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Lawrence hockey gets epic win over St. Norbert

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The Vikings celebrate the goal of Blake Roubos (16), who scored with 22 seconds left in Saturday’s 5-4 victory over St. Norbert. The goal completed a third-period comeback as the Vikings defeated the second-ranked Green Knights.

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — Lawrence University scored twice in a span of 1:06 in the final two minutes of the game to rally for a historic 5-4 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association victory over St. Norbert College at the Cornerstone Community Center on Saturday night.

Lawrence (3-6-1, 3-5-0 NCHA) scored four unanswered goals in the final period to take the victory over the second-ranked Green Knights.

“I am speechless right now,”  Lawrence head coach Mike Szkodzinski said. “Every program needs a victory to hang their hat on in order to move forward in their program and undoubtedly this is that win. I’m very proud of our young men and this program.”

St. Norbert (10-2-0, 7-1-0) had built a 3-1 lead through two periods with the help of two power-play goals in the opening period. The Green Knights made it 4-1 after Erik Cooper’s unassisted goal just 1:08 into the third.

Lawrence started the rally with a goal just 27 seconds later. Gustav Lindgren scored off assists from William Thoren and Ryan Eardley to cut the defict to 4-2.

Lawrence’s Renato Engler then picked up his first goal of the season off assists from Rudi Pino and Paul Zuke at the 11:24 mark and the deficit was only 4-3.

Matt Moore then tied it for the Vikings with a goal with just 1:28 left on the clock. Brandon Boelter and Ryan Rumble, who had scored Lawrence’s first goal, picked up helpers on Moore’s tally.

The Vikings completed the comeback when freshman Blake Roubos scored with just 22 seconds left off assists from Boelter and Logan Lemirande. The Green Knights pulled goaltender Tony Kujava late in the final seconds but coudn’t get the equalizer.

Goaltender Anton Olsson stopped 25 shots to pick up the win for Lawrence. Kujava made 14 saves for the Green Knights.

“The team was very excited, as well they should be, but we have a long way to go. We’ve got a lot of goals we want to accomplish this season,” Szkodzinski said. “One thing my father always told me was hard work always pays off, you just don’t know when. Tonight it finally paid off.”

This is the highest-ranked opponent Lawrence has ever beaten, and it marks the first time the Vikings have beaten St. Norbert since the Green Knights’ program achieved varsity status. The Vikings had not defeated St. Norbert since a 6-2 win over the school’s club team in the 1987-88 season.

This also marks only the second time in St. Norbert history that the Green Knights lost a game at the Cornerstone Community Center when leading after two periods.

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Second-ranked Green Knights top Lawrence

APPLETON, Wis. — The St. Norbert College hockey team broke the game open with two second-period goals Friday and went on to a 4-0 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association win over Lawrence University at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The second-ranked Green Knights (10-1-0, 7-0-0 NCHA) broke a scoreless tie with Brandon Hoogenboom’s goal just 2:33 into the second period. St. Norbert pushed the lead to 2-0 when Marian Fiala scored at the 14:08 mark.

Cullen Bradshaw’s power-play goal just 1:27 into the third period gave the Green Knights a 3-0 edge and helped seal the victory. Pijus Rulevisius capped the scoring at the 16:21 mark of the third for St. Norbert.

David Jacobson stopped 15 shots to pick up the shutout for St. Norbert. Anton Olsson made 38 saves for Lawrence (2-6-1, 2-5-0).

St. Norbert went 1-for-6 on the power play, and the Vikings finished 0-for-4.

The teams wrap up the home-and-home series Saturday night at the Cornerstone Community Center.

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Lawrence blows out Mount Mary

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team streaked to a big early lead and rolled to an 80-29 nonconference victory over Mount Mary University on Thursday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Alex Deshler paced four Lawrence players in double figures with 13 points, and she added six rebounds, four steals and three assists.

