, three of whom attended Wednesday’s inauguration, Biden is the first president to directly address the ills of white supremacy in an inaugural speech. In his second inaugural address in 1997, former President Bill Clinton called out racial divisions as “America’s constant curse,” but stopped short of naming culprits.

Biden’s words follow months of protests over police brutality against Black Americans, as well as a broader reckoning on the systemic and institutional racism that has plagued nonwhite Americans for generations.

“We’ve learned again that democracy is precious and democracy is fragile.

At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.”

President Joe Biden

“A cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making moves us.”

“There’s no time to start like today.”

Biden wore a mask as he signed the orders in the Oval Office — a marked departure from Trump, who rarely wore a face covering in public and never during events in the Oval Office. But virus precautions are now required in the building. Among the executive actions signed Wednesday was requiring masks and physical distancing on federal property and by federal employees.

President Joe Biden had a busy first day in office. Following the Presidential Inauguration festivities, President Biden signed 15 executive orders on his first day in the White House. Later at night, the President was pictured holding his grandson at his new residence.

“To overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America requires so much more than words,” said Biden. “It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy. Unity.”

Biden also highlighted the historic nature of the swearing in of Harris, the first woman and first Black and South Asian person to hold that office.

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President Biden’s Inauguration

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A new Vice President, and a New Cabinet ...and a speech promising unity

What Biden’s Cabinet Picks say about how he Plans to Govern ASSOCIATED PRESS Joe Biden promised that his presidency would mean a return to normalcy. His Cabinet picks help demonstrate how he plans to deliver.

The president-elect announced his final nominees this past week, completing a diverse team of two dozen people. He noted Friday that this will be the “first Cabinet ever” to reach gender parity and include a majority of people of color, notable given earlier concerns that he was leaning largely on white men.

Some nominees have decades of experience in their respective agencies. Many held prominent roles in the Obama administration.

Many have already begun meeting with interest groups and advocacy organizations, and his transition team has had what’s been described as an “open-door policy” toward advocacy groups for months.

It’s a sharp contrast to President Trump’s Cabinet, which was dominated largely by white men with little experience in Washington. Biden’s aides say that was one of the goals he set in filling out his Cabinet: to signal that his presidency means a return to stable leadership government.

President Joe Biden’s Inaugural Speech “Today, we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause. The cause of democracy. The people, the will of the people has been heard and the will of the people has been heeded.

We’ve learned again that democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile. And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.

So now, on this hallowed ground, where just a few days ago violence sought to shake the Capitol’s very foundation, we come together as one nation under God, indivisible, to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries.

As we look ahead in our uniquely American way, restless, bold, optimistic and set our sights on the nation we know we can be and we must be. I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here today. I thank them from the bottom of my heart.

And I know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength, the strength of our nation, as does President Carter who I spoke with last night who cannot be with us today but whom we salute for his lifetime of service...”

BIDEN Continued from page 1 Denouncing a national “uncivil war,” Biden took the oath at a U.S. Capitol that had been battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks earlier. Then, taking his place in the White House Oval Office, he plunged into a stack of executive actions that began to undo the heart of his polarizing predecessor ’s agenda on matters from the deadly pandemic to climate change.

At the Capitol, with America’s tradition of peaceful transfers of power never appearing more fragile, the ceremony unfolded within a circle of security forces evocative of a war zone and devoid of crowds because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, Biden gazed out on a cold Washington morning dotted with snow flurries to see over 200,000 American flags planted on the National Mall.

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts.

Kamala Harris is sworn in as the 49th US Vice President.

Photos by ANDREW HARNIK and SAUL LOEB • Associated Press

VP Harris: A New Chapter Opens in US Politics ASSOCIATED PRESS Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath Wednesday to hold the nation’s second-highest office.

Hours after she was sworn in as the first female U.S. vice president — and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent in the role — she cast the moment as one that embodied “American aspiration.”

“Even in dark times we not only dream, we do. We not only see what has been, we see what can be,” she said in brief remarks outside the Lincoln Memorial. “We are bold, fearless and ambitious.

We are undaunted in our belief that we shall overcome, that we will rise up.”

For Harris, the day was steeped in history and significance in more ways than one.

She was escorted to the podium by Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, the officer who single-handedly took on a mob of Trump supporters as they tried to breach the Senate floor during the Capitol insurrection, and she was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first woman of color on the court, on a Bible that once belonged to former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She wore a purple dress and coat created by two Black designers.

Her rise is historic in any context, another moment when a boundary falls away, expanding the idea of what’s possible in American politics.

But it’s particularly meaningful because Harris takes office at a moment when Americans are grappling over institutional racism and confronting a pandemic.

Those close to Harris say she’ll bring an important perspective on overcoming the many hurdles facing the new administration.

“In many folks’ lifetimes, we experienced a segregated United States,” said Lateefah Simon, a civil rights advocate and longtime Harris mentee.

Harris, the child of immigrants, a stepmother of two and the wife of a Jewish man, “carries an intersectional story of so many Americans who are never seen and heard.”

