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Hannah Gabriel won a pair of events to pace the Lawrence University swim team in its dual meet with UW-Whitewater on Saturday at Boldt Natatorium.
Gabriel won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:01.61 and swam to victory in the 500 freestyle in 5:28.02.
Peter Brengel won the 100 backstroke in 54.73 seconds and was part of the winning 200 medley relay team to pace the Lawrence men.
The Lawrence University hockey team opened Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association play on Friday night with a 5-1 victory over Concordia (Wis.) University and Vikings head coach Mike Szkodzinski became the winningest coach in school history in the process.
Szkodzinski, just starting his fifth season at Lawrence, picked up career win No. 51 to pass Dave Ruhly for the top spot on the all-time list.
Lawrence scored three times in the third period to break open a close game, and several Vikings had career firsts in the contest.
Lawrence led 1-0 after the first on Jacob Esch’s goal at the 8:02 mark. William Thoren scored his first career goal at the 15:23 mark of the second to give Lawrence a 2-0 lead.
The Vikings then broke it open midway through the third period. Brandon Berquam got his first career goal at 11:04, and Josh DeSmit followed with a power-play goal at 11:38 to make it 4-0.
Ben Friedman scored his first career goal late in the third period to round out the scoring for the Vikings.
Evan Johnson made 28 saves to pick up the win for the Vikings.
RIPON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s soccer team battled to a 1-1 double-overtime tie with Ripon College on Friday in the semifinals of the Midwest Conference Tournament, but the Red Hawks advanced after winning 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Ripon faces Carroll University in Saturday’s championship game.
Lawrence (9-7-2) got on the board right before the end of the first half when Jared Padway scored at the 43:27 mark to stake the Vikings to a 1-0 lead.
Ripon struck back early in the second half when Zach Hershoff scored to make it 1-1.
The score stayed that way through the final 32 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of two overtime periods.
The match went to penalty kicks and both teams converted their first three, with Karl Mayer, Stephen Exarhos and David Caprile all connecting for Lawrence. The Vikings missed the next two attempts, including one off the crossbar, and Matthew Lange converted for Ripon to give the Red Hawks the 4-3 edge.
WAUKESHA, Wis. – Mallory Koula scored with less than six minutes left to lift the Lawrence University women’s soccer team to a 4-3 victory over Lake Forest College in a Midwest Conference Tournament semifinal Friday at Schneider Stadium.
Lawrence (8-8-1) advances to play either Carroll University or Monmouth College at 5 p.m. Saturday in the championship game. The winner receives an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Koula, who picked up a hat trick in her second consecutive game, got the scoring started in what proved to be a see-saw match. Koula’s corner kick was deflected into the net to put the Vikings up 1-0 just 1:43 into the match.
Emily Weber tied it for Lake Forest (11-8-0) at 21:26, but Koula broke the tie early in the second half. She scored unassisted at 48:55 to give Lawrence a 2-1 edge. Natalie Jin then scored for the Vikings at 65:49 for a 3-1 lead.
Lake Forest battled back with goals by Erica May at 66:49 and Courtenay Raymond at 81:24 to tie it at 3-3.
Koula, working off passes from Sarah Ehlinger and CJ Kirk, scored at 84:10 to give Lawrence the lead for good.
Cassie Burke made five saves to pick up the win for the Vikings. Bri Schleibinger made two saves and took the loss for Lake Forest.
This is Lawrence’s first appearance in the MWC Tournament championship game since the Vikings beat St. Norbert College 1-0 to win the title in 2001.
Lawrence University football standout Jeff Nichols has been chosen for the ESPN Academic All-District 5 Team.
Nichols (Janesville, Wis./Craig), a senior safety, was a first-team selection.
Nichols, who will earn the maximum of three Academic All-Midwest Conference selections, also was chosen for the all-conference football team in 2009. Nichols is a biology major and has a 3.78 grade point average.
A member of the Dean’s List at Lawrence, Nichols was elected to Mortar Board, which is the school’s senior honor society.
Nichols has been busy studying off-campus the last two summers. In summer 2010, Nichols did a LU-R1 Summer Intership, which allowed him to do research at a R1 institution. In the summer of 2009, Nichols did a Kasel Trust Fund Internship to explore local health problems in the Appleton, Wis., area.
Nichols also serves as a Friends of Jaclyn mentor to Luke Peters, a local boy with brain cancer that has been adopted by the football team.
