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The Lawrence University men’s soccer team wrapped up its regular season with a 1-0 nonconference loss to UW-Superior on Sunday.
Eric Nilsen scored the game’s lone goal on the 64th minute. UW-Superior goalie Tom Fitzer stopped three shots to record the shutout.
Lawrence finishes the regular season with a 9-7-2 record, but the Vikings begin postseason play on Friday. Lawrence will take on Ripon College in the semifinals of the Midwest Conference Tournament.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire hockey team scored five times in the second period and went on to a 6-2 nonconference victory Saturday night at Hobbs Ice Center.
Eau Claire (1-0-0) trailed 1-0 heading into the second period but scored twice in a 27-second span to take the lead and pulled away from there.
Lawrence (1-1-0) led 1-0 when Brad Scurfield scored on the power play at the 4:49 mark of the first period.
Tim Possehl tied it for the Blugolds 3:11 into the second period, and Isaiah Bennis then scored on the power play at 3:38 to give Eau Claire the lead. The Blugolds added goals at 7:59, 11:23 and 14:02 to lead 5-1 after the second.
Bennis scored early in the third period for his second goal of the contest, and Ross Janecyk scored twice for Eau Claire.
Reijo Wahlin scored midway through the third period for Lawrence to trim the lead to 6-2.
Lawrence went 1-for-6 on the power play, and the Blugolds were 2-for-9. The Vikings were whistled for 16 penalties totaling 62 minutes. Eau Claire took 12 penalties for 43 minutes.
MONMOUTH, Ill. – The Lawrence University men’s cross country team took second place on Saturday at the Midwest Conference Championships and placed three runners on the all-conference team.
The second-place finish for the Vikings was their highest placement since taking second in 1989.
Leading the charge for Lawrence was sophomore Sam Stevens, who placed third in 25:48.34. Stevens made the all-conference team for the second consecutive season.
Freshman Curran Carlile was seventh in 25:58.77 and was all-conference as well. Senior David Zane took 11th in 26:07.02 and earned all-conference honors for the first time in his career.
The Lawrence women placed seventh and were led by junior Emily Muhs. Muhs took seventh in 23:21.98 and picked up a spot on the all-conference team for the second consecutive season.
Grinnell won the men’s team championship and St. Norbert took the women’s title.
RIPON, Wis. – Sarah Ehlinger and Mallory Koula both recorded hat tricks as the Lawrence University women’s soccer team routed Ripon College 8-3 in a Midwest Conference match on Saturday at Prairie Field.
The win puts Lawrence in the Midwest Conference Tournament for the second consecutive season.
Koula and Ehlinger connected on both of Lawrence’s first two goals. Koula took a pass from Ehlinger and scored just 1:16 into the match to put Lawrence up 1-0. Koula scored off another pass from Ehlinger at the 15:49 mark for a 2-0 lead.
Lawrence led 2-1 at the half, but Ehlinger scored just 37 seconds into the second half to put Lawrence up 3-1. Ehlinger made it 4-1 with a goal at the 55:39 mark.
Koula got her hat trick with a goal just 1:07 later to put Lawrence up 5-1. Ellie Galvin then scored at 71:32 to give the Vikings a 6-1 edge.
Ripon got a pair of goals to cut the margin to 6-3, but Ehlinger countered with a goal at 82:13 to record her hat trick.
Natalie Jin finished the scoring for Lawrence with a goal at 87:19.
Cassie Burke made only one save to pick up the win.
RIPON, Wis. – The Ripon College men’s soccer team defeated Lawrence University 2-0 on Saturday at Prairie Field, and the win gives the Red Hawks the right to host the Midwest Conference Tournament.
Ripon scored in the 70th and 87th minute to pick up the win and finish 8-1 in conference play.
The Lawrence University volleyball team split a pair of matches Saturday at the Lawrence Triangular at Alexander Gymnasium.
In the opening match, the Vikings defeated Lake Forest College 3-2. Lawrence won 25-23, 12-25, 25-17, 19-25, 15-8. UW-Stevens Point defeated Lawrence 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-16) in the final match of the day.
UW-Stevens Point also defeated Lake Forest 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-17).
In the match against Lake Forest, Clare Bohrer paced the Vikings with 13 kills, Diane McLeod added 11 kills, 31 assists and 11 digs. Shannon McLain added 10 kills for Lawrence, and Kathleen Rowland had a team-high 22 digs.
McLain led Lawrence with eight kills against UW-Stevens Point.
Quarterback Tyler Mazur passed for 261 yards and ran for another 83 to lead the Lawrence University football team to a 29-23 Midwest Conference win over Beloit College on Saturday at the Banta Bowl.
Mazur completed 18 of 40 passes for 261 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He ran 15 times for 83 yards and three touchdowns. Wide receiver Jeremiah Johnson had a career day for Lawrence (2-7, 2-6 MWC) with 10 catches for 150 yards and a touchdown.
