The Lawrence University football team travels up Highway 41 to face St. Norbert College on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Schneider Stadium. The game will be televised locally on WACY-TV 32 and also is available via a free video webcast.
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Lawrence shuts out Fighting Scots 1-0
MONMOUTH, Ill. — Oliver Newsom scored the game’s only goal, and the Lawrence University men’s soccer team picked up a 1-0 Midwest Conference shutout against Monmouth College on Saturday.
Newsom scored off a pass from Darry Israel at 56:34 to lift the Vikings (6-5-1, 3-2-1 MWC) to the victory.
Lawrence’s defense limited Monmouth (3-8-1, 3-2-1) to only six shots, and goalkeeper Kevin Aslett made two saves to earn the shutout. Lawrence fired off 12 shots against the Scots, and goalkeeper Matt Schmidt made five saves.
Carlile, Bruning win titles for Vikings at Gene Davis Invitational
Lawrence University’s Curran Carlile and Clare Bruning were the individual winners on Saturday at the Gene Davis Invitational at Reid Golf Course.
Carlile raced to the victory on the 8,000-meter course in 26:25.40 and led Lawrence to the team title. The Vikings swept the top four places with Sam Stevens in second (26:26.91), Kyle Dockery in third (26:43.17) and Jonah Laursen in fourth (26:51.33). Dan Thoresen rounded out the scoring by taking 13th in 27:35.47.
Lawrence won the men’s team title with 23 points. UW-Stevens Point was second with 42 and UW-Oshkosh was third with 65.
Bruning won her first collegiate title as she covered the 6,000 meters in 23:29.40, which was nearly a minute faster than the second-place finisher. Bruning led the Vikings to second place in the team standings with 39 points.
Katherine Dannecker grabbed fifth for the Vikings in 25:04.06. Liz Landes (26:02.60), Anna Ratliff (26:05.21) and Haedyn Smith (26:14.44) rounded out the scoring for Lawrence by finishing 10th through 12th, respectively.
UW-Stevens Point won the women’s team title with 22 points.
Vikings blank Ripon 9-0
The Lawrence University women’s tennis team rolled to a 9-0 Midwest Conference North Division victory over Ripon College on Friday.
The Vikings (8-5, 2-1 MWC) dropped only four games total in the three doubles matches to race out to a 3-0 lead in the match. Lawrence swept the singles with both Christina Schaupp at No. 1 and Gayatri Malhotra at No. 2 winning 6-0, 6-0.
This marks the second consecutive year that Lawrence has shut out the Red Hawks, and it’s the Vikings’ ninth straight win over Ripon.
Inside LU Athletics: Hope set to make good on his promise
Jon Hope is a man of his word.
The Lawrence University senior linebacker made a promise to his best friend when both were prep standouts at Northland Pines High School in northern Wisconsin. Hope had promised his pal Shane Ryan that he would wear Ryan’s No. 38 during Hope’s senior year of prep football. But another player chose 38 and Hope went back to No. 5.
With Ryan now serving overseas in the United States Army and only six games left in his college football career, Hope knew time was running out to make good on that promise.
“I decided this year that I would do it,” Hope said. “That always stuck with me. I decided I would be a man of my word and do it.”
So when Hope runs onto the Banta Bowl turf on Saturday for the Hall of Fame Game against Carroll University, he will have No. 38 on his back and thoughts of a best friend in harm’s way on the other side of the planet.
Ryan serves in the infantry and had already done one tour of duty fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. Hope said Ryan is nearing the end of his four-year commitment to the military, and he wants to see his friend return home to family and friends.
“He’s been my best friend since my junior year of high school,” Hope said. “I came back to Northland Pines after being in Illinois, and we did everything together.”
And they played right next to each other on the field. Ryan was the fullback plowing the road for Hope, who was the tailback.
“Shane was the kind of guy that if you needed a big play, he would do his best and come up with it. He always sacrificed himself,” Hope said. “He gave it his all and made sure everyone was doing what they needed to do.
“I just want to do well for him. I don’t know. It will be like I’m going to be him for the day.”
Hope has played very well during his final season with the Vikings. He leads the team with 36 tackles and ranks fifth in the Midwest Conference at 9.0 tackles per game. Hope also has a team-high three interceptions, including two against Illinois College last Saturday. It was the first multi-interception game of Hope’s life. He hadn’t done it in college or in high school.
“It’s going to be weird, but I want to represent it well,” Hope said. “It doesn’t matter what jersey it is, it’s the number that’s important. I don’t want to disappoint him.”
Stevens honored again
Lawrence cross country standout Sam Stevens has been named the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week for second consecutive week.
