Joseph Vanden Acker

Author: Joseph Vanden Acker

Vikings’ rally ends in walk-off win over D’Youville

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team rallied for two runs in the seventh to tie it and two more runs in the eighth to pull out a 5-4 nonconference win over D’Youville College on Monday.

Lawrence (3-3) trailed 3-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh, but singles by Savanna Marsicek and Tierney Duffy had runners at second and third with two outs. An error on Taylor Dodson’s ground ball allowed both runs to score and tie the game at 3-3.

Using the international tiebreaker rule, D’Youville’s Laura Wilkinson was placed at second to the start the eighth inning. The Vikings later cut her down at third on MacKenzie Kehlenbeck’s single. Kehlenbeck then scored on Kallie McHenry’s double and the Spartans (4-4) led 4-3.

Sam Belletini started at second for the Vikings in the bottom half of the eighth, and Kori Looker followed with a double to score her and tie the game at 4-4. After a pair of outs, Tierney Duffy legged out an infield single to score Looker and give the Vikings the win.

Marsicek, Looker and Duffy all went 2-for-4 to lead the Lawrence attack.

Kara Vance tossed 4.2 innings of relief to earn the win. She allowed one run on five hits, struck out one and did not walk a batter. McHenry went the distance, allowing 10 hits while striking out 12 and walking two, and took the loss.

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North Central edges Vikings

CLERMONT, Fla. — Kaylee Hayton held the Lawrence University softball team scoreless over the final four innings to lead North Central College to a 5-3 nonconference win on Monday.

Kayla Antle and Keirsten Tinkoff had two hits apiece and Tinkoff drove in three runs to pace the Cardinals, who improved to 7-0.

Tierney Duffy went 2-for-2 to pace the Vikings (2-3). Liz Barthels allowed seven hits in going the distance and took the loss for Lawrence.

Lawrence led 1-0 in the top of the first after Savanna Marsicek singled and later scored on Sam Belletini’s single. The Cardinals struck back for two runs in the bottom of the first.

Lawrence tied it at 2-2 in the top of the second with the rally starting on a misplayed ground ball. After Marisa Thackston reached on an error, she scored after back-to-back singles by Duffy and Anna Wawiorka.

The Cardinals came right back and scored three times in the bottom half of the inning to grab a 5-2 edge. Lawrence trimmed the lead to 5-3 on Amanda Jaskolski’s lead-off homer in the third.

The Vikings had two runners aboard in the fourth and fifth but failed to score.

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Mules shut out Lawrence

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Colby College men’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 9-0 in a nonconference match on Sunday. The Vikings return to action on Tuesday against Carthage College, and that wraps up Lawrence’s spring break trip.

Colby College 9, Lawrence University 0

Singles competition
1. Carl Reid (COLBY) def. David Jumes (LU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Cameron Hillier (COLBY) def. Brian DeCorte (LU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Jeremy Mendoza (COLBY) def. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Shaw Speer (COLBY) def. Adam Busch (LU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Mark HoSang (COLBY) def. Izaya Turenne (LU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Truman Samberg (COLBY) def. Ethan Perushek (LU) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Carl Reid/Cameron Hillier (COLBY) def. Brian DeCorte/Adam Busch (LU) 8-0
2. Mark HoSang/Jeremy Mendoza (COLBY) def. Mitch Kasprzyk/Ethan Perushek (LU) 8-0
3. Truman Samberg/Matt Martin (COLBY) def. David Jumes/Ben Tomhave (LU) 8-3

Match Notes:
Lawrence University 5-6
Colby College 3-1
T-2:00 A-15

Vikings fall to Hamilton

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Hamilton College men’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 9-0 in a nonconference match on Sunday.

