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Quarterfinal #1: St Ignatius 16 Schaumburg 6

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL - St Ignatius had too much firepower for Schaumburg as they earned a 16-6 victory over the Saxons in the first state quarterfinal game on Friday night. Kevin Barth and Mark Alvarado each scored 4 times and Jaime Juarez scored 3 goals in the Wolfpack's win, which moves them into the semifinal round to take on either McHenry or Loyola.

The Wolfpack started the game with a methodical 5-0 run, starting with a goal in the opening minute from Barth and culminating with the first of three goals from Juarez with just under three minutes left in the first period. Randy Carr got the Saxons on the board with a rebound goal, but Alvarado's goal from two-meters out gave Ignatius a 6-1 lead. Carr added his second goal of the period to trim the lead to 6-2 heading into the second quarter.

The teams traded goals to start the period, with Alvarado scoring on the first play of the period and Schaumburg's Mike Gergen scoring a neat goal from the left post early in the quarter. But foul trouble plagued the Saxons' leading scorer, as Gergen picked up his third ejection shortly after his only goal of the game, limiting the options for Schaumburg's offense the rest of the way. Brayden Amendola and Jaurez each scored consecutive goals for the Wolfpack to give head coach Brian Drumm's squad a 9-3 cushion nearing halftime. Saxons' sub Justin Chen scored two straight goals to trim the advantage to 9-5 late in the half, but Alvarado scored before the break to put Ignatius ahead 10-5 at halftime.

The third quarter belonged to the Wolfpack, as they put together a 4-0 run to boost their advantage to 14-5. The teams traded goals early in the fourth quarter before Tom Maloney put the icing on the cake with a shorthanded goal late in the final period.

Amendola and Maloney both added 2 goals for Ignatius, while Paul Bouschlicher also scored one time for the Wolfpack. Carr led Schaumburg with 3 scores, while Chen tallied 2 goals, and Gergen scored once.