Senior Adam McDonald (above) and junior Kyle Deux (below) prepare for their game. Photos by Victor Nguyen. After a tough stretch of conference games, the Lawrence University baseball team took a break from Midwest Conference opponents and faced off against Lakeland University (11-20). The home game for the Vikings was originally scheduled to be a…
Last week’s games: baseball and softball recaps
Freshman Ethan Jones waits for the pitch. Photo by Sarah Grubbe. With April coming to a close, Lawrence’s baseball and softball teams are wrapping up the regular season and preparing for the final few games of the year. Both teams have been busy, playing a total of 10 games in the last week alone. Both…
Captains Corner: Brandon Klar & Travis Weber (Baseball)
Photo courtesy to Brandon Klar. This week I sat down with two baseball captains, junior Travis Weber and senior Brandon Klar, to discuss the ending of their season as well as the upcoming seasons. Fellow junior Kyle Deux was unable to join us. Arianna Cohen: With only three seniors, your team is quite young.…
Sports in photos
Freshman Brad Olson throws a pitch. Freshman standout Emilia Jackson winds up for a pitch. Photos by Sarah Grubbe.
Viking of the week: Brandon Klar (Baseball)
This week I was able to talk with senior baseball player Brandon Klar. Klar is coming off of an impressive spring break performance where he batted .625 over seven games. He was 15-for-24 with a .875 slugging percentage and 3-for-3 on stolen bases which led him to win the Midwest Conference Athlete of the…
Sports in Photos
Senior Marisa Thackston waits for the pitch. Freshman Brad Olson throws a fastball down the middle. Photos by Sarah Grubbe.
Vikings baseball ties Ripon in home opener
The Lawrence University baseball team rallied in the nightcap game to split the Midwest Conference doubleheader with Ripon College last Saturday at Francis field. The Vikings lost the opener 6-4 but triumphed in the next game 7-6. In the second game, freshman Rudy Mueller-Schrader led the team going 3-5, and junior Matt Holliday and freshman…
Sports in photos
Lawrence baseball played St. Norbert on May 2. Photo courtesy of Paul Wilke
Make baseball fun again
Bryce Harper is on a mission. Of course, the reigning National League MVP heads a surging Washington Nationals team that will look to go deep into the playoffs come October. But Harper has his sights set on something perhaps even greater than the Nationals’ first World Series appearance. His mission? Make baseball fun again. It…
Freshman Sportlight: Nolan Spencer (Baseball)
Photo by Emei Thompson This week I sat down with freshman and baseball standout Nolan Spencer. Spencer is the first freshman to lead the team in hitting and at bat .400 since 1990. Spencer also hit a team-high .413 on the season. This week, he was selected for the All-Midwest Conference Team in a vote…
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