Double-header highlights Saturday festivities

The Battle of the Valleys week between Grand Valley State and Saginaw Valley State rages on this week and will continue through the weekend, especially on Saturday. The AFCA No. 14 Laker football team will be at Lubbers Stadium at 1 p.m. to face the rival Cardinals.

GVSU has won three of the last four meetings against SVSU, including defeating the Cardinals twice in the 2013 campaign. Immediately following the football game, the GVSU men’s basketball team will compete in its home opener of the 2015-16 season, as they will go head-to-head with Quincy University as part of the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge.

The game will be the Lakers’ first true game of the season after falling to the University of Cincinnati and Iowa State in exhibition play.

Lakers earn top seed in Division II bracket

The NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Selection Show took place Monday night, and the Grand Valley State women’s soccer team slotted in as the No. 1 seed in its region. This will allow the Lakers to host the regional play at home in Allendale. The Lakers also received a first-round bye with the No. 1 seed.

GVSU will play Sunday against the winner of the first-round match between Quincy University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. GVSU lost to Quincy in its first match of the season in Illinois, marking the Lakers’ sole loss of the season.

Women’s basketball welcomes recruiting class

Grand Valley State head coach Mike Williams recently announced the signing of five student-athletes to the 2016-17 recruiting class for the GVSU women’s basketball team. Jenn DeBoer (Byron Center, Michigan/Grand Rapids South Christian), Maddie Dailey (Hastings, Michigan), Jenai LaPorte (Bay City, Michigan/John Glenn), Kylie Kubik (LaPorte, Indiana/Hamlet) and Cassidy Boensch (Bay City, Michigan/John Glenn) were all annouced as future Lakers.

The class includes players across all positions on the court. Boesnch, a 6-foot-4-inch center, is the tallest player in the class and will slot in down low for GVSU. Dailey is a 6-foot-1-inch forward who will also see time at the post in the future for GVSU.

DeBoer and Kubik are both guards for their respective high school, and LaPorte is a guard with the ability to move throughout all floor positions.

Club Rugby Defeats Xavier

The Grand Valley State men’s rugby club continued its quest for a national title on Monday as its defeated the Xavier University Musketeers 22-12. The win gives the Lakers a 7-0 record and the Great Lakes Conference Championship.