ORLANDO, Fla. — The Franklin and Marshall College men’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 9-0 in a nonconference match on March 13.
Vikings finish spring break trip on winning note
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Lawrence University baseball team finished its spring break trip on a winning note with a nonconference doubleheader split with D’Youville College.
Lawrence (1-7) dropped the opening game 9-7 and then walloped D’Youville (2-4) 24-7 in the nightcap.
Lawrence pounded out 23 hits in the second game. Sophomore Phil Wisniewski went 4-for-6 and drove in four runs to pace the Lawrence attack.
Robert Rashid went 3-for-3with a pair of triples and scored four runs for the Vikings. Luke Barthelmess, who smacked a homer, Gabe Henriques, Eric Bohling, Davide Harris and Darvis PridGeon all had two hits apiece.
Andrew Wilt went the distance to pick up the win. He struck out eight and walked three.
Lawrence scored at least two runs in each inning and capped the game with a seven-run outburst in the seventh.
The Vikings dropped the opener despite outhitting the Spartans 14-10.
Lawrence built a 3-1 lead after three innings, but D’Youville scored five in the fifth, two more in the sixth and another run in the seventh to take a 9-3 lead.
The Vikings rallied in the bottom of the seventh and had the bases loaded when D’Youville secured the final out.
Michael Baldino’s single scored Barthelmess to trim the lead to 9-4, and Wisniewski picked up a two-out single to score Rashid and Henriques.
Tanner DeBettencourt followed with a single to score Baldino to cut the lead to 9-7. A walk to Sam Kossow loaded the bases, but D’Youville got Barthelmess to fly out to end the game.
Baldino went 3-for-4 in the opener, and Harris, Wisniewski, Bohling and DeBettencourt all had two hits apiece.
Southern Maine tops Lawrence
CLERMONT, Fla. — The University of Southern Maine pounded out 12 hits and posted a 12-4 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Sunday at the National Training Center.
The Huskies jumped on Lawrence starter Cory Paquette and scored three times in the bottom of the first. Southern Maine knocked her out of the game in the third as the Huskies scored seven times to take command.
Lawrence made it 10-2 in the top of the fourth. Cathy Kaye started the rally with a single and later scored on Shannon Murray’s double. After a dropped third strike allowed Emily Perish to reach, Mary Diduch provided a run-scoring ground out to cap the rally.
Lawrence, which was limited to four hits, trimmed the lead to 10-4 in the fifth. Alissa Geipel started the rally with a single and then scored on Katie Simonsen’s triple. A poor throw from the outfield allowed Simonsen to come around and score.
Southern Maine then scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to secure the win via the eight-run rule.
Vikings edged by Colby
CLERMONT, Fla. — The Larwrence University softball team stranded 10 runners and dropped a 3-2 nonconference decision to Colby College on Sunday at the National Training Center.
Lawrence (3-6) was held to three hits but had a number of baserunners reachvia the walk. The Vikings left the bases loaded in the second and broke a scoreless tie in the third.
Mary Diduch’s ground out scored a runner gave Lawrence a 1-0 lead in the third, but Colby scored all three of its runs in the top of the fourth.
The Vikings cut the lead to 3-2 in the fifth when Shannon Murray tripled and later scored on Diduch’s ground out.
The Vikings got runners on base in both the sixth and seventh but failed to mount a serious threat.
Emily Perish went the distance and took the loss. She allowed only four hits, walked four and struck out two.
Plattsburgh State rallies late to top Vikings
CLERMONT, Fla. — The Plattsburgh State softball team rallied from a one-run deficit in the final two innings and posted a 4-2 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at the National Training Center.
Lawrence (3-4) had built a 2-1 lead heading into the top of the sixth. The Vikings got a run-scoring triple from Carli Gurholt in the first and a run-scoring single from Alissa Geipel in the fifth.
Cathy Kaye went 2-for-3 and scored a run to pace the Lawrence attack.
Plattsburgh (12-2) tied the game after two were out in the sixth with the help of two errors. An error put a runner aboard, but the Vikings threw the ball away after the runner was picked off. The Cardinals followed with a single to tie the game at 2-2.
Two errors sandwiched around a double allowed Plattsburgh to take a 3-2 lead in the seventh. Another error allowed a run to score and Plattsburgh led 4-2.
