Weekly College Awards

Mankato native Tommy Saffert of Bethany Lutheran College has been named Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week. The senior guard was instrumental in the Vikings 76-65 victory over Martin Luther on Jan. 12.

Saffert scored 31 points, making 55 percent of his shots from the floor and draining 6-of-12 attempts from behind the 3-point line. Saffert is currently third in career points at Bethany Lutheran totaling 1,106, just 56 points away from the school record. Alfonso Mayfield is the current all-time leading scorer with1,162 points in his two seasons from 2005-07.

Saffert and the Vikings will play at conference rival Northland Friday at 7 p.m.

At Gustavus, senior Maggie Hansvick has been named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's Women's Swimming & Diving Co-Athlete of the Week. Hansvick played a big role in Gustavus upsetting defending conference champion Carleton on Friday night in St. Peter.

Hansvick swam the breaststroke leg in 30.70 aiding in the victorious 200-yard medley relay, with a conference-best time of 1:50.46. She also won the 200 breaststroke win a season-best time of 2:30.25 and took second in the 100 breast posting a season-best 1:08.94.

Also for the Gusties, junior post Molly Mathiowetz has been named the MIAC Women's Basketball Co-Athlete of the Week. The Sleepy Eye native and graduate of Sleepy Eye St. Mary's helped Gustavus post a 2-0 record last week.

She led the team in scoring with average of 20 points per game. She led all scorers in the 77-63 victory over St. Thomas Wednesday night with 22 points, while leading the Gusties with 18 points in the 60-53 victory over Bethel Saturday afternoon. Her defense was key in both victories as she recorded four steals and two blocks against St. Thomas and a game-high six steals against Bethel.

Mathiowetz also posted an impressive all-around performance against St. Thomas as she shot 67% from the field (8-12) and 5-6 from the free throw line.

Mathiowetz shared the POW honor with Nicollet native Shannon Renne of Augsburg. Renne, a junior guard, set an Augsburg and MIAC single-game record for 3-pointers in a game, connecting on 9-of-13 from beyond the arc in Augsburg's 78-66 win over Carleton on Saturday.

Renne scored a career-high 35 points in the win, a single-game high for any MIAC women's basketball player so far this season. Her total was just two points shy of Augsburg's single-game school record.

She also had seven rebounds and two assists in the win, which broke an 18-game Augsburg losing streak to Carleton. She also had six points and five rebounds in Augsburg's 65-52 loss to Bethel on Wednesday.

Sophomore goaltender Emily Klatt of Gustavus has been named the MIAC's Women's Hockey Athlete of the Week. She helped the Gusties go 2-0 last week with victories over fifth-ranked UW-River Falls on Tuesday night and Saint Mary's on Saturday afternoon.

Klatt gave up one goal and made 30 saves while playing a total of 90 minutes. In the 2-1 upset win over UW-River Falls, Klatt gave up one goal and made 24 saves for her second win of the season.

In Saturday's 1-0 win over Saint Mary's she played 30 minutes and made 6 saves. Klatt has given up seven goals on the season with a .915 save percentage and a 2-1-2 record.

-- Jim Rueda