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FEATURE ARTICLE
Week 6
Girls
Tournament Report
By Aaron Brown
There was a wide variety of tournament action this weekend, with Stevenson
playing host to four Michigan teams, NC visiting the Great Lakes State,
and much, much more. Let's take a look at what happened over the past few
days in tournament play:
Jenison Tournament
Naperville Central improved to
20-0 after winning all four games at the Jenison Tournament in Michigan
over the weekend. The Redhawks earned a 15-1 title game win over
Hudsonville on Saturday evening to close out their tournament effort.
Playing with three of Michigan's top ten teams (#6 Pioneer, #8 Jenison, #9
East Kentwood), the Redhawks allowed just eight goals in four games to
earn their second straight Jenison Tournament title. They also earned wins
over East Kentwood, West Ottawa, and Zeeland.
St Ignatius
Tournament
The Vikings and Wolfpack both
went 3-0 in the preliminary round of the St Ignatius Tournament to advance to
Saturday's title game. H-F beat Loyola, Marian, and Waubonsie Valley at the
event, while the hosts downed GBN, Lyons, and New Trier to earn the chance to
win their own tournament. The Vikings prevailed for the second time this season
over the hosts 8-6 to close out the tournament.
Loyola knocked off Lyons 11-7 in
the third place game, New Trier edged Marian 10-8 for fifth place, and Waubonsie
won the seventh place game over GBN 10-3.
Latin Tournament
Hinsdale Central edged Northside in overtime and also beat the hosts and
their rivals Hinsdale South to claim the Latin Tournament on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Hornets won their other two games to finish in second
place; Latin held off NSP
9-8 to finish the event in third place.
Stevenson Tournament
Okemos outlasted both Fenwick and Stevenson in overtime to end the
Stevenson Tournament with a 4-0 record over the weekend. Overall, the four
Michigan teams finished with a 9-7 record against Fenwick, McAuley,
Mundelein, and the hosts.
Stevenson posted the best record of the Illinois teams, finishing the
event with a 3-1 mark. Fenwick and McAuley both ended up with 2-2 records,
while Mundelein went 0-4. Karen Lowry led all scorers from Illinois with
13 goals, while teammate Cheyenne Montijo added 11 goals for the Patriots.
Jackie Knightly led the Mighty Macs with 8 goals, Cara Borkovec scored 6
times to lead Fenwick, and Karrie Kozokar recorded 8 goals in the
four-game set for Mundelein.
St Viator Tournament
Meg Dix put in 10 goals in wins over Lockport and Resurrection and
Danijela Jackovich totaled 6 goals in LWC's victories over BG and St
Viator as the two schools advanced to the title game of the St Viator
Tournament on Saturday. In the final game, Dix scored 8 goals and Jessica
Cavaiani added 5 scores to lead the Knights to a 14-7 victory over LWC to
claim the tournament title. Jackovich scored 5 goals in the loss for the
other Knights. Dix led all scorers at the event with 25 goals, while
Jackovich poured in 18 goals at the two-day event.
Meanwhile, St Viator beat Lockport 6-1 in the third place game, as
Margaret Stefanowski registered 3 goals and Eileen Mallof added 2 scores
in the win. Mallof totaled 9 goals and Melanie Battaglia added 7 scores in
the two-day event to lead the Lions.
Vernon Hills Tournament
Jessica Southern and Katie Varga combined to score 11 goals and Lucie
Banahan made 27 saves as Conant beat Hoffman, Maine West, and the hosts to
claim the VH Tournament on Saturday. The Cougars earned an 8-6 comeback
win over the hosts to grab the title, as Barbara Rose tied the game at 6-6
and Andie Cobb and Varga each scored in the final period to seal the win.
Vernon Hills ended their own event in second place, beating Hoffman 7-4
and Maine West 14-4.
Anna Lebiedzinski led the
Cougars with 8 goals and Dana Andrea totaled 5 scores and 17 steals on
Saturday, while goalie Gena Lopez recorded 26 saves.
York Tournament
Emma Ryan made 24 saves and Taylor Bridgman scored 8 goals to help lead
Naperville North to the York Tournament title after the Huskies beat the
hosts 17-9 in the title game. The winners lost their tournament opener in
overtime to Andrew on Friday, but defeated Bremen 4-3 to advance to the
final game. Audrey Chien scored 7 times and Megan Nerud put in 5 scores
over the weekend for the tourney winners.
Bremen outlasted Barrington to win the third place game, while Andrew
finished the tournament with a 2-1 record after beating R-B 11-1 in the
fifth place game.
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