TOURNAMENT REPORT
Preview
The Pirates' first annual tournament features a solid six-team
field that will get things started on Saturday afternoon and culminates with a
championship round on Saturday night.
Schedule
Saturday
Palatine 9 Prospect 2
STC North 11 Wheeling 8
LWE 9 Prospect 7
Bremen 10 Wheeling 7
Palatine 9 LWE 5
Bremen 7 STC North 6
Championship round
Wheeling 5 Prospect 4 (5th)
STC North 11 LWE 8 (3rd)
Bremen 4 Palatine 3 (1st)
Game Recaps
Palatine 9 Prospect 2
Caroline Wojtas recorded 5 goals and Tess O'Brien made 14 saves as the
Pirates opened their own event with a 9-2 victory over Prospect.
Mathilde Mogensen added 2 goals while both Caitlin McHugh and Kristin
Anderson scored once in the win. Ann Fulk and Gracie Dix each scored
once while Lauren Broz blocked 12 shots in the loss for the Knights.
STC North 11 Wheeling 8
Katie Difiglio netted 6 goals, Monica Guyett scored 3 times and Katie
Quinn tallied 2 scores in the North Stars' 11-8 win over Wheeling.
Claire Rich made 5 saves in the winning effort. Theresa Godlewski scored
6 times and Argelia Diaz scored 2 goals in the loss for the Wildcats.
Elizabeth Wargo stopped 8 shots in the loss for the Wildcats.
Lincoln-Way East 9 Prospect 7
Zoe Spada converted a late penalty shot and added an insurance goal in
the final minute while Abby Olivieri also scored a key fourth quarter
goal to lead the Griffins past Prospect 9-7. Spada, Nicole McCabe and
Teresa Digiovanni each scored 2 goals while Brennah Hasty stopped 6
shots in the win. Olivieri, Keara Flaherty and Julia Esparza also scored
once in the win. Niki Neumann totaled 4 goals, Gracie Dix scored 3 times
and Lauren Broz made 13 saves in the loss for the Knights.
Bremen 10 Wheeling 7
Jillian Schultz recorded 4 goals, Brittany Lira tallied 3 scores and
Gretchen Behrens scored 2 times as the Red Jaguars outlasted Wheeling
10-7. Theresa Godlewski recorded 5 goals and both Julianna Isayeva and
Jenna Pink each scored once in the loss. Elizabeth Wargo also made 7
saves in the loss.
Palatine 9 Lincoln-Way East 5
Caroline Wojtas poured in 8 goals and Tess O'Brien made 10 saves and
allowed one goal as Palatine beat LWE 9-5. Kristen Anderson also scored
once in the win. Teresa Digiovanni scored 2 goals and the trio of Abby
Olivieri, Nicole McCabe and Zoe Spada each scored once in the losing
effort.
Bremen 7 STC North 6
Jillian Schultz and Leah Wood each recorded 3 goals to help the Red
Jaguars edge STC North 7-6 to move on to the event's title game. Ashley
Siedschlag added one score and Adriana Muniz made 5 saves in the win.
Katie Difiglio netted 4 goals and Katie Quinn scored 2 times in the loss
for the North Stars.
Wheeling 5 Prospect 4
Theresa Godlewski recorded 4 goals, Julianna Isayeva netted one goal and
Jenna Pink blocked 7 shots in the Wildcats' 5-4 win over Prospect.
Lauren Broz made 8 saves while Ann Fulk, Gracie Dix, Niki Neumann and
Michelle Vuong each tallied one goal in the losing effort.
STC North 11 Lincoln-Way East 8
Katie Quinn tallied 3 scores and both Brittany Veto and Cassy Hauserman
scored 2 times to help lead the North Stars past LWE 11-8 for third
place at the Palatine Tournament. Keara Flaherty tallied 4 scores and
Nicole McCabe and Zoe Spada each netted 2 goals in the loss.
Bremen 4 Palatine 3
Brittany Lira, Elizabeth Minnich, Gretchen Behrens and Leah Wood each
scored one goal as Bremen beat Palatine 4-3 to win the event. Caroline
Wojtas, Kristin Anderson and Mathilde Mogensen each scored one goal
while Tess O'Brien made 14 saves in the loss.
Minnich connected on the game-winning goal late in the fourth quarter
almost immediately after the Pirates had tied the game on Mogensen's
goal in order to secure the win for the Red Jaguars.
Event Standings
Bremen (3-0)
Palatine (2-1)
STC North (2-1)
LWE (1-2)
Wheeling (1-2)
Prospect (0-3)
Top Scorers
Theresa Godlewski (Wheeling) - 15
Caroline Wojtas (Palatine) - 14
Katie Difiglio (STC North) - 11
Jillian Schultz (Bremen) - 7
Katie Quinn (STC North) - 7
Top Goalkeepers