OSHKOSH, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team opened its spring season with a 9-0 nonconference win over Edgewood College on Saturday at the YMCA Tennis Center.
The Vikings lost only two games in sweeping the three doubles matches, and Lawrence dropped only eight games en route to sweeping the singles.
Jeremy Andereck highlighted the sweep with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles.
HANCOCK, Mich. — Sean Burke and Travis Armstrong each scored a pair of goals as Finlandia University beat Lawrence University 5-1 in a Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association game on Saturday at the Houghton County Arena.
The Lions swept the weekend series after winning Friday night’s game 4-3 in overtime.
Finlandia (7-16-0, 7-11-0 MCHA) jumped on top with Jordan Passino’s goal just 6:22 into the contest. The score stayed 1-0 until Burke scored 2:43 into the second period. He added another goal at the 7:43 mark for a 3-0 Finlandia lead. Armstrong then scored with 3:38 left in the second period for a 4-0 Finlandia advantage.
The Vikings (6-15-2, 5-11-2) finally got on the board when Phil Bushbacher scored on the power play at 10:52 of the third. Finlandia then added another goal when Armstrong scored after a delayed penalty on Lawrence.
Fabian Sivnert made nine saves for Lawrence before being replaced by Michael Baldino, who finished with 19 saves. Troy Chandler made 35 saves for Finlandia.
Lawrence had a 36-33 edge in shots on goal.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — Tyler Mazur hit eight 3-pointers on his way to a career-high 30 points as the Lawrence University men’s basketball team beat Cornell College 97-90 in a Midwest Conference game on Saturday.
Mazur went 10-for-14 from the floor, including 8-for-11 from 3-point range on his way to a career afternoon. Mazur topped his previous career high of 29 points, which he set earlier this season at Carroll University.
Chris Siebert added 25 points for the Vikings (11-10, 9-7 MWC), and Ryan DePouw added 15 points on the strength of an 11-for-11 day at the foul line.
Joey Guth scored 22 points and Nick Bobb added 21 points and a game-high nine rebounds for Cornell (8-13, 7-9).
Lawrence led by as many as nine points in the first half before Cornell rallied. The Rams led by as many as four points before the eighth tie of the first half ended with a 49-49 deadlock at the break.
Conor Klusendorf’s layup with 11:33 left gave Lawrence the lead for good at 67-66, and the Vikings were holding an 81-79 lead with 3:28 left. Siebert and Mazur then hit back-to-back jumpers for the Vikings, and Lawrence pushed the lead to 85-79.
Cornell was forced to foul in the final two minutes, and the Vikings went 10-for-10 from the stripe down the stretch. Lawrence finished the day 25-for-27 from the foul line.
The final Lawrence basket of the day was a thunderous dunk by junior forward Chase Nelson with nine seconds left that broke the rim.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — Caitlyn Bisinger scored a game-high 18 points to lead the No. 14 Cornell College women’s basketball team to a 97-43 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.
Bisinger led four Rams in double figures, including Chelsea Harris, who scored 14 points off the bench. Kathryn Schilling added 12 points and Taylor Dicus had 10 for Cornell (20-1, 15-1 MWC).
Freshman Patsy Kealey led the Vikings (2-19, 1-15) with 15 points. Amber Lisowe added 13 points for the Vikings, and Cathy Kaye had 10.
Lawrence led in the early going, and Cornell didn’t take its first lead of the game until a pair of Dicus free throws put the Rams up 18-17 with 11:08 left in the first half.
After Lisowe’s layup cut Cornell’s lead to 27-26 with 3:45 left before halftime, the Rams went on a run. Cornell went on a 15-2 run over the final 3:31 of the first half and led 42-28 at the break.
The Rams then scored the first 11 points of the second half to pull out to a 53-28 lead with 17:32 left. Lawrence never got closer than 20 points after that.
HANCOCK, Mich. — Finlandia University scored in the final minute of regulation and went on to a 4-3 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association overtime win over Lawrence University on Friday at the Houghton Civic Center.
The Lions (6-16-0, 6-11-0 MCHA) tied the game at 3-3 when Cody Essel scored with an extra attacker on the ice for Finlandia. The Lions then won it on Cameron Goude’s goal 2:32 into overtime.