Emily Perish went the distance and took the loss. All three of the runs she gave up in the final two innings were unearned.
UW-Superior pulls away from Vikings
CLERMONT, Fla. — The UW-Superior softball team mounted a pair of multi-run innings and posted a 6-2 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at the National Training Center.
The Yellowjackets (5-3) pulled away with three runs in the bottom of the third and two more in the bottom of the fourth.
Superior rode the four-hit pitching of Amanda LeBard, who struck out six and walked one in seven innings.
Shannon Murray went the distance and took the loss for Lawrence (3-5). She allowed nine hits, struck out one and walked one.
The Yellowjackets led 1-0 before Katie Simonsen’s run-scoring single tied it for Lawrence in the third. Superior then scored three times in the bottom half of the inning, two of them coming on Emily Eisenmann’s two-run single.
The Vikings cut the lead to 4-2 in the fourth after Murray doubled and later scored on Gaelen Lombard-Knapp’s ground out. The Yellowjackets then scored twice in the bottom of the fourth to pull away for good.
LeBard shut Lawrence down from that point, holding the Vikings without a hit over the final three innings.
Lawrence drops pair to Dickinson
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Dickinson College baseball team put together a big offensive day and swept a nonconference doubleheader from Lawrence University on Friday by the scores of 15-4 and 14-0.
The Red Devils (13-3) had 13 hits in the opener against a pair of Lawrence pitchers. Dickinson had four players with two hits apiece, and Tyler Rosa and Ben Sciambi both drove in three runs.
John Doran pitched the first four innings, allowing 10 hits, and took the loss for the Vikings (0-6). Will Daley went the distance and picked up the win.
Lawrence scored all four of its runs in the first inning. Alex Brewer led Lawrence’s attack by going 2-for-3, and Eric Bohling drove in a pair of runs.
In the nightcap, Sean White pitched the first six innings and Sam Baxendale worked the seventh to combine for the shutout. Lawrence was limited to six hits.
Luke Barthelmess pitched the first four innings and took the loss. He allowed only four hits but walked eight.
Evan Hennessy went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs to pace the Red Devils.
Bach powers RPI past Lawrence
CLERMONT, Fla. — Jen Bach hit a pair of homers and pitched a complete game to lead Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to a 9-1 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Thursday at the National Training Center.
Bach pitched five innings and allowed only four hits to pick up the win. Lawrence (3-3) scored its lone run in the third.
RPI (6-4) led 3-0 when Bach homered to lead off the fourth. She then hit a two-run blast in the fourth to give the Engineers a 6-1 lead. RPI closed out the Vikings with three runs in the fifth.
Shannon Murray took the loss for the Vikings. She gave up nine hits in the five innings.
Rally comes up short against Concordia
CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team dug itself an early hole and couldn’t quite climb out in a 7-6 nonconference loss to Concordia (Wis.) University on Thursday at the National Training Center.
Concordia (10-4) scored four times in the bottom of the first and led 4-1 after the opening inning. Lawrence cut the lead to 4-3 in the top of the fifth, but the Falcons scored twice in the bottom half of the inning and added another run in the sixth to go up 7-3.
Lawrence cut the lead to 7-6 in the top of the seventh when sophomore catcher Gaelen Lombard-Knapp blasted a three-run homer, but that’s as close as the Vikings would get.
Center fielder Katie Simonsen went 2-for-4 with a double, and freshman Alex Chiodo also picked up a pair of hits for the Vikings.
Emily Perish went the distance but took the loss for Lawrence.
Shoremen top Lawrence
AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Washington College baseball team pounded out 17 hits and went on to a 14-5 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Thursday.
Shortstop Ryan Normoyle led the attack for Washington (7-5), which scored in every inning but the first. Normoyle went 4-for-6 and drove in six runs. John Rolewicz went 3-for-5, scored three times and drove in three runs.
Shortstop Gabe Henriques went 2-for-5 and scored two runs to lead the eight-hit attack for Lawrence (0-4).
The Shoremen led 1-0 and started to pull away with three runs in the third courtesy of Normoyle’s three-run homer. Washington added two runs in the each of the next five innings.
Hunter Draheim pitched the first six innings, striking out two and walking four, to pick up the win. Chad Skaer pitched the first five innings and took the loss.