ORLANDO, Fla. — Calvin College took two of the three doubles matches and went on to a 6-3 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Tuesday.
Lawrence’s one win in the doubles competition came at No. 1 where Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor defeated Preston Phillips and Philip Reinken 8-5.
Zlevor also picked up a victory at No. 3 singles when he defeated Reinken 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-4). Lawrence’s other singles victory came at No. 6 when Jeremy Andereck beat Tom Griffin 7-5, 7-5.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Colorado College men’s tennis team swept the singles competition and posted a 7-2 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Monday.
Lawrence (4-4) won both the Nos. 1 and 2 singles matches. Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor posted an 8-4 victory over Will Lindsay and Oliver Gunter at No. 1, and Cooper Smith and Jeremy Andereck were 8-4 winners of Robert Kasemodel and Jack Burger at No. 2.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team dropped a 5-4 nonconference decision to Colorado College on Monday.
Lawrence (8-8) trailed 2-1 after the doubles competition, but the Vikings did pick up a win at No. 1. Christina Schaupp and Jennifer Roesch teamed up for an 8-4 victory over Mary Erdman and Katie Patterson.
Schaupp also earned a 7-6, (7-4), 6-3 win over Erdman at No. 1 singles. Lawrence’s Ali Heiring beat Maddy Bush 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (12-10) at No. 3, and Brenna Decker downed Rachel Severson 6-1, 6-4 at No. 6.
The Tigers (3-4) got singles wins at Nos. 2, 4 and 5, including a win at No. 4 that went to a super tiebreaker, to pull out the match victory.
CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team rallied for a thrilling 7-6 nonconference victory over SUNY-Geneseo on Monday at the National Training Center.
The Vikings (3-3) were down 5-0 after two innings but struck for four runs in the third and three more in the sixth. Geneseo (2-4) scored once in the first and got four more in the second against Lawrence starter Jessica Demski.
Demski got Lawrence back in the game in the top of the third when she belted a bases-loaded, three-run double. The Vikings scored four times in the inning and trimmed the lead to 5-4.
Geneseo added another run on a solo homer in the fifth against reliever Shannon Murray to go up 6-4.
The Vikings then rallied in the top half of the sixth. Tierney Duffy led off the inning with a single and Savanna Marsicek followed with a walk. Cathy Kaye then beat out a bunt for a base hit to load the bases.
Anna Wawiorka then singled to score Duffy to cut the lead to 6-5. Murray drew a bases-loaded walk to score Marsicek and the game was tied 6-6. After a strikeout, Mary Diduch hit a chopper over the mound. The shortstop threw out Diduch, but Kaye scored on the play to give Lawrence a 7-6 lead.
After Murray retired the side in order in the sixth, the Knights mounted a rally in the bottom of the seventh. Geneseo loaded the bases on a one-out single and a pair of walks. Murray then got a pop up for the second out and struck out Lexi Williams swinging to end the game.
Murray pitched the final three innings to get the win. She allowed two hits, struck out two and walked two.
Kaye paced Lawrence by going 2-for-4 with a double, and Duffy went 2-for-3. Alex Chiodo had a double and drove in a run for the Vikings.
Lawrence returns to action on Tuesday when it faces Oswego State and Macalester College.
CLERMONT, Fla. — The Bethany (W.V.) College softball team collected 12 hits and went on to a 9-0 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Monday at the National Training Center.
Bethany (4-5) got a one-hit shutout from sophomore pitcher Kiersten Conwell. She struck out five and allowed only a second-inning single to Alissa Geipel.
The Bison led 2-0 after three innings, but Bethany put the game away with four runs in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth.
Shannon Murray, who was battling an illness but the took the mound anyway, took the loss for Lawrence (2-3). She gave up nine hits and six runs in four innings. She struck out three and walked one.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A pair of key tiebreakers went to Otterbein University on Monday, and that allowed the Cardinals to post a 6-3 nonconference win over Lawrence University.
The Cardinals (6-1) won a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles and won a super tiebreaker at No. 2 singles to swing the match in their favor.
