Dragons

MSUM Hosts Annual 24 Hour Day of Giving

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The MSUM Dragons are taking flight from alumni and supporters on MSUM’s Day of Giving “It’s an exciting day, it’s a great chance for our Dragon community to give back. Support students and scholarships, and programs here on campus,” said Steve Sjoberg, Director of Marketing and Communications for MSUM Foundation. MSUM’s Giving Day is the biggest…

MSUM men’s basketball add 3 Division I players to round out roster

MOORHEAD (KVRR) – The Minnesota State University-Moorhead Dragons men’s basketball program added three Division I players through the transfer portal to round out their roster. Former NDSU player, Sam Hastreiter, is joined by Levi Birkholz from The Citadel and Jayden Doyle from Monmouth. MSUM now prepare for their season to start this fall. Categories: College, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Dragons,…

MSUM’s new women’s soccer head coach career shaped by international experience and tragedy

MOORHEAD (KVRR) – Recently Minnesota State University Moorhead’s athletic department made the decision to go with Scott Forster as their new head coach of the women’s soccer program. Forster, who is from England, surprised the team with the announcement on a Zoom call. “Told the team, hey you need to be on a Zoom call when we make this announcement…

MSUM Softball cruises to NSIC semifinals after crushing MSU Mankato

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KVRR) – The Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragons are off to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament semifinals after drubbing the foes in five innings. MSUM won 9-0 over the MSU-Mankato Mavericks behind their offense and dominant pitching. Evey Evans and Lizzy Davis combined for four hits and six RBIs. While Azalya Lopez earned the win on…

MSUM kicks off Welcome Week

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota State University Moorhead kicks off the start of a new school year with Welcome Week. The university is welcoming in dragons as they get settled into their dorms ahead of classes beginning Monday. To make the transition easier and more enjoyable, the university’s Dragon Move-In Crew, which includes students, alumni and President Anne Blackhurst, helped…

MSUM Athletics Announce 10 Student-Athletes Have Opted Out of Winter/Spring Seasons

Those student-athletes can not opt back in

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Out of Minnesota State Moorhead’s 330 student athletes, 10 have decided to opt out due to COVID-19 concerns. Athletic Director Doug Peters told KVRR Sports. The Division Two council gave athletes an October 1st deadline to decide. Those athletes can still utilize compliance and support services. Peters says all the programs are working out in some capacity….

Coach of the Week: MSUM Football’s Steve Laqua

Dragons 2020 season will have just 10 games

FARGO, N.D. — Minnesota-State Moorhead football is set to play one less game and start one week later in the fall due to the coronavirus and the impact it’ll have on division two athletic departments. To gain some more perspective on this topic, KVRR’s Nick Couzin talked with the Dragons head coach Steve Laqua. The season starts on September 12th…

MSUM Freshmen Start New Chapter at Move-In Day

There were a lot of mixed emotions for both students and parents

MOORHEAD, Minn. — It’s that time of year again: a new class of freshmen is joining the Dragon Family at MSUM. Hundreds of students loaded things into carts and lugged them up to their dorm rooms, and in the midst of it all was university president Anne Blackhurst. “When you’re a university president, the best day of the year is…

MSUM Football Entering 2019 With a Clean Slate

The Dragons went 8-4 last season

MOORHEAD, Minn. –The 2018 year was a successful one for the MSU Moorhead football program in Steve Laqua’s eighth season as the Dragons head coach The team finished with an 8-4 record and advanced to their first postseason appearance since 1994, earning a spot in the Mineral Water Bowl. With fifteen starters returning to the field this season, the hope…

MSUM’s Volkert Looking to Extend Collegiate Career on Friday

The Dragons play in the NCAA Tournament against Duluth on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

MOORHEAD, Minn. — One day away from the Division-II NCAA Tournament, MSUM women’s basketball is still in Moorhead, Minn. The Dragons had their flight pushed back due to weather and will now leave for Hays, Kan., at around 7:00 Friday morning. The team plays about 12 hours after that against Minnesota-Duluth. MSUM just faced the Bulldogs in the NSIC title…