Athlete Spotlight

Ean Goldstein ’23 Staff Writer goldsteineh@lakeforest.edu  Year #2 of Lake Forest College varsity lacrosse is well under way, and both the men’s and women’s squads have been playing well as of late. As of April 17, men’s lacrosse is undefeated in conference play, and the women’s team have won 4 out of their last 5 MWLC matchups. Women’s lacrosse is led by junior captain Ali Graham. Graham has scored at least a hat trick in…

Ean Goldstein ’23 Staff Writer goldsteineh@lakeforest.edu The 2022-23 swimming and diving season was a successful one for the Foresters. The men’s team finished 3rd in the Midwest Conference, while the women ended up in 2nd place, only three  points away from a conference championship. This was in large part due to the success of senior Violet Anderson ’23, who, for the second consecutive year, won the 200-yard butterfly event in the Midwest Conference Championships with…

Ean Goldstein ’23 Staff Writer goldsteineh@lakeforest.edu  As the 2022-23 Lake Forest College basketball season draws to a close, so do the careers of several seniors. Perhaps none of whom were more impactful to their team than Katie Neher ’23. Neher finished her senior season averaging a Midwest Conference-high 20.9 points per game. Overall, she finished with 501 points on the season, the 3rd-most in the history of Lake Forest women’s basketball and was finally able…

Ean Goldstein ’23 Staff Writer goldsteineh@lfc.edu Going into their series against the nation’s #3 Division III team, Adrian, the Lake Forest men’s hockey team would need to be at their best. Adrian boasts the highest goal total in the NCHA, so the Foresters knew they’d have to be efficient offensively to keep up. Nobody took that to heart more than senior forward David Cohen. Cohen tallied two assists in a 4-4 tie on January 20,…

Ean Goldstein ’23 Staff Writer goldsteineh@lfc.edu  The 2022-23 handball season got off to a great start for the Foresters, and specifically sophomore Dylan Schmitt. Schmitt won the Illinois Handball Association Joe Ardito Contenders Tournament, the first Forester to do so since 2015. Throughout the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, Schmitt won by a combined score of 90-31, en route to the championship match. Hosted at the Sports and Recreation Center, Schmitt was able to…

Ean Goldstein ’23 Staff Writer  goldsteineh@lfc.edu  After winning the Midwest Conference Tournament, the Lake Forest Men’s Soccer team is headed to its first NCAA Tournament since 2017. The Foresters won two thrilling games on Farwell Field over the weekend to secure the conference championship, including late-game heroics by junior forward Rayan Khalid ’24. In the semifinals against Knox College, Khalid scored his first goal of the season, cutting the Prairie Fire lead to 2-1.  After…