{"id":945,"date":"2024-02-28T21:26:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/?p=945"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:59:39","slug":"celt-champions-setting-the-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2024\/student-stories\/celt-champions-setting-the-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Celt Champions Setting The Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"946\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2024\/student-stories\/celt-champions-setting-the-bar\/attachment\/celtchampions_encounterwinter2024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Celtchampions_Encounterwinter2024.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Celtchampions_Encounterwinter2024-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Celtchampions_Encounterwinter2024.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Celtchampions_Encounterwinter2024.jpg\" alt=\"Celtchampions_Encounterwinter2024\" class=\"wp-image-946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Celtchampions_Encounterwinter2024.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Celtchampions_Encounterwinter2024-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In its inaugural NCAA Division III year, St. Thomas excelled, clinching four Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles and four NCAA tournament berths. In addition to appearances by Softball and Men\u2019s Basketball, Men\u2019s Soccer and Men\u2019s Golf dazzled with Sweet 16 finishes, setting a thrilling precedent for the promising future of UST in Division III.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2022-23 SCAC Men\u2019s Basketball Regular Season Champions&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2022-23 SCAC Men\u2019s Golf<br>Champions\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2023 SCAC Softball<br>Tournament Championship\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2022 SCAC Men\u2019s Soccer\u00a0<br>Tournament Championship\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the Champion\u2019s Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UST sets dazzling precedent for a promising future in NCAA Division III.  See which championships they clinched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,153],"tags":[860,862,863,858,424,38,861,859,693,10],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-student-stories","tag-2022-23-scac-mens-basketball-regular-season-champions","tag-2022-23-scac-mens-golf-champions","tag-2023-scac-softball-tournament-championship","tag-celt-championships","tag-champions-club","tag-ncaa-division-iii","tag-ncaa-division-iii-championships","tag-southern-collegiate-athletic-conference","tag-winter-2024-issue","tag-winter-issue"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - 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