LA CROSSE, Wis. — Rose Tepper and Amanda Dwyer were Lawrence University’s top finishers at the UW-La Crosse Qualifier at Memorial Stadium on Thursday.
Tepper took seventh in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 2.25 inches. Dwyer was ninth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 20:50.90.
BELOIT, Wis. — Sam Stevens won the title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to lead the Lawrence University track teams at the Midwest Conference Championships on Saturday at Strong Stadium.
Stevens won the title with a time of 9:34.42 to beat Carroll University’s Dakota Pruitt by nearly three seconds. Teammate Cameron Davies raced to a fourth-place finish in 9:47.58.
Stevens also grabbed a third-place finish in the 5,000 on Saturday with a time of 1:34.64. Stevens wasn’t able to defend his championship in the 1,500 meters on Friday and took fifth place in 4:00.64. Teammate Dan Thoresen was sixth in 4:03.42.
The Lawrence men finished seventh with 54 points, and Monmouth College won the title with 201. The Lawrence women also placed seventh with 39 points, and the Scots also won that team title with 244.5 points.
The other top finisher on the men’s side was freshman JP Ranumas, who grabbed second in the 110 hurdles in 15.49 seconds. Karston Anderson of Monmouth edged Ranumas by .18 seconds for the title.
Lawrence had two throwers place in the top five in the discus. Spencer Swick grabbed third with a throw of 142-4, and Nick Craker was fifth with a toss of 137-4.
Others placing on the men’s side were: freshman Ben Bard in the 400 hurdles (sixth, 1:00.38), sophomore Kyle Dockery in the 10,000 (sixth, 33:29.10), Tyler Herman in the 400 (eighth, 51.67) and the 1,600 relay team (eighth, 3:34.51).
Rose Tepper took second place in the high jump to pace the Lawrence women on Friday. Tepper, a former conference champion in the high jump, was the runner-up with a jump of 5 feet, 5 inches. Monmouth College’s Emily Tysma won the event with a jump of 5-7.25.
Freshmen Sofie Yang placed in three events, taking fourth in the pole vault with a height of 10-0.75, sixth in the 400 hurdles in 1:08.88 and sixth in the 100 hurdles in 16.46 seconds.
Anna Bolgrien wasn’t able to defend her title in the 400 hurdles and took fourth in 1:06.12. She also grabbed seventh in the 100 hurdles in 16:52. Also placing for the Vikings were the 400 relay (fifth, 51.40), the 1,600 relay (fifth, 4:14.26), Liza Girsova in the 100 meters (seventh, 13.03) and Genna Matt in the hammer throw (eighth, 121-7.25).
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University baseball team won the opener in a walk-off on Wednesday and went on to split a Midwest Conference doubleheader with Carroll University at Whiting Field.
Lawrence (11-24, 2-14 MWC) won a wild one, 9-8, in the opener, and Carroll (16-19, 5-11) took the nightcap 12-3.
The Vikings took a see-saw affair in the opener by scoring a run in the bottom of the ninth. Carroll had tied it at 8-8 in the top half of the inning, but Aaron Benz led off the bottom of the ninth with a single.
After a sacrifice bunt moved pinch-runner Tom Olson to second, Tanner DeBettencourt tripled to dead center field and Olson scored to give Lawrence the 9-8 victory.
Davide Harris went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs in the opener for the Vikings. Dan Taylor went 3-for-4 and also drove in a pair of runs for Lawrence. Benz and Gabe Warshaw both had two hits, and Phil Wisniewski belted a solo homer for the Vikings.
Gene Shipanik pitched the ninth and picked up the win for the Vikings. Chris James took the loss in relief for Carroll.
Joe Klobukowski went 5-for-6, scored three runs and drove in a pair for the Pioneers.
In the nightcap, Tyler Robers scattered nine hits over seven innings and allowed only three runs to earn the victory.
The Pioneers trailed 2-1 but scored five times in the top of the sixth to take command. Carroll then added five more runs in the top of the eighth to seal the victory. Mitch Marty went 3-for-5 to pace the Carroll offense.
DeBettencourt and Warshaw had two hits apiece for Lawrence.
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Carroll University baseball team swept a Midwest Conference doubleheader from Lawrence University on Sunday at Frame Park.
