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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Lawrence University women’s soccer team scored first, but North Central College roared back and posted a 4-1 nonconference victory over the Vikings on Sunday.
Lawrence (3-9-0) got on the board first when Kirstin Edwards scored off an assist from Keli Muchowski at the 11:50 mark.
North Central (5-6-1) got goals from Katrina McNeela at 18:50 and 43:57 to take a 2-1 lead into the half. North Central added a pair of second-half goals to pull away.
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.
MONMOUTH, Ill. — Danielle Gordon and Lauren Kellen both scored a pair of goals to lead the Monmouth College women’s soccer team to a 6-0 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.
The Scots (4-6-3, 2-2-1 MWC) scored three goals in the first 27 minutes and then added three more goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half.
Gordon scored in the 13th minute and again in the 56th minute, and Kellen had goals in the 27th minute and in the 61st minute.
Monmouth limited the Vikings to only four shots.
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.
The Carroll University football team jumped on Lawrence University early and rolled to a 55-6 Midwest Conference victory at the Banta Bowl on Saturday in the Hall of Fame Game.
Carroll (4-2, 3-2 MWC) scored two touchdowns in the first 3:39 of the game and led 24-0 after the first quarter. Running back Lamont Williams had topped the 100-yard mark early in the second quarter and finished the game with 26 carries for 153 yards and three touchdowns.
Lawrence (1-4, 1-4) turned the ball over six times and was limited to 215 yards of offense.
Quarterback Luke Barthelmess was limited to 4 of 14 passing for 24 yards before leaving the game early in the third quarter with an injury. Running back Ben Hartman was a bright spot for the Vikings with 13 carries for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Williams capped a four-play, 40 yard scoring drive with a 23-yard run to put Carroll up 7-0. The Vikings fumbled on the next possession, and Carroll scored four plays later on Justin Butterfield’s one-yard run. Williams fumbled on the play before the score, but Carroll recovered at the Lawrence 1-yard line.
Carroll added Butterfield’s 38-yard touchdown pass to Matt Sklander with 6:23 left in the first quarter, and Tyler Raymaker kicked a 20-yard field goal on the final play of the first quarter for a 24-0 lead.
Carroll got a 15-yard scoring pass from Butterfield to Sklander and a 26-yard field goal from Raymaker and led 34-0 at the half.
Lawrence got its only score of the game when the Vikings moved 82 yards in 16 plays in the third quarter. Backup quarterback Alex Brewer hit Tyler Mazur for 26 yards to the Carroll 9. After a roughing the passer penalty gave Lawrence a first down, Hartman scored from three yards out to cut the lead to 34-6.
Carroll added three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, all coming off interceptions, to seal the win.
Lawrence returns to action next Saturday when it travels to St. Norbert College.
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.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — The Lawrence University volleyball team won the first set Friday night, but Illinois College rallied for a 3-1 Midwest Conference victory at Sherman Gymnasium.
Lawrence won the opening set 25-21, but Illinois College came back to win the next three sets 25-19, 25-11, 25-20.
Missy Norville paced Illinois College with 12 kills, and Megan Moore added 10.
Shannon McLain led Lawrence with 11 kills. Diane McLeod picked up 31 assists, and Kathleen Rowland had 33 digs for the Vikings.
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.
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team dropped a 6-3 Midwest Conference North Division match at Carroll University on Wednesday.
Lawrence won one of the doubles matches and two of the singles contests. Hannah Geoffrey and Ali Heiring won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, and Geoffrey also posted a 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles. Heiring came through with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 4 singles for the Vikings (7-5, 1-1 MWC).
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.