Kassidy Rinehart and Andrea Wilkinson had 11 points apiece for the Vikings (2-2), and Wilkinson pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. Patsy Kealey came off the bench to score 10 points for Lawrence.

Emily Barker paced Mount Mary (0-6) with 13 points, and Ashley Leverenz had a game-high nine rebounds.

Lawrence scored the first five points of the game and never looked back. The Vikings led by double digits at 16-5 on Jeannine Schulz’s layup with 9:27 left in the first half.

Lawrence went on a 19-0 run over a span of 6:47 to expand the lead from 12-5 to 31-5 with 3:43 left in the first half. Deshler scored six points during the outburst and Wilkinson, Schulz and Katie Schumacher had four points apiece.

The Vikings forced 17 Mount Mary turnovers in the first half, and held the Blue Angels to just 13.6 percent shooting (3-for-22) before the break. Mount Mary didn’t get to double figures on the scoreboard until 1:26 was left in the opening half.

Lawrence then scored the first 13 points of the second half to build a 52-11 lead with 16:02 left. The Vikings would lead by as many as 53 points. 

The 80 points is the most Lawrence has scored in a victory since beating Knox College 81-77 on Dec. 13, 2011. The 29 points is the fewest scored by a Lawrence opponent since  the Vikings defeated Grinnell College 66-22 on Feb. 1, 2002.

Lawrence returns to action on Dec. 11 when it travels to Cornell College.

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Second-half surge leads Carroll past Lawrence

APPLETON, Wis. — The Carroll University women’s basketball team opened the second half with a 13-0 run and went on to a 64-42 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday night at Alexander Gymnasium.

Breann Maryanski paced Carroll (4-1, 2-0 MWC) with 17 points and seven rebounds. Kanae Nishitani led Lawrence (1-2, 0-1) with 11 points and four steals, and Katie Schumacher added nine points and a game-high seven rebounds.

The Pioneers led 29-21 at the half, and Malory Christenson opened the second half by hitting her only 3-point attempt of the game. Carroll hit its first five shots from the floor in the second half, capped by Christenson’s layup, to take a 42-21 lead with 17:14 left.

Nishitani finally stopped the run by hitting her only 3-pointer of game at the 16:54 mark. Carroll would go on to lead by as many as 22 points, and the Vikings never got closer than 17 the rest of the way.

Lawrence was strong for nearly all of the first half, and the Vikings tied the game for the eighth time at 20-20 when Kassidy Rinehart hit a jumper with 4:21 left. Carroll then finished the opening half on an 8-1 run to lead 29-21 at the break.

Lawrence committed a season-worst 27 turnovers and hit on only 11 of 38 shots (28.9 percent) from the floor.

Lawrence returns to action on Thursday when it hosts Mount Mary College in a nonconference game.

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Nikitas, Mazur, DePouw shoot Vikings past Carroll

APPLETON, Wis. — Jamie Nikitas and Tyler Mazur led four Lawrence University men’s basketball players in double figures as the Vikings downed Carroll University 76-67 in a Midwest Conference game Wednesday night at Alexander Gymnasium.

Nikitas scored a game-high 22 points and Mazur added 21 as Lawrence (2-2, 1-0 MWC) rallied past the Pioneers (3-2, 1-1) in the second half. Ryan DePouw added 18 points and Chris Siebert chipped in with 12 for Lawrence.

DePouw went 4-for-4 from 3-point range, and Mazur hit 4 of 9 from beyond the arc. Nikitas added six rebounds, five steals and four assists for the Vikings.

Bryan Nagy paced Carroll with 17 points and was one of four Pioneers in double figures.

Carroll led 33-28 at the half, but the Vikings pulled away midway through the second half. The score was tied at 41-41 when Lawrence went on a 9-0 run. Mazur scored five points in the run, including a 3-pointer to finish it, and Nikitas added four.

The Pioneers whittled the lead back down to 54-51 with 5:31 remaining, but DePouw buried a 3-pointer from the corner to answer for the Vikings. Lawrence still led by six at the 2:23 mark when Mazur converted a three-point play off a fastbreak to give the Vikings a 68-59 lead.