Hamilton College 9, Lawrence University 0

Singles competition
1. James Oliver (HAM) def. David Jumes (LU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Matthew Billet (HAM) def. Brian DeCorte (LU) 6-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6)
3. Max McKee-Proctor (HAM) def. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Jon Cohen (HAM) def. Adam Busch (LU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Jack Vissicchio (HAM) def. Izaya Turenne (LU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Burke Paxton (HAM) def. Ethan Perushek (LU) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Austin Lokre/Max McKee-Proctor (HAM) def. David Jumes/Sotaro Kurahashi (LU) 8-5
2. James Oliver/Eyad Nagori (HAM) def. Brian DeCorte/Adam Busch (LU) 8-4
3. Matthew Billet/Jon Cohen (HAM) def. Mitch Kasprzyk/Ethan Perushek (LU) 8-0

Match Notes:
Lawrence University 5-5
Hamilton College 5-2
T-2:30 A-20

Vikings earn split with Elmhurst

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Lawrence University baseball team rallied late in the second game and picked up a nonconference split with Elmhurst College on Saturday.

Lawrence (3-5) took the nightcap 7-4, and the Bluejays (4-4) won the opener 24-11.

Zach Rabideau went 2-for-3 and Joel Birch was 2-for-4 to pace the Vikings’ attack. Philip Clark pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless relief to get the win, and Kelton Jenkins tossed a scoreless ninth for the save.

The Vikings trailed 4-3 heading into the eighth, but Lawrence scored twice in the eighth and two more times in the ninth to pick up the win.

Walks to Luke Zablocki and Birch started the go-ahead rally in the eighth. Zablocki later scored on a fielder’s choice to tie it at 4-4, and Birch scored on a booted ground ball to put the Vikings up 5-4.

Brandon Klar and Matthew Holliday started the ninth with singles, and Zablocki and Birch both came through with sacrifice flies to give Lawrence a pair of insurance runs.

Jenkins gave up a single and walk in the ninth but worked out of the jam to get the save.

In the opener, Elmhurst broke the game open in the middle innings and kept on scoring.

Freshman Jake Mills led Lawrence’s attack by going 2-for-5 with his first collegiate homer and four runs batted in. Holliday went 2-for-4 with a double and drove in a pair. Klar and Anthony Ortiz also had two hits, and Travis Weber drove in a pair of run.

Lawrence led 8-2 after a six-run second inning, highlighted by Mills’ two-run homer. Elmhurst came back with five runs in the fourth to trim the margin to 8-7, and the Bluejays then scored seven times in the fifth to go up 14-8.

Elmhurst added four runs in the seventh and six more in the eighth to seal the win.

William Paterson shuts out Vikings

CLERMONT, Fla. — The No. 20 William Paterson University softball team broke open a scoreless game in the third inning and went on to an 8-0 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Saturday.

Kerrin Dys tossed a two-hit shutout for the Pioneers (8-3). She struck out one and did not walk a batter. Kara Vance allowed 10 hits over five innings and took the loss.

Amanda Jaskolski and Kori Looker were the only players with hits for the Vikings (2-2).

Christina Austin, Kristin Gardner and Lachelle Rouse all had two hits for the Pioneers, who scored three runs in the third, three more in the fourth and two in the fifth.

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Vikings pounce on Buffalo State

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team scored four times in the first inning and rolled to a 9-2 nonconference victory over Buffalo State University on Saturday.

Amanda Jaskolski, Savanna Marsicek and Anna Wawiorka all had two hits to pace Lawrence’s 10-hit attack. Jaskolski had a triple and drove in a pair, and Marsicek doubled and drove in two runs. Wawiorka scored three times and drove in a run.

Liz Barthels went the distance and picked up the win for Lawrence (2-1). She allowed four hits, struck out one and walked one.

Lawrence grabbed a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first with Jaskolski belting a two-run triple and Taylor Dodson adding a run-scoring single. The Vikings pushed the lead to 6-0 with a pair of runs in the third on Marsicek’s two-run double.

The Bengals (2-3) cut the lead to 6-2 with single runs in the fourth and fifth, but Lawrence struck back in its half of the fifth.

The Vikings scored three times in the bottom half of the fifth with some help from the Bengals. Buffalo State issued a pair of walks and committed two errors in the inning to go with Wawiorka’s RBI single as Lawrence grabbed a 9-2 advantage.

