Saturday’s a Rugby Day

Saturday’s a Rugby Day

The Lake Forest College men’s and women’s club rugby teams headed to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) hosted by Northern Illinois University in Sleepy Hollow, Illinois on Saturday, April 11. The tournament included more than 20 men’s and women’s collegiate and club rugby teams from around the area, including Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana. The women started out the day against the Fox Valley Vixens, a women’s club team from St. Charles, Illinois. Lake Forest dominated…

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Lake Forest College Appoints Dan Andrews as New Head Men’s Soccer Coach

Lake Forest College Appoints Dan Andrews as New Head Men’s Soccer Coach

Dan Andrews has been confirmed as the new men’s soccer coach. The news was announced February 27 by Lake Forest College Director of Athletics Jackie Slaats, on the Forester athletic website. Andrews, an assistant with the men’s soccer team in 2014, will take over for Chris Bergmann, who recently left the College to become the head women’s soccer coach at the Virginia Military Institute. “This is the best option that the school chose,” said team…

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Student Athletes Respond to Athletic Department Budget Concerns

Student Athletes Respond to Athletic Department Budget Concerns

The ultimate goal is to graduate with a degree. However, with the four years students are given, it is also an opportunity to write a chapter in one’s life with experiences defined by more than just academic components. College athletics are a necessary component of the college experience. Whether you are an athlete on the field or a student cheering feverishly in the stands, college athletics manages to unite campuses through their unrelenting pride for…

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The Twelfth Man on the Men’s Soccer Team

The Twelfth Man on the Men’s Soccer Team

The Lake Forest College men’s soccer team adopted seven-year-old, Highland Park native, Jonathan Lucas Barragan in June 2014. Jonathan goes by his middle name Lucas. Lucas was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome two weeks before his second birthday. He was in need of a life-saving kidney transplant with a type-O blood match. “Coach Bergmann [past men’s soccer coach]wanted to give back to the community. Lucas was not able to go to school for a while, making it…

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Men’s Swim and Dive Captures 2nd Consecutive Championship, Women Finish 2nd

Men’s Swim and Dive Captures 2nd Consecutive Championship, Women Finish 2nd

The Lake Forest College men and women’s swimming and diving team closed out their season at the Midwest Conference Championship, hosted at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, on February 13th-15th. The men battled for first place, earning their second championship title in a row, while the women placed second for the third straight year. “We competed hard, and we really overcame some adversity,” said head coach Vadim Tashlitsky, who was awarded the Men’s Coach of the…

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Division I Handball Team Brings Home Three National Titles

Division I Handball Team Brings Home Three National Titles

The Lake Forest College handball team won all three national championship titles, Division I Men’s, Division I Women’s, and Division I Combined, at the United States Handball Association National Collegiate Championships in Portland, Oregon on the weekend of February 21st. Coach Michael Dau ’58, a graduate of Lake Forest College, has led the handball team to the national championship every year since he began coaching at the College. Senior captains Laffey and Craghead credited the win to…

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