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Mavericks Sweep Lakers, Look Ahead to Bulldogs

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor

Maverick Athletics

The Mavericks men’s hockey team continued their hot streak last weekend with a sweep at Lake Superior State.

MSU has won their last seven straight games, including a shootout winner against Bemidji State, outscoring their opponents 26-7 in the process.

The Mavericks took the first win of the weekend on Friday with a score of 3-0.

The first goal came from Julian Napravnik, as he gained a pass from Cade Borchardt on the backdoor to score on the powerplay about halfway through the second period.

Wyatt Aamodt got his first point of the year with a wrist shot from the point that got deflected off of a Lakers’ stick, and bounced right past Marek Mitens. Napravnik and Borchardt tally assists to put the Mavericks up 2-0.

Nathan Smith took a pass from Borchardt breaking out of their own zone to put the puck in the empty net, securing the win for the Mavs.

Dryden McKay stops all 23 shots that come his way, putting up his third straight shutout, and fifth on the year.

Saturday’s scoring got started with Sam Morton getting his first points of the year, firing a rebound over the left

Dryden McKay (29) recorded his third straight shutout in Friday’s win at Lake Superior State.

shoulder of Mitens, who saved the original shot from Dallas Gerads.

Gerads scored less than five minutes later off a rebound from Riese Zmolek’s shot from the point.

Morton scored his second goal of the game and second goal of the year on the powerplay with less than four minutes played in the second period. Jack McNeely follows up with his first goal of the year when a scrambling puck in front of the net squirts out to McNeely at the point and fires

it in the top left corner, putting the Mavericks in the lead 4-0.

The Lakers responded by scoring two goals in under two minutes of each other, one of them shorthanded from Yuki Miura.

The Mavericks secured the win with goals from Reggie Lutz and Jake Livingston in the third period.

Miroslav Mucha’s second period goal ended McKay’s shutout streak of almost 218 minutes, good enough for the ninth longest streak in WCHA history. McKay also holds the

fifth spot in conference history with last year’s run of more than 234 minutes.

The Mavericks improved their record to 7-1-1, while the Lakers dropped to 6-3-3.

Up next for the Mavericks is the Ferris State Bulldogs.

This will be the Mavs first home series in over a month.

Head coach Mike Hastings commented, “It’s something I think the guys are already en-

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Men’s Basketball Split Series with Wildcats, Get Ready for Sioux Falls MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor The MSU men’s basketball team split their series last weekend against Wayne State College, and look ahead to another series on the road against Southwest Minnesota State University.

The Mavericks improve their record to 4-2 after Sunday’s win, while the Wildcats drop to 3-3, with both teams holding a 3-1 NSIC record.

WSC came out roaring with a massive 10-0 run to start the game that only kept improving for them. Brady Williams and Quincy Anderson started the scoring for the Mavericks to make it 12-4, but by the time they could make another basket from Devonte Thedford, the WIldcats put up another 15 points, making it a 27-4 game.

The half ended with the Mavericks down by 19 at a score of 40-21.

After Wayne State’s 10-4

Wrestling Improves to 2-0 Over Vikings

Freshman Brady Williams (21) led the Mavericks in points with 13 in Saturday’s loss

run to start the second half, MSU kept pace with WSC for the rest of the second half going basket for basket with each other, highlighted by Williams and Thedford, but it will not be quite enough.

Williams and Thedford both led the scoring for the Mavericks with 13 points a piece.

The Mavericks dropped their first conference game

of the season, bringing their NSIC record to 2-1.

Sunday’s meeting proved the Mavericks were unsatisfied with their performance the previous day.

The two teams were neck and neck with each other through the start of the first half until a 13-13 tie, turned into an 11-2 run for the Wildcats. The Mavericks responded with a 21-6 run of their

own, taking the lead 39-33 with 3:16 to go in the first half.

The teams went into the locker rooms with MSU in the lead, 44-36. Anderson led the scoring for both teams with 19 points.

The second half started out with Wildcats leading point scorer Jordan Janssen making a jumper in the paint, only to be answered by the Mavericks going on a 9-2 run to take the lead 53-40.

MSU didn’t let go of their lead for the entire second half, closing out the game with a score of 80-77.

Anderson records a career-high 26 points as a redshirt sophomore, breaking his previous career-high of 24 recorded earlier this month against Bemidji State. Malik Willingham and Thedford had a helping hand in the win with 16 points each.

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The MSU wrestling team took a 25-13 win over Augustana University.

The No.12-ranked Mavericks improve their season record to 2-0, while the Vikings fall to 1-1.

Trenton McManus started the meeting off for the Mavericks with a 14-6 major decision over Augustana’s John Babineau at 125 pounds, bringing MSU up 4-0.

Brock Luthens took the first loss for Minnesota State in a 7-4 decision against Brandon Carroll, making it 4-3 with the Mavericks still up by one.