Lawrence (4-3) picked up an 8-4 victory by Craig Sherwood and Brian DeCorte and No. 3 doubles for its first point of the match. Otterbein’s Will Wilson and David Seckel defeated Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor 9-8, winning the tiebreaker 7-3 to take a 2-1 lead in the match after the doubles competition.
Lawrence got a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 win at No. 5 singles from Brian DeCorte, and Jeremy Andereck posted a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 6 for the Vikings. Otterbein won another key tiebreaker when Ryan Shutt beat Dunn 2-6, 6-3, 1-0, taking the super tiebreaker 11-9.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Otterbein University women’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 9-0 on Sunday in a nonconference match.
The Cardinals (5-2) did not drop a set en route to the victory. Lawrence (8-7) was playing in its first match of its spring break trip.
CLERMONT, Fla. — Washington and Jefferson College scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat the Lawrence University softball team 6-5 in a nonconference game on Saturday.
The Presidents (3-3) used two errors to put the winning run on base and then got a run-scoring double to tie the game at 5-5. Washington and Jefferson followed with a bloop single to score the winning run against reliever Shannon Murray.
Lawrence (2-2) had grabbed a 5-4 lead with a pair of runs in the top half of the seventh. Cathy Kaye led off with a walk and Murray reached on a one-out error. Katie Schumacher then doubled to score Kaye and tie the game at 4-4. Anna Wawiorka followed with another double to score Murray and put the Vikings up 5-4.
Murray paced Lawrence’s nine-hit attack by going 2-for-3 with a double, triple and two runs batted in. Wawiorka went 2-for-4 with a double and drove in a run.
Kara Vance made the start for Lawrence and left with a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth. The Presidents scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead.
Lawrence returns to action on Monday when it faces Bethany (W.V.) College and SUNY-Geneseo.
CLERMONT, Fla. — Shannon Murray fired a one-hitter as the Lawrence University softball team beat Benedictine (Ill.) University 2-0 on Saturday.
Murray struck out five and didn’t walk a batter in the first one-hitter of her career. Murray tossed a no-hitter against Grinnell College on April 14, 2012.
The only hit for Benedictine (0-1) was a one-out bunt single in the seventh inning. That runner was erased when she was thrown out attempting to steal so Murray faced the minimum of 21 batters.
Lawrence (2-1) scored both of its runs in the fifth inning. Cathy Kaye started the rally with a one-out walk, and Alex Chiodo followed with a single. Murray then doubled to score both runners with the only runs of the game.
Lawrence was limited to only four hits in the game by the Eagles, who won 33 games and the Northern Athletics Conference in 2012.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Lawrence University baseball team posted a walk-off win in the second game of a nonconference doubleheader with Gettysburg College at the Gene Cusic Classic on Saturday.
Lawrence (2-2) won the nightcap 2-1 after Gettysburg (8-4) took the opener 1-0.
The Vikings trailed 1-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh of the nightcap, but Jake Gordon led off the inning with a single against Gettysburg starter John Donovan. After a wild pitch, Richie Foreman drew a walk.
Relief pitcher Chris Yoda then misplayed Alex Brewer’s bunt, and Gordon scored on the play. With runners at the corners, Davide Harris followed with a single to score Foreman and give Lawrence the 2-1 victory.
Sophomore Atley Gay went the distance for Lawrence to earn the victory. He allowed five hits, struck out five and walked three. Yoda didn’t record an out and took the loss.
In the opener, both teams received outstanding pitching performances. Eric Hungerford went the distance to record the shutout for the Bullets. He allowed only three hits, struck out five and did not walk a batter. Harris had two of Lawrence’s three hits.
Drew Doares was almost as good for Lawrence. He gave up just five hits, struck out six and walked four. The only run Doares allowed came in the bottom of the fourth on a pair of walks, a single and a fielder’s choice groundout.
Lawrence plays a junior varsity game on Sunday, and the varsity returns to action on Monday with a doubleheader against the University of Minnesota-Morris.