After a Carroll layup, Mazur buried another 3-pointer late in the shot clock to push Lawrence’s lead to 71-61 with 1:56 remaining. Carroll never got closer than nine points the rest of the way.

Lawrence, which improved to 7-0 in conference openers under head coach Joel DePagter, returns to action on Dec. 11 when it travels to Cornell College.

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St. Olaf pulls away from Vikings

APPLETON, Wis. — St. Olaf College took the lead in the second period and pulled away in the third on its way to a 5-1 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Saturday at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The game was part of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association/Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Thanksgiving Showdown. Gustavus Adolphus College defeated Marian University 3-2 in the other game on Saturday.

Lawrence (2-5-1) grabbed an early 1-0 lead when Logan Lemirande scored off assists from Brandon Boelter and Huck Saunders just 6:18 into the contest. St. Olaf tied it on Dan Cecka’s goal with just 1:28 left in the opening period.

The Oles (3-6-1) took the lead for good just 2:24 into the second period on Nick Marsh’s goal and then made it 3-1 when David Rath scored with 4:50 left in the period.

In an ugly third period, the Oles got goals from Geoff Gieni and Peter Lindblad to seal the victory.

Henrik Wood made 23 saves to get the win for St. Olaf. Anton Olsson stopped 35 shots for the Vikings and took the loss.

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Vikings score late to forge tie with Gustavus

APPLETON, Wis. — Freshman Blake Roubos scored with nine seconds left in regulation to lift the Lawrence University hockey team to a 6-6 tie with Gustavus Adolphus College in a nonconference game Friday at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The game was part of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association/Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Thanksgiving Showdown. St. Olaf College defeated Marian University 4-3 in the other game on Friday.

Trailing 6-5, Lawrence pulled goaltender Anton Olsson with 50 seconds left in regulation. With the extra attacker on the ice, Roubos beat goaltender John McLean for the tying goal. Huck Saunders and Brandon Boelter picked up assists on the game-tying tally.

Both teams had good chances in the five-minute overtime, but neither squad was able to score.

Lawrence (2-4-1) looked like it might put the game away early after scoring five consecutive goals. The Vikings got goals from Logan Lemirande and Boelter in the first period and led 2-1 heading into the first intermission.

The Vikings then scored the first three goals of the second period. Saunders got things started just 21 seconds into the second, and Roubos and Ryan Rumble both picked up goals to put the Vikings up 5-1 with 5:57 left in that period.

Gustavus (5-3-1) then ripped off the game’s next five goals to take a 6-5 lead. The Gusties scored three times in the final 5:01 of the second to trim the margin to 5-4 after two periods.

Tyler Lapic then scored just 1:21 into the third to tie the game at 5-5, and Gustavus’ Corey Leivermann scored at the 4:22 mark to put the Gusties up 6-5.

Olsson stopped 56 shots for Lawrence, and McLean made 31 saves for the Gusties.

Lawrence takes on St. Olaf on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Gustavus faces Marian at 4 p.m.

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Vikings fall to hot-shooting Ackerman, Elmhurst

APPLETON, Wis. — Bryant Ackerman came off the bench to score 29 points and lead the Elmhurst College men’s basketball team to a 96-81 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Kyle Wuest added 25 points, and Nick Sanford had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Bluejays (2-2).

Chris Siebert scored 26 points to lead Lawrence (1-2) and became the 21st player in school history to top the 1,000-point plateau. Siebert now has 1,019 points in his career and moved past Rob Cohen (1,005) into 20th place on the career scoring list.

Lawrence made several runs at the Bluejays in the second half, but Elmhurst was deadly from long-range after the break. The Bluejays went 6-for-8 from beyond the arc in the second half and hit 52.4 percent (11-21) for the game.

Ackerman went 10-for-15 from the floor, including 7-for-10 from 3-point range.

