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Tenth-ranked Blugolds shut out Lawrence

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Goaltender Jay Deo made 27 saves and the No. 10 UW-Eau Claire hockey team downed Lawrence University 4-0 in a nonconference game on Saturday.

The Blugolds (10-3-1) got goals from four different players, and Brian Nehring had three assists for Eau Claire.

Eau Claire grabbed a 1-0 lead on David Donnellan’s goal midway through the first period. The Blugolds got goals from Jon Waggoner and Mark Pustin in the second period, and Ethan Nauman’s third-period goal completed the scoring.

Mattias Soderqvist made 41 saves and took the loss for Lawrence (4-10-1). The Vikings forced Eau Claire to go 0-for-9 on the power play.

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Ripon overcomes slow start to down Vikings

APPLETON, Wis. — The Ripon College women’s basketball team overcame a slow start and went on to a 55-34 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Kacie Cullien went 4-for-9 from 3-point range and led Ripon (5-7, 5-2 MWC) with 14 points. Jill VanEperen went 2-for-10 from the floor but was a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line to add 10 points for the Red Hawks.

Alex Deshler led Lawrence (3-8, 1-5) with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Lawrence went on an early 9-0 run, capped by Courtney Schmidt’s 3-pointer, to grab a 9-2 lead with 13:15 left in the opening half.

Ripon then used the long ball to retake the lead. The Red Hawks got three 3-pointers from Cullen and treys from Abby Thelen and Chelsea Moldenhauer to put together a 20-2 run for a 22-11 lead.

Lawrence scored the last four points of the half but trailed 22-15 at the break. Ripon steadily built its advantage in the second half and would lead by as many as 23 points.

Lawrence returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Lake Forest College.

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Ripon edges Lawrence 69-66

APPLETON, Wis. — Tyler Ketz hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to lift the Ripon College men’s basketball team to a 69-66 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Kyle Loughrin led Ripon (8-4, 5-2 MWC) with 25 points, and Ketz finished with 19 points. Ty Sabin added 12 points for the Red Hawks.

Chris Siebert paced Lawrence (5-6, 3-3) with 24 points, and Tyler Mazur came off the bench to score 16 points. Ryan DePouw added nine points and a team-high seven rebounds.

The game, which featured six ties and nine lead changes, was tied at 36 at the half. Neither team led by more than four points in the second half, but Lawrence led 64-61 with 2:25 left on Jamie Nikitas’ layup.

Loughrin countered with a layup for Ripon, and after Mazur missed a 3-pointer, the Red Hawks took a 65-64 lead on Loughrin’s layup with 1:21 remaining.

Siebert came back with a layup with 1:04 left that gave Lawrence a 66-65 edge. Loughrin drove into the lane and was falling to the court when his pass found Ketz in the corner. Ketz hit the 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to give Ripon a 68-66 lead.

Siebert went to the basket on the ensuing possession and had his layup blocked. Siebert got the rebound but had the ball stripped by Ketz, who was fouled with four seconds left. He made one free throw to put Ripon up 69-66 but missed the second.

Lawrence grabbed the rebound and called a timeout with 2.5 seconds left. The Red Hawks fouled Nikitas, who missed the first free throw. Ripon grabbed the rebound and ran out the clock.

Lawrence returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Lake Forest College.

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Second-ranked Pointers top Lawrence

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The second-ranked UW-Stevens Point hockey team pulled out to a big lead after two periods and went on to a 7-2 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Friday night at Willett Arena.

The Pointers (12-1-0) scored less than two minutes into the game and went on to build a 3-0 lead after the first period. Stevens Point added two more goals in the second period to construct a 5-0 edge.

Lawrence (4-9-1) got third-period goals from freshman forward Blake Roubos and senior forward Huck Saunders. Patrick Coyne assisted on both goals for the Vikings, and Roubos also picked up an assist on Saunders’ tally.

Max Bobrow scored a pair of goals for the Pointers, and Tyler Krueger had three assists.

