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Baldino picks up MCHA Defensive Player of the Week honor

Michael Baldino

Lawrence University goaltender Michael Baldino has been named the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week.

Baldino (Woburn, Mass./Milton Academy) won the honor after earning his first collegiate victory in goal this past weekend. The sophomore goalie made 33 saves in Lawrence’s 4-2 victory over the College of St. Scholastica on Nov. 26.

Not only was it Baldino’s first collegiate win, it marked the first time Lawrence had defeated St. Scholastica in seven tries.

With Lawrence holding a one-goal lead late and an extra attacker on the ice for the Saints, Baldino made a pair of saves in the final minutes. Lawrence then sealed the win with an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Baldino, who has played in three games this season, improved his save percentage to .908 and lowered his goals against average to 3.56.

Lawrence, now 6-2-0 on the season, returns to action Friday when it hosts Marian University in a MCHA contest at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Vikings surge past St. Scholastica in final minutes

The Lawrence University hockey team scored two goals in an eight-second span late in the third period and went on to a 4-2 victory Friday over the College of St. Scholastica in a nonconference game at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The game was part of the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association/Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Thanksgiving Showdown. In the early game Friday, St. Norbert College topped Marian University 4-1.

Lawrence (6-1-0) led 1-0 thanks to Jameson Raymond’s power-play goal late in the second period, and St. Scholastica (3-5-0) didn’t get the equalizer until Jeremy Dawes scored at the 12:35 mark of the third.

The Saints quickly grabbed a 2-1 lead when Riley Riddell scored just 1:47 later.

Lawrence struck back and tied the game at 2-2 on Josh DeSmit’s goal with just 2:28 remaining. The Vikings then won the ensuing faceoff and Matt Hughes took the pass from Huck Saunders and raced to the net. He beat Saints goaltender Patrick Sullivan just eight seconds later to give Lawrence a 3-2 edge.

The Saints then pulled Sullivan with just over a minute remaining, and Hughes sealed the win with an empty-net goal with just 57 seconds remaining.

Lawrence goaltender Michael Baldino picked up his first collegiate victory. Baldino, a sophomore, stopped 33 shots. Sullivan made 31 saves and took the loss.

Lawrence is back in action on Saturday when it hosts St. Norbert at 7 p.m. St. Scholastica faces Marian at 3:30 p.m.

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Vikings host Thanksgiving Showdown this weekend

The Lawrence University hockey team hosts the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association/Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Thanksgiving Showdown this weekend at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Lawrence and Marian University represent the MCHA, and the College of St. Scholastica and St. Norbert College are from the NCHA. Lawrence faces St. Scholastica on Friday night and the Vikings take on St. Norbert on Saturday night.

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Vikings face road test at Oshkosh on Wednesday

The Lawrence University men’s basketball team travels to UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday for a nonconference game with the Titans. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at Kolf Sports Center.

The Titans are 0-1 after losing their season opener to St. Norbert College. The Vikings are also looking for their first win after dropping their season opener to top-ranked UW-Stevens Point.

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Three players, Sammons honored on All-MWC women’s soccer team

Three Lawrence University players and head coach Lisa Sammons have been honored on the All-Midwest Conference women’s soccer team.

Sammons was named MWC Coach of the Year, and Mallory Koula (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly), Sarah Ehlinger (Wauwatosa, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels) and Annie Kaiser (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI) were all named to the all-conference team. Koula and Ehlinger were first-team selections, and Kaiser was a second-team pick.

Sammons, in her third season as the Vikings’ head coach, earned the coaching award after leading the Vikings to the Midwest Conference Tournament championship. Lawrence won the conference tournament for the first time since 2001 and played in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Vikings, who compiled a 9-9-1 overall record and a 7-2-1 mark in Midwest Conference play, defeated Lake Forest College 4-3 in the tournament semifinals and then beat top seed Carroll University 2-1 for the tournament title on the Pioneers’ home field.

Koula, a junior forward, piled up 19 goals and four assists for 42 points and was chosen for the first team for the second consecutive season. Koula led the league in points, points per game (2.21), goals and goals per game (1.00). She also finished second in the league with six game-winning goals.

Koula finished the season strong by scoring 11 goals in her final six games. She picked up hat tricks against Beloit College, Ripon College and Lake Forest.

Ehlinger, who was a second-team all-conference pick in 2007, 2008 and 2009, was chosen for the team all four years of her career. Ehlinger scored 10 goals and had a league-best 10 assists for 30 points this season. The senior forward had a league-high 0.53 assists per game.

Kaiser, a senior midfielder, was chosen for the all-conference team for the first time. Kaiser scored two goals and had two assists for six points.

