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Magnificent Monday: Cap Is the Champ!

Greetings, Comet Nation!

That was one heck of a thrilling battle in the NSAA Mascot Challenge, wasn’t it?

At first, we had to face 2 teams in a three-way contest in the quarterfinal round, combating both Presentation College and Waldorf University.

We came out ahead with a 314 to 291 to 201 win over PC and Waldorf, respectively.

In the Semifinals, we faced off against the Jimmies from the University of Jamestown. That was an extremely closely fought battle as well, bringing back memories of classic basketball battles between the two schools.  In the end, we marched into the championship game with a 470 to 450 win by only 20 votes!

In the Finals, it had all the markings of a classic: Two state schools, both started at the same time, both with heated rivalries between them for decades.  Yep, it was another Mayville State vs Valley City State battle! This time, its for the Mascot Challenge crown, and Comet Nation came out in full force!

The battle waged early in the voting when it began on Friday.  VCSU took a good lead, only to see MSU surge ahead within a couple of hours.  It seemed to lock up in a 50/50 battle that ensued for most of Friday and with VCSU holding a 51% to 49% margin on Saturday.

Comet fans came out in full swing though, tweeting and retweeting and retweeting some more, drawing us neck to neck with our foes in a 50/50 even split.

When the smoke cleared and the buzzer sounded, it was Captain Comet with the victory, 777 to 776!  A simple vote added by ONE awesome Comet fan to decide the tourney!

Captain Comet wants to THANK YOU for all your support in this exciting social media blitz of a tournament!

From Al Larson to Tex Holden and all the others who have donned a cape and mask and just plain got SUPER-EXCITED with Comet Pride to cheer on our Comets throughout the years, this is YOUR victory!

We’ll really need your support now, as the National NAIA-SIDA Mascot Challenge begins today (Monday, April 9th) and we’ll face off against other conference champions nationally.

Look to Twitter soon on when to vote and start Retweeting away to spread the word about Mayville State!

Once again, THANK YOU, COMET NATION!  YOU are the true CHAMPIONS!

Hail To Our Comets!

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Comet Pride Friday: Cap’s in the Finals!

Greetings, Comet Nation!

First things first: Congrats to MSU Baseball on their Tripleheader Sweep of Presentation College last night!

Nice W’s, Fellas! #RollMets!

 

It’s been a race in the battle for Captain Comet to become the NSAA’s Mascot Challenge winner…

Captain Comet defeated the University of Jamestown’s Jimmies in yesterday’s contest by a slim margin of only 2%! with 920 votes, that’s about a 18 to 20 vote margin!

Today, the contest continues to the Final round, as he faces off against Victor the Viking of Valley City State.

It’s another classic Mayville vs Valley battle!

Winner goes onto the National NAIA-SIDA Mascot Challenge next week!

Let’s send Cap off with a big W over our rivals and take a conference title and a trip to Nationals!

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Vote for Captain Comet!

Greetings, Comet Nation!

Your favorite mascot, Captain Comet, has advanced to the Semifinals of the NSAA Mascot Challenge!

We are now going against the University of Jamestown in this mascot battle of epic proportions!

The Challenge began on Monday, with Captain Comet facing off in a three way voting contest between Presentation College and Waldorf University.  Captain Comet came out with the win this morning, and now voting takes place for the Semifinal rounds today (Wed) and Thursday.

If we win in the Semi’s, we’ll move onto the Finals.  Winner of the Finals gets into the NAIA National Mascot Challenge….

We’re only two wins away, we can do this!

If you’re a user of Twitter, that is the place where the votes are taking place. Go onto the PlayNorthStar profile to vote!

Let’s move Comet Nation forward into the Finals!

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Comet Throwback Thursday: The Successful Run of Coach Kaiser in Cometville

Greetings, Comet Nation!

In the stories of famed college coaches at Mayville State, the names of Jerome Berg, Lewy Lee, Al Meyer, and Scott Berry come to mind immediately.  Those names and faces are fresh among the current Alumni of today.

However, there was one successful coach that had a short, but highly successful tenure here at Mayville State, before all of them started their own legacies.

He had a great influence on the college at a time when it first got its own official nickname, and helped build a foundation for the Lewy Lee era that was yet to arrive in 1930. He not only witnessed the college getting its new nickname of the Comets in 1925, but also was there for the grand opening of the old 1929 Gymnasium that used to be right next to the Lewy Lee Fieldhouse. He was the only coach to coach the Comets in the former gym inside Old Main, and the 1929 Gym.