Carroll (15-19, 4-10 MWC) won the opener 13-12 and took the nightcap 9-0.
In the opener, Carroll led 11-7 after scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Lawrence (10-23, 1-13) rallied for five runs in the top of the ninth. Davis Ogilvie got the inning started for Lawrence with a solo homer, and Gabe Warshaw and Gabe Henriques both added run-scoring singles to give the Vikings a 12-11 lead.
Carroll then scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to win it. After two hit batsmen and a walk loaded the bases with one out, both runs scored on an error.
Ogilvie, Warshaw, Phil Wisniewski and Jake Gordon all had three hits in the opener for the Vikings. Phil Clark took the loss in relief.
In the nightcap, Carol Formento scattered eight hits to pick up the shutout for the Pioneers. He struck out nine and walked three as Lawrence stranded 11 runners.
APPLETON, Wis. — Jackie Sernek tossed a two-hit shutout to lead Cornell College to a 9-0 victory over Lawrence University on Sunday in the Midwest Conference Tournament championship game at Whiting Field.
It was the first league title for the Rams (23-14), who rejoined the conference for the 2012-13 academic year after a 15-year absence. Lawrence’s second-place finish was its best showing in the conference since since the Vikings (21-15) won the league title in 1999. Lawrence’s 21 wins in 2013 is the most for the Vikings since they won 31 games back in 1999.
Sernek allowed only two singles and struck out seven while walking two to send Cornell to its first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.
Renata Rankin powered the offense for Cornell as she went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs.
Rankin hit a three-run homer off Kara Vance in the top of the second to put the Rams up 3-0. She then added a two-run double in the fourth to give the Rams a 5-0 lead. Brianna Carney followed with a two-run homer in the fourth, and the Rams led 7-0.
Cornell added a pair of runs on Bekah Ozga’s two-run single in the seventh.
Vance went 3.1 innings and took the loss for the Vikings.
APPLETON, Wis. — Cathy Kaye hit a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to send the Lawrence University softball team to a 5-4 win over St. Norbert College in an elimination game on Sunday at the Midwest Conference Tournament.
The win puts Lawrence (21-14) into the MWC championship game against Cornell College at Whiting Field.
The Vikings trailed 4-2 heading to the bottom of the seventh, but lead-off hitter Alissa Geipel reached on error to start the rally. Cory Paquette then laced a double to right field, and the Vikings had runners at second and third with no outs. Kaye then smacked the first pitch from Morgan Rusch over the center field fence to win it for Lawrence.
Shannon Murray went the distance to pick up the win for Lawrence. She allowed only five hits, struck out two and did not walk a batter. Rusch took the loss, allowed seven hits, and walked one.
Cory Paquette went 2-for-3 for the Vikings, and Kaye scored two runs to go with her three runs batted in.
The Vikings went up 1-0 in the bottom of the first when Savanna Marsicek reached on an infield single, stole second and scored on Anna Wawiorka’s single. St. Norbert tied it with a run in the fourth and then added two more in the fifth.
The Vikings cut the lead to 3-2 with an unearned run. After Kaye reached on an error, she moved to second when Tierney Duffy walked. A sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third, and Kaye then scored on Murray’s single to cut the lead to 3-2.
St. Norbert added an insurance run in the top of the seventh before Kaye’s dramatic home run won it in the bottom half of the inning.
DE PERE, Wis. — The Lawrence University track team battled St. Norbert College in a dual meet on Saturday at Schneider Stadium.
The Green Knights won the women’s meet 308-183 and topped the Vikings on the men’s side 322-237.
Winners for the Lawrence women were: Cora Williams (1,500), Clare Bruning (5,000), Anna Bolgrien (400 hurdles), Alyssa Herman (steeplchase), Sofie Yang (pole vault) and Genna Matt (hammer throw).
Winning for the men were: Tyler Herman (400), Sam Stevens (1,500), Jamie Brisbois (5,000), Cam Davies (steeplechase), JP Ranumas (triple jump) and Andy Paider (hammer throw).
APPLETON, Wis. — The Cornell College softball team got big hits from the bottom of the order on Saturday and used that to post a 6-2 victory over Lawrence University at the Midwest Conference Tournament at Whiting Field.
