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Lady Blues topple Lawrence

APPLETON, Wis. — Five Illinois College players scored in double figures, and the Lady Blues forced 35 turnovers en route to a 91-54 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Monday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Kelly Lonergan came off the bench to pace Illinois College (6-3, 4-0 MWC) with 17 points. Hannah McGinnis added 16 points and six rebounds for the Lady Blues, and Brittney Burgess had 13 points and six boards.

Reserve guard Kanae Nishitani led Lawrence (3-4, 1-3) with 15 points, and Katie Schumacher added 10 points and five rebounds.

Lawrence led 12-11 midway through the first half when Illinois College took the lead for good. Lonergan scored five consecutive points to put the Lady Blues ahead, and Illinois College then had a strong finish to the first half.

The Lady Blues led 21-16 when they went on a 16-6 run over the final 5:20 of the first half to grab a 37-22 lead at the break.

Illinois College then scored the first 12 points of the second half to stretch the lead to 49-22 with 14:37 left. Lawrence didn’t score in the second half until Schumacher’s layup with 14:03 left. Lawrence never got closer than 20 points the rest of the way.

Illinois College would lead by as many as 40 points.

Lawrence steps back into nonconference play when it travels to Finlandia University on Thursday.

 

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Hot-shooting Vikings roll past Illinois College

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team shot 64.7 percent from the floor and rolled to an 88-64 Midwest Conference win over Illinois College on Monday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Lawrence (4-3, 3-1 MWC) made 33-of-51 shots from the floor and went 14-for-27 (51.9 percent) from 3-point range.

Chris Siebert led Lawrence and all scorers with 22 points. Siebert went 7-for-11 from the floor, including 6-for-8 from beyond the arc. Tyler Mazur added 16 points for the Vikings, Jamie Nikitas had 13 and Ryan DePouw chipped in with 12 points. Brian Gryszkiewicz handed out six assists and picked up five steals for the Vikings, and Chase Nelson had a team-high five rebounds.

Spencer Campbell came off the bench to lead Illinois College (3-3, 1-3) with 19 points, and Nathan Kohler added 17.

Lawrence jumped on the Blueboys early and the Vikings never took their foot off the gas. The Vikings hit their first five shots from the floor and led by double digits at 18-8 on Nikitas’ layup with 13:03 left in the first half.

The Vikings went on a 25-5 midway through the first half and led by 25 at 38-13 with seven minutes remaining in the opening half. The Vikings would lead by as many as 31 points in the first half and were up 53-24 at the break.

Illinois College never made a run at the Vikings in the second half and got no closer than 25 points after the break. Lawrence shot a sizzling 72.2 percent (13-18) from the floor in the second half and led by as many as 32 points.

The Vikings return to action on Wednesday when they travel to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to face the College of Mount St. Vincent.

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Rinehart’s free throw caps Lawrence’s comeback win at Knox

GALESBURG, Ill. — Kassidy Rinehart hit a free throw with 1.6 seconds left to lift the Lawrence University women’s basketball team to a 93-92 Midwest Conference win over Knox College on Saturday.

The Vikings (3-3, 1-2 MWC) rallied from a 12-point deficit in the final 5:28 to earn their first road victory in the league since the 2006-07 season.

Sophomore forward Katie Schumacher posted a double-double with 23 points and 16 rebounds to pace Lawrence. Sophomore forward Patsy Kealey also had a double-double for the Vikings with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Andrea Wilkinson poured in 21 points for the Vikings, and Rinehart and Alex Deshler had 10 points apiece.

Lawrence, which trailed by as many as 18 points in the second half, scored 57 second-half points to complete the comeback.

The Vikings trailed 86-74 before going on an 11-1 run to close the gap. Deshler got the run started with a three-point play, and Schumacher capped it with a jumper at the 3:05 mark to cut the lead to 88-85.

Knox pushed the lead back to five points, but Lawrence finally tied it at 90-90 on a pair of Wilkinson free throws with 1:14 remaining.

Jodi Marver, who lead Knox (1-7, 0-4) with 22 points, hit a jumper to put the Prairie Fire up 92-90. Rinehart countered with a jumper for the Vikings with 36 seconds left to tie it again.

Rinehart then stole the ball from Marver on the ensuing possession and was fouled with 1.6 seconds left. She missed the first free throw but made the second to give Lawrence the win.

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Siebert leads Vikings to 92-47 rout at Knox

GALESBURG, Ill. — Chris Siebert poured in 25 points as the Lawrence University men’s basketball team rolled to a 92-47 Midwest Conference win at Knox College on Saturday.

Siebert hit 10-of-15 shots from the floor, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range to lead Lawrence (3-3, 2-1 MWC) to the victory. Max Burgess came off the bench to score 11 points in just 10 minutes for the Vikings.

Jamie Nikitas and Trace Sonnleitner added nine points apiece for the Vikings, who had 13 players score in the game. Nikitas also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to go with six assists and three steals.

David Jones led Knox (1-7, 0-4) with 10 points.

Lawrence, which shot 64.8 percent from the floor, including 52.4 percent from beyond the arc, jumped to a big early lead and never looked back.

The Vikings scored the first eight points of the game and were up by double digits just over seven minutes into the contest. Sonnleitner’s 3-pointer with 28 seconds left in the first half gave Lawrence a 45-27 lead at the break.

The Vikings pushed the lead early in the second half to 25 points and steadily pulled away from there. Lawrence’s largest lead of the game was the 45-point final margin.