Nichols is second on the team this season with 62 tackles and has a team-high 8.0 tackles for loss. Nichols, who has 1.0 sacks, is tied for the team lead with four interceptions.
The Lawrence University hockey team gets its Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association season going this weekend with a two-game series with Concordia (Wis.) University.
The Vikings host Concordia on Friday and travel the Milwaukee area to face the Falcons on Saturday. Lawrence has split its two nonconference games to open the season, and Concordia is looking for its first victory of the campaign.
The Lawrence University football team wraps up its season on Saturday when it hosts its oldest rival, Ripon College, at 1 p.m. in the Banta Bowl.
Lawrence vs. Ripon is the oldest college football rivalry in the state with the teams’ first meeting dating back to 1893. Lawrence is coming off a 29-23 victory over Beloit College, and Ripon lost 37-13 to St. Norbert College last Saturday.
Lawrence University women’s soccer standout Sarah Ehlinger has been named to the ESPN Academic All-District 5 Team for the second consecutive year.
Ehlinger (Wauwatosa, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels), a senior forward, was a second-team selection. She also was a second-team pick in 2009.
A geology major with a 3.92 grade point average, Ehlinger has earned the maximum of three Academic All-Midwest Conference selections. A member of the Dean’s List at Lawrence, Ehlinger has earned numerous academic honors.
Ehlinger, who was named a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar for 2011-12, participated in a sustainable development research program in Romania in summer 2009. She then took part in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Research Experience in summer 2010.
The Frick-Cherven Fund and Class of 1968 Peace and Social Activism Fund chose Ehlinger to do an independent research project in Sierra Leone.
Ehlinger also won Lawrence’s Tank-Palmquist-Ross Award in Geology, which is given each year to the outstanding geology student in the junior class.
Ehlinger is a three-time All-Midwest Conference selection and one of the top scorers in Lawrence history. Ehlinger has 38 goals, 21 assists and 97 points for her career. She ranks second in career assists and third in goals and points at Lawrence.
Ehlinger has been a key player in leading Lawrence to a berth in the four-team Midwest Conference Tournament for the second consecutive year. The Vikings play Lake Forest College in the semifinals on Friday morning at Carroll University.
Lawrence University women’s soccer star Sarah Ehlinger has been chosen as the Midwest Conference Player of the Week.
Ehlinger (Wauwatosa, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels), a senior forward, scored three goals, picked up a career-high three assists and recorded a career-best nine points as Lawrence routed Ripon College 8-3 in its only action of the week. The victory allowed Lawrence to clinch a berth in the Midwest Conference Tournament for the second consecutive season.
Ehlinger recorded her first hat trick of the season and the fourth of her career. Ehlinger’s last hat trick came on Sept. 19, 2009, when she scored three times against Finlandia University.
The nine points is the second-highest game total in Lawrence history, trailing only the record of 12.
Ehlinger assisted on both of Lawrence’s first two goals to stake the Vikings to a 2-1 lead at the half. Ehlinger then scored unassisted just 37 seconds into the second half and added another goal in the 56th minute. She completed the hat trick with a goal in the 83rd minute and picked up an assist on Lawrence’s final goal in the 88th minute.
Lawrence returns to action on Friday when it faces Lake Forest College in the semifinals of the Midwest Conference Tournament at Carroll University.
Lawrence University football standout Luke Galle has been named the Midwest Conference Defensive
Player of the Week.
Galle (Madison, Wis./Memorial), a freshman linebacker, did something in Lawrence’s 29-2 victory over Beloit College last Saturday that a Lawrence linebacker hadn’t done in more than two decades.
Galle recorded a pair of interceptions, the first time a Lawrence linebacker had picked off two passes in a game since Eric Karnosky did it against Ripon College on Nov. 4, 1989.
Galle’s first interception came in the third quarter with Lawrence nursing a 15-3 lead. Galle picked off Beloit quarterback Brian Maughn at the Lawrence 20-yard line to snuff out a Bucs drive. Late in the fourth quarter with Lawrence up 29-16, Galle picked off Maughn at the Lawrence 31 to stop another drive.
Galle, who finished with three tackles, also recovered a pair of on-sides kicks, including one with 52 seconds left to seal the win.
Lawrence wraps up its season on Saturday when it hosts Ripon in the oldest college football rivalry in the state of Wisconsin.