Lawrence (20-14) now faces an elimination game on Sunday at 10 a.m. against St. Norbert College. Cornell (22-14) moves into Sunday’s noon championship game against the winner of the Lawrence-St. Norbert contest. The winner of the MWC Tournament receives an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The bottom three hitters in the Cornell lineup went 7-for-9 with both Renata Rankin and Brianna Carney both going 3-for-3. Rankin scored three of Cornell’s six runs.
Amanda Engel went the distance to pick up the win for Cornell. She allowed four hits, struck out two and walked two. Shannon Murray took the loss in relief for Lawrence. Anna Wawiorka went 2-for-3 for the Vikings.
Lawrence got a run in the second when Wawiorka singled and later scored on an error and added another run in the third when Cathy Kaye walked and scored on Shannon Murray’s double.
Cornell tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the third when the Rams got consecutive singles from Rankin, Carney and Rachel Aubrey. Rankin scored on Aubrey’s single, and Carney later scored on Brittani Yost’s sacrfice fly.
The Rams added two more runs in the fourth on a solo homer from Kari Martin and Carney’s run-scoring double to go up 4-2.
Cornell sealed the win with two more runs in the sixth, and Rankin and Carney got that rally started with back-to-back singles. Kelsey Boss then belted a two-run, two-out double to put Cornell ahead 6-2.
In an earlier game Saturday, St. Norbert defeated Lake Forest College 8-5 to eliminate the Foresters.
ROCKFORD, Ill. — The Lawrence University golf team turned in its best round of the Midwest Conference Championships on Saturday and tied for fourth place.
Lawrence carded a team score of 327 in Saturday’s third round at the par-72 Aldeen Golf Club and finished with a team score of 824. The Vikings make up nine shots in the final round to pull into a fourth-place tie with Grinnell College. The fourth-place finish was the best for Lawrence since the Vikings took fourth back in 2008.
Freshman Rudi Pino also had his best round of the championships when he carded a 77 on Saturday. Pino finished with a 45-hole score of 198 to tie for eighth place. By virtue of his top-10 finish, Pino earned a spot on the all-conference team.
Anton Olsson shot 86 in the final round and finished tied for 17th at 205. Michael Vaubel shot a solid 79 on Saturday and finished tied for 19th at 206. Tyler Clark fired an 85 in the final round and finished 24th at 215. Fabian Sivnert shot 101 in the final round and finished 37th at 234.
St. Norbert College won the team title with a score of 783, and the Green Knights’ Nic Vrubley won the title with a score of 188.
APPLETON, Wis. — Alissa Geipel scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning Saturday to lift the Lawrence University softball team to a 3-2 victory over Lake Forest College in the opening game of the Midwest Conference Tournament at Whiting Field.
Lawrence (20-13) advances to play either Cornell College or St. Norbert College at 5 p.m. today. Lake Forest (17-17) will face either Cornell or St. Norbert in an elimination game at 3 p.m. today.
With the score tied at 2-2, Geipel led off the ninth with a line single to right field that got under the glove of Kayla Borgra, and Geipel ended up at second on the play.
After Cory Paquette’s sacrifice bunt moved Geipel to third, Tierney Duffy hit a fly ball to center field. Geipel raced home ahead of the throw and Lawrence led 3-2.
Borgra led off the bottom of the ninth with a single that went to the wall in the gap in right field. Cathy Kaye threw a strike to Geipel and cut down Borgra at second for the first out. Shannon Murray then retired the next two hitters to secure the win.
The Vikings got a great pitching performance from Murray, who allowed only four hits and went the distance. She struck out 11 and walked one. Jessi Werner took the loss despite a standout pitching performance for Lake Forest. Werner allowed eight hits, struck out 10 and walked four.
Alex Chiodo went 2-for-4 to pace the Vikings. Whitney Leiderman also went 2-for-4 on a pair of bunt singles for Lake Forest.
The Vikings got on the board in the top of the third when Duffy led off with a single and stole second. With two outs, Savanna Marsicek grounded back up the middle, and the ball was knocked down by second baseman Kaleigh Ambrose. Duffy never stopped running and scored on the play for a 1-0 lead.
Lawrence made it 2-0 when Murray belted a solo homer in the top of the sixth. The Foresters pulled back to even and forced extra innings when Sam Ritsema hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.
