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Women's soccer succeeds to quarter finals

By Graeme Port
SPORTS WRITER

The womens soccer team concluded
therr regular league season thrs past weekwrth
a comfortable 370 mrdweek away wrn over
Holy Cross Colleger before a drsapporntrng4e1
home defeat on Saturday agarnst the number
16 team rn the natlonr Judson Unlverslty

The Hawks traveled to face Holy
Cross on Tuesday on the back of a four game
wrnnrng streak and It was the vlsltors that
started the brlghter ofthe two teams

In Just the 6th mrnute of play Nore
wegran super strrker MarrtTundal danced past

the home teams defense before she unleashed
an unstoppable drrve rnto the bottom corner of
the net to put the Hawks one up

The vrsrtors doubled therr lead rn
the 12th mrnute when wrnger Veronrca Torres
, who must have been rnsprred by her fellow
countrymanr the Fllleaustranarlan legend that
rs Robert Rurer , cut rnsrde from the left wrng
before rocketrng a Rureresque strrke past the
home keeper to make the score 270

The deadly duo ofTorres andTundal
Were at It agaln In the 39th mlnuter Wlth the
fleeteofefoot Torres tearrng past several dee
fenders before provrdrng the Norwegran goal
machrne wrth a delrghtful cross that Tundal
smashed rnto the back of the net to grab her

second and the Hawks thrrd goal ofthe game

The goal proved to be the final tally
of the day as the Hawks crursed through the
second halfof the match to record a comfort
able 3eOwln

On Saturday the Hawks faced a
far tougher task as they welcomed the 16th
ranked team rn the natlonr ludson Unrversrty
to Stuart Fleld

The vrsrtors grabbed the games first
goal rn the 16th minute through ]enna Stefe
fensenr and added to therr lead Just three min
utes laterr through Angela Blanchl

The Hawks Norwegran tallsmanr
Tundalr got the home team backrnto the game
rn the 35th minute when she snrped a 20 yard

bullet rust under the crossbar to record her
team leadrng 10th goal ofthe year

The Hawks pressed for the equallze
rng goal rn the second half but rt was ludson
who grabbed the games next goal rn the 67th
mlnuter through Blanchlr before the ludson
strrker recorded her hatetrlckln the 89th mlnr
uter makIng the final score 471 to the vlsltors
Wlth the wrn and the loss thrs past week the
Hawks finrsh the regular league season rn fifth
place rn the CCAC

The ladres wrll play the fourth
placed team , Robert Morrrs who the Hawks
beat 10 durrng the regular season , away rn
the quarterfinals of the CCAC playoffs thrs
comrng Saturday

 

Men’s soccer earn spot in conference

By Ciaran Kohli-Lynch
STAFF WRITER

The mens soccer teams regular cone
ference season drew to a close on Saturday
wrth an rmpressrve vrctory agarnst local rrvals
ludson College The Hawks have been busy
lately wrth a run offour fixtures rn two weeks

Flrst up was Trrnrty Internatronal
Unlverslty The team battled well throughout
the match securrng a 2r1vlctoryln the 76th
mrnute through a John Connor header after
Llam Barrett had equallzed the game five min
utes earlrer by latchrng on to a Graeme Port
freeeklck

Next on the Hawks schedule was
a home match agarnst conference strugglers
Calumet Llam Barrett gave the Hawks an early
lead four mrnutes lnr curlrng an unstoppable
drrve past the opposrtron goalkeeper

Graeme Portr Gurlherme Nunes
Robert Rlxerr and Barrett agarn would also add
to the Hawks tally before Calumet clawed back
some hope wrth a goal on the halfhour mark

Rlxel’s goal was of course the prck
of the bunch The Hawks talrsmanrc wrnger
drd superbly well to lose hrs man rn the box

and crash home a thunderous header wrth the
force ofa thousand Rawasakrs

The Hawks 51 lead gave Coach
Davrd Strother the opportunrty to grve some
of hrs younger players and perrpheral figures
lrke veteran mrdfielder Craran KohlleLynCh a
chance to get some mrnutes on the park

