January 2, 2012 Lost Work Productivity Due to March Madness (WNDU-TV) March Madness is not limited to the basketball court. New research shows 38 percent of workers will watch the college basketball games at work, never mind the lost productivity as workers fill out their brackets in their cubicles. Richard Measell, assistant professor of economics, is interviewed. January 2, 2012 Belles Deny Yellow Jackets DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Saint Mary's softball team picked up where they left off yesterday by sweeping a doubleheader at Defiance by 4-0 and 6-2 scores. January 2, 2012 Belles Ground Pilots for Season Opening Win NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Kaitlin Teichman notched the lone goal of the game in the 55th minute as the Saint Mary's soccer team opened the 2012 campaign with a 1-0 win over cross-town rival Bethel on Friday evening. January 2, 2012 Belles Bound for Nationals With Automatic Qualifier MARSHALL, Mich. - The Saint Mary's golf team will be at the 2012 NCAA Division III Golf Championships in May as they claimed the conference's automatic bid on Saturday. Saint Mary's will be making their seventh overall appearance and fourth in-a-row at the NCAA Championships. January 2, 2012 2012 President's Medal Recipient At the 2012 Commencement, Saint Mary’s honored Susan Fitzgerald Rice ’61 with the President’s Medal, which is presented rarely and exclusively to those who have offered exceptional contributions to the life of the College and society. This is not the first time the College has honored her. Rice received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Alumnae Association in 1986 and was named a Shannon Executive Scholar in 1998. January 2, 2012 Belles Maintain Lead Heading Into Final Round MARSHALL, Mich. - The Saint Mary's team maintained their lead in the hunt for the conference's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Championship at the second of three 18-hole rounds. January 2, 2012 Belles Swept by No. 24 Lady Reds NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Saint Mary's softball team suffered a pair of losses at home to No. 24 Carthage by 8-0 and 12-5 scores. January 2, 2012 Belles Split with Scots, Clinch Tournament Berth NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Saint Mary's softball team put together a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh in game one against Alma to take a 2-1 win and secure a top-four spot in the MIAA. January 2, 2012 Belles Defeated by Scots NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Regionally-ranked Alma scored a pair of goals in the opening three-and-a-half minutes as the Saint Mary's soccer team fell 2-0 to the Scots on Tuesday evening.