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St. Norbert edges Lawrence to win quarterfinal series

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — Top-ranked St. Norbert College scored late in the second period to take the lead and went on to a 3-1 victory over Lawrence University in Saturday’s finale of a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association quarterfinal playoff series.

St. Norbert (23-3-1) won the series 2-0 after posting a victory on Friday night as well. Lawrence finishes the season with a 6-19-2 mark.

The game was tied 1-1 late in the second period when there was a scramble near the Lawrence net. During the play, St. Norbert’s Mason Baptista fell on the leg of Lawrence goaltender Mattias Soderqvist. While Soderqvist was down on the ice, Marian Fiala scored on the open net with 2:38 left in the second.

St. Norbert pushed the lead to 3-1 when Sam Higgins scored a power-play goal at 7:17 of the third. Lawrence was forced to kill off a five-minute penalty later in the third period and pulled Soderqvist for the final 2:14 but couldn’t pull any closer.

The Green Knights took a 1-0 lead Michael Hill’s unassisted power-play goal with just two seconds left in the opening period. Paul Zuke tied it for Lawrence when he scored a power-play goal on a two-man advantage at the 6:32 mark of the second.

David Jacobson made 14 saves to pick up the win for St. Norbert. Soderqvist stopped 34 shots for the Vikings.

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Grinnell pulls away late to top Vikings

GRINNELL, Iowa — The Grinnell College women’s basketball team pulled away over the final nine minutes Saturday and went on to a 66-50 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University at Darby Gymnasium.

Anne Boldt paced Grinnell (3-20, 2-16 MWC) with 21 points and nine rebounds.

Alex Deshler, playing in her final game for Lawrence (3-20, 1-17), scored a team-high 14 points for the Vikings. Deshler became just the ninth player in Lawrence history to score 900 points and finished her career with 909.

Kassidy Rinehart added 10 points and a team-best eight rebounds for the Vikings, and Andrea Wilkinson chipped with 10 points and six boards.

Lawrence led 18-17 on Katie Schumacher’s jumper with 4:54 left in the opening half, but Grinnell closed the first half on a 14-5 run and led 31-23 at the break.

Grinnell led by 13 early in the second half, but Lawrence countered with an 8-1 run to trim the margin to 39-33 with 10:17 remaining. Rinehart scored five points in that stretch and capped the run with a three-point play.

Grinnell then scored the game’s next eight points to push the lead to 47-33 with 7:04 remaining. Lawrence never got closer than 12 points after that.

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Grinnell tops Lawrence in season finale

GRINNELL, Iowa — The Grinnell College men’s basketball team built a double-digit lead early in the second half and kept Lawrence University at arm’s length for the rest of the game in a 122-111 Midwest Conference victory on Saturday at Darby Gymnasium.

Lawrence (12-11, 10-8 MWC), which wrapped up its season by winning four of its last five games, was led by Ryan DePouw’s game-high 26 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals. Tyler Mazur added 24 points for the Vikings on the strength of hitting 5-for-9 from 3-point range. Chase Nelson had a double-double for the Vikings with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.

Jamie Nikitas added 18 points for Lawrence, which played without a key component in starting point guard Brian Gryszkiewicz, who was out due to injury. Chris Seibert added 17 points and a team-high eight assists for the Vikings.

Grinnell’s Patrick Maher tied for game-high honors with 26 points, and he handed out 10 assists. Jack Taylor, the nation’s leading scorer, had 24 points for the Pioneers but shot only 13-for-40 from the floor in two games against Lawrence this season.

Lawrence scored the final five points of the first half, including a 3-pointer from Mazur, and trailed 68-62 at the half. A pair of Taylor free throws gave Grinnell a 79-68 lead with 16:46 remaining, and the Pioneers maintained that advantage throughout the rest of the game.

Grinnell led by as many as 17 later in the game, and Lawrence never got closer than nine points at the five-minute mark.

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Concordia edges Lawrence 5-4

GLENDALE, Wis. — The Concordia (Wis.) University men’s tennis team won a pair of super tiebreakers to down Lawrence University 5-4 in a nonconference match on Friday night.

Robert Spiering at No. 5 singles and Ryan Buffamonte at No. 6 both won third-set super tiebreakers to pull out the victory for the Falcons.

Jeremy Andereck was impressive at No. 2 singles for Lawrence with a 6-0, 6-3 victory, and David Jumes was just as good with a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 3. The Vikings also won at No. 3 where Mitch Kasprzyk won a third-set tiebreaker 7-5 to take the match.