The coach I’m talking about is Harrison Kaiser.

Harrison Kaiser was the AD and head coach of 4 sports here, all wrapped into one duty, starting in 1924 and ending in 1930.

Per the records listed in the yearbooks of the library, I was able to find the following:

1924 Football: 4-1

1925 Football: 4-3

1925-26 Basketball: 12-4 (possible title?)

1926 Baseball: unknown record, but Conference title was listed as being won.

1926 Football: 1-4

1926-27 Basketball: 6-3, 2nd in Conference

1927 Baseball: 4-1, Conference Title

1927 Football: 2-2

1927-28 Basketball: 8-8

1928 Baseball: 3-0-1, Conference Title

1928 Football: 2-2-1

1928-29 Basketball: 5-4

1929 Baseball: 11-0-1, Conference Title

1929 Football: 1-2-1

1929-30 Basketball: 5-7

1930 Baseball: 9-2-1, possible Conference Title

That’s 3 Baseball crowns, with a possible 4th, plus 1 possible Basketball title and one runner-up season.

Coach Kaiser had an overall sports coaching record here of 77-43-5.

Most notably, his Baseball coaching record was 27-3-3.

With the ties listed in baseball games, the games were called on account of darkness and the games ended in ties.

One peculiar tie happened in the 1929 Baseball season.

It appears to me to be the first international contest between our school and a team from another country.

A travelling team from Cuba, listed as the Cuban Pirates, played right here at Mayville in a tight, 4-4 contest, which ended due to running out of daylight.

Another cool bit of history was Coach Kaiser starting up the first Mayville State Teachers College Track Team.  The team was assembled in the spring of 1926.

The track team stories in the yearbooks didn’t list much for meets and records, but they did take 2nd one year at a conference meet and they also had an all-school meet to help determine who would make the squads back then. Some years, each class of Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors would compete in an intramural format.

Looking back at this era of the 1920’s and under Coach Kaiser’s helm, the Athletics department at Mayville State was laying a solid foundation of success for years to come!

Hail To Our Comets!

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Winning Wednesday: Both Teams Win, Plus Both Are Nationally Ranked!

Greetings, Comet Nation!

It’s another WINNING WEDNESDAY!

Welcome back to the Spring 2018 semester!  Our Basketball teams have been playing very well on the winning side the past few weeks, including these recent wins, all at home this past weekend and just last night:

WBB over Viterbo on Friday, 68-59

MBB over Viterbo on Friday, 89-69

WBB over Waldorf on Saturday, 74-54

MBB over Waldorf on Saturday, 90-60

WBB over Trinity Bible on Tuesday, 90-33

MBB over Trinity Bible on Tuesday, 78-35

You can catch all the big recaps of the games here in the links provided for each game!

Along with the recent wins, the two teams have been making some noise in the NAIA National Poll Rankings!

The Lady Comets entered the rankings at #16 in the first poll, and have held onto #23 in the last two polls. They are also leading in top ten in a host of statistical categories, such as steals, 3’s/game, and more. Leading scorer for the team is Andi Gayner, who is averaging 19 points/game this season, ranking her #15 individually in the NAIA D-II.

For the first time since the historic 2006-07 season, the Comet Men have re-entered the national ranks this week, this time debuting at #22! The 13-3 overall record is standing out well, and the 6-1 record in the NSAA so far is also making others take notice. They are also near the top of the pack in Total Rebounds/Game (43, #4) and their stingy defense is only allowing 68 points/game, ranking them at #6. Sharp-shooter Daniel Lindgren is leading the team with a 15 points/game average, along with rebounding force Eric Staebler who is averaging over 7 boards/game.

Catch the full story on a unique historic moment for both programs here at Mayville State!

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Hail To Our Comets!

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Comet Pride Friday: Lady Comets to Battle Two Iowa Teams This Weekend

Greetings, Comet Nation!

Happy Comet Pride Friday!

Comet Women Travel to Iowa

After an extended break, the Lady Comets are getting back into action this weekend with a two game stretch down in Iowa, at the Briar Cliff Holiday Classic in Sioux City.

Today, they will take on #6 Morningside College at 1pm. Morningside is 12-3 overall, coming off a 10 game streak that was just snapped in their last game with a loss to Hastings. Our Lady Comets are currently ranked #23, are 10-3 with a 2 game streak, and are 4-1 on the road this year. It should be a good battle to watch!

Saturday’s action will be against the host team, Briar Cliff University at 5:30pm. BCU is currently 6-9 and have lost their last 2 games.

