RIPON, Wis. — The Ripon College women’s soccer team scored twice in the first half and went on to a 2-0 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday.
Brandi Peltier scored in the 23rd minute and Kali Doerr added another goal in the 43rd minute for Ripon (7-5-0, 3-4-0 MWC). Ripon posted a 13-3 edge in shots over the Vikings (3-10-0, 2-4-0).
RIPON, Wis. — The Ripon College men’s soccer team scored with only three seconds left in the first overtime and pulled out a 1-0 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Tuesday at Prairie Field.
Derek Saxon scored on a header at 99:57, with just three seconds left before the first overtime was set to expire.
Both teams mustered only nine shots in a contest played in miserable weather conditions. The gametime temperature was 45 degrees with a steady rain falling throughout the contest.
Daniel Mikesell made three saves to record the shutout for Ripon (4-7-1, 2-4-1 MWC). Kevin Aslett made three saves and took the loss for Lawrence (6-6-1, 3-3-1).
The St. Norbert College women’s tennis team won four of the six singles matches to pull out a 5-4 Midwest Conference North Division victory over Lawrence University on Sunday at the Lawrence Courts.
Lawrence (8-6, 2-2 MWC) got doubles victories from Gayatri Malhotra and Polly Dalton at No. 2 and from Christina Schaupp and Tess Vogel at No. 3.
Malhotra also picked up a dominating win at No. 2 singles and Hannah Geoffrey won a supertiebreaker to pull out the victory at No. 3 singles.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Lawrence University women’s soccer team scored first, but North Central College roared back and posted a 4-1 nonconference victory over the Vikings on Sunday.
Lawrence (3-9-0) got on the board first when Kirstin Edwards scored off an assist from Keli Muchowski at the 11:50 mark.
North Central (5-6-1) got goals from Katrina McNeela at 18:50 and 43:57 to take a 2-1 lead into the half. North Central added a pair of second-half goals to pull away.
MONMOUTH, Ill. — Oliver Newsom scored the game’s only goal, and the Lawrence University men’s soccer team picked up a 1-0 Midwest Conference shutout against Monmouth College on Saturday.
Newsom scored off a pass from Darry Israel at 56:34 to lift the Vikings (6-5-1, 3-2-1 MWC) to the victory.
Lawrence’s defense limited Monmouth (3-8-1, 3-2-1) to only six shots, and goalkeeper Kevin Aslett made two saves to earn the shutout. Lawrence fired off 12 shots against the Scots, and goalkeeper Matt Schmidt made five saves.
MONMOUTH, Ill. — Danielle Gordon and Lauren Kellen both scored a pair of goals to lead the Monmouth College women’s soccer team to a 6-0 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.
The Scots (4-6-3, 2-2-1 MWC) scored three goals in the first 27 minutes and then added three more goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half.
Gordon scored in the 13th minute and again in the 56th minute, and Kellen had goals in the 27th minute and in the 61st minute.
Monmouth limited the Vikings to only four shots.
The Carroll University football team jumped on Lawrence University early and rolled to a 55-6 Midwest Conference victory at the Banta Bowl on Saturday in the Hall of Fame Game.
Carroll (4-2, 3-2 MWC) scored two touchdowns in the first 3:39 of the game and led 24-0 after the first quarter. Running back Lamont Williams had topped the 100-yard mark early in the second quarter and finished the game with 26 carries for 153 yards and three touchdowns.
Lawrence (1-4, 1-4) turned the ball over six times and was limited to 215 yards of offense.
Quarterback Luke Barthelmess was limited to 4 of 14 passing for 24 yards before leaving the game early in the third quarter with an injury. Running back Ben Hartman was a bright spot for the Vikings with 13 carries for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Williams capped a four-play, 40 yard scoring drive with a 23-yard run to put Carroll up 7-0. The Vikings fumbled on the next possession, and Carroll scored four plays later on Justin Butterfield’s one-yard run. Williams fumbled on the play before the score, but Carroll recovered at the Lawrence 1-yard line.
Carroll added Butterfield’s 38-yard touchdown pass to Matt Sklander with 6:23 left in the first quarter, and Tyler Raymaker kicked a 20-yard field goal on the final play of the first quarter for a 24-0 lead.
Carroll got a 15-yard scoring pass from Butterfield to Sklander and a 26-yard field goal from Raymaker and led 34-0 at the half.
Lawrence got its only score of the game when the Vikings moved 82 yards in 16 plays in the third quarter. Backup quarterback Alex Brewer hit Tyler Mazur for 26 yards to the Carroll 9. After a roughing the passer penalty gave Lawrence a first down, Hartman scored from three yards out to cut the lead to 34-6.
Carroll added three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, all coming off interceptions, to seal the win.
Lawrence returns to action next Saturday when it travels to St. Norbert College.
The Lawrence University women’s tennis team rolled to a 9-0 Midwest Conference North Division victory over Ripon College on Friday.
The Vikings (8-5, 2-1 MWC) dropped only four games total in the three doubles matches to race out to a 3-0 lead in the match. Lawrence swept the singles with both Christina Schaupp at No. 1 and Gayatri Malhotra at No. 2 winning 6-0, 6-0.
This marks the second consecutive year that Lawrence has shut out the Red Hawks, and it’s the Vikings’ ninth straight win over Ripon.
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team dropped a 6-3 Midwest Conference North Division match at Carroll University on Wednesday.
Lawrence won one of the doubles matches and two of the singles contests. Hannah Geoffrey and Ali Heiring won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, and Geoffrey also posted a 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles. Heiring came through with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 4 singles for the Vikings (7-5, 1-1 MWC).
The Lawrence University men’s soccer team got a goal from Darry Israel early in the second half and rode a sparkling defensive effort to a 2-1 Midwest Conference victory over St. Norbert College on Wednesday at Whiting Field West.
This marks the third consecutive time Lawrence (5-5-1, 2-2-1 MWC) has beaten St. Norbert (4-5-2, 1-2-1), and that has never happened in the series that dates back to 1974. The Vikings have as long as a five-game unbeaten streak (1981-84) against St. Norbert, but Lawrence had never more than two in a row against the Green Knights.
St. Norbert got on the board first with Tom Daly’s goal in the 14th minute, but Lawrence got the equalizer in the first half. Cameron Pieper’s corner kick was settled by Dan O’Mahoney, who punched the ball past St. Norbert goalkeeper Noah Davis to tie the match at 1-1 at 32:08.
Lawrence took the lead when Israel beat Davis off passes from Simon Newsom and Karl Mayer at the 47:44 mark.
The Vikings’ defense did the rest, allowing St. Norbert only two shots in the second half. Lawrence had a 13-6 edge in shots for the match.
Lawrence goalkeeper Kevin Aslett made two saves to pick up the win.
