Lakers go 2-1 in ACHA D2 Showcase

The Grand Valley State University men’s Division II club hockey team moved to 6-1 over the weekend at the ACHA Division II Showcase at the Mentor Civic Ice Arena in Mentor, Ohio.

GVSU got things going offensively on Friday with a 7-2 victory over North Dakota State University. Nick Schultz supplied the game-winning goal for the Lakers by roofing home a backhanded shot in the second period.

The Lakers stayed hot on Saturday against the University of Utah. GVSU’s Michael Bishop had two goals in the game, while Tyler Stoller, Nick Heinrich and Matt Smartt also found the back of the net in the 5-2 win.

GVSU dropped its first game of the 2014 campaign on Sunday, however, in a 3-2 loss to Arizona State University.

Laker men win again at Jayhawk Invite

The No. 2 Grand Valley State University men’s cross country team followed up its first-place effort at the Notre Dame Invitational with another victory on Friday in the 2014 Jayhawk Invitational at Muskegon Community College.

GVSU finished with 20 points to win the event, even though many of its upperclassmen were given the day off to rest. Redshirt sophomore Joe Cecil led the way for the Lakers with a second-place performance (25:30.99).

Cecil was one of four Lakers to finish in the top 10. Redshirt freshman Josh Steible took third (25:36.49), redshirt sophomore David Powell crossed seventh (25:46.50) and junior Greg Madendorp came away in 10th place (26:06.04).

The Lakers return to action Saturday in the 2014 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Brooks Invitational.