Joseph Vanden Acker

Author: Joseph Vanden Acker

Football preview: Lawrence vs. Ripon

APPLETON, Wis. — The state’s oldest college football rivalry is renewed on Saturday when Lawrence University takes on Ripon College at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. in the 115th meeting between the two schools.

In addition, the Lawrence Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will be conducting a food drive to benefit COTS, a Fox Cities organization that benefits the chronically homeless. Anyone who donates a canned food item receives $1 off admission for Saturday’s game. Cash donations for the food drive are also welcome.

Preview

Berger grabs MWC Defensive Player of the Week honors

Lewis Berger
Lewis Berger

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University’s Lewis Berger has been named the Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Berger (Belchertown, Mass./Belchertown), a sophomore defender, won the honor after Lawrence’s 1-0 victory over Monmouth College on Oct. 31.

Berger was a key player among the group of defenders that allowed Monmouth just three shots on goal. He also scored the game’s only goal.

In the 27th minute, Berger hammered home a ball into the back of the net that deflected off the hand of the goalkeeper. It was Berger’s first goal of the season, and the fifth shutout for the Vikings in 2015.

This is the first Player of the Week award for Berger, and the first Defensive Player of the the Week award for Lawrence since Charlie Mann won the honor on Oct. 17, 2011.

 

Lawrence men go unbeaten at Northwestern Duals

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Lawrence University men’s fencing team went 5-0 on Saturday at the Northwestern University Duals, and the women posted a 2-2 mark.

The Lawrence men opened with a 17-10 win over Cleveland State and then defeated McKendree University 18-9. The Vikings followed with an 18-9 win over the University of Detroit Mercy before topping the University of the Incarnate Word 23-4. Lawrence capped its day with a 15-12 win over Northwestern, which fields a club team on the men’s side.

The Lawrence women dumped Cleveland State 11-5 and then topped Detroit Mercy 7-2. Incarnate Word downed Lawrence 6-3, and Northwestern, which has a varsity women’s squad, topped the Vikings 24-3.

NORTHWESTERN DUALS

Men

Lawrence 17, Cleveland State 10 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 6-3, Epee 5-4)

Lawrence 18, McKendree 9 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 6-3, Epee 5-4)

Lawrence 18, Detroit Mercy 9 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 6-3, Epee 6-3)

Lawrence 23, Incarnate Word 4 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 9-0, Epee 5-4)

Lawrence 15, Northwestern 12 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 6-3, Epee 4-5)

Women

Lawrence 11, Cleveland State 5 (Foil 5-2, Epee 6-3)

Lawrence 7, Detroit Mercy 2 (Epee only)

Incarnate Word 6, Lawrence 3 (Epee only)

Northwestern 24, Lawrence 3 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 9-0, Epee 7-2)

Lawrence swimmers split with Red Hawks

RIPON, Wis. — The Lawrence University swim teams split a dual meet at Ripon College on Saturday at the Storzer Center.

The Lawrence women topped Ripon 127-78, and the Red Hawks defeated the Lawrence men 123-58.

On the women’s side, Emei Thompson and Hayley Cardinal were both multiple winners for the Vikings. Thompson won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:38.64 and took the 1,000 freestyle in 11:42.63. Cardinal swam to victory in the 200 individual medley in 2:21.17 and won the 100 breaststroke in 1:10.29.

The Lawrence women also won both of the relays, the 200 medley and 400 freestyle.

On the men’s side, Max Stahl was a winner for the Vikings as he took the top spot in the 200 IM in 2:17.24.

Results

Lakeland rallies past Vikings

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Lakeland College volleyball team rallied from a two-set deficit on Saturday and pulled out a 3-2 non-conference win over Lawrence University.

The Muskies (16-14) won 22-25, 16-25, 25-13, 25-9, 15-13.

Arianna Neumeyer paced the Vikings (8-19) with 11 kills, and she picked up 15 digs. Sydney Nelson collected 13 assists, two aces and 10 digs for Lawrence.

Cyra Bammer led the Vikings with 16 digs, and Katie Kumbalek added 14.

Courtney Naser had 14 kills for the Muskies, and Taylor Levitt handed out 44 assists.

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Power play leads UWSP over Lawrence

APPLETON, Wis. — The UW-Stevens Point hockey team converted 4-of-6 chances on the power play Saturday night and went on to a 9-1 non-conference victory over Lawrence University at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The second-ranked Pointers (2-0-0) scored a pair of power-play goals in each of the first two periods to take control. Joe Kalisz and Kyle Sharkey each had a pair of goals for Stevens Point, and both of Sharkey’s goals came on the power play in the second period.

