Hunter Lanton is a sophomore goalkeeper from Dix Hills, New York. Lanton is a key player on the men’s soccer team. In just this season alone, he has already saved over 50 shots on goal and took home his first Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week award. Kelli Quick: Coming off a four-game winning…
Volleyball steals one from Carroll
Photo by Sebastian Evans. This past weekend, the Vikings played against Carroll College. The first set was neck-and-neck with Carroll winning by only 2 points. We dropped off in the second set and then rallied our way back in the third. The final score was three to one, with Carroll sealing the game in the…
Annual Lawrence University golf outing
The Lawrence University golf outing takes place every year and this year it will occur June 13-14. The golf outing is an event that creates an opportunity for the athletics department to gather alumni, parents, community supporters and friends to have one day devoted to enhancing and advancing Lawrence athletics. It’s a fundraiser and an…
Ultimate frisbee: Creating future leaders
The ultimate frisbee club, the LU Frisbee Association, requires its members to combine the skills of precision and athleticism in order to be successful. Every member of the team has joined for their own personal reasons. Junior team caption Hannah Goodrich said, “I started playing ultimate my sophomore year of high school, and I instantly…
Viking invitational resulted in multiple successes
This past weekend on May 4, the Viking’s track and field team hosted their only home invitational of the season, and they came to compete and get better in preparation for conference. Because this is the only home meet of the season, it also served as the team’s senior day. The team honored six seniors…
Men’s tennis clinches second going into the conference tournament
This past weekend, the men’s tennis team competed in a conference tournament that lasted Friday, Apr. 26, through Sunday, Apr. 28. On Friday, the Vikings played against both Lake Forest and Grinnell College. Their first game, played against Lake Forest, was a successful match as they won 6-2. Unfortunately, their later match against Grinnell College…
Men’s tennis clinches second going into the conference tournament
The men’s tennis team picked up yet another conference win this past weekend. The Vikings dominated the match, winning 7-2 by not only monopolizing singles, but also doubles matches. Junior Cade Francour managed to have two shutouts during both of his singles matches. “My source of motivation has always been to perform well for the…
Men’s tennis team takes win over Lake Forest
The men’s tennis team played against Lake Forest this past Sunday. This meet came down to the doubles matches, which is where the Vikings took the lead, outplayed Lake Forest and took the win. Two players in particular had a big hand in this: juniors Andrea Arivella and Aiden Delgado. Delgado commented, “Our biggest accomplishment…
Baseball played with heart, but came up just short
Senior Andrew Lauber hit a grand slam in the third inning of their opening game against St. Norbert. The Vikings’ men’s baseball team traveled to St. Norbert College (SNC) this past weekend. Unfortunately, the Vikings were not able to pull out a win, but they battled through all four games. Sophomore first basemen Nick Pastrone…
Softball starts conference play off with some big bats
Even in a “feels like” of 22 degrees, the Vikings will play! Both the softball and baseball teams had to re-work their schedule due to weather, which usually would throw off a person’s game, but not for Lawrence’s softball team! When Appleton’s weather so kindly blessed them with cold weather, they rose to the occasion…