Lawrence (6-14-2, 5-10-2 MCHA) fell behind just 34 seconds into the game when Derek Rodgers scored for Finlandia. The Vikings tied the game at 1-1 on Brandon Boelter’s sixth goal of the season at the 3:53 mark of the first.
Senior forward Brad Scurfield gave Lawrence a 2-1 lead when he scored on the power play at the 9:46 mark of the second. The score stayed that way until Travis Armstrong scored for Finlandia at the 7:12 mark of the third to tie the game at 2-2.
Lawrence grabbed the lead back at 3-2 when freshman forward Logan Lemirande scored off a pass from Scurfield with 4:51 remaining in regulation. Finlandia pulled goaltender Troy Chandler with just under a minute left and Essel scored seven seconds later to tie the game and force the overtime.
Chandler made 37 saves for Finlandia, and Fabian Sivnert stopped 15 shots for Lawrence. The Vikings enjoyed a 40-19 edge in shots on goal.
The teams wrap up the series on Saturday afternoon.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team rode a career-high 21 points from Jamie Nikitas and a gritty performance from Brian Gryszkiewicz to a 73-56 Midwest Conference victory over Beloit College on Wednesday at Alexander Gymnasium.
Nikitas, a freshman guard, went 5-for-9 from the floor, including 4-for-8 from 3-point range, on his way to game-high scoring honors. Gryszkiewicz finished with 11 points, going 4-for-4 from the floor while adding six assists, six rebounds, three steals and diving for seemingly every loose ball.
Ryan DePouw added 12 points, five rebounds and three blocks for the Vikings (10-10, 8-7), and Chris Siebert chipped in with 11 points.
James Lazarcik, who entered the game shooting 70.7 percent from the floor, led Beloit (10-10, 8-7) with a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. He hit just 3 of 10 shots from the floor. Steve McAfee paced Beloit with 14 points but was just 3-for-13 from the floor.
The Vikings shot 53.2 percent (25-47) from the field, and limited the Bucs to just 31 percent (18-58) shooting.
The Bucs, who never led in the game, had pulled even at 46-46 when Gryszkiewicz drove to the basket, was fouled and converted a conventional three-point play. After a jumper by McAfee, Gryszkiewicz buried a 3-pointer and Nikitas had a three-point play to push Lawrence’s lead back to 55-48 with 7:08 left.
Lawrence maintained the momentum and led 60-51 after a pair of Lazarcik free throws with 3:47 left. Gryszkiewicz went to the hoop again, scored and was fouled. He converted the three-point play, and the Vikings were up 63-51 with 3:18 left.
After a Lazarcik miss, Nikitas buried a 3-pointer for a 66-51 lead and Beloit never got closer than 11 points the rest of the way.
Lawrence built an early five-point lead and the Vikings led by seven points with 6:45 left in the first half. The Bucs cut the lead to 23-22, but Lawrence scored the final seven points of the first half and led 30-22 at the break.
The Vikings return to action on Saturday when they travel to Cornell College.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Beloit College women’s basketball team pulled away midway through the first half and went on to an 84-59 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday at Alexander Gymnasium.
Lana Wieseman led Beloit (4-16, 3-12 MWC) with 23 points and six rebounds. Wieseman went 9-for-10 from the floor and was 5-for-5 from the foul line. Lauren McNanna added 18 points and she was 8-for-8 from the foul line. Kandace Fox added 17 points and six rebounds for the Buccaneers.
Patsy Kealey came off the bench to lead Lawrence (2-18, 1-14) with 16 points. Alex Deshler added 14 points, and Katie Schumacher had a game-high nine rebounds for the Vikings.
The game was tied 11-11 after Deshler’s jumper with 11:47 left in the first half, but the Bucs went on a 20-2 run over the seven minutes to pull away. Wieseman scored seven points during the outburst and Jenna Larsen added five points.
Larsen’s layup with 4:31 left gave Beloit a 31-13 lead, and the Bucs would lead 41-22 at the half.
Lawrence, which had 18 turnovers in the first half and finished the game with 31, closed the margin to 17 points at 56-39 midway through the second half. Beloit then went on an 11-4 run to build the lead to 70-43 and would go on to lead by as many as 32 points.
Lawrence returns to action on Saturday when it travels to league leader Cornell College.
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Tyler Klein scored a power-play goal with eight seconds left to lift Marian University to a 3-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Lawrence University on Saturday night at the Blue Line Ice Center.