KohlleLynCh went on to score one
goal and rf rt had not been for some frankly
preposterous ofrsrde calls by the llnesmanr
would most certarnly have scored a hatetrlck

Graeme Port would go on to score
one more goal for the Hawks before a late ree
surgence by Calumet ended the game at 7,4

Thrrd on the schedule was Holy
Cross Unlverslty In only the 5th mlnuter
Graeme Port struck home from 10 yards after
some great burld up play by Llam Barrett and
Robert Rurer

Flfieen mrnutes later the scorelrne
was doubled wrth Rurer once agarn rnvolved
The Filipino magrcran latched onto a Graeme
Port through ball before berng felled cynrcally
by the Sarnts goalkeeper

Rurer brushed the drrt ofrhrs famous
body and stepped up to fire home the resultrng
penalty krck The Hawks most famous player

managed to score one more goal before half
trme to grve the vlsltors a 30 lead gorng rnto
the break

After halfetlmer Craran KohlleLynchr
recently voted most handsome player rn the
NAIA rn the coaches pollr added a fourth for
the Hawks

Ten mrnutes laterr Holy Cross were
able to score a consolatron goal through strrker
Lurs Delgado before Robert Rurerwrapped up
the most famous ofhatrtrlcks In the 78th mlnr
ute wrth a low left foot drrve

The game stats allegedly attrrbuted
thrs goal to Robert thchleeSmlth whrch was a
complete mrscarrrage ofrustrce

Thrs reporterr lrke many others feels
that thrs could only possrbly be part ofa smear
campargn by the thlrpprnes mostbrtter rrvals
Tarwan

Last up was ludson College Over
the last few years the Hawks have developed a
fierce rrvalry wrth the ludson Eagles

Wlth the ambltlon t0 malntaln a
good run ofform and secure a home tre for the
first round ofplayofrs by finrshrng thrrd rn the
regular season league table the team set about
therr busrness from the start

Robert thchleeSmlth shook the
crossbar wrth a terrrfic volley mrnutes rnto the
match and thrs was followed moments later by
the openrng goal ofthe game

Llam Barrett was on hand to prod
home after the ludson goalkeeper parrred a
Graeme Port strlke

ludson rallred rn the second half
and equalized rn the 55th mrnute Therr lead
was shortellved however as substrtute Craran
KohlleLynCh was on hand to score the wrnner
20 mlnutes from tlmer afier Llam Barrett had
watched hrs efrort bounce back off the woode
work

These four wrns have secured the
Hawks thrrd place rn the conference and a
place rn thrs seasons playofrs

As senror mrdfield playmaker Gulle
herme Nunes remarked after Saturdays vlce
tory

“To beat ludson rs so wonderful and
magrcal and 1 am really happy 1 am proud of
the effort of my teammates Everyone out on
the prtch rs fightrng for each other 1feel lrke
we are part ofa brg famrly and 1 love them all
Hopefully thrs camaraderre wrll propel us rnto
a successful run rn the playoffs»

 

Olympian Aaron Peirsol visits with Illinois Tech swim team

By Melanie Koto
STAFF WRITER

Last week the Illlnols
Tech Swrm team had a very specral practrce
wrth a vrsrt from a US olymprc Swrmmer Aare
on Pelrsolr a sevenetlme olymprc medalrst and
world recordeholder tooka day to fly to Chlcae
go and vrsrtwrth the team helprng out at prace
trces to provrde technlque and race trps and
also enroyrng a lunch rn our very own Prltzker
Club wrth the senror members of the team

The vrsrt was one of a krnd for the
members of the team who started therr meet
seasononFrlday“Havlnganlndlvldualpractlce
wrthAaron Pelrsol rs lrkeadream for any back
strokerf sard senror backstrokerr CarlosTeJero
“And thrs experience certarnly was for mel»

Freshman freestylerr Nrcolette Lewrs
also enyoyed the experience “It was one ofthe
coolest thrngs 1 have ever done? sard Lewrs

