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Shutout lifts Vikings to split against Beloit

BELOIT, Wis. — Atley Gay and Phil Clark combined on a five-hit shutout in the opener, and the Lawrence University baseball team split a Midwest Conference doubleheader with Beloit College on Sunday.

Lawrence (12-14, 4-4 MWC) won the opener 4-0 and Beloit (15-16, 7-5) took the nightcap 9-0. The teams split the four-game series this weekend.

In the first game, Gay allowed only four hits over 6 2/3 innings to improve to 2-0 on the season. Gay struck out three and walked three. Clark picked up his first career save by working the final 2 1/3 innings. He gave up one hit, struck out two and didn’t walk a batter.

Lawrence rapped out 12 hits in the opener, and Sam Kossow went 3-for-4 to lead the attack. Gabe Henriques, Joel Birch and Phil Wisniewski all had two hits for the Vikings.

The Vikings broke a scoreless tie in the fourth when Wisniewski singled and then scored on Kossow’s double.

Lawrence pushed the lead to 3-0 with a pair of runs in the fifth. Davide Harris got things started with a two-out single, and Henriques followed with a run-scoring double. Eric Bohling then belted another double to score Henriques for a 3-0 edge.

The Vikings added an insurance run in the ninth when Henriques walked and later scored on Birch’s single.

Andrew Edwards worked 6 2/3 innings and took the loss for Beloit.

Jim Leyhane and Al Loth combined on a shutout for Beloit in the nightcap. Leyhane allowed only three hits over five innings, and Loth tossed four innings of one-hit relief to pick up the save.

Davis Ogilvie lasted only 1 2/3 innings and took the loss.

Beloit pulled out to a 7-0 lead by scoring twice in the first, three times in the second and twice in the third.

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Vikings left out in the cold despite victory over St. Norbert

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team beat St. Norbert College 5-4 on Sunday at Western Racquet Club, but a three-way tie means the Vikings will not make the Midwest Conference Tournament.

Lawrence (9-12, 2-1 MWC), St. Norbert (5-12, 2-1) and Carroll University all ended in a three-way tie for first place in the North Division, but St. Norbert and Carroll will play in the four-team conference tournament next Friday.

Since the three teams all went 1-1 against each other, the tiebreaker was individual matches won and Lawrence was the odd man out in that scenario.

The singles players gave Lawrence the win over St. Norbert on Sunday. Lawrence won only one doubles match, Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor at No. 1, but won four of the six singles matches.

Dunn (No. 1), Caleb Ray (No. 3), Cooper Smith (No. 4) and Craig Sherwood (No. 5) all won singles matches for Lawrence.

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Lawrence breaks season wins record by topping UWSP

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team broke the school record for a wins in a season with an 8-1 nonconference victory over UW-Stevens Point on Saturday.

It was the 14th victory of the season for Lawrence (14-8) and breaks the mark of 13 wins set by the 2008 and 2005 squads.

The Vikings got the match off to a great start by sweeping the doubles matches, and Lawrence then won five of the six singles contests.

It was the final match of a stellar career for No. 1 singles player Beth Larson. She beat Rachel Brown 6-2, 6-0 and teamed with Christina Schaupp for an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles.

Gayatri Malhotra (No. 3), Hannah Geoffrey (No. 4), Polly Dalton (No. 5) and Tess Vogel (No. 6) all picked up singles victories.

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Vikings fall to La Crosse

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The UW-La Crosse women’s tennis team kept up its winning ways with a 6-3 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.

The Eagles improved to 18-3 on the season by winning two of the doubles matches and four of the singles contests.

Beth Larson and Gayatri Malhotra both earned singles victories for Lawrence (13-8). Larson beat Jenny Maruyama 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7) at No. 1 singles, and Malhotra downed Abby Tresedder 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7).

Larson also teamed with Christina Schaupp to beat Tresedder and Olivia Hartwick 9-7 at No. 1 doubles.

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Doares tosses shutout as Vikings split with Beloit

Freshman pitcher Drew Doares tossed a shutout to lead the Lawrence University baseball team to a Midwest Conference doubleheader split with Beloit College on Saturday at Whiting Field.

