| by Wes Frahm, director of athletic communications
and marketing
What's Happening This Week
Wednesday, March 2
Huskies Drive Time, 7:30-8 a.m. (Mix 93.5 FM)
Men's Basketball at Grand Valley State, 6 p.m. (Mix 93.5
FM)
Women's Basketball hosts Tiffin, 7 p.m. (WMPL 920 AM)
Friday, March 4
Blue Line Club Luncheon, noon (Grant Hockey Ed Center)
Hockey hosts North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. (Mix 93.5 FM)
Saturday, March 5
Men's Tennis vs. Aquinas, 4 p.m. (at Orlando, Fla.)
* Men's Basketball at GLIAC Tournament Semifinal, TBA
* Women's Basketball hosts GLIAC Tournament Semifinal, 1
p.m.
Hockey hosts North Dakota, 5:07 p.m. (Mix 93.5 FM)
Sunday, March 6
Men's Tennis vs. Presbyterian, 8 a.m. (at Orlando, Fla.)
Women's Tennis vs. Presbyterian, 8 a.m. (at Orlando,
Fla.)
* Men's Basketball at GLIAC Tournament Championship, TBA
* Women's Basketball hosts GLIAC Tournament
Championship, 2 p.m.
*With win in previous round of GLIAC Tournament
All times Eastern; home events are italicized.
Last Week's Results
Hockey (4-26-4, 2-22-2 WCHA)
Feb. 25--at Minnesota 5, Michigan Tech 2
Feb. 26--at Minnesota 5, Michigan Tech 2
Women's Basketball (23-2, 18-1 GLIAC)
Feb. 24--No. 7 Michigan Tech 64, at Saginaw Valley State
54
Feb. 26--No. 7 Michigan Tech 68, at Northwood 51
Men's Basketball (16-10, 11-8 GLIAC)
Feb. 24--Michigan Tech 71 at Saginaw Valley State 67
Feb. 26--Michigan Tech 88, at Northwood 77
Nordic Skiing
Feb. 26--Michigan Tech at American Birkibeiner/Korteloppet
(at Cable, Wis.) no team results
Men's Tennis (1-1, 0-0 GLIAC)
Feb. 25--Michigan Tech 9, at Ripon 0
Feb. 27--at St. John’s (Minn.) 5, Michigan Tech 4
Top News of the Week
Ladies Set to Host Fourth Straight GLIAC Tourney
The women's basketball team will host its fourth
straight GLIAC Tournament this week. The Huskies face
Tiffin in a quarterfinal game Wednesday, March 2. With a
win, Tech would host the GLIAC Final Four Saturday and
Sunday, March 5-6. The Huskies have hosted each of the
last three GLIAC Final Fours, winning the championship
twice.
Hockey Closes Regular Season This Weekend
The hockey team will close out the WCHA regular season
with a pair of home games against North Dakota. The
Huskies' two seniors, Bennett Royer and Deron Cousens,
will be honored with an on-ice presentation following
Saturday's game. The pair will also be the featured
speakers at Friday's Blue Line Club Luncheon.
Men's Basketball Enters Postseason on Hot Streak
The men's basketball team won both of its games last
week to wrap up the regular season with five straight
wins. The Huskies received the No. 6 seed in the GLIAC
Tournament and will travel to No. 3-seeded Grand Valley
State Wednesday, March 2, for quarterfinal game. Tipoff
is slated for 6 p.m.
Two Skiers Earn Trips to NCAA Nationals
Mikko Harju and Malin Eriksson will each represent
Michigan Tech at the 2011 NCAA Skiing Championships,
March 9-12, in Stowe, Vt. It will be the first trip to
the NCAA Championships for both skiers. Harju earned
first-team All-CCSA honors this season after finishing
as the top skier for the men's team in eight out of the
10 races he competed in this season. Eriksson was a
second-team all-CCSA selection and won the 15-kilometer
classic race at the CCSA Championship (Feb. 13).
Men's Tennis Opens 2011 Campaign
The men's tennis team opened its 2011 schedule with a
9-0 win at Ripon last Friday (Feb. 25). The Huskies have
17 matches on their regular season schedule before the
GLIAC Tournament, April 15-17.
Grand Raffle Drawing Wednesday
The drawing for Michigan Tech's annual Grand Raffle will
take place Wednesday, with the 15 winners to be
announced on WKMJ Mix 93.5 FM radio between 7 and 8 a.m.
The grand prize for Michigan Tech's grand raffle is
$10,000.
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