Tony Ferguson wins seventh straight

Grand Valley State alumni and current UFC fighter Tony Ferguson (21-3) defeated Edson Barboza (16-3) via submission in the second round at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on Dec. 11. Ferguson put Barboza in a head lock and followed with a D’arce choke, which forced Barboza to tap out.

The win gives Ferguson his seventh straight victory. The fight was the finale of “The Ultimate Fighter” 22. Ferguson won “The Ultimate Fighter” 13 in 2011.

Kevin Lee falls at UFC 194

Former Grand Valley State men’s club wrestling member Kevin Lee lost to Leonardo Santos at UFC 194 on Dec. 12. Lee was knocked out at 3:26 of the first round, taking a loss that was largely considered to be an upset.

Lee now sports an 11-2 career record in the UFC. In the main event, Conor McGregor knocked out challenger Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds.

Laker football bids goodbye to 10 seniors

The Grand Valley State football team will lose 10 seniors before the 2016 season rolls around. Matt Judon, Jamie Potts, Kirk Spencer, Brad Horling, Jim Walsh, Justice Wright, Ben Hutchins, Christian Harris, Brandon Revenberg and Derek DeLuca have all played their last game in Laker blue.

Judon, Potts, Spencer, Horling, Walsh and Revenberg were all major parts of GVSU’s attack this season, as Wright, Hutchins and DeLuca contributed as role players. Judon is widely regarded as an NFL prospect, and Potts will likely return to somewhere within the Texas Rangers organization to continue playing professional baseball.

Club sailing says pożegnanie to sailor

Grand Valley State’s sailing club says pożegnanie, polish for “farewell,” to exchange student Ewelina Maniak, who is returning to Poland at the end of the semester. The club is coming off a year in which it competed at two of the most prestigious college regattas.

The Lakers took part in the Great Lakes International Offshore Regatta (GLIOR) from Sept. 25-27 in Chicago, as well as the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta in Larchmont, New York, from Oct. 9-11.

Women’s club softball stays in top five

The Grand Valley State women’s softball club was ranked No. 5 in the National Club Softball Association’s (NSCA) December poll, after being ranked No. 5 in the November polls. The Lakers accrued 159 total points, with one first-place vote.

Rounding out the top four were James Madison at No. 1, Arkansas State at No. 2, Illinois at No. 3 and Florida at No. 4. The Lakers finished the fall season at 17-2, and will pick things back up in the spring. GVSU is scheduled to host Michigan on April 3.