BROWN DEER, Wis. — The Lawrence University swim teams opened their seasons on Saturday at the All-Wisconsin Showcase at the Schroeder Aquatics Center.
Swimming against dozens from teams from across the state, including multiple Division I programs, senior Hayley Cardinal paced the Vikings by placing in the top 15 in three events. Cardinal was eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:10.70, took 10th in the 200 breaststroke in 2:33.71 and was 14th in the 200 individual medley in 2:20.48.
APPLETON, Wis. — Alison Barnes pounded out 17 kills to lead the Ripon College volleyball team to a 3-0 Midwest Conference sweep of Lawrence University in a key match Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.
Ripon (10-12, 7-1 MWC) defeated the Vikings 25-15, 25-11, 25-19.
Barnes had just three errors in her 34 attempts to put together an impressive .412 hitting percentage for the match. The Red Hawks hit .294 on the afternoon. Emily Gary added nine kills, and Abbi Williamson had 36 assists for Ripon.
Megan Conley paced Lawrence with nine kills, and Cyra Bammer and Terese Swords added six apiece. Sydney Nelson led Lawrence (8-17, 6-3) with 13 assists and Lauren Ray picked up 11.
The win puts Ripon in the driver’s seat for a berth in the four-team Midwest Conference Tournament. Lawrence will need to defeat St. Norbert College on Wednesday and then get some help if it wants to make the tournament.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Macalester College football team ran for 416 yards Saturday and went on to a 35-7 Midwest Conference North Division win over Lawrence University at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.
Zandy Stowell had 25 carries for 193 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Alec Beatty ran 13 times for 179 yards for two touchdowns for the Scots (4-3, 2-1 MWC).
Lawrence quarterback Ryan Butterfield was 11-for-19 for 75 yards and a touchdown. Jacob Berman caught five passes for 44 yards for the Vikings (1-6, 0-3). Lawrence’s Terrence Simon had five carries for 29 yards, and he had three punt returns for 55 yards.
Linebacker Jacob Lueck had a career-high 17 tackles for Lawrence, and Tony Harth and Dan Rothbauer recorded 11 stops apiece. Harth also had 2.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss.
Beatty changed the tone of the game with his speed when he entered at the start of the second quarter. His first run went 73 yards for a touchdown and a 7-0 Macalester lead.
Lawrence was forced to punt on the ensuing possession, but the ball touched the Scots’ Trey Johnson and Alic Riedel scooped it up for the Vikings. Butterfield hit Wes Hetcher with a 19-yard scoring pass on the next play to tie the game at 7-7.
Macalester went 78 yards in 12 plays on the next possession to take back the lead. Beatty ran the final five yards for the score and a 14-7 lead.
Simon had an electric 44-yard punt return early in the third quarter to put Lawrence in business at the Macalester 19-yard line. Macalester came up with a big stop on third down, and Pat O’Mahoney’s 40-yard field goal was wide left.
The Scots then had scoring drives of eight and seven plays, all runs, in the third quarter. Beatty scored from three yards out and Stowell had a one-yard plunge and Macalester led 28-7 after three quarters.
The Scots added a fourth-quarter touchdown on Stowell’s 22-yard run after Macalester got a short field when a Lawrence fake punt attempt failed.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s soccer team rolled to a 5-0 Midwest Conference victory over Ripon College on Thursday night at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.
Perrin Tourangeau had a goal and two assists for the Vikings (9-7-0, 4-4-0 MWC), who have won three straight. Ryan Berkley had a pair of assists, and Mari Hubanks and Christine Kerkman both scored their first collegiate goals.
Lawrence jumped on top in the 19th minute after a handball in the Ripon penalty box. Anne Leung converted the penalty kick as her shot hit the bottom of the crossbar and went into the net for a 1-0 lead.
The Vikings made it 2-0 on Hubanks’ goal at the 26:03 mark. Hubanks took a pass from Tourangeau and raced up the left sideline. She drove into the box and fired it past Ripon goalkeeper Jessica Bykowski.
Ripon (7-7-1, 3-4-0) nearly cut the lead in half with just over a minute left in first. After a handball in the Lawrence penalty box, Paige Birschbach took the penalty kick, but her shot deflected off the right upright and out of bounds.
Lawrence then put the game away with the help of a pair of corner kicks. Berkley took a corner in the 60th minute that Bykowski deflected away. It came to Tourangeau, who fired it into the net for a 3-0 edge.
Berkley took another corner at the 73:03 mark, and defender Genna Matt headed it toward the goal. Bykowski got a hand on it, but it deflected into the net for a 4-0 Lawrence lead.
Kerkman shook loose in the Ripon penalty area with just under two minutes left and got her first collegiate goal to complete the scoring.
Lawrence goalkeeper Patsy Kealey made eight saves to record her fifth shutout of the season. Bykowski made nine saves for Ripon.