The Vikings (11-13, 3-3 MWC) won the opener 1-0, and Beloit (14-15, 6-4) hung on for a 4-2 win in the nightcap.

Doares was simply outstanding for Lawrence in the opener. He picked up his first career shutout and allowed only five hits. He struck out four and walked three. It was the first 1-0 shutout by a Lawrence pitcher since Aaron Leitner beat Grinnell 1-0 on March 22, 2009, but that was a seven-inning contest.

Eric Bohling paced Lawrence’s 10-hit attack by going 3-for-4 and driving in the game’s only run. Gabe Henriques and Joel Birch both went 2-for-4 for the Vikings.

Lawrence scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the first inning. Davide Harris led off the game with a double and went to third on Henriques’ groundout. Bohling followed with a run-scoring single and the Vikings led 1-0.

Beloit did not have a runner reach third base in the game, but the Bucs did threaten in the ninth after Emory Nelms had a two-out double. After a walk, Doares got Will Mack to fly out to end the game.

Alex Norman went the distance for Beloit and took the loss.

In the nightcap, the Vikings rallied late but came up short. Grant Henrickson went 8 1/3 innings to get the win, and Al Loth got the final two outs to pick up the save.

Kelton Jenkins pitched well for Lawrence and took the loss after six innings of work.

Sam Kossow, Harris and Birch all had two hits for the Vikings, and Kossow smacked his first career homer.

Beloit led 4-0 heading to the eighth, but Lawrence loaded the bases on singes from Harris, Bohling and Birch. Phil Wisniewski grounded into a fielder’s choice to score Harris and trim the lead to 4-1. Henrickson then got Jake Gordon to ground into another fielder’s choice to end the inning.

Lawrence cut the lead to 4-2 when Kossow blasted a one-out solo homer in the ninth. Loth came on in relief and got Tanner DeBettencourt to ground out for the second out of the inning. Loth then walked Harris and Henriques, but he struck out Bohling to end the game.

Lawrence wraps up the four-game series with a doubleheader at Beloit on Sunday.

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Vikings split doubleheader with Beloit

The Lawrence University softball team rolled to a win in game one Saturday, but Beloit College got a shutout in game two for a split of a Midwest Conference doubleheader at Whiting Field.

In the opener, Lawrence (7-18, 1-5 MWC) won 9-1 in six innings, and Beloit (7-24, 1-5) posted a 1-0 victory in the second game.

Shannon Murray went the distance to get the win in the first game for Lawrence. She allowed only three hits, struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter. Coley LaChance and Cory Paquette both went 2-for-3, and Cathy Kaye drove in a pair of runs for the Vikings.

Lawrence got on the board on Paquette’s run-scoring single in the second inning, but the Vikings broke the game open in the third. Lawrence scored four times in the third with Brielle Bartes and Mary Diduch both picking up run-scoring singles. Diduch completed the scoring in the third when she stole home as part of a double steal to give Lawrence a 5-0 lead.

Lawrence added  a run in the fourth on Alex Chiodo’s squeeze bunt, and the Vikings led 6-1 heading to the sixth.

The Vikings had two runners aboard in the sixth when Kaye doubled down the left field line to score Paquette and Bartes for an 8-1 lead. LaChance then ended the game when she singled to score Kaye.

In the nightcap, Katy Sandt, who took the loss in the opener, went the distance to get the win. Sandt allowed only three hits, struck out five and walked one.

The only run of the contest was Emily Dorjath’s solo homer in the fifth inning.

Lawrence, which went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position in the game, had two great chances to score.

LaChance smacked a one-out double in the fourth, and Murray followed with a bloop single. LaChance had to hold at second on the play, but both runners moved up on Kara Vance’s ground out. Didich then flied out to end the threat.

Lawrence had runners at second and third with no one out in the sixth, but Sandt got Murray to pop up on the infield for the first out. Vance then grounded to third, but Megan Salm made a nice play to throw out pinch-runner Jessica Robbins at the plate for the second out. Diduch then popped up on the infield to end the threat.

Murray allowed only five hits but took the loss in game two. She struck out five and didn’t walk a hitter.

