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Coyne named MCHA Freshman of the Week

Lawrence University standout Patrick Coyne has been named the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Freshman of the Week.

Coyne (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional), a rookie forward, had a hand in all three goals in Lawrence’s only action of the week. In a 5-3 loss to Gustavus Adolphus College on Dec. 10, Coyne picked up a goal and two assists.

Coyne posted a season-high three points against the Gusties and had his third multi-point game of the season. Coyne scored his third goal of the season and the two assists was a season high.

Coyne now has three goals and four assists for seven points in only six games this season.

Lawrence is now 4-4-3 and returns to action with a nonconference series at Augsburg College on Dec. 30-31.

Track and field standout Jablonski wins LeClere Award

Lawrence University track and field standout Stan Jablonski has won the 2011 Roy W. LeClere Award.

The LeClere Award is presented each year by the Midwest Conference to a two-sport athlete in the league who has the highest grade point average during their junior year. A biology/pre-medicine major, Jablonski (River Hills, Wis./Brookfield Academy) had a perfect 4.0 grade point average as a junior.

The female honor, the Ruth Peterson Award, went to Emily Schudrowitz of St. Norbert College.

Jablonski is a thrower for both the indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Lawrence and is a six-time letter winner. Jablonski has won the maximum number of Academic All-Midwest Conference awards and has been on the Dean’s List at Lawrence all three years. He also is a member of Lambda Sigma, Lawrence’s sophomore honor society, and Mortar Board, Lawrence’s senior honor society.

Jablonski joins a number of Lawrence student-athletes who have won either the LeClere Award or Peterson Award in recent years. Cross country and track standout Russell Geisthardt won the LeClere Award in 2007-08, and Lawrence swept the awards that year when Cat Marinac, a cross country and softball star, won the Peterson Award. Lisa Ritland (track, tennis) won the Peterson Award in 2008-09 and Jess Moser (cross country, track) took the Peterson Award in 2003-04.

The LeClere Award is named in honor of Roy W. LeClere, a collegiate sports enthusiast. LeClere’s passion for Midwest Conference sports led friends and co-workers to sponsor the award in his honor after his death.

Lawrence opens its indoor track season on Jan. 14 when it travels to the UW-Stevens Point Invitational.

 

Gusties hold on to down Lawrence

The Gustavus Adolphus College hockey team held off a late charge by Lawrence University on Saturday and hung on for a 5-3 nonconference victory over the Vikings at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Adam Smyth scored four times, including a natural hat trick, to pace Gustavus Adolphus (6-4-2). Lawrence (4-4-3) scored twice in the third period to trim the Gustavus lead to 4-3, but the Gusties got an empty-net goal in the final minutes to seal the win.

Gustavus took the lead just 1:31 into the game, and Lawrence finally tied it at 1-1 on Phil Bushbacher’s goal at the 6:11 mark of the second period.

Smyth then started his scoring barrage with a power-play goal at the 12:46 mark of the second. He made it 3-1 when he scored 59 seconds later. Smyth got the hat trick with another power-play goal at the 15:47 mark to give the Gusties a 4-1 edge.

Bushbacher picked up his second goal of the night when he scored at the 8:04 mark of the third period to cut the lead to 4-2. Patrick Coyne, who had two assists on the afternoon, then scored off a pass from Bushbacher at the 15:43 mark to trim the margin to 4-3.

Lawrence pulled goaltender Peter Emery with 2:00  left, but Smyth picked up an empty-net goal 21 seconds later to seal the victory.

Emery made 24 saves and took the loss. John McLean stopped 28 shots for the Gusties to pick up the win.

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Vikings power past Finlandia

HANCOCK, Mich. — Matt Hughes and Sam Johnson each scored a pair of goals, and the Lawrence University hockey team powered to a 5-1 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Finlandia University on Saturday.

The victory allowed Lawrence (4-3-3, 4-1-3 MCHA) to split the weekend series with the Lions (1-9-0, 1-7-0).

Finlandia struck first with a goal just 3:52 into the game, but that’s all the Lions would get against goaltender Peter Emery. He finished with 24 saves to pick up the win.

Defenseman Jameson Raymond tied the game just 2:04 later off assists from Hughes and Brad Scurfield. Hughes then scored on the power play at the 14:25 mark of the first to give Lawrence a 2-1 edge.

Johnson made it 3-1 when he scored only 23 seconds into the second period. Johnson got the next goal as well, on the power play at the 5:10 of the third period, to put the Vikings up 4-1.

Lawrence went 2-for-5 on the power play, and Finlandia was 0-for-8 against the Vikings’ penalty killers.

Hughes finished the scoring with his second goal of the night just 57 seconds later.

Lawrence peppered two Finlandia goalies with 35 shots. Dainis Vasiljevs started the game and took the loss for the Lions.

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Siebert leads balanced attack as Vikings top Illinois College

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Sophomore guard Chris Siebert led a balanced Lawrence University attack as the Vikings downed Illinois College 76-69 in a Midwest Conference men’s basketball game Friday.

Siebert posted a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to pace Lawrence (2-2, 1-0 MWC). Davis DeWolfe added 16 points and six rebounds, and Conor Klusendorf and Max Burgess had 12 points apiece.

Craig Bals had 18 points, Spencer Campbell added 17 and Brandon Berry had 16 to lead Illinois College (1-3, 0-1).

Lawrence led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but the Vikings had to settle for a 38-33 lead at the half.

The Vikings opened the second half with a flurry by scoring the first seven points after the break. Tyler Crisman, playing in his first game back after an injury, hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Brian Gryzskiewicz added a free throw to give Lawrence a 45-33 lead.

The Blueboys trimmed the lead back to six points at 50-44, but Lawrence regained control by scoring five consecutive points, capped by Burgess’ 3-pointer with 12:19 remaining.

Lawrence built the lead back to 14 points at 63-49 on another 3-pointer by Burgess, but Illinois College managed to trim the advantage back to six points on several occasions.

That’s as close as Illinois College would get as Lawrence hit went 4-for-5 from the foul line in the final 1:28 to seal the victory.

The Vikings return to action on Saturday when they travel to Lake Forest College.

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