Men’s Basketball: Lake Forest College jumps back into first place

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Updated: March 10, 2012 8:26AM

The Lake Forest College men’s basketball team jumped back into sole possession of first place in the Midwest Conference standings by posting 66-58 overtime victory at Lawrence University Friday night and a 69-57 triumph at Carroll University on Saturday.

Travis Clark led the visitors with 24 points, nine rebounds, and six assists on Friday. Nate Bateman recorded a double-double with a dozen points and 11 boards on Saturday.

Lake Forest College (18-2, 14-1 MWC) will look to set a new single-season program record for victories on the road against Monmouth College at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Women’s basketball

Lake Forest College started the month of February with a 79-37 rout of host Lawrence University on Friday and a 71-68 overtime win at Carroll University on Saturday.

Danielle Canulli scored 33 points combined, including 15 points on free throws. Liz Radtke recorded her first career double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds on Saturday.

The Foresters (10-9, 9-6 MWC) will go on the road in an attempt to even their season series with Monmouth College at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Women’s hockey

The Foresters scored just three goals in two games, but still earned three points in the league standings by tying visiting College of St. Scholastica 2-2 Saturday night and winning 1-0 on Sunday.

Goaltender Stacey Dierking stopped 50 of 52 shots on goal combined. Jessica Dare scored one of the team’s three goals and assisted on the other two.

Lake Forest College (12-6-2, 11-4-1 NCHA) remained in third place in the league standings and will host Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 2 p.m., both Saturday and Sunday.

Men’s hockey

Lake Forest College was outscored 3-0 in the final period — twice — and fell 4-1 and 5-3 to visiting Adrian College, the nation’s 10th-ranked team, in back-to-back battles.

Bobby Barrett netted his first collegiate goal on Friday; Saturday’s goals were scored by Anthony Martinez, Ben Finney and Luke Swardenski.

The Foresters will play a home-and-home series with Milwaukee School of Engineering. The teams will face off in Lake Forest at 7 p.m. Friday and in Milwaukee at the same time on Saturday.

Swimming

The Foresters women’s team defeated visiting Illinois Institute of Technology 121-31, and the LFC men’s team won 138-91 on Saturday.

Amy Finn, Zach Wenner, Becky Shaak and Meghan Mason each won a pair of events for the women’s squad. Divers Christina Pekar and Samantha Gardner posted NCAA Division III National Meet-qualifying marks off the 1-meter board, and Pekar also won the 3-meter competition.

Lake Forest College will compete in the Midwest Conference Championships at Lawrence University Feb. 17-19.