Joseph Vanden Acker

Author: Joseph Vanden Acker

Scots topple Lawrence

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team dropped its Midwest Conference opener on Saturday with an 8-1 loss to Monmouth College at the Green Bay Tennis Center.

The lone victory for the Vikings came at No. 1 doubles where David Jumes and Sotaro Kurahashi teamed for an 8-3 win.

Monmouth College 8, Lawrence University 1

Singles competition
1. Landon Walker (MC) def. David Jumes (LU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Saxon Day (MC) def. Sotaro Kurahashi (LU) 6-0, 6-3
3. Derek Rineberg (MC) def. Brian DeCorte (LU) 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6)
4. Marco Franco (MC) def. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Dylan Wong (MC) def. Adam Busch (LU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Paulo Pliego (MC) def. Izaya Turenne (LU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. David Jumes/Sotaro Kurahashi (LU) def. Derek Rineberg/Marco Franco (MC) 8-3
2. Landon Walker/Saxon Day (MC) def. Brian DeCorte/Adam Busch (LU) 9-8
3. Dylan Wong/Ronnie Griffin (MC) def. Ethan Perushek/Ben Tomhave (LU) 8-2

Monmouth College 8-8, 1-0 MWC
Lawrence University 6-8, 0-1 MWC
T-2:30 A-30

Colby takes two from Vikings

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Colby College baseball team swept a nonconference doubleheader from Lawrence University on Friday by the scores of 6-4 and 9-8.

In the opener, Colby (9-1) broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the top of the sixth. The Mules then added an insurance run in the top of the seventh.

Brandon Klar led off the seventh for Lawrence with a double and then scored on Jake Gordon’s single to trim the lead to 6-4. Tommy Forese then retired the next three Vikings in order to nail down the save.

Gordon went 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and a run driven in. Luke Zablocki and Davis Ogilvie both went 2-for-4 for the Vikings (4-7).

In the nine-inning nightcap, Colby rallied from an 8-4 deficit to pick up the win. Lawrence scored twice in the top of the first before Colby tied it, but the Vikings got three runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to go up 6-2.

Colby battled back with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, but Lawrence countered with two more in the top of the sixth. Colby got two in the bottom of the sixth to trim the lead to 8-6 and added three more in the seventh to take the lead for good.

Robert Donohue picked up the win in relief, and Forese pitched a perfect ninth to get his second save of the day.

Joel Birch went 3-for-4 with a run batted in, and Matthew Holliday and Kyle Duex had two hits apiece for the Vikings.

 

Vance tosses two-hit shutout as Lawrence downs Mules

CLERMONT, Fla. — Kara Vance fired a two-hit shutout to lead the Lawrence University softball team to a 5-0 nonconference victory over Colby College on Friday.

Lawrence finished its spring break trip to Florida with an 8-4 record.

Vance needed just 59 pitches to complete the seven innings of work. She gave up a lead-off single in the third and lead-off double in the seventh. Those were the only two runners for the Mules (3-7) as Vance struck out two and walked none.

Kori Looker went 3-for-3 and drove in a pair of runs to pace the Vikings, and Taylor Dodson went 2-for-4.

Lawrence grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the third. Anna Wawiorka tripled to score Tierney Duffy, and Wawiorka then scored on Savanna Marsicek’s squeeze bunt.

The Vikings extended the advantage to 5-0 with three more runs in the fifth. Dodson had a run-scoring single, and Looker followed with a two-run single to complete the scoring.

Megan Michie allowed all five runs in her five innings of work and took the loss for Colby.

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Bluejays top Lawrence

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Elmhurst College softball team made the most of its opportunities on Friday to collect a 5-1 nonconference win over Lawrence University.

Elmhurst (10-3) needed only six hits to score five times as Ele Walter had two hits and Bella Masini drove in a pair of runs.

Tiffany Potthast scattered seven hits, struck out one and walked four in going the distance to earn the win. Liz Barthels went the distance for the Vikings (7-4) and allowed just three earned runs while walking one.

