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Lawrence vs. Lake Forest series preview

The Lawrence University hockey team takes on Lake Forest College in a home-and-home series this weekend. The Vikings host Lake Forest on Friday night at the Appleton Family Ice Center, and Lawrence travels to Lake Forest on Saturday for the regular-season finale. The games have playoff implications for both teams, and Lawrence is currently holding down the final spot for the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.

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Titans top Lawrence 7-2

OSHKOSH, Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh men’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 7-2 in a nonconference match on Saturday night at the YMCA Tennis Center.

The lone winners for the Vikings came in singles, where both Max Zlevor and Jeremy Andereck were victorious. Zlevor posted a 7-6, 6-2 victory at No. 3, and Andereck was a 6-2, 6-4 winner at No. 6.

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Lawrence blanks Edgewood 9-0

OSHKOSH, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team opened its spring season with a 9-0 nonconference win over Edgewood College on Saturday at the YMCA Tennis Center.

The Vikings lost only two games in sweeping the three doubles matches, and Lawrence dropped only eight games en route to sweeping the singles.

Jeremy Andereck highlighted the sweep with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles.

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Finlandia tops Lawrence 5-1

HANCOCK, Mich. — Sean Burke and Travis Armstrong each scored a pair of goals as Finlandia University beat Lawrence University 5-1 in a Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association game on Saturday at the Houghton County Arena.

The Lions swept the weekend series after winning Friday night’s game 4-3 in overtime.

Finlandia (7-16-0, 7-11-0 MCHA) jumped on top with Jordan Passino’s goal just 6:22 into the contest. The score stayed 1-0 until Burke scored 2:43 into the second period. He added another goal at the 7:43 mark for a 3-0 Finlandia lead. Armstrong then scored with 3:38 left in the second period for a 4-0 Finlandia advantage.

The Vikings (6-15-2, 5-11-2) finally got on the board when Phil Bushbacher scored on the power play at 10:52 of the third. Finlandia then added another goal when Armstrong scored after a delayed penalty on Lawrence.

Fabian Sivnert made nine saves for Lawrence before being replaced by Michael Baldino, who finished with 19 saves. Troy Chandler made 35 saves for Finlandia.

Lawrence had a 36-33 edge in shots on goal.

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Mazur pours in 30 points as Vikings run past Cornell

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — Tyler Mazur hit eight 3-pointers on his way to a career-high 30 points as the Lawrence University men’s basketball team beat Cornell College 97-90 in a Midwest Conference game on Saturday.

Mazur went 10-for-14 from the floor, including 8-for-11 from 3-point range on his way to a career afternoon. Mazur topped his previous career high of 29 points, which he set earlier this season at Carroll University.

Chris Siebert added 25 points for the Vikings (11-10, 9-7 MWC), and Ryan DePouw added 15 points on the strength of an 11-for-11 day at the foul line.

Joey Guth scored 22 points and Nick Bobb added 21 points and a game-high nine rebounds for Cornell (8-13, 7-9).

Lawrence led by as many as nine points in the first half before Cornell rallied. The Rams led by as many as four points before the eighth tie of the first half ended with a 49-49 deadlock at the break.

Conor Klusendorf’s layup with 11:33 left gave Lawrence the lead for good at 67-66, and the Vikings were holding an 81-79 lead with 3:28 left. Siebert and Mazur then hit back-to-back jumpers for the Vikings, and Lawrence pushed the lead to 85-79.

Cornell was forced to foul in the final two minutes, and the Vikings went 10-for-10 from the stripe down the stretch. Lawrence finished the day 25-for-27 from the foul line.

The final Lawrence basket of the day was a thunderous dunk by junior forward Chase Nelson with nine seconds left that broke the rim.

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Vikings fall to No. 14 Cornell

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — Caitlyn Bisinger scored a game-high 18 points to lead the No. 14 Cornell College women’s basketball team to a 97-43 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.

Bisinger led four Rams in double figures, including Chelsea Harris, who scored 14 points off the bench. Kathryn Schilling added 12 points and Taylor Dicus had 10 for Cornell (20-1, 15-1 MWC).

