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Lions control their own destiny against Vikings

APPLETON, Wis. — It would be easy to look at the results from their weekend against No. 5 Adrian and figure that the Finlandia Lions women’s hockey team is in dire straits as a program. After all, they set new school and NCAA records with a 19-0 loss on Friday and 122 shots against ...

Lions women’s hockey struggles at Adrian in sweep

Finlandia drops one Saturday ADRIAN, Mich. — The Finlandia University women’s hockey team (0-10 NCHA, 0-19) lost 11-0 to No. 5 Adrian (8-0 NCHA, 16-1), Saturday afternoon at the Arrington Ice Arena. Sophomore Laney Pasemko kept Finlandia in the game for the first 25 minutes, making ...

Bartle named C2C Player of the Week

HANCOCK — Junior Natalie Bartle has been named the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 23. Members of the C2C are Christopher Newport, Finlandia, Mount Mary, Mary Washington, Pratt, Salisbury, California-Santa Cruz and Warren Wilson. This is the first time this season that a Finlandia player, male or female, has been recognized. Bartle had an amazing week in helping the Lions go 2-0. She had a double-double with 30 points and a school record 13 steals in a 106-35 win over Maranatha Baptist on Friday (Jan. 20). The team points ...

Lions men earn split with Vikings

Finlandia sinks the Vikings Saturday HANCOCK – The gamut of emotions was on display as the Finlandia Lions men’s hockey team (2-9 NCHA, 3-14-1) took a hard-fought 6-5 win in overtime over Lawrence (2-9-1 NCHA, 3-14-2), Saturday afternoon at the Houghton County Arena. Lawrence got the first strike at the 3:01 mark. Four minutes later, freshman Owen Schmidt tied the score at 1-1. With 9:06 left in the opening period, freshman James Eng blasted one thru to put Finlandia up 2-1. The Lions controlled the game for the next 32 minutes. A goal by sophomore Max Messier put FinnU up 5-1 ...

Finlandia women earn basketball sweep

Lions knock down Blue Angels HANCOCK — Junior Natalie Bartle and sophomore Maija Rice scored at least 20 points each as the Finlandia University women’s basketball team (7-10) beat Mount Mary (6-13) 80-48, Saturday afternoon at the Paavo Nurmi Center. For the first eight minutes, Finlandia and Mount Mary were trading buckets. The Blue Angels hit a 3-pointer to make it 10-9, Lions at the 3:22 mark. FinnU pushed the lead to 15, 25-10 on a bucket by senior Casana Ryynanen at the 8:41 mark of the second period. MMU went on a 9-2 run to make it 27-19 with 6:12 left. Ryynanen hit a ...

Lions host Vikings with a chance to move up standings

HANCOCK — The Finlandia Lions men’s hockey team dropped a pair of games last weekend to the No. 3 Adrian Bulldogs on the road. This weekend, they return home to face the Lawrence Vikings, a team that sits fifth in the NCHA standings with 26 points on the season. At the same time, the ...