The senior from Suamico, Wis., won the honor after his effort at the University of Minnesota’s Roy Griak Invitational. Stevens finished 29th among the 272 competitors and was the top Midwest Conference finisher in the event. Stevens covered the 8,000 meters in 26:43.5.
Stevens also won the award in the final week of September after finishing second at the UW-Whitewater Invitational on Sept. 22.
Make it three straight
The Lawrence men’s soccer team beat St. Norbert College 2-1 on Wednesday, and that marks the third consecutive win for the Vikings over the Green Knights.
That’s a first for the Vikings, who had never beaten the Green Knights three consecutives times in a series that dates back to 1974. Lawrence had a five-game unbeaten streak against St. Norbert from 1981-84 but that involved two wins, a tie and two more wins.
Lawrence is now 5-5-1 on the season and 2-2-1 in the conference.
Induction set for Friday
The 2012 Lawrence Hall of Fame class will be inducted on Friday in a ceremony at the Warch Campus Center.
The group of coach Amy Proctor, wrestler Andy Kazik, swimmer Daniel Hurley, soccer star Megan Tiemann and soccer and hockey standout Tom Conti also will be recognized at Saturday’s football game against Carroll.
Editor’s Note: Inside LU Athletics is a notes package written by Lawrence University Director of Athletic Media Relations Joe Vanden Acker. It will feature teams and individual players, recap weekly awards or highlights and take a look at what’s ahead for the Vikings.
Israel’s goal lifts Vikings to 2-1 victory over St. Norbert
The Lawrence University men’s soccer team got a goal from Darry Israel early in the second half and rode a sparkling defensive effort to a 2-1 Midwest Conference victory over St. Norbert College on Wednesday at Whiting Field West.
This marks the third consecutive time Lawrence (5-5-1, 2-2-1 MWC) has beaten St. Norbert (4-5-2, 1-2-1), and that has never happened in the series that dates back to 1974. The Vikings have as long as a five-game unbeaten streak (1981-84) against St. Norbert, but Lawrence had never more than two in a row against the Green Knights.
St. Norbert got on the board first with Tom Daly’s goal in the 14th minute, but Lawrence got the equalizer in the first half. Cameron Pieper’s corner kick was settled by Dan O’Mahoney, who punched the ball past St. Norbert goalkeeper Noah Davis to tie the match at 1-1 at 32:08.
Lawrence took the lead when Israel beat Davis off passes from Simon Newsom and Karl Mayer at the 47:44 mark.
The Vikings’ defense did the rest, allowing St. Norbert only two shots in the second half. Lawrence had a 13-6 edge in shots for the match.
Lawrence goalkeeper Kevin Aslett made two saves to pick up the win.
Lawrence vs. Carroll preview
The Lawrence University football team returns to the Banta Bowl on Saturday when it faces Carroll University in the Hall of Fame Game. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
Stevens wins MWC honor for second consecutive week
Lawrence University cross country standout Sam Stevens has been named the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week for second consecutive week.
Stevens (Suamico, Wis./Bay Port) won the honor after his effort at the University of Minnesota’s Roy Griak Invitational. The senior finished 29th among the 272 competitors and was the top Midwest Conference finisher in the event. Stevens covered the 8,000 meters in 26:43.5.
Stevens also won the award in the final week of September after finishing second at the UW-Whitewater Invitational on Sept. 22.
This is the fourth time Stevens has been named the MWC Performer of the Week. Stevens, the defending individual conference champion, captured the award twice during the 2011 season.
Lawrence returns to action on Saturday when it competes at its own Gene Davis Invitational at Appleton’s Reid Golf Course.
Stevens, Carlile lead Vikings to 12th at Griak Invitational
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sam Stevens and Curran Carlile led the Lawrence University cross country team to a 12th-place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota on Saturday.
Stevens raced to 29th place and covered the 8,000-meter course in 26:43.5. Carlile raced to a 44th-place finish with a time of 27:07.5.
The Lawrence men finished 12th with 370 points.
On the women’s side, Lawrence finished 24th with 660 points. The top finisher for the Vikings was freshman Clare Bruning, who took 50th in 24:20.2.
Lawrence blanks Fighting Scots 9-0
The Lawrence University women’s tennis team blanked a short-handed Monmouth College squad 9-0 on Saturday at the Lawrence Courts.
Lawrence didn’t lose a game in doubles and dropped only four games total in singles.
Hannah Geoffrey and Ali Heiring won 8-0 at No. 1 doubles, and Polly Dalton and Gayatri Malhotra were 8-0 winners at No. 2. Megan Occhino and Perrin Tourangeau won by default at No. 3.
The Vikings rolled through the singles, highlighted by Allison Juda’s 6-0, 6-0 victory over Christine Peterson at No. 4.