Brandon Jaeger stopped 30 shots to pick up the win for Stevens Point. Anton Olsson stopped 41 shots for the Vikings in the loss.

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Green Knights top Lawrence

DE PERE, Wis. — Brianna Byrne and Tasha Giese both scored in double figures to lead the St. Norbert College women’s basketball team to a 76-30 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Schuldes Sports Center.

Byrne came off the bench to score a game-high 15 points, and Giese had a double-double with 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Twelve players scored in the game for St. Norbert (8-2, 5-0 MWC).

Kanae Nishitani came off the bench to lead Lawrence (3-7, 1-4) with eight points. Katie Schumacher and Kassidy Rinehart had six points apiece for the Vikings, and Schumacher added a team-high eight rebounds.

St. Norbert neede less than six minutes in the game to build a double-digit lead at 12-2. The Green Knights went on to lead 36-18 at the half. St. Norbert’s biggest lead of the game was the final margin of 46 points.

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First-half scoring spurt pushes No. 14 St. Norbert past Lawrence

DE PERE, Wis. — The No. 14 St. Norbert College men’s basketball team used a scoring surge late in the first half to build a double-digit lead and then maintained that advantage in an 81-68 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Saturday at Schuldes Sports Center.

St. Norbert (9-1, 5-0 MWC) went on a 13-2 run over the final 3:36 of the first half to build a 41-30 lead at the break. Lawrence (5-5, 3-2) closed to within eight points early in the second half, but the Green Knights were able to keep the Vikings at arm’s length the rest of the way.

St. Norbert led by as many as 15 points until the final minute. Lawrence couldn’t get closer than 12 points in the final 10 minutes of the game as the teams traded baskets consistently during the second half.

UW-Green Bay transfer Kam Cerroni hit seven 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 23 points. The Green Knights went 11-for-19 (57.9 percent) from beyond the arc in the game.

Jamie Nikitas paced Lawrence with 22 points. The sophomore guard went 6-for-10 from the floor, including 4-for-5 from 3-point range. Junior forward Ryan DePouw added 16 points, and Chris Siebert had 14 points for the Vikings.

Austin Elliott added 15 points for St. Norbert, and Andrew Schwoerer had 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds.

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Ice-cold shooting dooms Vikings

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team endured a frigid afternoon of shooting and dropped a 65-51 nonconference decision to Finlandia University on Thursday at Alexander Gymnasium.

The Vikings (3-6) hit on just 23.6 percent (17-72) of their shots from the floor, including 12.5 percent (2-16) from 3-point range. Finlandia (4-9) won the game from beyond the arc by hitting on 42.3 percent (11-26) of its 3-point attempts.

Hailey Gervais came off the bench to score a game-high 18 points for Finlandia. Brierra Ruska added 15 points for Finlandia and was 4-for-6 on 3-pointers. Marissa Burke had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Lions.

Andrea Wilkinson scored a team-high 13 points for Lawrence, and Alex Deshler had a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Deshler was just three assists shy of a triple-double with a team-high seven assists.

Lawrence led by as many as six points in the first five minutes of the game, but Finlandia quickly erased that advantage and went on to lead by as man as seven points at 22-15. The Vikings went on a 10-2 run, with six points coming from Deshler, to take its final lead of the game at 25-24 with 1:20 left in the opening half.

Finlandia then scored the final six points of the half and led 30-25 at the break. Paige Yoho then scored the first eight points of the second half, including hitting a pair of 3-pointers, to give the Lions a 38-28 lead.

Finlandia built the lead to as many as 17 points, and Lawrence never got closer than 11 points the rest of the way.

Lawrence returns to Midwest Conference action on Saturday when it travels to league leader St. Norbert College on Saturday.

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Lawrence falls to No. 12 Warhawks

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team gave No. 12 UW-Whitewater all it could handle for 30-plus minutes Friday night before the Warhawks finally pulled away for a 73-56 nonconference victory at the Cruzin Classic.