Lawrence tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the third when Marisa Thackston singled to score Sam Belletini. The Bluejays took the lead right back in the bottom half of the inning on Masini’s two-run single.

Elmhurst added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth to help seal the victory.

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Lawrence bats pummel Oberlin

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team pounded out 15 hits over five innings in a 9-1 nonconference win over Oberlin College on Thursday.

Lawrence, which ran its win streak to five games, had five players collect two hits apiece. Anna Wawiorka, Amanda Jaskolski, Sam Belletini, Taylor Dodson and Marisa Thackston all had two hits for the Vikings (7-3).

Thackston drove in a pair of runs for Lawrence, which had six doubles on the afternoon.

Liz Barthels allowed one run on five hits over five innings to pick up the win. She struck out one and did not walk a batter.

Lawrence took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Belletini doubled and scored on Kori Looker’s double

The Vikings started to pull away from Oberlin (1-10) with three more runs in the third. Jaskolski, Belletini and Thackston all had run-scoring singles in the inning as Lawrence grabbed a 4-0 lead.

The Yeowomen got a run in the top of the fourth, but the Vikings scored twice in the bottom half of the inning to push the lead to 6-1. Marsicek’s run-scoring double scored one run, and Dodson’s infield single plated the other.

Lawrence ended the game on the eight-run rule in the bottom of the fifth with three more runs. Thackston and Jessica Demski had back-to-back run-scoring doubles to push the lead to 8-1, and Wawiorka belted another double to score Demski and end the game.

Lawrence wraps up its spring break trip on Friday with games against Elmhurst College and Colby College.

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Jaskolski homers again as Vikings down Colby

CLERMONT, Fla. — Lawrence University star shortstop Amanda Jaskolski blasted her fourth homer of the season to lead the Vikings to a 5-1 nonconference softball victory over Colby College on Thursday.

Jaskolski, the reigning Midwest Conference North Division Player of the Year, went 2-for-3 and drove in a pair of runs. Anna Wawiorka went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, and Taylor Dodson and Marisa Thackston both went 2-for-3 for the Vikings (6-3).

Kara Vance allowed nothing after a first-inning run and went the distance to earn the victory. She allowed six hits, struck out two and walked one.

The Vikings jumped on Colby (3-5) with a pair of runs in the top of the first. Wawiorka tripled to start the game and scored on a passed ball. Savanna Marsicek followed with another triple, and she scored on an error to give Lawrence a 2-0 lead.

The Mules cut the lead in half with a run in the bottom of the first, and the score stayed that way until the fifth. Jaskolski belted a two-out solo homer in the top half of the fifth to give Lawrence a 3-1 edge.

The Vikings added another run in the sixth on Marisa Thackston’s single, and then tacked on another run in the seventh on Dodson’s run-scoring triple.

Colby only had three runners get into scoring position over the final six innings.

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Vikings fall to Carthage

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Carthage College men’s tennis team put on an impressive performance on Tuesday and posted a 9-0 nonconference win over Lawrence University. It was the final match of Lawrence’s spring break trip to Florida.

Carthage College 9, Lawrence University 0

Singles competition
1. Pawel Jaworski (CAR) def. David Jumes (LU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Alex Boomgarden (CAR) def. Brian DeCorte (LU) 6-2, 7-5
3. Jordan Verbauwhede (CAR) def. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Ryan Jump (CAR) def. Adam Busch (LU) 6-3, 6-0
5. Chris Conley (CAR) def. Izaya Turenne (LU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Alex Feruzzi (CAR) def. Ethan Perushek (LU) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Pawel Jaworski/Jordan Verbauwhede (CAR) def. David Jumes/Sotaro Kurahashi (LU) 8-1
2. Alex Boomgarden/Chris Conley (CAR) def. Brian DeCorte/Adam Busch (LU) 8-2
3. Conor Moon/Lukasz Jaworski (CAR) def. Mitch Kasprzyk/Ethan Perushek (LU) 8-1

Match Notes:
Lawrence University 6-7
Carthage College 8-5
T-2:00 A-20

Mills’ clutch double in 12th lifts Lawrence past RPI

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Freshman Jake Mills delivered a clutch two-run double in the 12th inning to lift the Lawrence University baseball team to an 8-6 nonconference victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday.