Lawrence now has a 14-3-1 record in its last 18 meetings with the Red Hawks. The five goals for Lawrence was the most against the Red Hawks since an 8-3 win back in 2010.
APPLETON, Wis. — Jack Blodgett scored both goals to lead the Lawrence University men’s soccer team to a 2-0 Midwest Conference victory over Ripon College on Wednesday night at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.
Blodgett scored once in each half as the Vikings (3-12-1, 2-6-0 MWC) controlled play throughout against the Red Hawks (6-8-1, 1-6-0). It was the first multi-goal game of Blodgett’s career.
Blodgett got the Vikings on the board in the 13th minute after Robert Desotelle’s cross was slightly deflected by Ripon goalkeeper Jimmy Amedeo. Blodgett adjusted and hammered it into the goal at the 12:09 mark.
Amedeo made several quality saves to keep Ripon within striking distance, but the Vikings then scored a beautiful goal at the 78:54 mark. Sean Salansky played the ball forward to Ryan Leonard, who crossed the ball back to the middle of the field as Blodgett ran onto it. He punched it in the back of the net for a 2-0 edge.
The Lawrence defense did the rest as it limited Ripon to just seven shots total. Lawrence goalkeeper Joe Krivit picked up the shutout by making two saves. Amedeo faced 16 shots from the Vikings and finished with four saves.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University football team returns to Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl for the second consecutive week as the Vikings (1-5, 0-2 MWC North) take on defending Midwest Conference champion Macalester College (3-3, 1-1) on Saturday. Kickoff for the game is set for 1 p.m.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Appleton Soccer Club is set hold its appreciation night on Wednesday on Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl when the Lawrence University men’s team takes on Ripon College.
The match begins at 7 p.m. and admission is free. Prior to the match, tailgating will take place in the Banta Bowl parking lot.
All players attending will receive a ticket for door prizes, and the main prize is a Team USA soccer jersey. Other door prizes include soccer balls, shin guards, Appleton Soccer Club clothing and more.
All Appleton Soccer Club U11 players, both boys and girls, attending will play on Ron Roberts Field.
MADISON, Wis. — All six Lawrence University singles players couldn’t advance past Sunday’s quarterfinals at the Midwest Conference Championships at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
The Vikings played without top singles player Katie Frankel so the rest of the team was forced to move up one flight.
Lilly Endsley played No. 1 and downed Carroll’s Megan Krzewinski 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in the opening round. Endsley was then eliminated in the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-0 loss to eventual champion Billie Rodman of Lake Forest.
At No. 2, Lindsay Holsen dominated Ripon’s Courtney Olson 6-1, 6-0 in the opening round but then lost to St. Norbert’s Erika Chitko 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
Elana Lambert downed Lisa Noggle of Illinois College 6-0, 6-2 in the opening round at No. 3. St. Norbert’s Katlyn Gahan then stopped Lambert 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
Annie Harincar defeated Maddie Schacht of Knox 6-4, 6-3 in the opening round at No. 4. Harincar then fell 6-1, 6-0 to Lake Forest’s Allison Watts in the quarterfinals.
At No. 5, El Goblirsch was an easy 6-0, 6-1 winner over Beloit’s Nyasha Nyamhondoro in the first round. Alison Lambrecht of Carroll then downed Goblirsch 6-0, 6-2 in the quarters.
Cassandra Li jumped in at No. 6 for the Vikings and downed Carly Wesner of Ripon 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round. Catherine Schaupp then defeated Li in the quarterfinals.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Cornell College men’s soccer team took advantage of a momentary lapse and used that to carve out a 1-0 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Sunday at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.
Lawrence (2-12-1, 1-6-0 MWC) put together a 15-8 advantage in shots and dominated long stretches of play against the Rams (3-12-0, 1-7-0). However, the Vikings gave Cornell an opening, and Carlos Tellez scored off a pass from Mason Wicker at 74:41 for the game’s lone goal.
Jerome Richards made several key saves and finished with six saves to pick up the shutout for Cornell. Joe Krivit made three saves for the Vikings.
APPLETON, Wis. — Ryan Berkley’s goal in the 55th minute lifted the Lawrence University women’s soccer team to a 1-0 Midwest Conference victory over Cornell College on Sunday at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.
Berkley took a pass from Rebecca Bernheimer a few yards outside the penalty box and hammered a ball past Cornell goalkeeper Tal Neilly at the 54:35 mark.
It was the team-best eighth goal of the season for Berkley.
Lawrence (8-7-0, 3-4-0 MWC) dominated the play with a 21-7 edge in shots, but Neilly made 10 saves to keep the Rams (2-13-0, 1-7-0) in the match. Lawrence goalkeeper Patsy Kealey made five saves to pick up her fourth shutout of the season.
