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Men's soccer wins third straight game

 

By Graeme Port
SPORTS EDITOR

After two extremely impressive away
wins last weekend against Indiana Wesleyan
(RV) andBethel College (#19), theMen’s Soccer
team (#29) continued theirgood run ofform on
Saturday afternoon as they comfortably defeated
Lawrence Tech 370 at StuartField.

The Hawks started the better of the
two teams and took a deservedlead in the 25th

minute, when Philippine international Robert
Rixer rose gloriously in the penaltybox to bullet
home a famous header from a Graeme Port
cross.

TheHawks continued to press for the
remainder ofthe firsthalfi but a combination of
good goalkeeping and poor finishing saw the
score stay at 10 going into the halftime break.

The team came out in the second half
determined to put the game beyond Lawrence

Tech and in the 56th minute the Hawks added
to their lead. Graeme Port picked the ball up
on the left wing and after beating the Lawrence
Tech defender he crossed the ball across the
face ofthe goal, where Ciaran KholirLynch was
on hand to fire into the back ofthe net for the
Hawks second.

The home team still had time to pick
up a third goal before the game was done, with
Liam Barrett nodding his own rebound off the

crossbar into the back ofthe net forhis second
goal in as many games.

With the 30 win the Hawks improve
their overall season record to 37271 with just
two outrofrconference games left on the team’s
schedule.

The team will be in action again this
Tuesday evening at Stuart Field when they face
Ashford University, whose team si ranked 22nd
in the nation. Kickroff is at 7 pm.

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Volleyball drops two games

By Kayla Heller
STAFF WRITER

The Illinois Tech Women’s Volleyball
team suffered two tough losses last week,
bringing them down to a 171 conference record
and a 5710 overall record.

The Lady Hawks lost their first
conference game last Tuesday, falling to Robert
Morris in a threergame match. Illinois Tech
was never able to find a rhythm in their play
and dropped the games 19725, 21725, 22725.
Sophomore Kate Kendall led theHawks with 12
kills in the game while freshman Shea Manley
chipped in 8 kills ofher own.

The Hawks turned right around and
played their second game the next day against
Davenport University. The Hawks took the first
game 2523 and it looked like they had turned

their luck around. Unfortunately, Davenport
wasn’t ready to give up and they ended up
coming back to win the next three games (187
25, 7725, 18725), resulting in another loss for
the Hawks. Kendall had a doublerdouble for
the Hawks, contributing 13 kills and 12 digs.
Freshman Taylor Duman and Senior Kayla
Heller each added 8 kills while Iunior Rebecca
Bograd tossed out 31 assists in the match.

The team is looking to turn things
around this week as the girls bring their
game back home for 3 straight matches. The
Volleyball team plays on Tuesday (September
20), Thursday (September 22) and Friday
(September 23) against SaintXavier University,
Cardinal Stritch University andLawrence Tech,
respectively. Each game starts at 7 pm. in
Keating Sport Center. Be sure to come out and
cheer your Hawks on for three more wins!

Photo by Kayla Heller