Here’s a handy one page guide of links for the Live feed and stats for both games:

Briar Cliff Holiday Classic Site

A Friendly Reminder:

The Comet Men did have a game scheduled for December 30th with a special halftime “Comet Kids” show.  That game with Brandon University has been cancelled.

Here are the details on the new arrangement for the Comet Kids halftime show: it has been rescheduled to the Jan 6th games versus Waldorf.

Comet Kids Halftime Show

See you ‘next year’ with the next CC blog post in 2018!

Happy New Year!

Hail To Our Comets!

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Comet Weekend Review: Both Teams Split in NSAA Road Battles

Greetings, Comet Nation!

Well, you win some, you lose some, and it was a win some, lose some weekend for both Comet Basketball squads this past Friday & Saturday.

Valley City State was the first destination on Friday, followed by going further westward to Dickinson State on Saturday.

The Lady Comets had a tough time with the Vikings on their home court, as they went in a bit of a deficit early and tried to fight their way back to tie things up and hopefully take the lead.  Things just didn’t go in their favor and they fell to the Vikings, 95-84 in the end. The Comets had 5 players in double figures in the game for some solid, all-around production. Catch the recap here at MSUComets.com.

The Men had a good battle on their hands as well against the Vikings, and the two teams were almost neck and neck in the first half in the scoreboard and also on the stat chart. It was the Comets pulling away in the second half though, collecting their 6th straight W with a 74-65 win over their rivals to the south. Catch how it all went down at MSUComets.com.

In Saturday’s action, the Women found themselves down 21-7 early in the contest, but barreled back with some high pressure defense and converted some Blue Hawk turnovers into some quick scoring spurts.  Naomi Torgerson was a key sparkplug for the Comets, getting 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 steals to keep the statisticians busy for the night. Teammate Andi Gayner also poured in 18 as the Comets won 81-57.

It was a different story for the Men, as they went into the locker room with an 8 point lead, only to watch DSU go on an extended run of points in various spurts, unable to come back home with the W.  It put an end to the Comets 6 game winning streak and a 3 game conference streak as well.  See how it all happened at MSUComets.com.

Both teams get a little break over Finals Week, with the Lady Comets having a closer game on the road up at UND on Tuesday night in an exhibition game at 7pm. Next NSAA conference action for both teams will be on Sunday down in Madison, SD at Dakota State.

Since it is Finals Week, Cap wants to remind all of you who are college students that THE WORLD NEEDS YOU!  Study Hard! Losing is not a word in Cap’s Dictionary!

Hail To Our Comets!

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Magnificent Monday: Comet Men Get Big Upset, Lady Comets Split Over Weekend

Greetings, Comet Nation!

It was a big weekend of 4 home games this past Friday & Saturday for both basketball teams, as we opened up our NSAA conference season against Presentation College and the University of Jamestown.

Friday’s games ended in a complete sweep for both Comet teams, as the Women handled PC with strong defense and some good spurts of offense to pull away with a 31 point victory.  The Men had a handful to contain with the Saints, as the final 4.5 minutes of play was perhaps the most nerve-racking time frame for both teams in the game.  The score was 74-72 in favor of the Comets at the 4:31 mark, with both teams going scoreless and playing some stingy defense until the buzzer.

Catch the reports here from MSUComets.com!

Women’s Recap

Men’s Recap

Saturday’s games were against nationally ranked teams for the Comets, as the UJ women were ranked #8 and their Men were ranked #18.  The Lady Comets were close in the first half, but a cold second half allowed UJ to pull ahead and keep off a late Comet fight.  For our Comet Men, they came out ready to play after a taxing game on Friday night and were able to hold a high-scoring team to 66 points and defeat the conference rival in the end, 80-66. It was a big win for first year Comet head coach Darren Tighe, as his team is now on a 5 game winning streak and 2-0 to start conference play.

Catch all the recaps here:

Women’s Recap

Men’s Recap

Next action for the Men will be Tuesday night at 7pm against UM-Crookston in an exhibition game.

Both teams return to conference battles this weekend on the road against long-standing rival Valley City State on Friday and then out to Dickinson State on Saturday.

When we play Valley City State, you know what that means: RIVALRY WEEK!

#BEATVALLEY

Hail To Our Comets!

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Winning Wednesday: Lady Comets Ranked #16, Both Comet Teams Sweep Cougars!

Greetings, Comet Nation!

With both Comet teams on the road yesterday, I had to keep watch over the place for a while. Everyone stays at bay when they see Cap’s Bat of Doom.