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Blugolds shut out Lawrence

APPLETON, Wis. — The 10th-ranked UW-Eau Claire hockey team downed Lawrence University 5-0 in a nonconference game on Saturday at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Eau Claire broke open a close game with two goals early in the third period. The Blugolds led 2-0 when Preston Hodge scored just 2:59 into the period. Eau Claire then added a power-play goal from Jon Waggoner just 1:27 later to put the advantage to 4-0.

Jay Deo was outstanding in net and made 14 saves to pick up the shutout for Eau Claire (7-3-1). Mattias Soderqvist stopped 33 shots for the Vikings (4-8-1).

Eau Claire jumped on top midway through the first period when Joe Krause scored with an extra attacker on the ice following a delayed penalty. Krause made it 2-0 at 9:04 of the second.

The Blugolds had a 38-14 edge in shots on goal and went 2–for-6 on the power play. Lawrence was 0-for-2 on the man-advantage.

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Pointers roll past Lawrence

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The No. 3 UW-Stevens Point hockey team scored five consecutive goals in the second and third periods and rolled to a 9-2 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Friday night at Willett Arena.

Lawrence (4-7-1) trailed 2-1 heading into the second period when the Pointers (10-1-0) scored three goals in the second period and added two more early in the third to take command.

Scott Heneger scored two goals for Stevens Point, and Nick D’Avlio added a goal and two assists.

Ryan Eardley scored in the first period for the Vikings, and Paul Zuke picked up a goal in the third period. Gustav Lindgren assisted on both goals for Lawrence.

Anton Olsson played the first 27 minutes in goal for Lawrence and took the loss. Spencer Viele made 11 saves to pick up the win for Stevens Point.

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Lawrence swimmers split with UW-Oshkosh

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University swim teams nearly came away with a clean sweep on Friday night at Boldt Natatorium, but the Vikings had to settle for a split in a dual meet with UW-Oshkosh.

The Lawrence women defeated the Titans 124-107, and UW-Oshkosh nipped the Lawrence men 96-93.

Paige Witter, Emily Flack and Taylor Winter all won multiple individual events for the Lawrence women. Witter won the 100-yard butterfly and the 500 freestyle. Flack took firsts in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and Winter won the 100 and 1,000 freestyle.

On the men’s side, Evan Flack and Charlie Mann both won a pair of events. Flack grabbed first in the 200 and 500 freestyle, and Mann swam to wins in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

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Cornell tops Vikings

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — The Cornell College women’s basketball team pulled midway through the first half and went on to an 85-42 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Wednesday night.

Rikki Mulloy led Cornell (6-1, 3-0 MWC) with 19 points, and Taylor Dicus, who came into the game averaging 19 points and 13 rebounds per game, was limited to 14 points and five rebounds.

Alex Deshler paced Lawrence (2-3, 0-2) with 12 points and five rebounds.

The Rams went on a 13-0 run in the first half to stretch their lead from 14-7 to 27-7 with 6:42 left. Lawrence did manage to trim the margin to 37-22 at the half.

Cornell responded by scoring the first eight points of the second half to stretch the lead to 45-22. Cornell steadily built its advantage and the biggest lead of the game was the final margin of 43 points.

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Lawrence rally falls short at Cornell

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team trailed by double digits in the second half but rallied to within two points before dropping a 75-69 Midwest Conference decision at Cornell College on Wednesday.

Joey Guth led Cornell (4-2, 2-1 MWC) with 18 points and was one of four Rams in double figures.

Ryan DePouw and Jamie Nikitas scored 17 points apiece to lead Lawrence (2-3, 1-1). Chris Siebert had an off-night shooting but finished with 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Vikings. Chase Nelson added 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals for Lawrence.

The Rams led by as many as 13 points in the first half and were still up by 10 with 15 minutes left in the contest. The Vikings began slicing into the lead and got as close as two points before falling behind 69-60 with 2:48 left.

Lawrence went on a 7-1 run, getting a layup from DePouw, a 3-pointer from Tyler Mazur and a layup from Nikitas to cut the lead to 70-67 with 44 seconds left.

After Reggie Greenwood made one free throw, Nikitas countered with a layup to cut the lead to 71-69 with 29 seconds left. Tabari Carter then made four consecutive free throws, sandwiched around a Lawrence turnover, to seal the victory.

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Vikings put away St. Mary’s with big third period

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University scored three times in the third period and displayed a dominant power play Tuesday night en route to a 5-2 nonconference hockey win over St. Mary’s (Minn.) University.

Lawrence (4-6-1) scored twice on the power play in a span of 1:01 in the third period to seal the victory, and the Vikings finished 4-for-8 on the man-advantage.

After Lawrence grabbed a 3-1 lead on Ryan Eardley’s first career goal at 3:18 of the third period, St. Mary’s (5-6-0) cut the lead to one goal with a power-play goal at the 9:50 mark.

The Cardinals were back on the power play when Renato Engler got sent off for hooking at 13:28, but St. Mary’s was whistled for a pair of penalties in the next 1:29.

The Vikings made them pay with a pair of goals. Lawrence had a two-man advantage when William Thoren scored at the 15:43 to put the Vikings up 4-2. Logan Lemirande then sealed the win with another power-play goal at 16:44.

Lawrence grabbed a 2-0 lead with a pair of power-play goals in the opening period. Ryan Rumble got the scoring started for the Vikings with a tally at the 4:50 mark, and Engler scored at 13:08 for the 2-0 edge.

Lawrence goaltender Anton Olsson made 28 saves to pick up the win. Phil Heinle stopped 24 shots and took the loss. 

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