WAUKESHA, Wis. — Sam Stevens ran to a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters on Saturday to pace the Lawrence University track and field team.
Stevens was a little more than two seconds off the winning time of 4:06.14 of UW-Oshkosh’s Brett DeNure. Stevens finished in 4:08.53.
M. Jay Bouska, competing in his first collegiate meet, took sixth place in the triple jump with a leap of 38 feet, 3.5 inches.
The women were paced by Rose Tepper, who placed eighth in the high jump with a leap of 4-11.
GRINNELL, Iowa — The Lawrence University baseball team put together a dramatic rally in the final inning Saturday and earned a split of a nonconference doubleheader with North Central (Minn.) University.
The games were played at Grinnell College due to unplayable field conditions in Appleton.
Lawrence rallied for sixth runs in the bottom of the seventh and took the nightcap 13-12. North Central won the opener 7-3.
The Vikings trailed 10-0 before they finally got on the board with three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Richie Foreman had a run-scoring double and Phil Wisniewski added a run-scoring single in the inning.
Lawrence trimmed the lead to 12-7 with four runs in the bottom of the fifth. Davide Harris, Eric Bohling and Foreman all had RBI singles in the inning.
Sam Kossow got the scoring started in the bottom of the seventh when he singled to drive in a run and cut the margin to 12-8. Wisniewski followed with a run-scoring double to make it 12-9.
Foreman’s sacrifice fly scored Kossow to cut it to 12-10. A walk and a hit batsman loaded the bases, and Gabe Henriques then singled to score Wisniewski.
Robert Rashid walked to force in pinch-runner Josh Graber and the game was tied 12-12. The Rams finally got an out on a force play at home, but Harris followed with a single to score Henriques with the game-winner.
Harris and Chad Skaer both had three hits to pace Lawrence’s 15-hit attack. Wisniewski and Foreman had two hits apiece and both drove in three runs.
Dan Salzbrenner pitched 3.2 innings of relief to earn his first collegiate victory. Ben Freitag took the loss in relief.
The Rams (4-8) scored four times in the top of the fifth to break open the first game. Juan Martinez, Joe Robinson, Isaac Gross and Jay Beichley all had two hits apiece for North Central, and Martinez and Beichley each drove in a pair of runs.
Rashid, Henriques and Alex Brewer all had two hits apiece for the Vikings (2-9).
Matt Huberty went the distance and picked up the win. Andrew Wilt pitched six innings, allowing 11 hits, and took the loss.
Lawrence led 2-1 after the first inning after singles by Rashid and Henriqes got the rally started. A balk and an error allowed Rashid to score, and Henriques came home on Gene Shipanik’s ground out.
North Central scored single runs in the second and third to take a 3-2 lead and then took control with four runs in the fifth. Kaleb Graham had a two-run single, and Ian Andrews and Jay Beichley both had run-scoring singles in the inning.
Lawrence added a run in its half of the fifth when Rashid doubled and scored on Henriques’ single but could get no closer.
Lawrence travels to the University of Chicago for a nonconference doubleheader on Sunday.
GRINNELL, Iowa — A nine-run sixth inning led the North Central (Minn.) University baseball team to a 16-4 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Friday.
The game was played at Grinnell High School due to unplayable field conditions in Appleton.
Isaac Gross went 5-for-6 with a pair of runs batted in to pace North Central (3-7) and its 17-hit attack. Ian Andrews went 3-for-5 with three RBI, and Ben Freitag was 3-for-7 with three runs scored and three RBI.
Chad Skaer went 3-for-4 and Sam Kossow was 2-for-2 to pace the Vikings (1-8), who committed a season-high eight errors.
Lawrence led 2-1 after scoring twice in the bottom of the second. After Eric Bohling reached on an error and Davide Harris singled, Skaer singled to score Bohling. Harris later scored on an error and the Vikings were up 2-1.
The Rams took the lead back with three runs in the fourth, and the outburst was highlighted by Andrews’ two-run homer.
