Last weekend, the men’s and women’s soccer teams had their annual senior night, a game and day devoted to honoring the seniors and all that they have done through their athletic career for their programs. This article features five seniors who were asked a variety of questions ranging from simple ones, like how many years…
Lawrence languishes in loss to Lake Forest
Lawrence’s football woes continued this week, as Lake Forest beat them in the Banta Bowl 42-14. This marks the seventh loss of the year for the Vikings, and the seventh loss in a consecutive string since week 1. The team’s biggest issues this week mirrored the problems they had seen in earlier games: a lack…
Vikings fall to UWSP in opener
The Lawrence men’s hockey team began the season this Oct. 26, opening with an exhibition match against the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers. An unfortunate first match to have, as the Pointers did not lose a single game in the 2018-19 season (29-0-2), winning a sixth national championship in the process. Lawrence University was unable…
Coach’s Corner: Jocelyn Kleiber
Kelli Quick: Why are you interested in being the women’s hockey head coach? Where and how did your interest for hockey start? Did you used to play yourself? Coach Kleiber: Becoming the women’s hockey coach here at Lawrence was a very intriguing position to me because of the professional goals I have for myself. I…
Athlete of the Week: Joe Kortenhof
Kelli Quick: You recently received All-Midwest Region honors with an impressive grade-point average of 3.87. How do you balance your school work with being a D3 athlete? Do you think being a D3 athlete has helped you be successful in the classroom? If so, how? Joe Kortenhof: It’s definitely difficult at times to balance school…
Turnovers cost Vikings vs. Macalester
Trouble continued for the Vikings this week in the Banta Bowl where the Macalester Scots came away with a 16-6 win. The score did not get away from Lawrence until the very end of the fourth quarter, and in most cases, Lawrence outplayed Macalester. Offensively, the Vikings averaged 6 yards a play to the Scots’…
Kortenhof triumphant at Gene Davis Invitational
This year’s Gene Davis Invitational was characterized by its muddy track and brutally cold winds, but Lawrence’s cross country teams were still able to put up some impressive results. For the women’s cross-country competition, the team registered a sixth place team finish and a point total of 173, and Viking Leah Hawksford placed seventh individually,…
Alumni Spotlight: Mike Spofford
In an interview at Lambeau Field I, Luther Abel, had the chance to sit down with Lawrence Alum Mike Spofford, the Senior Writer for Packers.com. During the course of the interview, we discussed Mr. Spofford’s time at Lawrence, his career and his myriad experiences working for the Green Bay Packers. Luther Abel: How did you…
Fencing Flames the competition at LU Open
The Vikings fencing team was well-represented in the rankings in last weekend’s competition in their only home match of the season. Senior Jakub Nowak won the mixed epee title for the men while juniors Vinzenz Mayer and Cameron Maas tied for third. Fencing’s first-year Vikes had a blazing start to their season, with freshmen Timothy…
Football demoralized at home
The fourth game of the Lawrence football season ended in crushing defeat as the team fell to Illinois College, 55-10. Troubles began early for the Vikings, as the opposing Blueboys jumped to an early lead with 20 points in the first quarter. Their offensive unit took advantage of a rainy day, going to a ground-and-pound…