Jumes and Kasprzyk also posted an 8-6 victory at No. 2 doubles.

Concordia (Wis.) University 5, Lawrence University 4

 Singles competition
1. Turner, Skip (CUW) def. Brian DeCorte (LU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Jeremy Andereck (LU) def. Hahn, Tanner (CUW) 6-0, 6-3
3. David Jumes (LU) def. Nommensen, Benjamin (CUW) 6-0, 6-2
4. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) def. Wells, Garrett (CUW) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (10-5)
5. Spiering, Robert (CUW) def. Adam Busch (LU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6)
6. Buffamonte, Ryan (CUW) def. Ethan Perushek (LU) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-2)

 Doubles competition
1. Turner, Skip/Nommensen, Benjamin (CUW) def. Jeremy Andereck/Brian DeCorte (LU) 8-3
2. David Jumes/Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) def. Spiering, Robert/Wells, Garrett (CUW) 8-6
3. Fritz, Steven/Hahn, Tanner (CUW) def. Ethan Perushek/Adam Busch (LU) 8-5

Match Notes:
Lawrence University 1-3
Concordia (Wis.) University 1-3
T-3:00  A-25

Vikings fall to St. Norbert in playoff opener

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — Top-ranked St. Norbert College downed Lawrence University 5-0 on Friday in the opening game of a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association quarterfinal series.

The teams will meet again Saturday night at the Cornerstone Community Center, and all the No. 1-ranked Green Knights need is a tie to wrap up the series.

Brandon Hoogenboom scored a pair of goals, and David Jacobson was forced to make only 12 saves to record the shutout for St. Norbert (22-3-1). Mattias Soderqvist stopped 41 shots and took the loss for Lawrence (6-18-2).

After a scoreless first period, St. Norbert got on the board with a power-play goal. Joe Perry scored 4:49 into the second period to give the Green Knights a 1-0 lead. St. Norbert then picked up a goal from Ross Pavek with just 2:30 left in the second for a 2-0 lead heading into the third.

Hoogenboom scored at the 9:01 mark of the third to push the lead to 3-0, and St. Norbert finished the scoring when Hoogenboom and Michael Hill both scored in the final three minutes.

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Turnovers plague Vikings in loss to Lake Forest

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lake Forest College women’s basketball team used a pressure defense to force 36 turnovers and went on to a 62-44 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Wednesday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Sam Schuring led Lake Forest (7-15, 7-10 MWC) with 14 points and a game-high seven assists. Jenna Rice came off the bench to add 10 points for the Foresters.

Alex Deshler, playing in her final home game, led all scorers with 15 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds for Lawrence (3-19, 1-16). Courtney Schmidt came off bench to add eight points for the Vikings.

Lake Forest’s defense helped force 26 Lawrence turnovers in the first half as the Foresters built a 26-15 lead at the break.

The Foresters, who turned the ball over 24 times, went on a 12-1 run to open the second half for a 38-16 advantage with 14:56 left. Lawrence never got closer than 18 points after that.

The Vikings wrap up their season on Saturday when they travel to Grinnell College.

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Siebert leads Lawrence past Lake Forest

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team held off several second-half challenges and went on to an 84-76 Midwest Conference win over Lake Forest College on Wednesday.

Despite the win, Lawrence (12-10, 10-7 MWC) was eliminated from contention for a Midwest Conference Tournament berth after Carroll University and Grinnell College both won on Wednesday.

Senior guard Chris Siebert scored 22 points and moved into fourth place on Lawrence’s career scoring list. Siebert now has 1,343 points, one better than Doug Fyfe, who starred for the Vikings from 1972-76.

Jamie Nikitas added 18 points and a game-high seven rebounds for Lawrence, and Ryan DePouw had 12 points, a game-high six assists and five rebounds. Chase Nelson chipped in with 12 points and Trace Sonnleitner had 10.

James Stack paced Lake Forest (7-15, 6-11) with 22 points, including nine in the final 43 seconds.

Lawrence trailed by two at the half, but the Vikings went on an 11-1 run early in the half to take a 52-41 lead. Siebert, Sonnleitner and Troy Miller all hit 3-pointers during that stretch.

Lake Forest trimmed the margin back to three points at 52-49, but the Vikings countered with a 12-4 run, capped by Nikitas’ three-point play, for a 64-53 edge with 5:25 left.