Lawrence swimmers sweep Ripon, Marquette

The Lawrence University swim teams made it a clean sweep on Saturday with victories over Ripon College and Marquette University at the Lawrence Triangular in Boldt Natatorium.

The Lawrence men defeated Ripon 153-44 and downed Marquette 150-45. On the women’s side, Lawrence topped Ripon 162-31 and defeated Marquette 120-77.

Evan Flack and Cameron Gmehlin both won a pair of events for the Vikings. Flack won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:52.75 and the 100 freestyle in 50.13 seconds. Gmehlin won the 200 individual medley in 2:07.69 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.70.

Other winners for the Lawrence men were: Peter Brengel (100 backstroke), Ted Chritton (500 freestyle) and Jake Zimmerman (1-meter diving).

Julia Heller paced the Lawrence women by winning the 200 freestyle in 2:07.13 and the 100 backstroke in 1:09.19. Also winning for the women were Becca Hamlyn in the 100 butterfly and Bree Pittman in 1-meter diving.

Results

Top-ranked Pointers hold off Lawrence

The No. 1-ranked University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men’s basketball team held off a late charge by Lawrence University and pulled away for a 79-59 nonconference victory Tuesday night at Alexander Gymnasium.

Tyler Tillema scored 18 points and Jerrel Harris and Louis Hurd added 17 points apiece to lead the Pointers (1-0). Tyler Crisman scored 16 points to pace Lawrence (0-1), which got 14 points from Erik Borresen and 13 from Chris Siebert.

Stevens Point led by 19 midway through the second half, but the Vikings cut that lead in half over the next six minutes. Lawrence went on a 12-2 run, getting a pair of 3-pointers from freshman Max Burgess in that stretch, to cut the margin to 62-53 with 4:41.

Hurd answered with a layup, but Jon Mays countered with a jumper for the Vikings. Hurd then hit a jumper for Stevens Point, but Borresen hit a jumper in the lane with 2:40 left to cut the margin to 66-57.

That was as close as Lawrence would get as Stevens Point scored the next 11 points to pull away.

Stevens Point jumped on the Vikings by scoring the game’s first eight points. Lawrence countered by scoring the next seven points, but the Pointers put together a very strong first half.

Stevens Point built an 18-7 lead with 12:52 left in the first half before Lawrence scored the game’s next seven points. The Pointers then pulled away over the final nine minutes of the first half to lead 44-25 at the half.

Lawrence returns to action when it travels to UW-Oshkosh on Nov. 24.

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Vikings complete weekend sweep with 4-2 win at Lake Forest

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Huck Saunders’ first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winner Saturday night and lifted the Lawrence University hockey team to a 4-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Lake Forest College at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse.

The victory completes a weekend sweep by Lawrence (5-1-0, 4-0-0 MCHA) of the home-and-home series. The Vikings won 4-1 Friday night in Appleton.

Saunders broke a 2-2 tie with a power-play goal with just 1:56 left in the game. Matt Hughes, who picked up an assist on Saunders’ goal, then sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with five seconds remaining.

Lawrence grabbed a 1-0 lead midway through the first period when Jacob Esch scored off assists from Derek Brickan and Jon Sheridan. Lake Forest (2-2-0, 2-2-0)  tied it with a power-play goal with just 19 seconds left in the opening period.

The Vikings struck back with Brad Scurfield’s power-play goal at 6:17 of the second. The lead didn’t last long as Lake Forest scored 2:06 later with a power-play goal of its own.

The score remained 2-2 until Saunders scored late in the third.

Lawrence goaltender Evan Johnson stopped 30 shots to pick up the win. 

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Vikings fall to Wheaton in NCAA Tournament

WHEATON, Ill. — The Lawrence University women’s soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision to Wheaton College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday.

Lawrence, making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since playing in back-to-back Division III tourneys in 2000 and 2001, finished the season with a 9-9-1 record. Lawrence earned its spot in the tournament by winning the Midwest Conference Tournament.

Wheaton (17-2-1) got on the board early courtesy of a penalty kick. Laura Karsten converted the penalty kick at 6:29 to stake the Thunder to a 1-0 lead.

Wheaton made it 2-0 when Jamie Orewiler’s header found the back of the net at the 24:46 mark. The Thunder made it 3-0 just before halftime when Kristen Clark scored on a header at 43:14.

The Vikings held Wheaton scoreless in the second half, but Lawrence was limited to two shots by the stout Thunder defense.

Wheaton advances to play in the second round on Saturday against Carleton College, which defeated Augustana (Ill.) College 2-1 in overtime.

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