Lawrence (0-2-0) got its goal in the first period when Josh Koepplinger scored off an assist from Brad Mueller. It was the first collegiate goal for Koepplinger.

The Pointers led 4-1 after the opening period, and that would be the end of the night for Lawrence goaltender Mattias Soderqvist. He made 10 saves in the opening period. Freshman James Schroeder played the final two periods and finished with 15 saves.

Stevens Point scored three more times in the second, twice on the power play, and then added a pair of goals in the third.

 

Jesse Gordichuk stopped 28 shots for the Pointers.

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Strong ground game leads Green Knights past Lawrence

DE PERE, Wis. — The St. Norbert College football team used its strong running attack Saturday to post a 63-6 Midwest Conference North Division victory over Lawrence University at Schneider Stadium.

The undefeated Green Knights (8-0, 4-0 MWC North) rushed for 508 yards on the afternoon. St. Norbert was led by Brandon Carter’s 136 rushing yards, and Elijah Fort scored three touchdowns for the Green Knights.

All-purpose back Terrence Simon ran 11 times for 64 yards to pace Lawrence (1-7, 0-4). Lawrence’s two quarterbacks were limited to just 95 yards passing in the cold, wet conditions.

St. Norbert jumped out to a 21-0 lead after the first quarter, and Lawrence picked up a touchdown just before halftime.

The Vikings moved 75 yards in 10 plays on their scoring drive. Simon had an 11-yard run, and Dalton Sendelbach broke loose for 14 yards a few plays later to move into St. Norbert territory.

Quarterback Ryan Butterfield then hit Jacob Berman for 19 yards to the St. Norbert 18. On the next play, Butterfield connected with Sendelbach for 14 yards to the St. Norbert four. Berman ran it in for the score on the next play.

Lawrence trailed 46-6 at the half, and St. Norbert added a pair of second-half touchdowns and a field goal to round out the scoring.

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Berger’s goal lifts Vikings past Monmouth

APPLETON, Wis. — Lewis Berger’s goal in the opening half Saturday proved to be the difference as the Lawrence University men’s soccer team downed Monmouth College 1-0 in a Midwest Conference match at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.

Berger scored in the 27th minute for the lone tally of the match. The goal came off a free kick from Mike Deremo.

The ball was then headed toward the net by Dom Pasquesi where it was deflected slightly by Monmouth goalkeeper Konor Tempel. Berger was right there on the doorstep and pounded it into the back of the net at the 26:53 mark.

That was enough for the Lawrence defense, which frustrated Monmouth all day. The Scots were limited to only seven shots, and Lawrence goalkeeper Joe Krivit made three saves to earn the shutout.

The Vikings (4-13-1, 3-7-0 MWC) controlled play throughout and piled up 15 shots. Tempel made six saves for the Scots (5-12-1, 3-6-1).

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Three Vikings all-conference as men take second at MWC Championships

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Three Lawrence University men’s cross country runners earned all-league honors Saturday as the Vikings placed second at the Midwest Conference Championships.

Grinnell College took the title with 62 points, and Lawrence was second with 75.

Leading the Lawrence contingent was freshman Josh Janusiak, who finished fourth and covered the 8,000-meter course at Noelridge Park in 26:40.9. Junior Max Edwards grabbed eighth place in 26:56.6, and freshman Ben Schaefer also earned all-conference honors by taking 14th in 27:01.3.

Two other Vikings were just out of the top 20 and completed the scoring for Lawrence. Senior Jordan Atkins was 22nd in 27:24.7 and freshman Mayan Essek was 27th in 27:43.3.

On the women’s side, senior Clare Bruning earned all-conference honors for the fourth consecutive season by taking eighth place. She covered the 6,000 meters in 23:32.9.

It was a disappointing finish overall for the women, who took eighth place with 168 points. Cornell College won the title with 61.

Rounding out the scoring for Lawrence were: Erin Schrobilgen (32nd, 24:37.2), Cora Williams (41st, 24:53.9), Kate Kilgus (42nd, 25:03.5) and Amy Hutchings (45th, 25:14.6).

Results

Vikings fall to Monmouth in double-overtime

APPLETON, Wis. — Andrea Correa scored with 1:14 left in the second overtime Saturday to lift the Monmouth College women’s soccer team to a 1-0 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.

After Lawrence (9-9-0, 4-6-0 MWC) narrowly missed scoring twice in the first overtime, it looked as though the game was going to be a scoreless draw.

With time winding down, Lawrence misplayed a ball in the back, and Correa gained control just inside the penalty box. Her shot got past Lawrence goalkeeper Patsy Kealey for the win.

Kealey finished with seven saves for the Vikings, and Nicole Neagle made eight saves to earn the shutout for the Scots (6-12-0, 5-5-0).

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