Davis Ogilvie tossed four innings of scoreless, one-hit relief to earn the victory for Lawrence (4-5). He struck out three and walked one.

Matthew Holliday went 3-for-6, scored two runs and drove in a run to pace the Vikings’ 10-hit attack. Mills finished 2-for-6 with two runs batted in, and Luke Zablocki and Joel Birch both drove in a pair of runs.

The game was tied at 6-6 headed to the top of the 12th when the Vikings got consecutive one-out singles from Holliday, Anthony Ortiz and Ogilvie to load the bases. After a strikeout, Mills delivered a double to score Holliday and Ortiz, and Ogilvie was thrown out at the plate to end the frame.

Ogilvie worked around a two-out error in the bottom half of the inning to secure the win.

RPI (4-4) led 2-0 before the Vikings scored three times in the third on one hit. Lawrence benefited from a walk and two errors, and Birch then delivered a two-run double to give the Vikings a 3-2 edge.

Lawrence pushed the lead to 5-2 with two more runs in the fourth. Brandon Klar had a run-scoring single, and Zablocki drove in another run on a fielder’s choice.

The Vikings led 6-3 before the Engineers scored three times in the seventh to tie it.

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Dodson’s double delivers walk-off win over RIT

CLERMONT, Fla. — Taylor Dodson’s double in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in the winning run as the Lawrence University softball team downed Rochester Institute of Technology 5-4 in a nonconference game on Tuesday.

Anna Wawiorka and Tierney Duffy both went 2-for-3, and Amanda Jaskolski drove in two runs for the Vikings (5-3), who have won three straight. Kara Vance went the distance for Lawrence to pick up the victory.

The game was tied at 4-4 heading to the eighth, and using the international tiebreaker rule, Sam Killian was placed at second for the Tigers (1-6). A ground ball moved Killian to second, but Wawiorka snared a line drive to third for the second out. Vance then got McKenzie Martin to fly out to end the inning.

Jaskolski started at second to begin the bottom half of the eighth, and Dodson ripped the first pitch for a double to plate the winning run.

Lawrence took a 1-0 lead in the second when Dodson walked and later scored on Duffy’s single. RIT took the lead right back with two runs in the top of the third, but Lawrence tied it in the bottom half of the inning. Wawiorka led off with a triple and scored on Jaskolski’s ground ball to tie the game at 2-2.

RIT added two more runs in the fourth, but Lawrence tied it up in the fifth. Marisa Thackston stared the rally with a double and later scored on Wawiorka’s single. Wawiorka later scored on Jaskolski’s two-out single to tie the game at 4-4.

Sierra Valentine went the distance, allowed eight hits and took the loss for the Tigers.

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Lawrence tames Terriers

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team got a solid pitching performance from Liz Barthels and another homer from Amanda Jaskolski en route to an 8-2 nonconference win over Thomas College on Tuesday.

Barthels allowed only four hits over seven innings while striking out four and walking none to pick up her third win of the season. Jaskolski blasted her third homer, a two-run shot, of the season to power Lawrence (4-3).

Anna Wawiorka, Taylor Dodson and Tierney Duffy all went 2-for-3 and all three players drove in two runs for the Vikings.

Lawrence grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first on Dodson’s two-run double. The Vikings were up 2-1 when Jaskolski smacked a two-run homer in the bottom of the third to give Lawrence a 4-1 edge.

Thomas (0-2) got a run back in the top of the fourth to trim the margin to 4-2, but the Vikings rallied in the bottom half of the inning. Lawrence loaded the bases on two walks and an error, and Duffy followed with a two-run single to push the lead to 6-2.

Lawrence then tacked on two more runs in the sixth on Wawiorka’s two-run single.

Taylor Johnson allowed six hits and seven runs over 5.1 innings and took the loss for the Terriers.

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