GALESBURG, Ill. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team swept the doubles matches en route to a 6-3 nonconference victory over Knox College on Sunday.
Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor posted an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles, Caleb Ray and Jeremy Andereck were 8-1 winners at No. 2 and Roy Wimer and Bile Ali posted an 8-4 victory at No. 3.
Ray and Andereck posted straight-set wins at Nos. 2 and 4 singles, respectively, and Dunn also rallied for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles.
GREEN LAKE, Wis. — Lawrence University golf standout John Pechan turned in two superb rounds this weekend and took third place at the Ripon College Invitational at the Golf Courses of Lawsonia.
Pechan, a freshman, followed up Saturday’s 3-under par 69 with an even-par 72 on Sunday for a 36-hole total of 141. Carthage College’s Donnie Langland fired a 65 on Sunday to finish first with a score of 136.
Lawrence finished 10th among the 16 teams with a score of 662. Carthage won the title at 558.
Jon Mays finished tied for 54th at 169, Nathan Fearing was tied for 60th at 174 and Zach Joseph was 66th at 178.
Sunday’s Midwest Conference baseball doubleheader between Lawrence University and Beloit College has been postponed due to the stormy weather in the Appleton area. The doubleheader has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 12, at Whiting Field.
BELOIT, Wis. — The Beloit College baseball team took a pair of close games from Lawrence University on Saturday in the opening Midwest Conference doubleheader of the season.
The Bucs (10-6, 2-0 MWC) took the opener 4-1 and picked up a 5-3 victory in the nightcap.
In the opener, Alex Norman and Andrew Wilt locked up in a pitcher’s duel. Norman allowed only five hits while striking out four and walking two to earn the win. Wilt allowed 10 hits, struck out one and walked three.
Beloit took a 1-0 lead in the third and got a big two-run triple from Mike Ross in the sixth to build a 3-0 lead. Beloit added another run in the seventh.
Lawrence (2-15, 0-2) broke up the shutout in the eighth when Phil Wisniewski doubled and later scored on Luke Barthelmess’ sacrifice fly. Wisniewski went 2-for-3 to pace the Vikings.
In the nightcap, Lawrence limited the Bucs to only five hits, but Beloit took advantage of four errors, four walks and four hit batsman.
Lawrence took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third when Michael Baldino and Barthelmess singled and both scored on an outfield error.
The Bucs tied it in the bottom half of the inning when a walk and hit batsman put a pair of runners aboard. Jake Tresemer then delivered a two-run double to tie the game at 2-2.
Beloit added a run in the third and then scored two more times in the sixth without a hit. A walk, two errors and two hits batsmen helped give Beloit a 5-2 lead.
Lawrence trimmed the lead to 5-3 when Wisniewski singled, moved to third on Sam Kossow’s single and scored on a sacrifice fly.
The Vikings had runners at second and third in the ninth, but Baldino struck out and Barthelmess flied out to end the game.
Mike Kovach pitched seven innings to get the win, and Aaron Bushur picked up the save. Chad Skaer went 5.2 innings and took the loss.
Beloit travels to Lawrence on Sunday to finish the four-game series.
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Lake Forest College softball team used a pair of homers to take the lead and went on to a 14-5 victory on Saturday over Lawrence University at the Midwest Conference Classic at Dawson Park.
The Vikings (7-10, 2-3 MWC) grabbed an early 5-2 against Lake Forest with three runs in the first inning and two more in the second.
The Foresters scored two in the third and then got a solo homer in the fourth to tie the game at 5-5. The Foresters added a two-run homer in the fifth to take the lead and then scored seven times in the seventh to pull away.
Lake Forest picked up 18 hits against three Lawrence pitchers.
Shannon Murray went 3-for-4 and drove in four runs to pace the Vikings. Alissa Geipel went 2-for-3 with a double, and Cathy Kaye was 2-for-2.
Emily Perish was the starter and took the loss for Lawrence.
The Vikings return to action on Sunday at the MWC Classic when they face Monmouth College and Grinnell College.
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Lawrence University softball team rallied for a 6-4 victory over Illinois College on Saturday at the Midwest Conference Classic at Dawson Park.
Lawrence (7-9, 2-2 MWC) scored in each of the final five innings to overcome an early two-run deficit.
Illinois College grabbed the lead with three runs in the bottom of the third. Lawrence trimmed the margin to 3-2 with a run in the top of the fourth.
Lawrence then took a 4-3 lead with a pair of runs in the fifth. The Vikings added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh to seal the victory.
Shannon Murray went the distance to pick up the win. She allowed eight hits, struck out four and walked four.
Freshman Brielle Bartes went 3-for-4 and drove in a run to pace the Lawrence offense, which collected nine hits. Carli Gurholt was 2-for-4 and Emily Perish went 2-for-3 for the Vikings.
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Lawrence University softball team got the Midwest Conference Classic off to a great start on Saturday with a 12-4 victory in five innings over Knox College.
Knox took the early lead with a pair of runs in the first inning, but the Vikings (6-9, 1-2) took command with six runs in the second. Lawrence, which pounded out 14 hits in only four innings, then added six more in the fourth to seal the victory.
Shannon Murray was one of five Vikings to pick up a pair of hits against the Prairie Fire. Murray went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs batted in.
Katie Simonsen went 2-for-3 and drove in a game-high four runs. Cathy Kaye and Alissa Geipel both went 2-for-4 with a double and Kaye knocked in two runs. Emily Perish also went 2-for-3.
Perish pitched all five innings to pick up the win. She struck out one and didn’t walk a batter.
GREEN LAKE, Wis. — Lawrence University golf standout John Pechan is tied for the lead after Saturday’s opening round of the Ripon College Invitational at the Golf Courses of Lawsonia.
Pechan fired a 3-under par 69 on the Woodlands Course and is tied for the lead with Robert O’Neill of Carthage College. Pechan fired a 34 on the front nine and carded a 35 on the back.
The 36-hole tournament wraps up on Sunday.
Zach Joseph shot 87 for Lawrence, Jon Mays carded an 88 and Nathan Fearing shot 90.
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Sam Stevens and Anne Sullivan both took home second-place finishes on Saturday to pace the Lawrence University track team at the Carroll University Invitational.
Stevens grabbed second place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 9:41.31. Teammate David Zane ran to fourth place in 10:12.89.
Anne Sullivan raced to second in the 5,000 in 19:54.74 to lead the Lawrence women. Rose Tepper leaped to third place in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 3 inches. Erica Schmidt also grabbed a third place in the discus with a toss of 117-04.
GRINNELL, Iowa — The Wheaton College men’s tennis team posted an 8-1 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday. The lone winner for the Vikings was top singles player Jason Dunn, who defeated Taylor Johnson 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5).
