MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Lawrence University volleyball team downed Mount Mary College 3-0 in a nonconference match on Wednesday.
Lawrence won by the scores of 26-24, 25-23, 25-17.
Clare Bohrer paced the Vikings with 12 kills and five blocks, and Emma Kane added 10 kills and 13 digs.
Diane McLeod picked up 34 assists and added three aces and 14 digs. Kathleen Rowland paced the Vikings with 23 digs.
The Lawrence University women’s tennis team stayed unbeaten by posting a 6-3 nonconference victory over UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday at the Lawrence Courts.
Lawrence opened by winning two of the three doubles matches, with Beth Larson and Jenni Roesch winning at No. 1 and Christina Schaupp and Hannah Geoffrey winning at No. 3.
Lawrence then won at Nos. 1 through 4 singles to wrap up the match. Larson won at No. 1, Roesch took the victory at No. 2, Gayatri Malhotra won at No. 3 and Schaupp was victorious at No. 4.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team rolled to an 8-1 nonconference victory over Lake Forest College on Sunday.
Lawrence swept the singles matches and won at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles. Christina Schaupp pulled off the most impressive win of the day with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 4 singles.
WAVERLY, Iowa — The Wartburg College men’s soccer team puled out a 2-1 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Sunday.
Wartburg built a 2-0 lead when Lawrence’s Karl Mayer scored off a pass from Cameron Pieper in the 63rd minute. That was as close as the Vikings would get.
Cade Shatzer made six saves to pick up the win for Wartburg, which had a 16-14 edge in shots. Steve Solomon made eight saves for the Vikings.
OSHKOSH, Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh women’s soccer team rolled to an 8-0 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Sunday at Titan Stadium.
Seven different players scored for the Titans, who enjoyed a 34-5 edge in shots.
GALESBURG, Ill. — Lawrence University quarterback Luke Barthelmess had a record-setting day throwing the football on Saturday to lead the Vikings to a 62-42 victory over Knox College in the Midwest Conference opener at the Knosher Bowl.
Barthelmess was 28 of 39 for 549 yards and six touchdowns to pace the Vikings (1-1, 1-0 MWC). Barthelmess broke the MWC single-game passing record of 532 yards, set by Knox’s Bob Monroe in 1986. He shattered the Lawrence record of 466, set by Lawrence Hall of Famer Bill McNamara vs. Coe College in 1986. The six touchdown passes breaks the Lawrence record of five, set by Eric Aspenson vs. Knox in 2007.
Barthelmess’ favorite target on the afternoon was Tyler Mazur, who caught eight passes for 220 yards and four touchdowns. Mazur’s four TD catches ties the Lawrence record set by Zach Michael vs. St. Norbert College in 2003. Jon Bruehl added four catches for 109 yards, and Taylor Mandich had seven catches for 92 yards.
The 62 points is the third-highest point total by the Vikings in the modern era of Lawrence football. The record is 67, which was set vs. Knox (0-2, 0-1) in 1981. The Vikings scored 64 against Cornell College in 1953 and hit 62 vs. Ripon College in 1953 and vs. the University of Chicago in 1977.
Lawrence kicker Cody Robel also tied the record for PATs with eight. The mark was set by Kraig Krueger vs. Knox in 1981.
Lawrence piled up 656 yards of offense, including 573 through the air.
The Vikings trailed 14-13 after the teams traded first-quarter touchdowns, but Lawrence started to take control in the second quarter. Mazur caught a 92-yard touchdown pass just 19 seconds into the second quarter to give Lawrence a 20-14 edge. Mandich then capped a nine-play, 90-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown catch with 9:49 left in the first half. Bruehl then made it 34-14 with 5:13 left in the opening half with a 30-yard touchdown catch.
The Vikings led 34-21 at the half and scored the first two touchdowns of the second half. Mazur had a 14-yard touchdown catch and three-yard TD run to give Lawrence a 48-21 lead with 5:23 left in the third quarter.
The teams then traded touchdowns the rest of the way, with Mazur grabbing a 72-yard touchdown catch and Barthelmess running 20 yards for a score.
The Lawrence defense picked up three interceptions on day as Robbie Ulloa, Mats Jonsson and Shawn Martin all recorded picks. Defensive end Nick Randall had a team-high nine tackles for the Vikings.
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — The Marian University women’s soccer team scored two goals early and went on to a 4-0 nonconference victory over Lawrence University at Smith Fields on Saturday.
The Sabres got two goals, one in each half, from Leisa Conn. Marian only outshot the Vikings 22-21 on the afternoon.
DECORAH, Iowa — The Luther College men’s soccer team scored two goals early and went on to a 5-0 win over Lawrence University on Friday night.
Jonathan Lawson and Jason Block scored two goals apiece for the Norse, who outshot the Vikings 23-6.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Milwaukee School of Engineering men’s soccer team scored a pair of late goals to down Lawrence University 2-0 in a nonconference match on Wednesday.
The match was scoreless when Mariano Suaso-Rodriguez scored in the 79th minute to give the Raiders (1-2-0) a 1-0 lead. Dan Hosko scored less than seven minutes later to complete the scoring for MSOE.
Steve Solomon made five saves but took the loss for Lawrence (0-2-0), which was limited to only three shots.
The Lawrence University women’s soccer team got an early goal, but Elmhurst College struck back quickly and went on to a 3-1 nonconference win over the Vikings on Wednesday at Whiting Field West.
Mallory Koula got the scoring started for the Vikings (0-3-0) when she took a pass from Sarah Tiano and lofted a shot perfectly over the keeper’s head for a 1-0 Lawrence lead.
The Bluejays (2-1-0) struck back quickly on Heather DeMoss’ goal at the 17:10 mark to tie it at 1-1. Elmhurst added the first of two goals by Amy Baschen at the 40:58 mark to take a 2-1 lead into the break.
Bashen then scored with less than a minute left to finish the scoring.
