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Women's soccer still searching for first win

By Headtett Bickenon
STAFF WRITER

The start of the 2012 season has been
rather frustrattng for the Scarlet Hawks
Along wtth ntggltng tnturtes, a small roster
ofgtrls has led to the team defendtng durtng
all the games wtth no real attacktng threat
The transluon to NCAA Dlvmon I”
was always gotng to cause a hardblow to the
current teams style and tntent Desptte a few
good stgntngs wtth newcomers Adrtanna
Maron , a forward from Elmwood Rark, lL,
t<rtsten Earrett , a mldfielder from Orland
Rark,tLandAna Salgadoramldfield transfer
from Morton College, the team has fatled to
make thetr markand get awtn on the record

Volleyball pushes through pre-season,

By Cimn Knhli-Lync'h
snows EDITOR

After a busy preseason whtch saw the
tntrodudton of three freshmen to the squad,
the women’s volleyball team started playtng
once agatn on the 23rd ofAugust Defenstve
spectaltsts Chelsea Eadtola and Adrtane

The first game ofthe season was on the
road at Grace College The Scarlet Hawks
controlled the possesston but could not
capttaltze on thetr ltmtted opportuntttes
Grace tallted a goal on a corner ktck and
converted a controverstal penalty ktck tn the
first halfto make 11270, and then later added
another two goals before Verontca Torres
(So) found the back ofthe net to make the
finalscote Art

For thetr home opener, llltnots Tech
faced the tndtana tnstttute of Technology
Despttebattltngback fiemanearlylrfldeficlt,
the Hawks conceded a goal wtth only 50
seconds rematntng on the clock Once agatn,
VerontcaTorres contrtbuted agreat solo effort
In the 75111 minute to Us the game, but a lax
ettort tn the defence allowed tndtanaTech to

Waltherhave totned the roster from Clenbrook
and North College Rreparatory Htgh School
respecttvely, whtle outstde httter Eltzabeth
Woltman has Jolncdfrom Creen an Southwest
“1 Wlswnsm

Coach Jacqui Catt, along wtth her newly
appotntedasststant, andtercarlct Hawk, Kayla
Hellerwtll belooktngto make a genutnetmpact
tn the CCACpostrscasol-ttournament thts year
wtth a strong roster ftll ofetcpertenced players

cltnch a late wtnnet Desptte the 271 loss to
theWarnors, the score could havebeen much
dttrerenttfsentorAmyArnhart hadn’t made
some spectacular stops tn the Hawks net

On September 2nd, the womens soccer
team held vtsttors St Marys college to a 070
tte after 110 mtnutes Unfortunately for the
vocal Crowds that turned out to watch the
match tn the pourtng ratn, ttWas not avery
enthtalltng encounter Each team struggled
to create notable chances and possesston was
lost eastly on numerous occastons

Next on the schedule Was a trtp to
Phoenix, Athere the gttls were deltghted
after a full day oftatn permttted the weather
to cool down sltghtly The Hawks ktcked
offthetr trtp agatnstArtzona chrtsttan and
desptte strong tntenhons, the effortwas not

there as poorconcenuahon caused the Hawks
to conttnually concede possesston

The team then headed on the road to
Rrescott, Artzona where they would face
Embry thdle Aeronauttcal Untverstty Thts
happened to be a good game for the Hawks,
thhbettercommuntcahon andbettershape
Unfortunately, the ladtes conceded once
agatn on set plays and the game finlshed as
a 370 loss The ttT stde finally had a decent
amount ofchances on goal, so tn ttme, a wtn
wtll come

The Lady Hawks next home games
are on Wednesday the 19th of September
vs Taylor College and then Holy Cross on
September 22nd for Homecomtng/Sentor
day, and thetr first conference game Come
out and support the gtrlsl

prepares for post-tournament season

Theteam currentlyhasa 429 record, after
a few recent dtfftcult away matches agatnst
nattonally tanked programs The season
commenced wtth a dtsappotnttng 3o loss to
Davenport Untverstty on August 23rd Thts
was followed dtrectly by an tmpresstve dtsplay
at the llltnots Tech chkofftoumamcnt, where
theteamwon 3 ofthetra matches agatnsttrtcky
opposttton

A run oflosses followed, but 2 recent

vtctortes agatnst the Untverstty othndsor
and Rochester Untverstty at the Julte Marttn
lnvttattonal tn Mtchtgan have butlt some
momentum around the team gotng tnto a long
run of conference matches

The gttls next play Cardtnal Strttch at home
on the 13th of September, starttng at 7 p m
Ee sure to come down and support the team
as they battle to compete tn thts year’s CCAC
Tournament

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Barclay’s Premier League: Chelsea winning, Manchester defending title

By Nathan McMahon
TECHNEWS WRITER

After the ftrst three weeks of games,
Chelsea stts atop of the Earclays Rremter
Leaguewtth ntne potnts and looks ltke aforoe
to be reckoned wtth after stgntng Eelgtan
prodtgy Eden Hazard from Ltlle over the
summer

Tttle defenders, Manchester Ctty, are
placed tn second wtth seven potnts After
gotng AWOL last season, Argenttnean
forward Carlos Tevezhas comebackstrongly
wtth three goals and an asstst Marto Ealotellt,
wtth hisevefrchanglngMohawkmasalsobeen
performtng well for Ctty after performtng
for ttaly over the summer tn the European
Champtonshtps Ctty has hadsome dramattc

hntshes already tn a 372 comeback wtn tn
Week One over Rremter League newcomers,
Southampton

Lastyears newbtes, Swansea Ctty, have
made a strong start thts season, thanks tn
part to the goalscortng of Spantard Mtchu
who has four goals tn three games However,
The Swans lost a key defender tn Netl Taylor
who broke hts ankle tn thetr zez draw wtth
Sunderland tn Week Three and has been
declared outeofeactton for the season

Southampton ts the only team wtth no
potns through the hrstthreeweeks, although
they have come agontztngly close tn matches
agatnst Manchester Untted and Manchester
Ctty Jotntng them tn the relegatton zone are
Queens Rark Rangers and Ltverpool, each
wtth one potnt from ntne Ltverpool fans

everywhere are tn agony over thetr poor
performances at thestartofthtsseason One
ofthe fewbrtghtspots for the struggltng stde
hasbeen the playofthe l7yearrold Raheem
Sterltng Also, after a htghly crtttctzed
campatgn last year for Ltverpool, Andy
Carroll has stgned a full season loan to West
Ham Untted, performtngwellso far
Tottenham Hotspur ts another club
struggltng under new management Andres
VlllasrBoas has taken the retns at Whtte
Hart Lane, and ts looktng for redemptton
after betng sacked by Chelsea late last year
He wtll be looktng to Inject creattvtty tnto
hts mldfield followtng the transfer of Luca
Modrtc to last year’s La Ltga champtons,
Real Madrtd Unfortunately, he was not able
to stgn Amertcan attacktng mldfielder Cltnt

Dempsey on the last day of the transfer
wtndow

The btggest transfer story of the
summer was undoubtedly Robert van
Rerstes controverstal move from Arsenal to
Manchester Untted Havtng spent the best
part ofhts career at the Gunners, the Dutch
forward has set about attempttng to Justtfy
hts $38M move to Untted lntttal tmpresstons
wouldsuggesthe ts able to do Just that, wtth
four goals tn three matches for last years
runners up

Eollowtng an tnternattonal break last
weekend, The Rremter League wtll be back
tn actton next Saturday wtth Southampton
looktng to earn thetr ftrst potnts agatnst
Arsenal and Chelsea factng up agatnst a
struggltng Queens Rark Rangers