"‘He had a lot ofgreat advrce» The vrsrt was a
oncern a lrfe trme chance for mostofthe swlmr
mers as well as a great learnrng experience for
meets Now rn thelr competrtrve season the
team had two meets thrs past weekend Frle
day evenrng was the 3rd annual breast cancer
awareness meet agarnstNorth Central College
On Saturday the teams traveled to Unlverslty
ofChrcago to compete agarnst the Maroons

The first event ofthe meet the 2007
yard medley relay saw the Womens team take
5th place overall (senrors Andrea Zunlgar lue
lra Duarter runror Armee Dewante and senror
Melanie Koto) with a tlme of20165r while
the Mens team took 3rd (sophomore Mlchael
Bodzay runror Erlc Grundenr sophomore Fee
lrpe Bergh and senror Max Rammrnger) wrth
a tlme of 1 41 (ill and the team oflunlor Mate
thew Rosenfeld freshman Bllly Bafiar Dan
Sommerfeld and Matt o>Rourke took 5th

In the Womens 200yard freestyler

Dewante took5th overall (2 07 52) and on the
Mens srde sophomore Yonl Pruzansky took
2nd(15233)r senlor Tomasz Cholnackl took
5th (157 71) Bafia took 6th (158 75) Koto
and Zunrga placed 3rd and 4th rn the Womens
SOeyard freestyle (27 37 and 28 25) and rn the
Mens50yardfreestylerRammrngerplaced2nd
wrth a 22 08 and senror Dylan Maus took 5th
wrtha23 47 Senror Morgan Curran placed4th
overall rn the Womens 200yard IM (2 25 69)
whrle Duarte placed 6th wrth a 23468

Bodzay and Rergh went oneetwo
for the Hawks rn the Mens eventr poste
rng trmes of 20125 and 20375 respece
trvely In the 1007yard freestyler Koto took
4th (10026) and freshman Nrcolette Lewrs
finlshed 5th (11720)r whlle on the MEWS
srde Rammrnger took 1st (48 49) Grunden
took 5th (5084) and Maus took 6th (5235)

Zunrga placed 4th rn the Womens
100yard backstroke wrth a trme of 10770
and Bodzay took 1st for the Meris team wlth
a tlme of 5625 Rosenfeld placed 4th In
the event finrshrng wrth a trme of 10057

In the SOOeyard freestyler Curran
took 4th for the Womens team (549 96) and
sophomore Abby Maze took 5th (5 52 75)
whlle Bergh took 2nd for the Meris team
(50519) Pruzansky took 5th (51639) and
freshman Igor Grynrv took 6th (54761)

Duartetook4thrntheWomens100
yard breaststroke wrth a 114 55 and Grunden
took 2nd rn the Menswrth a103 94r whrle Bar
fia took 4th (105 04) and O>Rourke took 5th
(10971) The last event of the day the MEWS
200yard free relay of Grynlvr Maus Pruzane
sky and Cholnackl took 3rd wrth a 13594

The team has two more meets
thrs weekend Frlday at Lewrs Unrversrty
rn Romeovlller and Frlday at home agarnst
Robert Moms for the ladles team so Come
out to the pool Saturday to cheer them onl

 

Photo llyMelum'e Km

 

Volleyball win, lose

By Kayla Heller
STAFF WRITER

The Illlnols Tech womens
volleyball team played two conference games
thrs past week resultrng rn one wrn and one
loss for the conference record

The ladres played ludson Unrversrty
on Tuesday nlghtr recordrng a wrn rn a close
five games set 25'12125'22123'25117'25115'
13

Sophomore Kate Kendall led the
Hawks wrth 23 krlls and 13 drgs whrle r
setter Rebecca Bograd dlshed out49 set asslsts
Sophomore Brlttany Mead also chrpped rn 24

unlor

drgs rn the match

The Hawks then took on St Rrane
crs Unlverslty on Thursday rn the Hawks last
home game ofthe season

It was a battle but the Hawks ended
up dropprng the game rn a four set match 12,
251 25'191 22'251 21725 Kendall and senlor
Kayla Heller led the Hawks wrth 10 krlls and
two servrce aces aplecer whrle Rograd had 32
set asslsts

The Hawks wrll
Unlverslty Tuesday November 1 rn therr final
game of the regular season

take on Roosevelt