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Ryder Cup comes to Chicago

By Ciaran Kohli-Lynch
SPORTS EDITOR

Golf fever has been sweeping across
Chicago for weeks now in anticipation of one
of the sport’s most prestigious events The
biennial Ryder Cup, which sees Europe’s elite
golfers battle it out against their American
counterparts, will be coming to Illinois’
illustrious Medinah Country Club this
weekend

Dating back to 1927, the competition
began as an exhibition tournament between
British and American golfers, Samuel Ryder,
an English seed merchant and amateur golfer,
provided a gold trophy and £5 to each member

of the winning team,

The format of the competition has
changed verylittle from the original tournament
hosted in St Albans, England Three different
types of match play competitions between
opposing players are held throughout the
weekend, This means that points are awarded
on a holeebyehole basis This is notable because
stroke play, which awards points based on the
cumulative number of shots over 18 holes,
is more commonly used in major golfing
tournaments,

Eight foursome matches over the
weekend will see two golfers from each team
play alternately on the same ball, The team
with the fewest shots taken to putt the ball at
each hole wins apoint, Another eight fourball

matches will be held, inwhich two players from
each team will face off, but each teammate
plays their own ball, Each hole is won by the
team whose individual golfer has the lowest
score, Finally, there will be twelve singles
matches, where one golfer from each team will
play standard match play over 18 holes
After a period of US domination of
the competition following World War II,
Great Britain was permitted to join forces
with countries from Central Europe in 1979,
The tournament has become much more
competitive since then, with the United States
and Great Britain/ C entral Europe each having
won the cup 38 times,
Teams are selected based on prize
money garnered in previous seasons by

competitors in all professional competitions
Europe also add two captain’s picks to their
squad, while the States’ captain is allowed to
select a further four players for their team,
The current holders of the trophy,

Europe will be looking to World Number
One and PGA Tour Champion Rory McIlroy
to inspire the team, while an ineform Tiger
Woods will hope to lead his team to victory
in Medinahr

In any case, this is one of professional
golf’s most exciting and aweeinspiring
events, and if you have spare time on Sunday
afternoon, I strongly suggest tuning in as the
tournament comes to what is expected to be a
tight and tense finish,

Men's soccer recognizes senior players in game against Holy Cross

By Liam Barrett
TECHNEWS WRITER

IIT men’s soccer team suffered a 170
defeat to Davenport University last Tuesday in
Michigan Davenport started much brighter in
the first half, forcing senior goalkeeper Casey
Krapfl into action on a number of occasions

The Scarlet Hawks struggled
to get into any sort of rhythm, and def
spite registering four shots on the Dave
enport goal were somewhat fortunate to
find themselves at 00 going into half time,

Within three minutes of the sec,
ond half, Davenport was rewarded for their
offensive efforts when they converted a close

range opportunity into a direct ball through
the Scarlet Hawks’ defense, As the clock ran
down, IIT started to gain more possession of
the ball and showed glimpses of what they are
capable of, but it was all too little and too late as
the home side ran out as the deserving victors,

Next up for the men’s team was the
mucheanticipated first conference game of
the season, which saw IIT host Holy Cross on
their Homecoming/Senior Night, IIT needed
redemption after their poor showing midweek,
and they definitely showed great character to
overcome adversity by winning 32 in overtime,
in what was an incredibly actionepacked eventI

IIT began the game well, looking
to apply high pressure on the Holy Cross def

Premier League Review:

5th week brings stellar performances

By Nathan McMahon
TECHNEWS WRITER

The Premier League began its fifth
week of matches, with stellar performance
by Everton, in a 370 win over Swansea.
Swansea has now suffered their second loss
after a strong start to the campaign. Everton
saw goals from Victor Anichebe, Kevin
Mirallas, and Marouane Fellaini. Swansea
suffered a huge loss losing Nathan Dyer to a
second yellow card shortly after becoming a
substitution in the 45th minute. Everton now
sits at second place with ten points, while
Swansea has dropped to 9th with 7 points.

League leader Chelsea narrowly escaped
a draw with Stoke City, taking all three

points after a late game goal by Ashley Cole.
Stoke had the better of the chances, but
Cole was able to capitalize on his chance
to keep his side on top of the table. Stoke
has now dropped to thirteenth place, with
four points, in this still young campaign.
Southampton claimed their first three points
of the campaign after a decisive 41 Victory
overAston Villa. The goals for Southampton
came from Nathaniel Clyne, Ciaran Clark,
and two from Rickie Lambert, while the lone
goal for Aston Villa came from Darren Bent.
Aston Villa is now sitting with four points
and Southampton has climbed out of the
bottom three and looks to build on the win.