The Mavericks won the next three duals with Kolbe O’Brien’s 7-3 decision over Jack Huffman at 141 pounds, No.2ranked Kyle Rathman’s 7-5 decision over No.10ranked Hunter Burnett at 149 pounds, and Cooper Siebrecht’s 3-2 decision over Tyler Wagener at 157 pounds, to extend the Mavericks lead to 13-3.

Augustana’s Dylan Shuck took a 14-5 major decision over Michael Smith, giving the Vikings their second win of the night, bringing them within six points at 13-7 MSU won another three straight duals starting with No.3-ranked Trevor Turiff’s 5-3 decision over Cade Mueller at 174 pounds, Dylan Butts’ 4-0 decision over Jackson Sweeney at 184, and Matt Blome won by fall over No.12-ranked Daniel Bishop.

No.11-ranked Steven Hajas finished the day for the Vikings with a win over MSU’s David Griffet by fall, but still fell short to the Mavericks by a score of 25-13.

The Mavericks next meeting is tonight at Upper Iowa in Fayette. MSU is 5-6 since 2010 against the Peacocks, winning the last two meetings with scores of 22-15 and 18-17.

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Sports

Mavs Split Home Opener with Wildcats

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor

MAVS Continued from page 6 joying. It’s a little bit closer to the norm which is what we’ve all been begging for.”

The Mavericks are 23-8-2 all-time against the Bulldogs, winning the last nine straight meetings, and only losing one game at home.

The Bulldogs are 1-8-0 on the year, with their only win coming off last weekend with a non-conference win against the Division II Trine University Thunder.

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HOOPS Continued from page 6 The Mavericks will travel to Marshall next as they face the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs. The Mustangs hold a 2-2 record, with all four games against Minot State.

SMSU’s Nick Dufault is the Mustangs leading point scorer with 16.8 points per game, leading the Mustangs in points in three out of four games.

Tip-off for both games will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23 and Sunday, Jan. 24.

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MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter

The Minnesota State women’s basketball team split their series this weekend in their home opener against Wayne State College.

The Mavericks dropped Saturday’s game by a score of 84-79, and returned the favor on Sunday with an 84-71 win.

The Mavericks started out the game with a strong 6-0 start following a jump shot and a layup from senior Rachel Shumski and another jumpshot from senior Brooke Tonsfeldt.

The rest of the first quarter was a one possession game, going into the second quarter with the Wildcats up 19-17.

WSC started to pull away in the second quarter with an 11-4 run, making it a 33-24 game. MSU responded with a 10-4 run of their own, going into halftime with a 1 point deficit at 37-36.

The Mavericks fought back in the second half with Shumski regaining the lead after a layup, making it 46-44 with just over four minutes remaining in the third quarter. MSU couldn’t quite hold on as the Wildcats took away the lead with under a minute remaining, going into the fourth quarter with a score of 60-58.

WSC wanted to finish the game strong, when they started the fourth quarter with a 13-2 run, giving them a 73-60 lead.

MSU closed the gap to a one possession game as they went on a 14-4 run, but couldn’t

MSU Reporter • 7

KJERSTIN HALL • The Reporter Rachel Shumski (45) records a career high 24 points in Saturday’s win against Wayne State College.

quite complete the comeback.

Shumski led both teams in scoring with a career-high 24 points, going 10-19 in field goals and 4-5 in free throws.

The Mavericks came back to the Taylor Center on Sunday with a need to end the series with a win, and they do just that.

A back and forth first quarter had the Wildcats taking an early 18-12 lead, but the Mavericks ended the quarter going on an 11-0 run, making it a 23-18 game.

MSU continued this run in the second quarter, going up by 10 points, to make it a score of 30-20 following points from Mikayla Nachazel and Rylee Menster.

The Mavericks maintained this lead going into the second

half with a lead of 50-42.

MSU increased this lead even further in the third and fourth quarter, reaching 16 point leads twice. The Mavericks closed out the weekend with a win of 84-71.

After a quiet showing on Saturday, Maddy Olson came out strong on Sunday as the leading point scorer with a season-high 17 points. Nachazel also recorded a career-high 17 points.

The Mavericks bench was a huge factor in this home win with 49 total bench points.

The women’s team improves to 3-3, with a conference record of 2-2.

MSU will go back on the road this weekend as they take on undefeated Sioux Falls (40).

Brittyn Fleming (19) helped the Mavs sweep the Beavers.

Fleming also leads Minnesota State in shooting percentage with .174 percent.

Kelsey King recorded 3 points, including 2 goals on 12 shots in her series against Bemidji State. King also recorded a career high 8 shots in their most recent game against the Beavers.

Calla Frank holds 2.62 goals against average and .909 save percentage over nine games this season. Frank is

coming off of one of the best series of her career against Bemidji State University, stopping 41 of 42 across the weekend, and recording her first shutout of the year.

OSU have outscored their opponents 20-19. Jenna Buglioni leads this effort as the leading goal scorer with four goals through 10 games. Buglioni is also tied for total points on the year with Madison Bizal, who each have 7.

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