January 2, 2012 Belles Claim Home Finale Against Kalamazoo NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Saint Mary's basketball team took full advantage of a big crowd in their home finale on Senior Day with a 68-49 win against Kalamazoo on Saturday. January 2, 2012 Mahoney's Career-High Helps Belles Down Comets OLIVET, Mich. - Senior Patsy Mahoney scored a career-high 29 points, including seven of the Belles' last eight points, to help lift the Saint Mary's basketball team to a 59-55 win at Olivet on Saturday. January 2, 2012 Belles Claim Second at Anderson Invitational ANDERSON, Ind. - The 15th ranked Saint Mary's golf team took second place at a rain-shortened Anderson University Invitational on Sunday at Killbuck Golf Course. January 2, 2012 Belles Shut Down Vikings in Game Two for Split NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Saint Mary's softball team responded in a big way after falling 5-2 in the opener to North Park by shutting out the Vikings 4-0 on Sunday afternoon. January 2, 2012 Clock Runs Out on Late Rally for Belles Trailing by eight points with just over a minute and a half to go in the game, the Saint Mary's basketball team's attempt at tying the game with 12 seconds to go was just barely off the mark as the Belles fell 77-73 at home against #17 Hope on Saturday. January 2, 2012 Belles Bitten by Polar Bears NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Saint Mary's fell to Ohio Northern by a 77-62 final score on Sunday afternoon. January 2, 2012 Belles Come Up Short Against Big Blue DECATUR, Ill. - The host Big Blue led from start to finish as Millikin defeated the Saint Mary's basketball team 63-56 on Thursday afternoon. January 2, 2012 Green Tabbed MIAA Defensive Player of the Week ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Saint Mary's sophomore defender Kerry Green was named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Defensive Player of the Week for her performance in games played through September 16. January 2, 2012 Library Staff Builds Christmas Tree of Books (WNDU-TV) An 8-foot Christmas tree made entirely of bound periodicals is on display in the Cushwa-Leighton Library. It is made up of more than 1350 volumes. The tree took 18 hours for library staff to construct over a 6-day period. The staff had to disassemble it two times before they got it right. The “star” on top of the tree is the book titled “A Child Asks for a Star” written by former Saint Mary’s College President Sister M. Madeleva Wolff, CSC.