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Pioneers down Lawrence

The Carroll University men’s tennis team won five of the singles matches and posted a 7-2 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Friday at the Lawrence Courts.

Cooper Smith was the lone singles winner for Lawrence (8-12, 1-1 MWC). Smith beat Ryne Fertitta 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4 singles. Smith also teamed with Caleb Ray for an 8-6 win over Fertitta and Jack Michael at No. 2 doubles.

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Ripon sweeps doubleheader from Vikings

The Ripon College softball team rallied for a victory in game one and then rode great pitching to a win in game two to sweep a Midwest Conference doubleheader from Lawrence University on Wednesday at Whiting Field.

Ripon (14-9, 2-0 MWC) scored six times in the final two innings to win the opener 6-2 and took a 1-0 victory in the nightcap.

In the opener, Ripon got a two-run homer from Cassie Bilotto in the top of the sixth to tie the score at 2-2. The Red Hawks then scored four times on six hits in the seventh to seal the victory.

Lawrence (6-17, 0-4) had taken a 2-0 lead in the second when Brielle Bartes and Cory Paquette both delivered run-scoring singles. That was all Lawrence would get against Ripon starter Stephanie Rieuwpassa, who went the distance. She struck out six and didn’t walk a batter.

Five Ripon players had two hits apiece, including Bilotto, who drove in four runs.

The nightcap was a pitchers’ duel between Lawrence’s Shannon Murray and Ripon’s Ashley Gnacinski. Murray went the distance and allowed only five hits while striking out five and walking none. Gnacinski pitched five innings and allowed two hits and one walk to get the win. Rieuwpassa pitched perfect sixth and seventh innings to get the save.

The only run of the game came in the top of the fourth. Murray threw only three pitches to get the first two outs of the inning, but Bilotto came up with a two-out single. Beth Ebben followed with a single, and Gnacinski singled up the middle to score Bilotto and give Ripon a 1-0 lead.

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Lawrence takes two from Finlandia

HANCOCK, Mich. — The Lawrence University baseball team pushed its winning streak to six games by sweeping a nonconference doubleheader on Sunday from Finlandia University by the scores of 10-3 and 12-8 at Driving Park.

In the opener, Lawrence (10-12) jumped on Finlandia early by scoring six times in the top of the first. That was more than enough for Lawrence starter Kelton Jenkins. He went six innings, allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked five.

Darvis PridGeon went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs for the Vikings. Alex Brewer hit his first homer of the season, drove in two runs and scored a pair of runs. Brewer’s homer was a two-run shot in the fifth.

Finlandia (4-24) took an early 3-1 lead in the nightcap, but Lawrence blew the Lions away with 11 runs over the final three innings. Lawrence picked up 10 hits in the nightcap, and the Lions committed nine errors.

Harris, Phil Wisniewski and Jake Gordon all had two hits for Lawrence. Wisniewski and Brewer both drove in two runs for the Vikings. Brewer hit his second home run of the day, a two-run blast in the fifth.

Drew Doares made the start and pitched 5 1/3 innings to pick up the win. He allowed three hits, struck out nine and walked five. Finlandia scored five times in the seventh against John Doran came in and struck out the final two hitters of the contest.

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Vikings post another shutout win over Ripon

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team rolled to a 9-0 Midwest Conference shutout against Ripon College on Sunday at Center Court.

It marked the fourth consecutive time that Lawrence (8-11, 1-0 MWC) has beaten the Red Hawks (1-11, 0-3) by a 9-0 score, and the Vikings’ fifth consecutive victory overall against Ripon. Lawrence coach Kevin Girard remains undefeated (10-0) against Ripon during his tenure as the Vikings’ men’s and women’s coach.

The Vikings didn’t drop a set en route to the victory. Jeremy Andereck, playing No. 6 singles, led the way for the Vikings with a 6-0, 6-0, victory over Andrew Carballo. Following close behind was Cooper Smith’s impressive 6-0, 6-1, win over Brian Schumacher at No. 4 singles.

Andereck and Smith also teamed up for an 8-0 win over Schumacher and Ryan Slowinski at No. 3 doubles.  

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