Freshman Patsy Kealey led the Vikings (2-19, 1-15) with 15 points. Amber Lisowe added 13 points for the Vikings, and Cathy Kaye had 10.

Lawrence led in the early going, and Cornell didn’t take its first lead of the game until a pair of Dicus free throws put the Rams up 18-17 with 11:08 left in the first half.

After Lisowe’s layup cut Cornell’s lead to 27-26 with 3:45 left before halftime, the Rams went on a run. Cornell went on a 15-2 run over the final 3:31 of the first half and led 42-28 at the break.

The Rams then scored the first 11 points of the second half to pull out to a 53-28 lead with 17:32 left. Lawrence never got closer than 20 points after that. 

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Finlandia tops Lawrence in overtime

HANCOCK, Mich. — Finlandia University scored in the final minute of regulation and went on to a 4-3 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association overtime win over Lawrence University on Friday at the Houghton Civic Center.

The Lions (6-16-0, 6-11-0 MCHA) tied the game at 3-3 when Cody Essel scored with an extra attacker on the ice for Finlandia. The Lions then won it on Cameron Goude’s goal 2:32 into overtime.

Lawrence (6-14-2, 5-10-2 MCHA) fell behind just 34 seconds into the game when Derek Rodgers scored for Finlandia. The Vikings tied the game at 1-1 on Brandon Boelter’s sixth goal of the season at the 3:53 mark of the first.

Senior forward Brad Scurfield gave Lawrence a 2-1 lead when he scored on the power play at the 9:46 mark of the second. The score stayed that way until Travis Armstrong scored for Finlandia at the 7:12 mark of the third to tie the game at 2-2.

Lawrence grabbed the lead back at 3-2 when freshman forward Logan Lemirande scored off a pass from Scurfield with 4:51 remaining in regulation. Finlandia pulled goaltender Troy Chandler with just under a minute left and Essel scored seven seconds later to tie the game and force the overtime.

Chandler made 37 saves for Finlandia, and Fabian Sivnert stopped 15 shots for Lawrence. The Vikings enjoyed a 40-19 edge in shots on goal.

The teams wrap up the series on Saturday afternoon.

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Lawrence battles to victory over Bucs

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team rode a career-high 21 points from Jamie Nikitas and a gritty performance from Brian Gryszkiewicz to a 73-56 Midwest Conference victory over Beloit College on Wednesday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Nikitas, a freshman guard, went 5-for-9 from the floor, including 4-for-8 from 3-point range, on his way to game-high scoring honors. Gryszkiewicz finished with 11 points, going 4-for-4 from the floor while adding six assists, six rebounds, three steals and diving for seemingly every loose ball.

Ryan DePouw added 12 points, five rebounds and three blocks for the Vikings (10-10, 8-7), and Chris Siebert chipped in with 11 points.

James Lazarcik, who entered the game shooting 70.7 percent from the floor, led Beloit (10-10, 8-7) with a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. He hit just 3 of 10 shots from the floor. Steve McAfee paced Beloit with 14 points but was just 3-for-13 from the floor.

The Vikings shot 53.2 percent (25-47) from the field, and limited the Bucs to just 31 percent (18-58) shooting.

The Bucs, who never led in the game, had pulled even at 46-46 when Gryszkiewicz drove to the basket, was fouled and converted a conventional three-point play. After a jumper by McAfee, Gryszkiewicz buried a 3-pointer and Nikitas had a three-point play to push Lawrence’s lead back to 55-48 with 7:08 left.

Lawrence maintained the momentum and led 60-51 after a pair of Lazarcik free throws with 3:47 left. Gryszkiewicz went to the hoop again, scored and was fouled. He converted the three-point play, and the Vikings were up 63-51 with 3:18 left.

After a Lazarcik miss, Nikitas buried a 3-pointer for a 66-51 lead and Beloit never got closer than 11 points the rest of the way.

Lawrence built an early five-point lead and the Vikings led by seven points with 6:45 left in the first half. The Bucs cut the lead to 23-22, but Lawrence scored the final seven points of the first half and led 30-22 at the break.

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

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