The St. Thomas women’s basketball and hockey teams both took part in conference competition Saturday, with mixed results. The Tommies won on the hardcourt, but fell on the ice as the regular season nears its conclusion

Basketball: St. Thomas 73, Omaha 43

St. Thomas got back to .500, both overall and in Summit League play, with its third consecutive victory — a 73-43 pasting of visiting Omaha.

Four Tommies scored in double digits, led by Faith Feuerbach’s 13 points. Feuerbach tied the Mavericks’ Regan Juenemann for the game high in scoring, while three of her UST teammates — Alyssa Sand, Jada Hood and Autumn McCall — scored 12 points each.

St. Thomas shot 57.7% from the field in the second half. They finished the game 6 of 15 from 3-point range and scored 28 points off 22 Omaha turnovers. They also outscored Omaha 46-24 in the paint.

The Tommies (13-13 overall, 6-6 Summit) took control early, outscoring Omaha (4-24, 2-11) by 10 points in the first quarter, and never looked back in the 30-point triumph.

With the win, the UST remained in a fourth-place tie in the Summit standings with Oral Roberts, which also won on Saturday. St. Thomas faces its toughest test of the season with a trip to conference-leading North Dakota State (22-2, 11-0) on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Hockey: Minnesota-Duluth 3, St. Thomas 0

The St. Thomas women’s hockey team lost again at Minnesota-Duluth Saturday, as the 10th-ranked Bulldogs finished off a two-game sweep of the Tommies with a 3-0 win.

It was a loss that wasn’t for lack of trying, as UST launched 33 shots at the UMD net. However, Bulldogs goaltender Eve Gascon stood tall against the onslaught for the shutout victory. Tommies netminder Julia Minotti made 20 saves, but allowed one goal in each of the first and second periods. The hosts’ final tally came with 39 seconds to go in the game after St. Thomas pulled Minotti for the extra attacker.

The Tommies (12-19-1 overall, 7-18-1 WCHA) finished the weekend in seventh place in the conference standings with two games remaining in the regular season. However, UST remains mathematically alive to finish as high as fifth depending on the outcomes next weekend. St. Thomas can direct its own destiny to move up to fifth as it hosts current fifth-place side Minnesota State (13-17-2, 7-17-2) for a two-game set next Friday and Saturday, with both games starting at 2 p.m.

The Mavericks (24 points) are currently one point ahead of the Tommies (23). St. Cloud State (11-19-2, 7-17-2) currently sits in fifth place with 27 points, but plays No. 1-ranked Wisconsin (27-3-2, 21-3-2) next weekend. If St. Thomas is able to sweep MSU and the heavily-favored Badgers are able to do the same to the Huskies, the Tommies would leap to sole possession of fifth in the final standings.

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