Lawrence’s Rudi Pino had been sent off for hooking with 19 seconds remaining in regulation, and Klein scored 11 seconds later off an assist from Dakota Dubetz.
The win gave Marian a sweep of the weekend Battle of Highway 41 series, and the Sabres took back possession of the traveling trophy that goes to the series winner.
Lawrence (6-13-2, 5-9-2 MCHA) had built a 2-0 lead after two periods. Freshman forward Logan Lemirande scored just 1:18 into the first period to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead. Freshman forward Ryan Rumble then scored at the 9:29 mark of the second period off assists from Lemirande and Huck Saunders for a 2-0 lead.
Marian (10-10-1, 9-7-0) started its comeback with a power-play goal from Brian Berger at the 6:14 mark of the third period. The Sabres tied the game at 2-2 just 1:38 later when Klein scored off an assist from Tom Glomski.
Josh Baker made 36 saves to pick up the win for Marian. Fabian Sivnert stopped 39 shots and took the loss for the Vikings.
APPLETON, Wis. — Conor Klusendorf poured in a season-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Lawrence University men’s basketball team to an 80-57 Midwest Conference victory over Illinois College on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.
Klusendorf went 7-for-13 from the floor and was 11-for-13 from the foul line for the Vikings (9-10, 7-7 MWC). The 26 points is the second-highest total of Klusendorf’s career. His career high is 35 points vs. Grinnell College back on Jan. 22, 2011.
Chris Siebert added 19 points and a game-high four assists for Lawrence. Ryan DePouw chipped in with 13 points and six rebounds, and Brian Gryszkiewicz added 10 points.
Kathan Kohler paced Illinois College (8-11, 5-9) with 17 points.
Lawrence took control of the game early by scoring the game’s first 10 points. The Vikings pushed the lead to 26-7 with 10:19 left in the first half on Trace Sonnleitner’s layup.
The Blueboys cut the lead back to 15 points, but Lawrence went on a 16-5 run to move the lead to 42-16 with 2:39 left in the first half. Illinois College managed to score the last six points of the first half, and the Vikings led 42-22 at the half.
Lawrence wasn’t able to put the Blueboys away early as Illinois College opened the second half on a 14-4 run. Kohler’s layup with 14:14 left cut the lead to 46-36.
Lawrence pushed the lead back to 18 points, but Illinois College was within 13 points after a pair of Kohler free throws with 4:28 left.
Klusendorf countered with a thunderous dunk for the Vikings, and Lawrence then hit three free throws to push the lead back to 69-51 with 3:37 left to seal the win.
Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Beloit College.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team took control in the second half on Saturday and went on to a 56-53 Midwest Conference victory over Illinois College at Alexander Gymnasium.
Amber Lisowe paced Lawrence (2-17, 1-13 MWC) and all scorers with 19 points, and she also pulled down seven rebounds and had a critical steal in the final seconds. Cathy Kaye scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half for the Vikings.
Jill Friedrich led the Lady Blues (6-13, 4-10) with 12 points, and Hannah McGinnis added 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds.
The Vikings shot 46.2 percent from the floor in the second half and limited Illinois College to just 29.5 percent shooting after the break.
Illinois College led 30-25 early in the second half, but Lawrence rallied to grab a nine-point edge. The Vikings went on a 16-2 run from that point to grab a 42-31 advantage with 10:27 left in the game. Kaye scored nine points for Lawrence during that stretch.
Illinois College came right back and scored the game’s next eight points to trim the lead to 42-40. Lawrence then bounced back and scored six consecutive points to push the lead back to 48-40 with 5:35 remaining.
The Lady Blues chipped away at the lead and cut the advantage to 52-50 with 50 seconds left. Illinois College was then forced into a situation where it had to foul and sent Lisowe to the line with 17 seconds left. She hit both free throws for a 54-50 Lawrence lead.
Holly Wohltman hit a 3-pointer for Illinois College to cut the lead back to 54-53 with 13 seconds left. The Lady Blues then fouled Kaye, who hit one free throw with nine seconds left.
After Kaye missed the second free throw, Friedrich’s outlet pass was picked off by Lisowe, and the Lady Blues fouled Patsy Kealey with 1.7 seconds left. She made the first free throw and missed the second, but Katie Schumacher grabbed the rebound for Lawrence to end the game.
Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Beloit College.
