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Minnesota Crookston Equestrian Earns High Point Team Accolades Saturday at Wisconsin-River Falls

RIVER FALLS, Wis. – The University of Minnesota Crookston equestrian team competed in a pair of IHSA jump seat meets Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30 in River Falls, Wis. The Golden Eagles earned high point team accolades Saturday, with Kristen Borchert (Fr., Coon Rapids, Minn.) earning high point rider nods. Sunday, UMN Crookston claimed reserve high point team honors, while Borchert was reserve high point rider.

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Minnesota Crookston Trap Finishes Regular Season Ranked Third in Conference

The University of Minnesota Crookston trap team finished the regular season in third place in USA College Clay Target League Conference 1A-4. The Golden Eagles had 3,075 points over five weeks of the regular season. Their week five score was 638.0, their third-best team score of the season. Minnesota Crookston finished 567.5 points behind Lake Superior College, and 619.5 points behind Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. They defeated Lake Area Technical College and Mount Aloysius College.

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Minnesota Crookston Men’s Basketball Heads to North Dakota State For Lone Exhibition Game Before Regular Season

Fargo, N.D. – Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball opens up a new era on Wednesday night at North Dakota State. The Golden Eagles will kick-off the Bryan Beamish era with an exhibition game against the Bison of the Summit League. It will be the 13th time these two teams have met and the first since Nov. of 2014, a one point Bison victory. This will be the third exhibition game these two programs have played.

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Two Golden Eagles go 50-of-50 as UMN Crookston Trap Puts Together Strong Week in USA College Clay Target League

The University of Minnesota Crookston trap team shot their second-best scores of the season to inch closer to the Southwest Wisconsin Technical College and Lake Superior College in the USA College Clay Target League 1A-Conference 4 standings. The Golden Eagles have 2,437 overall points. They are just 556 points out of first place and 465 points out of second place as they head into the final week of the regular season. The Golden Eagles are currently in third place. They lead Lake Area Technical College and Mount Aloysius College.

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