CLC Baseball and Softball Teams Lose at Home

Raiders Baseball

The Raider  baseball team dropped their first South Division losses of the season at home on Wednesday, May 1, as they were defeated 8-3 (LP Taz Seibert) and 10-4 ( LP Brandon Kiel) by Rochester at Findorff Field. The Raiders are now 6-3-1 on the season.

The Raiders next games (double header) are on the road against St. Cloud Technical and Community College on Saturday, May 4 at 7 pm.

Raider Basketball Players Receive MCAC Honors

Women's Basketball
Lindsay Monson freshman center from Pierz was named to the Minnesota College Athletic Conference All-Northern Division First Team and was also named to the All-MCAC Team. Sierra Benning freshman guard from Clarrisa was named to the All-Division Second Team and freshman guard Taalyr Egeness earned All-Northern Division Honorable Mention honors.

Raider Men's Team Upset by Anoka Ramsey

The CLC men's team lost to Anoka Ramsey 80-73 in the first round of the MCAC-Region 13 Men's Basketball Tournament. The #3 seed from the South division, Anoka Ramsey beat the #2 North division Raiders to advance in the tournament championship bracket. All four Northern division teams lost to their Southern division foes on Friday. Tournament Bracket. The Raiders face Mesabi Range on Saturday, March 2 at noon in the consolation bracket semi finals. Mesabi Range range lost to Rochester 69-48.

CLC Women's Team to Play in NJCAA Region 13B Tournament

The Central Lakes College Raiders (#4 seed) will face host Northland Community and Technical College (#1 seed) on Saturday, March 2 at 2 pm in the first round of the 13B Regional Tournament. The winner will play in the championship game on Sunday, March 3 at 2 pm.  The other matchup on Saturday is a 4 pm game between Rainy River (#2 seed) vs Mesabi Range (#3 seed). The Tournament is hosted by Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

MCAC-Region 13 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2013 Minnesota College Athletic Conference-NJCAA Region 13 Tournament is scheduled for March 1-3 at Anoka Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The Raider men's basketball team (two seed North) will face the tournament host, Anoka Ramsey (three seed South) at 5 pm on Friday, March 1. The winner of this matchup will play again on Saturday, March 2 at 4 pm.

Rochester Community College is the number one seed from the South and Vermilion Community College is the top seed from the North. For more information on game matchups and times click on this link: Tournament Bracket

Raider Basketball Teams Finish Strong

The Raider men's basketball team finished their regular season with a decisive victory over the Northland Pioneers 83-62 at home on Saturday, February 23. The victory was the tenth straight win for  the Raider men's team. Their last loss was against Vermilion on January 19. The Raiders enter the post season with a record of 19 wins and just 7 losses.

The Raider women's team lost their final game against Northland by a score of 58-77. The women's team had a slow start to the season with a record of 1-11 through mid-January. They finished the season with momentum by winning 9 of their final 13 games and ended their season and with a record of 10-15.

CLC upsets No. 2 Vermilion

The Central Lakes College men's basketball team upset second-ranked Vermilion, 81-73, Saturday, Feb. 16 in Brainerd to complete a sweep begun by the Raider women, who came from behind to win over the visitors, 76-68. The Vermilion men (23-2) had held the NJCAA Division III ranking for several weeks and lead the Northern Division of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. CLC shot 51.5% in the second half and made 17 of 25 free throws in one of the best efforts of the 17-7 season.