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Vikings sweep pair from Crown

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Lawrence University baseball team put on an impressive offensive display as it romped to a nonconference doubleheader sweep of Crown College on Friday.

Lawrence won the opener 21-1 and took the nightcap 9-5.

In the first game, the Vikings (2-4) pounded out 15 hits, and both Matthew Holliday and Jake Gordon nearly tied school records.

Holliday went 3-for-5 with a homer and a double and drove in eight runs, one shy of Andrew Wong’s Lawrence game record. Jake Gordon went 4-for-5 with a double and triple, three runs batted in and five runs scored, also one shy of tying Sam Kossow’s school record.

Tim Kinsella went 2-for-4 and drove in a run, and Brandon Klar reached base in all four of his plate appearances with a single and three walks and scored four times.

Lawrence scored in every inning but the third. The Vikings tallied three runs in the first and stretched the lead to 7-1 after two innings. Gordon had a run-scoring double in the first, and both Gordon and Klar had RBI singles in the second.

Lawrence added three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings with Holliday clubbing a two-run homer in the fourth. The Vikings erupted in the sixth as Holliday had a two-run double and Gordon picked up a run-scoring triple.

Drew Doares went the distance for Lawrence to get the win. He allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one.

In the nightcap, Lawrence jumped out to an 8-1 lead after five innings and went on to the win.

Kinsella went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, and Holliday was 3-for-4 and drove in a pair. Gordon and Davis Ogilvie both went 2-for-3 for the Vikings.

Lawrence was up 2-1 when the Vikings scored three times in the fourth on an RBI double from Gordon and run-scoring singles from both Kinsella and Kyle Duex.

Lawrence stretched the lead to 8-1 with three more runs in the fifth. Both Kinsella and Holliday had run-scoring singles in the inning.

Crown cut the lead to 8-5 with four runs in the sixth, but the Vikings tacked on an insurance run in the seventh.

Freshman Zach Rabideau went five-plus innings to pick up his first collegiate win. He allowed six hits, struck out three and walked three.

Lawrence blanks Framingham State

CLERMONT, Fla. — Two Lawrence University pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout as the Vikings downed Framingham State University 8-0 in a nonconference softball game on Friday.

The game was called after five innings due to the eight-run run.

Liz Barthels and Jessica Demski combined on the shutout for the Vikings (1-1). Barthels allowed three hits in three innings to pick up the win, and Demski allowed one hit over the final two frames.

Savanna Marsicek went 3-for-3, scored three runs and drove in a run for the Vikings. Anna Wawiorka and Amanda Jaskolski both went 2-for-3 for Lawrence, and Jaskolski and Sam Belletini both drove in a pair of runs.

Lawrence scored three times in the first with the help of three singles and a pair of run-scoring ground outs.

The Vikings stretched the lead to 7-0 in the bottom of the second with a flurry of four runs. Lawrence had five hits in the inning, including a lead-off double by Barthels and a two-run double by Jaskolski.

Lawrence put the game out of reach in the fourth when Marsicek singled and later scored on Belletini’s single to make it 8-0.

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Late homer lifts Kalamazoo past Vikings

CLERMONT, Fla. — A three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted Kalamazoo College to a 7-5 victory over Lawrence University in a nonconference game on Friday.

Anna Wawiorka went 3-for-5 with a double and three runs batted in to pace Lawrence (0-1).

Lawrence led 5-4 after scoring a run in the top of the sixth after Amanda Jaskolski blasted a solo homer. Kalamazoo (2-1) struck back in the bottom of the inning after a pair of singles got the rally started. Querubin Dubois followed with a three-run homer to put Kalamazoo ahead to stay at 7-5.

The Hornets struck for four runs in the bottom of the first against Lawrence starter Kara Vance, who went the distance and took the loss.

The Vikings tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the second. Three walks loaded the bases for Tierney Duffy, who singled to drive in a run and cut the lead to 4-1. Wawiorka then smacked a three-run, bases-clearing double to tie the game at 4-4.

Erin DuRoss allowed seven hits over seven innings to pick up the win.

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