Beloit quarterback Brian Maughn was 26 of 52 for 280 yards and two touchdowns, but he threw four interceptions.
Johnson and Mazur got the Vikings on the board late in the first quarter. The Bucs (4-5, 4-4) had stopped Lawrence and forced a punt, but a roughing the kicker penalty kept the drive alive and gave Lawrence a first down at its own 47. Mazur hit Johnson with a 49-yard pass on the next play to give Lawrence a first down at the Beloit 4.
The Vikings were then whistled for three consecutive penalties to move back to the Beloit 27. The teams were called for 31 combined penalties. Mazur found Mason Garcia across the middle to move the ball back to the Beloit 4. Johnson caught a 4-yard touchdown pass on the next play for a 6-0 Lawrence lead.
After Eric Follett recovered a Beloit fumble at the Bucs’ 36, Lawrence moved all the say to the Beloit 1 but had to settle for Cody Robel’s 19-yard field goal with 6:27 left in the first half.
In one of the more bizarre finishes to a half, Beloit benefitted from a call by the officials. Beloit, out of time outs, drove to the Lawrence 1 in the final seconds. Dillon Hess then fumbled but managed to recover. The Bucs lined up to spike the ball and stop the clock but ran out of time.
The officials then conferred and put one second back on the clock. The Bucs lined up and Mat Kahl kicked a 20-yard field goal to cut Lawrence’s lead to 9-3 at the half.
With Mazur at the controls, the Vikings dominated the third quarter.
Lawrence took the opening kickoff of the second half and drove 70 yards in seven plays for a touchdown. Mazur burst up the middle and ran the final 27 yards for the score, breaking tackles along the way, to give Lawrence a 15-3 lead.
Beloit’s next two drives were stopped on interceptions by Jeff Nichols and Luke Galle.
Lawrence then went 73 yards in 12 plays to go up 22-3. Mazur set up the score by hitting Johnson with a 43-yard pass to the Beloit 26. Three plays later, Mazur had an 11-yard run to give Lawrence a first down at the Beloit 6.
The Bucs stopped Lawrence and Robel lined up for a 24-yard field goal, which he missed. The Bucs were called for roughing the kicker again, and Mazur ran it in from 2 yards out four plays later for the touchdown.
The Vikings then put together along long scoring drive early in the fourth quarter. The Bucs had forced Lawrence to punt, but the Vikings put on the fake. Mazur hit Nichols with a 12-yard pass to the Beloit 48 to keep the drive alive.
Two plays later, Garcia caught a 28-yard pass from Mazur for a first down at the Beloit 2. Mazur ruan it in from a yard out two plays later to give Lawrence a 29-3 lead.
The Bucs battled back as Maughn connected with Derek Carrier for a 12-yard scoring pass with 8:23 left in the game to cut the lead to 29-9.
Sam Kossow, who had split quarterback duties with Mazur early in the game, came in and was intercepted by Tony Baratti, who returned it 17 yards for a touchdown with 5:40 left.
Galle stopped the next Beloit drive with his second interception of the game, but Lawrence was forced to punt. Beloit then moved 54 yards in five plays for another score. Maughn hit Carrier with a 7-yard scoring pass to cut the lead to 29-23 with 53 seconds left.
Galle recovered the on-sides kick and Lawrence ran out the clock to seal the win.
Lawrence wraps up its season next Saturday when it hosts Ripon College in a renewal of the oldest college football rivalry in the state of Wisconsin.
The Beloit College volleyball team rallied to win the first two sets and then held off Lawrence University in the third to post a 3-0 Midwest Conference victory Friday night at Alexander Gymnasium.
The Bucs (16-11, 6-2 MWC) rallied to win the first set 25-23 and rallied to take the second 29-27. Beloit led big in the third but Lawrence (12-15, 3-5) rallied before the Bucs prevailed 25-21.
Mary Parker and Tess Jacquez paced Beloit with 13 kills apiece. Clare Bohrer led Lawrence with 10 kills and Jenna Picha added eight. Diane McLeod piled up 31 assists, and Kathleen Rowland had 20 digs for the Vikings.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Milwaukee School of Engineering women’s soccer team jumped out to a 2-0 lead and then added a late goal to seal a 3-1 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday night.
MSOE got goals in the 52nd and 57th minute to lead 2-0. Mallory Koula scored her 11th goal of the season in the 77th minute to trim the margin to 2-1. MSOE then added a goal with 1:44 remaining in regulation to secure the victory.
Lawrence (6-8-1) outshot the Raiders (11-6-2) 24-14.
The Lawrence University football team returns to the Banta Bowl on Saturday to take on Beloit College in a Midwest Conference game.
Lawrence, which played on the road the past two weeks, is coming off a 35-14 loss at Lake Forest College. The Bucs defeated Monmouth College 34-27 last Saturday.