The Vikings trailed by 10 at the half and were still down by that margin after a 3-pointer from Ackerman with 14:19 left. Lawrence then reeled off eight consecutive points, six coming on back-to-back 3-pointers from Siebert, to cut the margin to 58-56 with 12:47 left.

The Bluejays answered with a conventional three-point play from Wuest, five consecutive points from Ackerman and a layup from Will Nixon to push the lead back to 68-58.

After a Wuest free throw moved the lead to 72-59 with 9:19 left, Lawrence made another run. Troy Miller drilled a 3-pointer and Trace Sonnleitner followed with another 3-pointer to cut the margin to 72-65 with 8:13 left.

Sanford then hit a jumper and Ackerman made another 3-pointer to answer for the Bluejays. Sonnleitner, who finished with 12 points and five rebounds, buried another 3-pointer for Lawrence, but Elmhurst scored the next five points to push the margin back to 82-68.

Lawrence didn’t get closer than 10 points the rest of the way.

The Vikings do not return to action until Dec. 4 when they open Midwest Conference play by hosting Carroll University.

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Rinehart, Nishitani lead Vikings past Mount Mary

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team played a strong second half and cruised to a 78-44 nonconference victory over Mount Mary University on Friday at the Bloechl Center.

Kassidy Rinehart had a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Lawrence (1-1). Rinehart also had six assists and six steals. Freshman guard Kanae Nishitani had a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists, which was just two shy of tying the Lawrence game record.

It also was the first coaching victory for Lawrence coach Ashley Wellman, who is in her rookie season with the Vikings.

Katie Schumacher and Alex Deshler added 13 points apiece for the Vikings.

Taylor Baumgart scored 18 points and Ashley Leverenz added 14 points to pace Mount Mary (0-3).

Lawrence led 12-10 midway through the first half when the Vikings scored seven consecutive points, capped by a Rinehart free throw, to take a 19-10 edge with 7:35 left.

The Vikings would go on to lead 30-23 at the break, but Mount Mary scored the first six points of the second half to cut the lead to 30-29 at the 18:41 mark.

Lawrence led 34-33 when the Vikings went on a 17-6 run to take command. Rinehart scored six points and Andrea Wilkinson had five during the run that gave Lawrence a 51-39 lead with 10:06 left.

The Vikings then went on a 23-2 run to finish the game as Lawrence held the Blue Angels without a field goal over the final 7:48.

Lawrence held Mount Mary to just 25.9 percent shooting (7-27) in the second half while the Vikings shot 50 percent (19-38) from the floor after the break.

Lawrence returns to action on Dec. 4 when it hosts Carroll University in the Midwest Conference opener.

 

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Fourth-ranked Pointers stop Lawrence

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Trevor Hass scored 33 points to lead the No. 4 UW-Stevens Point men’s basketball team to a 99-73 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Saturday at Quandt Fieldhouse.

Hass went 13-for-17 from the floor and hit all seven of his 3-point attempts, but he did miss all four of his shots from the foul line. Tyler Tillema added 23 points as he went 9-for-11 from the field. The Pointers shot 36-for-60 from the floor for a red-hot 60 percent.

Lawrence (1-1) got a balanced attack with five players scoring in double figures. Chris Siebert and Ryan DePouw scored 15 points apiece to pace the Vikings. Jamie Nikitas added 11 points, and Tyler Mazur and Davis DeWolfe chipped in with 10 points apiece.

Stevens Point (1-0)  jumped out to a double-digit lead early in the game and held that type of advantage until the second half. The Vikings trailed 64-48 before going on a 13-3 scoring run.

Siebert scored five points in that stretch and Mazur drilled a 3-pointer during the run. Tom Antosz finished the outburst and cut the Pointers’ lead to 67-61 with 11:29 left in the contest.

The Pointers bounced right back and scored the game’s next six points over the next 1:25 to grab a 73-61 edge. Lawrence never got closer than eight points the rest of the way.

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