Whitewater (7-2) used a balanced attack to pick up the win, and the Warhawks had four players score in double figures. Eric Bryson paced the Warhawks with 16 points, Quardell Young had 15 and KJ Evans added 14.

Ryan DePouw led Lawrence (5-4) and all scorers with 17 points. Jamie Nikitas and Chris Siebert both added 14 points, and Nikitas had a game-high eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.

The teams traded the lead throughout the first half, and Lawrence trailed 32-31 after a DePouw 3-pointer with 3:15 left in the first half. The Warhawks then scored the final eight points of the first half to lead 40-32 at the break.

Whitewater’s lead hovered between five and 12 points through the first 10 minutes of the second half. The Warhawks were up 58-46 when the Vikings got back-to-back layups from Nikitas and Tyler Mazur to cut the margin to eight.

Whitewater countered with a layup from Young and a 3-pointer from Bryson to finally take control for good with 6:20 left. Lawrence didn’t get closer than 11 points the rest of the way.

The Vikings now take a break for the holidays and do not return to action until they travel to St. Norbert College on Jan. 4. 

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Lions hold off Lawrence

HANCOCK, Mich. — The Finlandia University women’s basketball team held on for a 79-72 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Thursday at the Nurmi Center.

All five of Finlandia’s starters scored in double figures, and Marissa Burke paced the Lions (3-8) with a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Both Andrea Wilkinson and Alex Deshler had a double-double for Lawrence (3-5). Wilkinson had 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Deshler had a team-high 13 points to go with 11 rebounds. Patsy Kealey added 11 points for the Vikings, and Katie Schumacher had 10 rebounds to go with nine points.

Finlandia built a double-digit lead in the first half thanks to its 3-point shooting. The Lions went 8-for-17 from beyond the arc in the first half and finished the game at 14-for-37.

Finlandia, which led by as many as 14 points in the first half, had to hold off several runs by the Vikings after the break. Lawrence went on a 7-0 run, capped by Kealey’s three-point play, to cut an 11-point lead to 46-42 with 14:58 left.

Lawrence got as close as three points before the Lions pushed the lead back to 68-58 with 6:22 left. The Vikings responded with a 12-5 run, with Wilkinson scoring six points and Deshler adding four, to cut the lead to 73-70 with 2:15 left.

The Lions then got a key 3-pointer from Paige Yoho that increased the lead to 77-70 with 1:28 left. Lawrence didn’t get closer than five points after that.

The Vikings do not return to action until after the holidays, and will face Finlandia again on Jan. 2.

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Lawrence topples Mount St. Vincent

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team took over the game midway through the first half and rolled to an 82-59 nonconference win over the College of Mount St. Vincent on Wednesday at the Cruzin Classic.

Tyler Mazur came off the bench to lead Lawrence (5-3) with 17 points. Mazur went 6-for-9 from the floor, including 4-for-7 from 3-point range. Ryan DePouw added 15 points, and Jamie Nikitas had 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds for the Vikings. Lawrence’s Chris Siebert chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds.

Brandon Serrano led Mount St. Vincent (1-7) with 17 points and nine rebounds.

The Dolphins scored the first six points of the game and led 10-6, but Lawrence dominated the rest of the half. The Vikings went on a 36-8 tear over the final 12 minutes of the first half to lead 42-18 at the half.

DePouw scored 11 points in the first half, and Mazur added seven to pace the Vikings. Lawrence also put the clamps on Mount St. Vincent defensively and held the Dolphins to just 27.6 percent shooting (8-for-29) from the floor in the first half. The Dolphins shot 39.3 percent for the game, including 11.8 percent (2-for-17) from beyond the arc.

Mount St. Vincent did manage to whittle the lead down to 16 points at 52-36 at the 12:23 mark of the second half, but Lawrence removed any doubt of the next seven minutes. The Vikings went on a 20-10 run as Mazur scored seven points and DePouw added four to give Lawrence a 72-46 lead with 5:09 remaining.  

Lawrence is back in action in Florida on Friday when the Vikings face No. 12 UW-Whitewater.

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