The Foresters immediately came back to cut the lead to 66-61 on Andrew Toth’s 3-pointer with 4:12 remaining. DePouw then hit a driving layup and Max Burgess buried a 3-pointer and Lawrence led 71-61 with 2:20 left.

The Vikings then made 11-of-12 free throws in the final 1:30 to seal the victory.

Lawrence wraps up its season on Saturday when it travels to Grinnell College.

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Winter takes another title, LU women finish fourth

GRINNELL, Iowa — Taylor Winter captured her second title of the Midwest Conference Championships on Sunday to lead the Lawrence University women’s swim team to a fourth-place finish.

Winter won the 1,650-yard freestyle in dominating fashion with a winning effort of 17:40.75. Second-place finisher Jalyn Marks of Grinnell College was 25 seconds behind Winter, who also won the 500 freestyle on Friday.

The Lawrence women finished with 413 points, which was just short of third place. Grinnell won the title with 894 points.

It took a meet record to beat Lawrence’s Emily Flack in the 200 backstroke. Flack swam to second in a time of 2:08.15, but Lake Forest College’s Emily Bowens won the race in a record time of 2:06.57.  Lawrence also got a pair of fourth-place finishes as Hayley Cardinal took fourth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:28.58 and Paige Witter was fourth in the 200 butterfly in 2:15.10.

The 400 freestyle relay team of Flack, Witter, Winter and Hannah Gabriel was fifth in 3:40.65.

On the men’s side, Charlie Mann was the day’s top finisher as he grabbed seventh in the 100 freestyle in 47.85. The Lawrence men were sixth with 216 points. Lake Forest won the title with 944 points.

Results

Cardinal takes title at MWC Championships

GRINNELL, Iowa — Hayley Cardinal won the title in the 100-yard breaststroke on Saturday to lead the Lawrence University swim teams at the Midwest Conference Championships.

Cardinal swam to victory in the event in a time of 1:07.09 as she edged Lake Forest College’s Lauren Dalecky, who was second in 1:07.33.

Hannah Gabriel and Taylor Winter were the other top finishers for the Lawrence women as they took third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 freestyle. Gabriel was third in 1:57.20 and Winter was fourth in 1:57.46.

The women’s 800 freestyle relay team of Paige Witter, Emily Flack, Winter and Gabriel grabbed second in 7:56.61.

The Lawrence women are tied for third place with Carroll University with 289 points.

On the men’s side, the top finisher was the 200 medley relay team of Josh Ladwig, Stephen Salansky, Evan Flack and Charlie Mann. They took sixth in 1:40.99. The top individual finisher on the day was Mann, who grabbed eighth in the 100 backstroke in 55.05 seconds.

The Lawrence men are in sixth place in the team standings with 159 points.

Results

Lawrence clips Edgewood 7-2

OSHKOSH, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team picked up its first win of the season with a 7-2 nonconference victory over Edgewood College on Saturday at the YMCA Tennis Center.

Lawrence (1-2) started the day by sweeping the three doubles matches. Jeremy Andereck and Brian DeCorte won 8-6 at No. 1 and David Jumes and Sam Wiener won 8-1 at No. 2. The Vikings won by default at No. 3 doubles.

Lawrence then picked up wins at Nos. 3 through 6 singles as Jumes, Kasprzyk, Wiener and Adam Busch were all victorious.

Lawrence University 7, Edgewood College 2

 Singles competition
1. Papenthien, Austin (EC) def. Brian DeCorte (LU) 6-2, 7-5
2. Lagman, Patrick (EC) def. Jeremy Andereck (LU) 6-3, 6-1
3. David Jumes (LU) def. Davenport, Brian (EC) 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 1-0 (10-2)
4. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) def. Hadjiev, Alex (EC) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7)
5. Sam Wiener (LU) def. Wanta, Michael (EC) 6-2, 6-2
6. Adam Busch (LU) def. No player (EC), by default

 Doubles competition
1. Jeremy Andereck/Brian DeCorte (LU) def. Lagman, Patrick/Papenthien, Austin (EC) 8-6
2. David Jumes/Sam Wiener (LU) def. Davenport, Brian/Wanta, Michael (EC) 8-1
3. Adam Busch/Ethan Perushek (LU) def. Hadjiev, Alex/No player (EC), by default

Match Notes:
Edgewood College 0-7
Lawrence University 1-2
T-2:30  A-25