The Viking volleyball team had three matches this week against Mount Mary College, Marian University and Dominican University. Tuesday, September 30 the Vikings faced Mount Mary in a non-conference match-up. The Vikings came out looking for their first win of the season.
I think the only Wisconsinites who were happy this weekend were bar and liquor-store owners. Friday I was in the VR enjoying the telecast of back-to-back baseball games, and Professor Dave Hall took a seat next to me to discuss life and sports. In preparation for the Wisconsin game against Ohio State Saturday night, we talked about the Badgers and the difficulty of playing Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State all in one year -- let alone in consecutive weeks.
The Lawrence University men's soccer team put their undefeated record to the test this past Saturday against Carroll College and came up a bit short. The Pioneers were picked in the pre-season to win the conference and the Vikings knew that the game wouldn't be easy.
The Lawrence University football team was unable to put an entire game of quality football together this past Saturday as the Vikings lost 28-16 to the Illinois College Blueboys. The Vikings hung tough in the first half, as they have for each of the past three games, but were not able to continue the fine play after the halftime break.
On a rainy day in Waukesha, the Vikings took the pitch looking to come out of their match against Carroll University 3-1 in conference. The Carroll women's soccer program is the defending Midwest Conference champion, and they were determined to keep their conference winning streak alive.
What was your favorite preseason moment? My favorite soccer moment of preseason was definitely when we beat Beloit. Not only was it our first conference game, but it was a game Lawrence hasn't won in the last 3 years. I wanted to win this game for our seniors more than anything, and, well, we succeeded.
What has been your biggest accomplishment this season? My biggest accomplishment has to be the fact that I am being consistent with my scores and with that, giving the team a chance to be in the hunt every tournament. Although the scores are not as low as I would have liked, those will come soon, and the fact that the team knows I can consistently put up a good score can take pressure off of the others so they can also shoot well.
Sports Trivia 1. 1945 was the first year that the NFL had an official team on the West Coast 2. Michael Schumacher won the 1994 FIA Formula One world championship 3. Sweden won the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics 4. "King James" was the nickname for Lebron James in 2005 5.
Support The Vikes! Upcoming Events: Thursday, October 9 Women's Tennis versus Ripon at LU 4:00pm Friday, October 10 Volleyball at UW-Oshkosh 3:00pm, 5:15pm Saturday, October 11 Volleyball at UW-Oshkosh 12:15pm, 2:30pm Men's Soccer at Knox College 1