The Lake Forest College men’s tennis team edged Lawrence University 5-4 in a nonconference match on Saturday at Fox Cities Racquet Club.
The Foresters took the top three singles matches and the top two doubles matches for the victory.
Lawrence got wins at No. 3 doubles and at Nos. 4-6 singles from Cooper Smith, Craig Sherwood and Jeremy Andereck.
The St. Norbert College women’s basketball team posted an 87-52 Midwest Conference victory on Saturday over Lawrence University at Alexander Gymnasium.
Jamie Kuhl led St. Norbert (19-4, 17-1 MWC) with 24 points and tied for game-high honors with eight rebounds. Krista Pelky added 20 points and hit 8 of 9 shots from the floor for the Green Knights.
Amber Lisower scored a team-high 22 points for Lawrence (1-22, 1-17), and she also pulled down eight boards. Chioma Ejimkonye added 12 points and seven assists for the Vikings.
St. Norbert jumped on the Vikings early and built a 17-point lead at 22-5 just 5:42 into the game. The Green Knights would lead by as many as 25 points in the first half and were up 45-24 at the break.
The Green Knights continued to slowly build that lead in the second half and would lead by as many 39 points.
The St. Norbert College men’s basketball team pulled away late and went on to an 80-65 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.
Andrew Schwoerer led a balanced St. Norbert attack with 17 points. Brandon Gries added 16 points, and Garrett Thorn had a game-high 11 rebounds for the Green Knights (15-8, 12-6 MWC).
Senior Tyler Crisman, playing in his final game for the Vikings, led Lawrence (9-13, 8-10) with 21 points. Tyler Mazur came off the bench for the Vikings and hit 6 of 9 shots from 3-point range on his way to 18 points.
Lawrence, which led 39-37 at the half, trailed 54-52 after a pair of Davis DeWolfe free throws with 9:30 remaining. The Green Knights then scored the game’s next seven points, capped by a jumper from Gries, to grab a 61-52 lead with 6:32 left.
Lawrence got a layup from Crisman to stop the run, but St. Norbert kept the Vikings at arm’s length the rest of the game. St. Norbert led by no more than 11 points until the final minute, but Lawrence couldn’t get any closer than eight the rest of the way.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team opened its spring season with an 8-1 nonconference victory over Concordia (Wis.) University on Friday night.
Lawrence (1-0) swept the doubles from the Falcons (0-2) and won all but one singles match.
Jason Dunn led the way for the Vikings by rallying from one set down to post a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 1-0 (10-5) victory at No. 1 singles. Caleb Ray, Cooper Smith, Craig Sherwood and Jeremy Andereck swept the Nos. 3-6 singles.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Lawrence University fell behind early and couldn’t fully recover in dropping a 5-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association game to Lake Forest College on Friday at Alumni Memorial Rink.
Lake Forest (4-21-0, 4-15-0 MCHA) built a pair of two-goal leads that the Vikings (11-10-3, 10-6-3) trimmed in half, but the Foresters finished with the game’s final two goals to seal the win.
The Foresters scored two goals midway through the second period before Phil Bushbacher scored at the 13:26 mark to trim the advantage to 2-1.
Jordan Bruce then scored just 1:17 later to push the lead back to 3-1. The Vikings battled back again when Sam Johnson scored with just 1:57 left in the second period to cut the lead to 3-2.
That’s as close as Lawrence would get as Curran Forgue scored twice in the third period, once early and once late, to secure the win for the Foresters.
Peter Emery stopped 41 shots for Lawrence and took the loss. Brendan Sullivan made 41 saves for Lake Forest to pick up the win.
The teams wrap up the series and the regular season on Saturday at Lawrence.
RIPON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team pulled away late and posted a 77-69 Midwest Conference victory over Ripon College on Wednesday night at the Storzer Center.
Tyler Crisman scored 21 points to lead Lawrence (9-12, 8-9 MWC) and all scorers. Tyler Mazur came off the bench to pour in a career-high 17 points for the Vikings, who swept the season series from the Red Hawks.
Taylor Koth and Aris Wurtz both had double-doubles for Ripon (14-8, 10-7). Koth had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Wurtz added 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Lawrence led by as many as seven points in the first half, and Ripon was up by as many as six points before the break.
The Vikings led 49-48 when they went on a 10-4 run midway through the second half, capped by Mazur’s 3-pointer, to grab a 59-52 edge with 8:44 left. Mazur was 5-for-8 from beyond the arc on the night.
After a Nic Schaalma free throw trimmed the margin to 59-53, Lawrence got back-to-back jumpers from Brian Gryszkiewicz and Chris Siebert and a 3-pointer from Mazur to go up 66-55.
Koth’s three-point play cut the margin back to 66-58, but Lawrence put the clamps on the Red Hawks over the next four minutes. In a stretch of 3:59, all Ripon got was two free throws as the Vikings stretched the lead to 73-60. Siebert scored five points in that stretch, including a pair of free throws with 2:20 left that gave Lawrence its biggest lead of the night at 13 points.
