TOURNAMENT RECAP

Preview
The Catholic League Tournament starts on Friday with three quarterfinal round games, with the winners joining Fenwick on Saturday morning for the semifinal round. The Friars earned a bye after a perfect MCAC season, but there could be a few surprises in store in an event that saw St Ignatius beat Fenwick in the semifinals before the Wolfpack lost to Mother McAuley in the title game. Who will walk out of this epic event with the highly-coveted Catholic League crown?

Tournament Schedule
Friday

Loyola 24 Marian 10

McAuley 12 St Viator 2

St Ignatius 12 Resurrection 2

Saturday

Fenwick 13 Loyola 7 (Semifinal #1)

St Ignatius 11 McAuley 3 (Semifinal #2)

McAuley 11 Loyola 10 (3rd)

Fenwick 8 St Ignatius 7 (1st)

Saturday's Game Recaps

Fenwick 13 Loyola 7

Colleen Barron scored 6 goals and Catie Wallace netted 4 scores as the Friars beat Loyola 13-7 to move to the title game of the MCAC Tournament. Marta Considine scored 4 times, Alana Dean scored 2 goals, Emily Barr chipped in with one score, and Colleen Ahern stopped 12 shots in the Ramblers' loss.

St Ignatius 11 Mother McAuley 3

Tammy Stelnicki recorded 5 goals to lead St Ignatius to an 11-3 victory over Mother McAuley on Saturday in the Catholic League Tournament semifinals.

Mother McAuley 11 Loyola 10

Fran Williamson drilled a shot from 7m with just over one minute remaining to lift Mother McAuley over Loyola 11-10 in the consolation game of the MCAC Tournament. Clare Bryar registered 5 scores and Williamson scored 4 times in the win for the Mighty Macs. Marta Considine led the Ramblers with 5 goals, Claire Voss netted 4 scores, and Emily Barr tallied one score in the losing effort. Colleen Ahern led the defense with 11 saves.

Fenwick 8 St Ignatius 7

Colleen Barron scored the game-winning goal after collecting her penalty shot attempt that hit the left post to lift Fenwick to an 8-7 victory over St Ignatius that saw the Friars win the MCAC Tournament. The goal finished off a 3-0 run in the closing stages of a tightly-contested Catholic League final, a rally which started when goalie Lexi Buglio made a save and assisted Catie Wallace on a counterattack goal a few minutes earlier. Barron also scored a key goal from 7m to tie the game before providing the additional heroics for the hosts.

The Wolfpack looked like they had control of the contest earlier in the second half, as Tammy Stelnicki converted a penalty shot, Maggie Maloney scored on a lob shot from the left side, and Stelnicki made a perimeter steal and went coast-to-coast to score and give SICP a 7-5 advantage. But the Friars' defense did not allow a goal in the game's final six minutes, which played a key role in their comeback.

Earlier in the game, Maloney put the Wolfpack ahead 1-0, but Wallace responded with 2 straight goals and Barron gave Fenwick a 3-1 advantage late in the opening period. Diana Fernandez got the Wolfpack to within one with a goal at the end of the period, but Wallace quickly responded once again to give Fenwick a 4-2 lead. St Ignatius finished the first half with goals from Fernandez and Stephania Lopez, tying the score at 4-4 at halftime.

Wallace led the Friars with 4 goals, Barron notched 3 scores, and Alexa Ovalle scored a key second half goal. Fernandez, Stelnicki, and Maloney each scored 2 goals and Lopez added one score in the loss for the Wolfpack.