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Three Vikings earn All-MWC football honors

Three Lawrence University football players have been selected for the All-Midwest Conference team in a vote by league coaches.

Senior wide receiver Jeremiah Johnson (Beaver Dam, Wis./Wayland) and senior safety Jeff Nichols (Janesville, Wis./Craig) were both second-team selections. Senior offensive lineman Cullen Dunn (Oshkosh, Wis./West) received honorable mention.

Johnson, who made the all-conference team for the first time, led the team with 54 catches, 781 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. Johnson averaged 14.5 yards per catch and caught a career-long 51-yard pass against Grinnell College.

Johnson, who had three 100-yard receiving games this season, set career highs with 10 catches and 150 receiving yards in Lawrence’s victory over Beloit College on Oct. 30. Johnson’s last career catch went for a touchdown in the season finale against Ripon College.

Nichols received all-conference honors for the second consecutive season. He piled up 68 tackles and tied for the team lead with four interceptions. He picked off passes against Monmouth College, Illinois College, Grinnell and Beloit. Nichols finished his career with eight interceptions.

Nichols compiled 9.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks and also recorded three pass breakups and one blocked kick.

Dunn received all-conference honors for the first time in his career. A three-year starter at left tackle, Dunn made the move to center this season. During his career, he was part of a group that helped running back Craig Ebert win the Midwest Conference rushing title in 2008.

Bohrer picks up All-MWC volleyball honors

Clare Bohrer

Lawrence University volleyball star Clare Bohrer was a first-team selection on the All-Midwest Conference volleyball squad.

Bohrer (Eau Claire, Wis./Regis), a junior middle hitter, was chosen for the all-conference team for the first time.

Bohrer led the team with 303 kills and 3.06 kills per game. Bohrer, who compiled a .197 hitting percentage, finished with a team-high 90 blocks, an average of 0.91 blocks per game.

Bohrer also was second on the squad with 31 services aces and was fourth on the team with 100 digs.

Bohrer helped the Vikings to a 13-16 overall record and a 4-5 mark in Midwest Conference play.

Saunders earns MCHA weekly honor

Huck Saunders

Lawrence University hockey standout Huck Saunders has been named the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Freshman of the Week.

Saunders (Seattle, Wash./Northwood School), a forward, led Lawrence two a weekend sweep of Lake Forest College and picked up his first career goal in the process.

In Lawrence’s 4-1 win over visiting Lake Forest on Nov. 12, Saunders picked up a pair of assists. He followed that with the game-winning power-play goal in Lawrence’s 4-2 victory at Lake Forest on Nov. 13. Saunders, who scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes left in the third period, also added an assist in the win.

Saunders has one goal and six assists on the season for seven points.

Lawrence, which is 5-1-0 and 4-0-0 in MCHA play, returns to action this weekend when it hosts the MCHA/NCHA Thanksgiving Showdown at the Appleton Family Ice Center. Lawrence faces the College of St. Scholastica on Friday and St. Norbert College on Saturday.

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

Titans jump on Lawrence early

OSHKOSH, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh women’s basketball team jumped out to a big early lead and never looked back en route to a 76-42 nonconference victory Tuesday night at Kolf Sports Center.

Katie Kitzke scored 16 points and Megan Wenig added 15 to lead UW-Oshkosh (2-0). Kanesha Walker came off the bench to pace Lawrence (0-1) with 13 points.

The Titans scored the game’s first nine points and built their lead to 25-5 with 8:11 left in the first half. Oshkosh led by as many as 28 points at 36-8 in the first half, and the Titans were up 47-22 at the half.

The Titans would lead by as many 32 points with 13:45 left in the second half, and Lawrence would get no closer than 25 points the rest of the way.

Box score

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.

Box score

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. 

Box score

Muhs, Carlile pace Lawrence runners at NCAA regional

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Emily Muhs and Curran Carlile were the top Lawrence University cross country finishers at Saturday’s NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championships.

Muhs finished 70th to pace the Lawrence women and covered the 6,000-meter course at Saukie Golf Course in 23:20. Lawrence finished with a team score of 787 and took 29th place among the 38 teams.

Carlile paced a tight group of Lawrence’s top three runners. Carlile finished 72nd and covered the 8,000-meter course in 25:34.6. David Zane was next for the Vikings in 75th in 25:37.6 and Sam Stevens was 76th in 25:38.1.

Paced by that trio of runners, Lawrence finished 16th among the 39 teams with 552 points.

Men’s results

Women’s results

Lawrence swimmers sweep UW-River Falls

The Lawrence University swimming teams swept a dual meet from UW-River Falls on Saturday at Boldt Natatorium.

The Lawrence men defeated River Falls 141-81, and the Lawrence women topped the Falcons 136-81.

Hannah Gabriel, Evan Flack, Peter Brengel and Cory Greguske all won a pair of events for the Vikings.

Gabriel won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:00.63 and took the 500 freestyle in 5:28.58. Evan Flack won the 100 freestyle (50.17) and the 200 freestyle (1:51.34). Brengel took the top spot in both the 50 freestyle (23.12) and the 100 backstroke (56.55). Greguske swept the 1- and 3-meter diving.

Results