Joseph Vanden Acker

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Ulloa nabs MWC Defensive Player of the Week honors

Lawrence University safety Robbie Ulloa has been chosen as the Midwest Conference Defensive

Robbie Ulloa

Player of the Week.

Ulloa (Burlington, Wis./Catholic Central) earned the award after a big game in Lawrence’s 33-12 victory over Knox College last Saturday. Ulloa, a junior, posted a game-high eight tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble.

Ulloa’s biggest play of the contest came in the game’s opening minutes. Ulloa scooped up a fumble by Knox quarterback Bill Meyer and raced 66 yards for his first career touchdown just 1:30 into the contest.

Ulloa also sacked Meyer later in the first quarter and forced a fumble that he recovered deep in Lawrence territory.

Through two games, Ulloa has a team-high 17 tackles and leads the team with 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks.

Lawrence returns to action on Saturday when it hosts defending conference champion Monmouth College at 1 p.m. in the Banta Bowl.

Solomon picks up MWC weekly soccer award

Lawrence University men’s soccer standout Steven Solomon has been named the Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

A freshman goalkeeper, Solomon (Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins) won the award after an outstanding two games in net for the Vikings. For the two games last week, Solomon posted a 2-0 record with a shutout, a .933 save percentage and a 0.50 goals against average

In Lawrence’s 1-0 victory over the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Solomon made five saves to record the shutout. In a 2-1 victory over Beloit College to open Midwest Conference play, Solomon made nine saves.

Solomon is 3-1 on the season with two shutouts. He has a .880 save percentage and a 0.75 goals against average.

Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Edgewood College.

Vikings split four matches at UW-Oshkosh Classic

OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Lawrence University volleyball team split four matches on Friday and Saturday at the UW-Oshkosh Pizza Hut Classic.

The Vikings downed Lakeland College 3-1 and Lake Forest College 3-0 and fell to the University of Chicago and UW-Stevens Point by identical 3-0 scores.

Lawrence’s Clare Bohrer was named to the all-tournament team.

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Koula posts hat trick as Vikings blast Beloit

Mallory Koula posted her first hat trick of the season as the Lawrence University women’s soccer team rolled to a 7-0 Midwest Conference victory over Beloit College on Saturday.

Koula scored in the fourth, 23rd and 73rd minute to lead Lawrence’s rout of the Buccaneers. Liz Seeley, Natalie Jin, Sarah Ehlinger and Annie Kaiser all scored for Lawrence.

Cassie Burke picked up the shutout as Lawrence limited Beloit to one shot.

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Blegen’s goal lifts Lawrence past Bucs

Cameron Blegen picked a good time for his first career goal.

Blegen, a junior midfielder, scored at the 76:02 mark to snap a 1-1 tie and give the Lawrence University men’s soccer team a 2-1 Midwest Conference win Saturday over Beloit College. Bennett Pang and Stephen Exarhos picked up assists on Blegen’s game-winning goal. Freshman Charlie Mann also scored his first career goal for the Vikings.

Steven Solomon made nine saves to earn the victory.

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Big plays help Vikings roll past Knox

The Lawrence University football team hit on several big plays on offense and defense and rolled to a 33-12 Midwest Conference victory over Knox College on Saturday in the Banta Bowl.

Lawrence (1-1, 1-0 MWC) also shut the Prairie Fire (0-2, 0-1) out in the second half on its way to winning its home and conference opener for the first time since 2004. The Lawrence defense also picked up a pair of safeties.

The Vikings didn’t waste any time in opening the scoring. Freshman running back Shawn Martin took the handoff on the first play from scrimmage and blasted 64 yards for his first career touchdown and a 6-0 lead just 18 seconds into the game.

The Lawrence defense then struck for a score of its own just 1:12 later. Knox quarterback Bill Meyer fumbled and the ball was scooped up by Robbie Ulloa at the Lawrence 34-yard line. He raced 66 yards for the score and the Vikings led 13-0 at the 13:30 mark of the first quarter. Ulloa had a game-high eight tackles, including 2.5 for loss, 2.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble.

Knox cut the lead in half when Meyer connected with Clarke Cuthbert on a 28-yard touchdown pass with 12:12 left in the second quarter. That capped a seven-play, 80-yard drive.

Lawrence got its first safety of the game on Knox’s next possession. With the Prairie Fire facing a second-and-17 at the Knox 10, Meyer fumbled and the rolled into the end zone. Meyer kicked the ball out of the end zone for the safety and a 15-6 Lawrence lead.

The Prairie Fire trimmed that lead to 15-12 with a Meyer to Cuthbert scoring pass with 37 seconds left in the second quarter. Cuthbert finished with five catches for 123 yards.

Lawrence took command early in the fourth quarter. After a Kyle Gauthier pooch punt backed Knox up to its own 2-yard line, Antonio Melara burst through the line and tackled Luke Northam in the end zone for another safety.

After the ensuing free kick, Lawrence took over at its own 48-yard line. Quarterback Tyler Mazur burst through the left side of the line on the next play and went 52 yards for the score and a 24-12 Lawrence lead with 12:50 left in the game.

Lawrence put the game away when Mazur hit Mason Garcia with a 13-yard scoring pass with 3:06 left. Garcia’s first career touchdown capped an eight-play, 69-yard drive.

The Vikings added Cody Robel’s 20-yard field goal with 18 seconds remaining.

Lawrence returns to action next Saturday in the Banta Bowl when it hosts defending conference champion Monmouth College.

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Titans top Lawrence tennis team

OSHKOSH, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh women’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 6-3 in a nonconference match Thursday at the Kolf Sports Center Complex. Lawrence’s top singles player, Beth Larson, kept her record unblemished on the season and improved to 5-0 in singles and 5-0 at No. 1 doubles with partner Jenny Roesch.

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