This Week in the Forest: Jan. 6-12

Photos by Tianna Beilke and Emma Varsbergs
Photos by Tianna Beilke and Emma Varsbergs

The first full week of 2020 includes home events for men's and women's basketball on Wednesday, men's hockey on Friday and Saturday, and men's handball on Saturday.

Women's hockey will travel north for non-conference action, the basketball teams south to continue Midwest Conference play, and swimming and diving east for a high-level quadrangular this weekend.

To view all Lake Forest College athletic contests in daily or monthly calendar format, click here.

Wednesday, January 8

5:30 p.m. - Men's Basketball - Lake Forest College (5-6, 2-2 MWC) vs. Beloit College (3-8, 1-3 MWC)
Where: Lake Forest College Sports & Recreation Center
Lake Forest's Last Game: Lost 70-68 at Cornell College on Saturday, January 4
Beloit's Last Game: Lost 70-60 at Monmouth College on Saturday, January 4
All-Time Series: Beloit leads 95-57
Last Meeting: Lake Forest won 98-70 at home on February 2, 2019
Noteworthy: Lake Forest has taken the last 10 meetings with the Bucanners by a margin of nearly 14 points per game.
Live: Video | Stats

7:30 p.m. - Women's Basketball - Lake Forest College (4-7, 1-3 MWC) vs. Beloit College (2-9, 0-4 MWC)
Where: Lake Forest College Sports & Recreation Center
Lake Forest's Last Game: Lost 70-50 at Cornell College on Saturday, January 4
Beloit's Last Game: Lost 76-52 at Monmouth College on Saturday, January 4
All-Time Series: Lake Forest leads 47-22
Last Meeting: Lake Forest won 87-65 at home on February 2, 2019
Noteworthy: The Foresters have won their last five home games against the Buccaneers.
Live: Video | Stats

Friday, January 10

7:00 p.m. - Men's Hockey - Lake Forest College (11-2-1, 8-1-0 NCHA) vs. Finlandia University (3-9-2, 1-7-2 NCHA)
Where: Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
Lake Forest's Last Games: Won 4-2 and 4-1 at Trine University last weekend
Finlandia's Last Games: Lost 3-1 and 9-2 at Concordia University Wisconsin last weekend
All-Time Series: Lake Forest leads 16-2-0
Last Meeting: Lake Forest won 3-2 in overtime at Finlandia on January 5, 2019
Noteworthy: Teams from the South Division of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association are 22-12-2 this season against those from the North.
Live: Video | Stats

7:00 p.m. - Women's Hockey - Lake Forest College (5-6-1, 3-2-1 NCHA) at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (10-2-1, 3-0-0 WIAC)
Where: Hobbs Ice Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Lake Forest's Last Games: Won 4-3 over Bethel University and lost 3-2 at Hamline University last weekend
Eau Claire's Last Games: Won 3-0 and 4-3 over Concordia College-Moorhead at home December 13-14
All-Time Series: Lake Forest leads 21-16-7
Last Meeting: The Foresters won the series opener 3-1 and Eau Claire took game two 2-1 in Lake Forest January 11-12, 2019
Noteworthy: Of the first 44 meetings between these two teams, 21 were decided by one goal or less.
Live: Video | Stats

Saturday, January 11

9:00 a.m. - Handball - Lake Forest College Men's Invitational Singles
Where: Lake Forest College Sports & Recreation Center
Lake Forest's Last Event: Milwaukee Classic and USHA Women's Classic December 5-8
Noteworthy: Forester alumni and other area players will come to campus for informal conpetition.

1:00 p.m. (ET) - Swimming & Diving - Lake Forest College at Illinois-Michigan Quadrangular (Hope College)
Where: Holland Aquatic Center in Holland, Michigan
Lake Forest's Last Meet: Non-scoring dual at Soka University on Sunday, January 5
Last Year: Hosted by Wheaton College, the Hope women and Wheaton men finished first while both Forester teams were fourth
Noteworthy: Lake Forest, Wheaton, Hope, and Kalamazoo College have been competing in a quadrangular every year since the late 1990s.

2:00 p.m. - Women's Hockey - Lake Forest College (5-6-1, 3-2-1 NCHA)* at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (10-2-1, 3-0-0 WIAC)*
Where: Hobbs Ice Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Lake Forest's Last Game: at Eau Claire on Friday, January 10
Eau Claire's Last Game: vs. Lake Forest at home on Friday, January 10
All-Time Series: Lake Forest leads 21-16-7*
Last Meeting: at Eau Claire on January 10, 2020
Noteworthy: Eau Claire entered the weekend as the sixth-ranked team in the nation.
Live: Video | Stats

3:00 p.m. - Men's Basketball - Lake Forest College (5-6, 2-2 MWC)* at Knox College (4-7, 0-4 MWC)*
Where: Memorial Gymnasium in Galesburg, Illinois
Lake Forest's Last Game: vs. Beloit College on Wednesday, January 8
Knox's Last Game: vs. Cornell College on Wednesday, January 8
All-Time Series: Lake Forest leads 58-32
Last Meeting: Lake Forest won 82-62 at Knox on January 26, 2019
Noteworthy: The Foresters have won eight in a row over the Prairie Fire and their last loss at Knox was in 2008.
Live: Video

4:00 p.m. - Men's Hockey - Lake Forest College (11-2-1, 8-1-0 NCHA)* vs. Finlandia University (3-9-2, 1-7-2 NCHA)*
Where: Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
Lake Forest's Last Game: vs. Finlandia at home on Friday, January 10
Finlandia's Last Game: at Lake Forest on Friday, January 10
All-Time Series: Lake Forest leads 16-2-0*
Last Meeting: at Lake Forest on January 10, 2020
Noteworthy: The Foresters entered the series as the 11th-ranked team in the nation and 9-0 all-time against the Lions at home.
Live: Video | Stats

5:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball - Lake Forest College (4-7, 1-3 MWC)* at Knox College (8-3, 3-1 MWC)*
Where: Memorial Gymnasium in Galesburg, Illinois
Lake Forest's Last Game: vs. Beloit College on Wednesday, January 8
Knox's Last Game: vs. Cornell College on Wednesday, January 8
All-Time Series: Lake Forest leads 42-11
Last Meeting: Knox won 74-53 at home on January 26, 2019
Noteworthy: The teams split the 2018-19 season series with both games decided by at least 21 points.
Live: Video

 

* As of the start of the week (team will have competed again prior to this contest)