Fellow newlyepromoted side Reading
continues its struggles, losing a close match
to West Brom 170. West Brom’s goal came

fense, However, it was the visitors that took
the lead by a looping header 25 minutes in,
The score stayed like this going into the half,
with IIT unable to create any clearecut chances
despite having the majority of possession

HT started the second half in much
more determined fashion as they began to test
the visiting goalkeeper more, and it looked as
though the equalizing goal would soon be on
its way The spectators had to wait until the
last minute of regulation time for the goal to
come when defender Nordine Amlaiky pushed
forward in the final seconds and struck a stun,
ning shot into the bottom corner, leaving the
opposing goalkeeper no chance to block it,

This last gasp strike noticeably lifted
the spirits of the Scarlet Hawks, and it seemed

from Belgian youngster Romelu Lukaku.
West Brom now sits just outside the top three,
but Reading remains at the very bottom of
the table. Sunderland was not able to hold
onto a 10 lead. They saw Kevin Nolan for
West Ham bring the match to a draw in the
third minute of stoppage time at the end of
the match. The Sunderland goal came from
Steven Fletcher, who now has four goals in
three matches.

Fulham pulled off a 271 victory over
Wigan Athletic. Arouna Kone scoredthe goal
for Wigan, while the goals for Fulham came
from Damien Duff as well as Hugo Rodallega
with his first goal for the club.

Robin van Persie continued his goal,
scoring streak with a controversial penalty
to beat Liverpool 271.

evident going into overtime that if either team
were going to win this game, it would be the
home side, With just three minutes left of the
first period of overtime, senior Liam Barrett
was brought down by a last ditch tackle, which
the referee immediately judged to be a foul
and he pointed straight to the penalty spotI

Barrett picked himself up to convert
the penalty and secure the win in what was an
extremely hard fought win for the Hawks, This
was a fitting end to a night that applauded senior
players Iohn Connor, David Wilkinson, Ciaran
KohliELynch, Casey Krapfl and Liam Barrett
for their efforts during their time on the team,

Next up for the men is a tough
away fixture to rivals Judson on Tuesday,
which is followed by Roosevelt Univere
sity at home next Saturday, so make sure
you stop by to cheer on your Scarlet Hawksl

Steven Gerrard broke his scoring
slump with an absolute firecracker of a
volley, after Liverpool had been reduced
to ten men in the first half. United’s other
goal came from Rafael, it helped them rise
to second place in the league with twelve
points. Liverpool continues is dreadful streak
of results as they remain in the bottom three
with two points.

Elsewhere, Demba Ba’s goal propelled
Newcastle to a 170 win over Norwich City.
Norwich now has three points and are in the
relegation zone.

The results to the Manchester City
vs. Arsenal and the Tottenham vs. Queens
Park Rangers matches were unavailable at
press time.

‘Roller coaster ride' gives volleyball first conference win

By Roma Mirutenko
TECHNEWS WRITER

This week was an emotional roller coaster
for the Scarlet Hawks Women’s Volleyball
team. It started off with a heartbreaking
loss to the Trinity International University
Trojans. Tech came in strong and ready to
play; Captains Rebecca Bograd and Kate
Kendall were ready to earn a conference
win, but were shocked when the underdogs
took it away from them. The Trojans senior

Rebecca Campbell finished the match with 9
kills while junior Allison Boggs provided 26
assists. Kendall finished with a team high of
16 kills, sophomore Taylor Duman finished
with 8 kills and senior Mariska finished
with 7.

To pick themselves up from a
devastating loss, Tech threw themselves back
into the gym at 6:00 am. for two days to prove
to themselves, and to their coaches , Iacqui
Gatt and Kayla Heller , that they were the
most hard working team in their conference.
This drive to win carried over to their match

on Thursday against Iudson University, which
they won 3 72. This match was a turning point
for the Scarlet Hawks in terms of conference
play. In this match senior setter Bograd played
smart, running the middles forcing Iudson
to try to defend against the diverse offense
being run by Tech. Iunior libero Brittany
Mead finished with a match high of 20 digs.

After this win, Tech went on to play
on Saturday against St. Ambrose University.
They were coming off their 10 ss against Trinity
International. Tech’s mindset was to play
hard, like they had on Thursday night, and to

keep running a diverse offense. When it came
to game time, Tech took the first game 2523,
but fell short the next three. St. Ambrose was
able to push the Scarlet Hawks defense into
overdrive by spreading their hitters across the
net. Tech was able to fight back at times, but
even with balls being picked up, the offense
was not able to terminate against this great
blocking and digging team.

This coming week, Illinois Tech
plays Roosevelt University at Keating Gym,
at 7:00 pm as well as St. Xavier University on
Thursday.