2008 Woodie Awards
Sports shorts
Alexander Weck
Issue date: 11/4/05 Section: Sports
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Cross country static at conference championships
The women's and men's cross country teams turned in team performances identical to those of last year last weekend at the Midwest Conference Championships in Grinnell, Iowa. The women turned in their third straight second-place performance while the men maintained their stranglehold atop the lower half of the conference at sixth.
Different from last year, however, were the compositions of team scores. Joy Manweiler headed up the women's squad with a 10th-place finish, 15 spots up from her finish of last year. Colleen Detjens followed in 11th.
Every male finisher improved on his placement of last year. Phil Keith and David Quinlan led the squad with 20th and 21st place finishes, respectively.
The team heads to NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championships this weekend to round out their season.
Soccer improves seed
Although they already knew their season would continue into the November postseason, the men's soccer team improved its seeding to the No. 2 position. This will be a new postseason outlook to the Vikings, who have come in fourth each of the past two years and lost to St. Norbert in the semifinals both times.
With an exciting 90th-minute goal from sophomore Joe Sluhoski, Lawrence downed Beloit 1-0 last Saturday. Matt Wolin recorded 4 saves in his fourth shutout of the year. The 3 points from the win jettisoned the team into second place in the final standings.
After a wacky season of incongruence in the Midwest Conference, the Vikes will end up playing Ripon in the semifinals of the MWC tournament held this weekend at St. Norbert College. LU stomped the Red Hawks 4-0 at home earlier this year despite not playing their best ball. But with the dynamics of the conference this year, the squad will have to be at their best in order to make it to their first ever playoff title match.
If they win, Lawrence will play the winner of the St. Norbert-Lake Forest match. The Vikes played at 1:30 p.m. Friday, with the potential final falling at noon on Saturday. Both games take place at the Minahan Sports Complex in De Pere.
The women's and men's cross country teams turned in team performances identical to those of last year last weekend at the Midwest Conference Championships in Grinnell, Iowa. The women turned in their third straight second-place performance while the men maintained their stranglehold atop the lower half of the conference at sixth.
Different from last year, however, were the compositions of team scores. Joy Manweiler headed up the women's squad with a 10th-place finish, 15 spots up from her finish of last year. Colleen Detjens followed in 11th.
Every male finisher improved on his placement of last year. Phil Keith and David Quinlan led the squad with 20th and 21st place finishes, respectively.
The team heads to NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championships this weekend to round out their season.
Soccer improves seed
Although they already knew their season would continue into the November postseason, the men's soccer team improved its seeding to the No. 2 position. This will be a new postseason outlook to the Vikings, who have come in fourth each of the past two years and lost to St. Norbert in the semifinals both times.
With an exciting 90th-minute goal from sophomore Joe Sluhoski, Lawrence downed Beloit 1-0 last Saturday. Matt Wolin recorded 4 saves in his fourth shutout of the year. The 3 points from the win jettisoned the team into second place in the final standings.
After a wacky season of incongruence in the Midwest Conference, the Vikes will end up playing Ripon in the semifinals of the MWC tournament held this weekend at St. Norbert College. LU stomped the Red Hawks 4-0 at home earlier this year despite not playing their best ball. But with the dynamics of the conference this year, the squad will have to be at their best in order to make it to their first ever playoff title match.
If they win, Lawrence will play the winner of the St. Norbert-Lake Forest match. The Vikes played at 1:30 p.m. Friday, with the potential final falling at noon on Saturday. Both games take place at the Minahan Sports Complex in De Pere.