It truly is a Winning Wednesday today, as both Comet teams claimed victories last night over the UM-Morris Cougars down in Morris, MN, plus we found out that our Lady Comets are currently ranked #16 in the country!

Lady Comets Ranked #16:

Before Tuesday night’s game, the Lady Comets received some exciting news: they received 151 votes to earn a #16 ranking in the latest NAIA D2 WBB poll!  They entered the evening 6-1 and added another win when the night was over.

Catch the story here at MSUComets.com!

Comet Men Keep Cougars in the Cage with 82-72 Win

It’s tough to play the same team twice within about a week’s time, but the Comets had to do just that and face UM-Morris down in Morris, MN one more time after defeating them last Tuesday. Things were pretty close in the first half, and for the first few minutes of the 2nd half, too. The Comets then exploded with a big run, fueled by a number of Comets including the hot shooting from Cameron Epps, who captured 6 three’s on the night. UM-Morris fought back a little towards the end, but it was the Comets pulling away 82 to 72 to bring the victory back home on the bus with them.  The Comets are 4-2 overall and are currently on a 3 game winning streak as they head into conference play this weekend.

See how the action played out here at MSUComets.com!

Lady Comets Escape UM-Morris With A Win

With a great first half, it was looking like another big win ahead for the Lady Comets, just like it was last week against the same squad from UM-Morris.  Going into the half with a 13 point lead, the Lady Comets had to keep plugging away at a pesky bunch of Cougars in the second half, who went on a big run of their own to narrow the gap in the final minute of play.  In the end, the Lady Comets came home with another win, 66 to 62. Joelle Ertl was a key sparkplug for the Comets victory, hitting 6 three’s and totaling 25 points on the night to share the leading scorer limelight with UM-Morris’s Meagan Theisen’s 25. The 7-1 Lady Comets are looking very strong with a 3 game winning streak as well, as they enter into NSAA action his weekend at home.

See how it all happened here at MSUComets.com!

NSAA Action Opens Up At Home This Weekend!

Come see your red-hot Comet teams at home as they begin NSAA conference play versus Presentation College on Friday, and the University of Jamestown on Saturday.

Friday, Dec 1st: WBB at 5:30pm, MBB at 7:30pm vs PC

Saturday, Dec 2nd: WBB at 3pm, MBB at 5pm vs UJ

Can’t catch the action in person?  Watch it online or through the smart TV apps for the North Star Athletic Association conference.  Look for the North Star TV channel on your smart TV devices, or watch it here online.

Hail To Our Comets!

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Comet Weekend Review

Greetings, Comet Nation!

This weekend we had 3 games over Friday and Saturday in Comet Basketball action. The Men played two games in the Husky Hoops Classic down at St Cloud State in St Cloud, MN, while the Women travelled eastward to Bemidji State at Bemidji, MN to take on BSU in another exhibition match-up.

Comet Men Compete in Husky Hoops Classic

The Men fought very hard on Friday night against a tough NCAA Division II team when they faced the host team, St Cloud State.  The Comets were a bit outmatched in size but still found a way to bring the score within reach at times.  Turnovers proved to be a costly measure and we fell 67 to 51 in the end.

Saturday’s game at SCSU was a better game overall than Friday’s, as the Comets took on the St Scholastica Saints out of Duluth, MN.  The Men took the lead right away and never looked back, even putting off a 2nd half surge by the Saints and retaining their lead towards the end for their 2nd win on the season.  Overall record now is 2-2, although 4 games have been in exhibition play against Division I & II teams (U-Mary, USD, Minot State and SCSU).

Catch the recaps here at MSUComets.com!

Lady Comets Battle It Out with BSU

For the Lady Comets, they had their game at the same time of the Men’s game on Saturday, which probably made some Comet fans from afar open up two different windows on their computers to catch both games taking place. After BSU climbed up to an early lead, the Comets came back in full force and captured their own lead for most of the game.  A 4th quarter surge by BSU proved to be too much for the Lady Comets in the end, as a battle in free throws decided the game in the final few seconds of play.  BSU came out ahead by one, 63-62. Catch the recap here at MSUComets.com.

You can catch both Comet teams in action at HOME tomorrow night, as they both take on the University of Minnesota-Morris, Lady Comets start their game at 5:30, Men at 7:30.

Toys For Tickets:

The Lady Comets are once again doing a “Toys for Tickets” campaign this year, so please bring an unwrapped toy for free admission to the games this Tuesday! The campaign will continue for the Dec 1st and Dec 2nd home games versus Presentation College and the University of Jamestown, respectively.

Hail To Our Comets!

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