Jack Guiffre scored four goals and dished out two assists to help the Kenyon men’s lacrosse team shake off a slow start en route to a 14-12 victory at Wittenberg in non-conference play on Saturday, March 20, in Springfield.
Guiffre’s big game earned him North Coast Conference Athlete of the Week honors.
Weston Powell had three goals and three assists, Mike Asuncion added a goal and an assist, and David Metzger stopped 14 shots in goal for the Lords (1-0), who trailed 3-0 before bridging the third and fourth quarters with five consecutive goals to take the lead for good.
Lucas Klever had three goals and three assists, Andrew Ellis added a goal and a pair of helpers, and Paxton Kreger had five saves for the Tigers (0-2).
Concordia 24, MVNU 3
MVNU (3-5) got back-to-back goals by Jason Laasmer and Jaron Summers to pull within 4-3 early in the second quarter, but host Concordia took control from there and ran away with a 24-3 victory on Monday, March 22, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Hunter McCartey and Devin Wolever each tallied seven goals — with McCarty assisting on five others — to lead the Cardinals (4-0), who won the second half, 18-0.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Alexa Skal found the back of the net early and often, scoring five times to lead MVNU to a 6-0 win over West Virginia Tech in non-conference play on Saturday, March 20, in Mount Vernon.
Caitlin Erlandson accounted for the only other goal for the Cougars (9-6).
SOFTBALL
Katelyn Perkins had two hits and drove in a pair of runs to help MVNU salvage a split of a doubleheader against Goshen in Crossroads League play on Saturday, March 20, in Mount Vernon.
Perkins drove in two runs on a single as part of a three-run second inning to stake the Cougars to a 5-0 lead. They held off the Maple Leafs for a 5-4 win in the second game of the twin-bill.
Macee Marcum had a hit and three RBIs in the first game, but MVNU fell, 8-4.
Ladies swept at Case Western Reserve
Kenyon ran into a buzzsaw at Case Western Reserve and got swept in a non-conference doubleheader on Saturday, March 20, in Cleveland.
Claire McMahon was a highlight for the Ladies (0-2) with a 3-for-5 effort on the day. She scored both runs in the second game, a 16-2 loss in five innings.
Sarah Miller clubbed two home runs and drove in seven runs for Case (5-3) in Game 2. Sidney Branham (four innings) and Jenna Jaklich (one inning) combined for a two-hit shutout for the Spartans in Game 1, an 11-0 win in five innings.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
MVNU overcame a late charge by host Aquinas to win in four sets in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play on Saturday, March 20, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Spencer Stanley and Caden Donaldson had 15 kills each, Jaysen Matsumoto and Daniel Skrzypchak had 13 digs apiece, and Matsumoto dished out 38 assists to lead the Cougars (8-8, 4-6) to a 25-18, 25-18, 20-25, 26-24 win.
Skrzypchak’s performance came a game after notching 14 digs in a win over Indiana Tech on March 16. The two-game effort earned him WHAC Defender of the Week.
Julian Armendano had 25 kills, Robert Valerio had 11 kills, Matthew Richmond had 37 assists and Kelsey Yogi had 10 digs to lead the Saints (4-10, 3-7).
BASEBALL
MVNU couldn’t find its offense in a four-game sweep at Taylor over the weekend.
Nick Rusche hit a solo home run in the first inning and it stood up in a 1-0 victory for the Trojans (23-6, 12-0) in the opener on Monday, March 22, in Upland, Indiana.
A six-run third inning by Taylor proved to be too much to overcome in a 9-2 loss in seven innings in the second game.
Camden Knepp’s sacrifice fly ended a 10-inning marathon, and MVNU dropped both ends of a doubleheader at Taylor in Crossroads League play on Saturday, March 20, in Upland, Indiana.
Aaron Saal had three hits and scored twice in the first game, but the Cougars (8-11, 1-11) came up short.
MEN’S SOCCER
Zac Meyers and Ryan Walters scored a little over three minutes apart as MVNU tripped up 14th-ranked West Virginia Tech 2-1 in non-conference play on Saturday, March 20, in Mount Vernon.
Moses Magens assisted on the first goal, which came at the 18:52 mark of the first half. Walters scored what turned out to be the game-winner at 22:13 and Gabriel Burgos made it stand with five saves in goal for the Cougars (8-4).
Pablo Muniz Rocandio scored for the Golden Bears (9-3) in the 68th minute, but they couldn’t come up with the equalizer.
TRACK AND FIELD
Zach Jenney’s 47.34-meter throw earned him a fourth-place finish in the discus to lead MVNU on Saturday, March 20, at the Miami Ohio Invite in Oxford.
Kyler Dickey (15.38) took seventh in the men’s shotput, and Kasey Keith finished seventh in the women’s shotput (12.74) and seventh in the discus (42.13) for the Cougars.