North Central led 5-2 when they put the game away with the big sixth inning. Freitag had a two-run double in the inning, and Andrews and Gross both added run-scoring doubles.
Lawrence finished out its scoring with two runs in the bottom of the eighth. Gene Shipanik had a run-scoring single, and Darvis PridGeon drove in a run with a ground out.
John Doran pitched 5.2 innings, allowing 10 hits, and took the loss. Blake Balaam scattered four hits over seven innings and picked up the win.
The same two teams will play again Saturday in a doubleheader at Grinnell College.
The Monmouth College men’s tennis team shut out Lawrence University 9-0 in a match Friday night at Fox Cities Racquet Club.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Tiffin University men’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 7-2 in a nonconference match. Caleb Ray posted a straight-sets victory at No. 2 singles, and the No. 1 doubles team of Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor picked up an 8-4 victory at No. 1 doubles for the Vikings.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team posted a 6-3 nonconference victory over Schreiner University on March 17. Lawrence started the day by winning at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles. The Vikings then posted singles wins by Jason Dunn (No. 1), Caleb Ray (No. 2), Max Zlevor (No. 3) and Ray Wimer (No. 5).
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team topped Nichols College 5-4 in a nonconference match on March 14. The Vikings won at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles and then split the singles matches. Jason Dunn won at No. 1 singles and Caleb Ray was a winner at No. 2, both in straight sets. Jeremy Andereck clinched the match with a three-set victory at No. 4 singles.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Franklin and Marshall College men’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 9-0 in a nonconference match on March 13.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Lawrence University baseball team finished its spring break trip on a winning note with a nonconference doubleheader split with D’Youville College.
Lawrence (1-7) dropped the opening game 9-7 and then walloped D’Youville (2-4) 24-7 in the nightcap.
Lawrence pounded out 23 hits in the second game. Sophomore Phil Wisniewski went 4-for-6 and drove in four runs to pace the Lawrence attack.
Robert Rashid went 3-for-3with a pair of triples and scored four runs for the Vikings. Luke Barthelmess, who smacked a homer, Gabe Henriques, Eric Bohling, Davide Harris and Darvis PridGeon all had two hits apiece.
Andrew Wilt went the distance to pick up the win. He struck out eight and walked three.
Lawrence scored at least two runs in each inning and capped the game with a seven-run outburst in the seventh.
The Vikings dropped the opener despite outhitting the Spartans 14-10.
Lawrence built a 3-1 lead after three innings, but D’Youville scored five in the fifth, two more in the sixth and another run in the seventh to take a 9-3 lead.
The Vikings rallied in the bottom of the seventh and had the bases loaded when D’Youville secured the final out.
Michael Baldino’s single scored Barthelmess to trim the lead to 9-4, and Wisniewski picked up a two-out single to score Rashid and Henriques.
Tanner DeBettencourt followed with a single to score Baldino to cut the lead to 9-7. A walk to Sam Kossow loaded the bases, but D’Youville got Barthelmess to fly out to end the game.
Baldino went 3-for-4 in the opener, and Harris, Wisniewski, Bohling and DeBettencourt all had two hits apiece.
CLERMONT, Fla. — The University of Southern Maine pounded out 12 hits and posted a 12-4 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Sunday at the National Training Center.
The Huskies jumped on Lawrence starter Cory Paquette and scored three times in the bottom of the first. Southern Maine knocked her out of the game in the third as the Huskies scored seven times to take command.
Lawrence made it 10-2 in the top of the fourth. Cathy Kaye started the rally with a single and later scored on Shannon Murray’s double. After a dropped third strike allowed Emily Perish to reach, Mary Diduch provided a run-scoring ground out to cap the rally.
Lawrence, which was limited to four hits, trimmed the lead to 10-4 in the fifth. Alissa Geipel started the rally with a single and then scored on Katie Simonsen’s triple. A poor throw from the outfield allowed Simonsen to come around and score.
Southern Maine then scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to secure the win via the eight-run rule.
