Mike Eaves, who spent the past 14 seasons leading Division I Wisconsin before being fired following the season, was named coach at St. Olaf on Friday.
Eaves' Badgers appeared in seven NCAA tournaments, winning a national title in 2006, while compiling a 267-225-76 record in Madison.
"Mike is a proven winner at every level he has coached and embodies everything our department and college stand for," Oles athletic director Ryan Bowles said.
"It's a unique situation to do something special," said Eaves, who began his collegiate coaching career at Division III Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1986.
Tommies lose
St. Thomas lost 2-0 to St. John Fisher (N.Y.) in an elimination game in the NCAA Division III softball tournament in Salem, Va. Lindsey Thayer of St. John Fisher threw a two-hitter and struck out seven. The Cardinals scored on a solo homer in the sixth inning and three singles in the seventh.
The Tommies, who finish 43-8, played without Kierstin Anderson-Glass, a .374 hitter who was 30-5 in the circle. She was injured late in Thursday's 3-2 loss to Emory.
7 from U advance
Five Gophers women advanced to the NCAA track and field meet by finishing in the top 12 in their events at the West Preliminary meet in Lawrence, Kan.
Heta Turri tied for first in the high jump (5-10¾). Lyndsey Thorpe broke the school record in the hammer throw (203-6) in placing seventh. Nicolle Murphy was eighth in the javelin (166-7). Liz Berkholtz was ninth in the 10,000 (34:28.58) and Kaila Urick 12th in the 3,000 steeplechase (10:14.49).
