Grayslake North's Steinhoff nets weekly honor at Concordia

Junior Liz Steinhoff of Chicago-Concordia University was honored by the school as an Athlete of the Week for her work on the tennis courts against Lakeland College.

The 2012 graduate of Grayslake North High School defeated Shyenne Gennette 6-4, 6-2 in No. 2 singles as the Cougars won the meet, 8-1.

Steinhoff also teamed with Emma Renteria for an 8-5 win at No; 3 doubles over Emily DesJardins and Aimee Thrune.

Steinhoff finished the conference portion of the schedule winning two of her last three matches in both singles and doubles.

Women's cross country

Southern Illinois University junior Kelley Gallagher (Vernon Hills) put on a great performance at the Notre Dame Invitational Blue Division 5K.

She finished the race with a time of 17:00.7 and earned a 40th-place finish. It marked back-to-back races in which Gallagher was the top Saluki finisher.

Nationally ranked teams competing in the Blue Division were New Mexico, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, BYU and Penn State. Kelley received an honorable mention in the Cross Country Weekly news release from the Missouri Valley Conference.

Augustana traveled to Canada for the Western Ontario Open and finished second among eight teams at Gibbons Park.

Vikings senior Becca Sund (Palatine) earned a seventh-place finish as the Vikings scored 41 points behind the host Mustangs (27).

• Judson University senior Jordan Wagner (Schaumburg) finished 11th in the 5,000 meters in a personal best time of 18:55 at the 25-team College of Dupage Invitational Sept. 26, leading her team to fourth-place finish.

Junior Golf

Barrington senior Julia Calbi has been named an HP Scholastic Junior all-American by the American Junior Golf Association.

Calbi scored a 32 on the ACT and holds a 4.24 GPA. She volunteers at The Players Service, coaching young, underprivileged golfers ages six through nine at free clinics held during the spring and summer.

She also ran the Illinois State Junior Amateur Championship hospitality area and helped to post live scores.

Calbi earned her first AJGA victory at the AJGA Annapolis Junior this year. She is ranked No. 73 in the Polo Golf Rankings and verbally committed to Dartmouth.

Men's soccer

Junior Anthony D'Angelo (Stevenson) is Augustana's leading goal scorer this season with 4 goals.

Junior Adam Witucki (Libertyville) is part of the Vikings' defense which has surrendered just 10 goals in 13 matches this season.

• Liberty senior goalkeeper Scott Sutarik (Fremd) made 4 saves and recorded his third shutout this fall in the Flames' 1-0 victory over visiting Gardner-Webb in the Big South Conference match.

With the shutout, Sutarik tied Dean Short for third place on the program's career list with 19 shutouts. Liberty snapped a two-game losing streak, moving to 6-3-1 and 1-2.

Despite being outshot in the first half, 8-3, the Flames went to the intermission with a 1-0 edge. Sutarik made 3 saves in the half. He squelched the best scoring opportunity of the opening period for Gardner-Webb during the 27th minute. Ali Al-Gashamy ran behind a long pass lofted from midfield and lifted a shot which Sutarik smothered to prevent a score.

Women's soccer

Lawrence University's Dani Glass (Deerfield) was named the Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Glass, a senior goalkeeper, picked up the award after earning her third shutout of the season. She grabbed her third shutout of the season and earned a hard-fought tie in Lawrence's other match of the week.

On the season, Glass improved to an .828 save percentage and 1.53 GAA.

• Northern Illinois University freshman forward Lauren Gierman (Hersey) scored 2 goals to propel the Huskies to a 2-1 overtime victory over Central Michigan in their Mid-American Conference opener.

"Lauren scored the type of goals we know she can, and it was huge to get 3 points on the road," NIU head coach John Ross said on the school's website.

NIU won in the state of Michigan for the first time since Nov. 1, 2007 (1-0 victory at Western Michigan).

It also snapped a 15-match winless streak on the road for NIU stretching back to a 2-1 win at Toledo on Oct. 25, 2012.

Gierman gave the Huskies (3-6-0, 1-0-0 MAC) a perfect start, scoring in the 12th minute with a stunning strike into the top left corner from 25 yards out.

Just one minute into the first extra time period, Gierman stole the ball off the Central Michigan defense and was pulled down on the edge of the box, producing a second yellow card and subsequent red card.

Gierman then stepped up to the ensuing free kick and smashed the ball into the bottom left corner, sending the NIU sideline into pandemonium as the Huskies stole a conference victory on the road.

"It felt awesome to put those goals away and help us win," Gierman said. "It was a total team effort, and picking up this win is a big boost for us going forward."

• Illinois State's Kelli Zickert (Buffalo Grove) picked a great time to score her first career Missouri Valley Conference goal.

With ISU and Evansville scoreless, and the Aces boasting a scoreless streak of 600-plus minutes, Zickert broke the tie in the second half to win the match. It was the only goal of the match in a game that featured the two best teams in the conference. Zickert now has 2 goals on the season.

Men's cross country

Butler junior Eric Peterson (Barrington) finished second at the prestigious 24-team Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 23:25. The race had 10 nationally-ranked teams with some of the best runners in the nation present.

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