Ripon battled back with seven consecutive points, capped by Tyler Ketz’s 3-pointer with 1:14 left, to cut the margin to 73-67. Andrew Kline’s layup off a feed from Gryszkiewicz pushed the lead back to 75-67, and Ripon went cold after that.
The Red Hawks missed their next three shots from the floor, and Mazur sealed the win with a pair of free throws with just 14 seconds remaining.
Lawrence wraps up its season on Saturday when it hosts St. Norbert College.
RIPON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team endured ice-cold shooting in the first half and dropped a 59-32 Midwest Conference game to Ripon College on Wednesday night at the Storzer Center.
Lawrence (1-21, 1-16 MWC) hit only 3 of 20 shots from the floor in the first half as Ripon (11-11, 10-7) built a 25-9 lead at the break.
Erin Lind paced the Red Hawks with 19 points. Amber Lisowe led Lawrence with 12 points, and Alex Deshler grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to go with eight points.
Cathy Kaye hit a 3-pointer for the Vikings early in the second half that trimmed the lead to 15 points, but Ripon gradually pulled away after that. The Red Hawks led by as many as 29 points in the second half.
Lawrence University held off a Finlandia University rally and posted a 4-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory on Saturday at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
Brad Scurfield had a goal and two assists to pace Lawrence (11-9-3, 10-5-3 MCHA). Freshman goaltender Anton Olsson stopped 38 shots to earn his first collegiate victory for the Vikings.
Finlandia (7-15-0, 7-11-0) got on the board first just 1:16 into the game on Cole Workman’s goal. Lawrence tied it with just one second left in the first period when Jameson Raymond scored on the power play.
The Vikings grabbed a 2-1 edge with 3:09 left in the second period when Phil Bushbacher scored off assists from Kevin Killian and Matt Hughes.
Scurfield scored just 43 seconds into the third period with assists from Raymond and William Thoren to grab a 3-1 advantage.
The Lions pulled goaltender Mike Wuthrich in favor of an extra attacker, and Ryan Bradley scored for Finlandia with 1:11 left to trim Lawrence’s lead to 3-2. The Lions put Wuthrich back on the ice but pulled him again 26 seconds later, and Lawrence made them pay.
Thoren sealed the victory for the Vikings with an empty-net goal with 15 seconds left.
Lawrence swept the weekend series, which included a 5-2 victory on Friday night, and remains tied for first place in the MCHA’s Northern Division.
The Lawrence University men’s basketball team rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second half, but Beloit College hung on for a 76-72 Midwest Conference victory on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.
James Lazarcik had a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds to pace Beloit (9-12, 8-8 MWC). Michael Horton also had a double-double for the Bucs with 14 points and 11 assists.
Tyler Crisman poured in 29 points to lead Lawrence (8-12, 7-9). Tyler Mazur came off the bench to add 11 points for the Vikings, and Chris Siebert had 10.
Beloit led 34-29 at the half, but the Bucs came out and pushed that lead to 47-35 with 16:35 remaining. Lawrence trimmed the lead back to eight points, but the Bucs went on a 10-2 run to take a 61-45 advantage with 9:50 remaining.
Lawrence got back into the game by going on a 13-3 run of its own. Ryan DePouw, Max Burgess and Mazur all hit 3-pointers in that run, and Mazur and Conor Klusendorf both had dunks during the outburst that cut the lead to 64-58.
Tyler Butke stopped the run with a jumper for Beloit, but Lawrence got two more 3-pointers from Mazur, including one that cut Beloit’s lead to 70-68 with 3:03 left.
Beloit got a layup from Lazarcik to push the lead back to 72-68, and Crisman was then fouled with 2:20 left. He hit one free throw, but Ahmad Shamsid-Deen then scored for 74-69 Beloit lead.
Crisman then converted a three-point play to cut the lead back to 74-72 with 1:03 remaining. Brian Gryszkiewicz then forced a Beloit turnover, and Crisman was fouled with 31 seconds left. He missed the front end of the bonus, and Butke grabbed the rebound.
The Vikings were forced to foul Horton, who converted a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left to give Beloit a 76-72 lead. After a missed 3-pointer by the Vikings, Beloit grabbed the rebound to seal the win.
Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Ripon College.
The Beloit College women’s basketball team went on a 9-0 run midway through the second half to pull away and posted a 73-59 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.
Kandace Fox paced Beloit (5-16, 2-14 MWC) with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Faith Jones added 16 points and Lauren McNanna had 13.
Alex Deshler led the Vikings (1-20, 1-15) with 19 points. Amber Lisowe had a double-double for Lawrence with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Chioma Ejimkonye chipped in with 12 points and five assists and Cathy Kaye had 11 points for the Vikings.
Beloit led 34-28 at the half and went up by nine in the first two minutes of the second half. Kaye hit back-to-back 3-pointers to trim the lead to 38-35 with 17:10 remaining.
The Bucs pushed the lead back to double digits and were up 53-38 before a jumper by Lisowe and a Deshler layup cut the margin to 53-42 with 10:26 left.
Beloit then scored the game’s next nine points, including four by Jones, to take a 62-42 lead with 6:34 remaining. Beloit led by as many as 21 points after that, and Lawrence didn’t closer than the final margin of 14 points.
Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Ripon College.
