Lake County roundup
Girls volleyball
Alex Basler rang up 5 kills and 2 blocks, and Libertyville's girls volleyball team notched its 20th win with a 25-9, 25-14 decision over Wauconda in a North Suburban Conference crossover Wednesday night.
Libertyville (20-4) also received contributions from Liz Apgar (10 assists, 2 kills, 3 digs), Erin Dunleavy (4 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace), Sinead Prentiss (6 assists, 2 digs, 2 aces), Anna Lillydahl (3 kills), Jacqui Widmark (2 kills, 3 blocks), Morgan OBrien (2 assists, 4 aces, 11 digs) and Eryka Jones (8 digs).
Wauconda (18-5) received 6 kills from Sara Sexton and 11 digs from Ashley Anderson.
Warren d. Antioch: The Blue Devils won the North Suburban crossover 25-12, 25-23, overcoming a 20-15 deficit in the second set.
Natalie McNally's kill started the turnaround, coach Julie Filippo said. Peyton Clark then entered the game for McNally to serve, and her ace evened the score at 21-21. Filippo said the ace gave her team back the confidence to finish the game.
Warren's Nicole Berzin set 31 of 31 with 13 assists and 7 digs, while Lauren Frericks was 24-of-24 setting with 11 assists, 5 kills and 9 digs. McNally finished with 4 kills on 6-of-6 hitting. Lindsey Biedron and Jenna Walczak each had 6 kills and 9 digs. The Blue Devils' other contributors included Claire Lundtveit (3 kills), Kim Hengesh (6 kills, 6 digs) and Peyton Clark (9-of-9 serving, 1 ace).
Stevenson d. Round Lake: The Patriots won for the third time in as many nights, 25-9, 25-12 in a North Suburban crossover.
Stevenson (15-10) received 10 kills from Jori Radtke and three from Stephanie Bulandr. Dana Pflugradt served 2 aces, while Abby Trebilco dished out 10 assists. Bulandr, Anna Drozdzewicz (1 solo) and Zoe Graflund each contributed 3 assisted blocks.
Vernon Hills d. Mundelein: The Cougars prevailed in the North Suburban crossover 24-26, 25-18, 25-15, as Sienna Spiglanin and Katie Brettmann pounded 8 and 7 kills, respectively.
Tori Smith lofted 30 assists for Vernon Hills (5-12), which also got 5 kills and 3 aces from Kasey Firnbach and 13 digs from Jade Goldufsky.
Lake Zurich d. Grant: The Bears rallied to win the North Suburban crossover 12-25, 25-14, 25-20.
Lexi Gerdes and Kylie Mueller each had 3 kills for Grant, while Kelli Varney set 49 of 50 with 10 assists. Megan Whitman had a team-best 8 digs for the Bulldogs.
Lakes d. Lake Forest: McKenna Lahr slammed 12 kills and chalked 10 digs, as the Eagles rallied for a 21-25, 25-17, 25-21 win in a North Suburban crossover.
Megan Behrendt added 9 kills, 12 digs and 2 aces for Lakes. Izzy Huntington had 6 kills, 16 digs and 4 aces, while Maddie Demo contributed 25 assists and 8 digs. The Eagles also got 6 blocks and 2 kills from Katie Billetdeaux.