Stevenson's Miller helping Illinois get in the swing

Stephanie Miller, the two-time high school girls golf state champion from Stevenson, now swings her clubs for the University of Illinois.

And she is helping the Illini swing into gear during its fall campaign.

Illini coach Renee Slone's team brought home its second tournament title in as many weeks by winning three rounds of match play at the Hoosier Fall Invitational in Noblesville, Ind.

On the final day, Illinois squared off against Fresno State for the championship of the match-play style event.

Miller came back from an earlier loss to top Samantha Spencer 3 and 2.

Last year, Miller became the first golfer for the University of Illinois to win a tournament outright since 1992. She recorded the third-lowest single-season stroke average with a 75.00 and three times recorded a career-low round of -3 (69), tying the ninth lowest round in school history.

After two weeks off, the Illini will head to their final tournament of the fall season from Nov. 2-4 in Boerne, Texas.

Women's volleyball

Wisconsin Stevens-Point senior Alexis Hartman (Lake Zurich) had either a kill, assist or block assist on each of the final five points in the Pointers' 25-14, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15 victory over Millikin (20-5).

The Pointers (20-4) and Millikin are both top 20 teams.

Hartman was recently named the WIAC Volleyball Offensive Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row, after averaging 12.57 assists per set in wins over UW-Eau Claire, Clarke College (Iowa), Augustana and Carthage.

The 6-foot-1 setter had at least 40 assists in the final three matches of the week, including a career-high 63 in the five-set win over Carthage.

Hartman also had 42 digs, 12 total blocks, 11 kills and 5 service aces during the week.

• Lewis senior libero Amy Choi (Vernon Hills) collected a match-high 19 digs for the Flyers (16-3) in their win over Michigan Tech.

Men's swimming

Lewis sophomore Bryan Wiener (Mundelein) used a time of 50.45 to finish second in the 100 backstroke and he was part of the winning 200 freestyle relay team with a time 1:25.12 as the Flyers split a tri-meet, defeating Missouri-St. Louis and falling to Lindenwood.

Women's soccer

While playing soccer at St. Viator High School Taylor Skala earned four varsity letters.

Her 38 career goals ranked third on the school's all-time list.

Skala didn't stop scoring goals when she got to Rockhurst University.

And now, she has scored more goals than any other player in Rockhurst history.

Her pair of goals in the Hawks' 3-1 victory over visiting Southern Indiana gave her 42 for her career to break the former mark held by Katie Kammerer.

Skala scored in the fifth minute with an assist from Jessica Cook. Skala's second goal was her 10th of the season and gave the Hawks a 3-0 lead early in the second half.

The Hawks improved 10-1-2 and 7-1-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

• Lake Forest sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Tenuta (Fremd) improved to 10-0-0 with a 0.90 goals against average this season when she picked up her third shutout of the season and sixth of her career in a 3-0 decision at St. Norbert.

Lake Forest is 14-0-0 overall with six of the victories coming in Midwest Conference play. They are ranked 18th in the nation in the latest D3soccer.com poll.

• Augustana sophomore Jessa Rizzo (Fremd) leads the Vikings (9-3-2) with 7 goals, including five game-winners.

Men's golf

Oakton Community College sophomore golfer Will Baumgarder (Palatine) posted the fifth best score with his 75 average in the NJCAA Region IV Men's Golf Tournament played at the Prairie View Golf Course in Byron.

His strong showing earned him a spot on the NJCAA Region IV All Region Team qualifying him for the NJCAA Division II National Championship Tournament, which will be played in Scottsboro, Ala., in May of 2015.

Baumgarder is the first Oakton golfer to qualify for nationals in over two decades.

Men's cross country

Missouri junior Tyler Schneider (Conant) finished ninth with a personal best 8000 meter time of 24:02 at the 28-team Louisville Classic.

Teammate Dan Roe (Buffalo Grove), also a junior, finished 16th in the event with a personal best time of 24:26.

Missouri took third place and improved its regional ranking to 7th.

• Augustana junior Ethan Koch (Prospect HS, Mt. Prospect, Ill.) was 78th in 25:50 in the 45-team Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational which included many ranked Division II and III teams.

Men's soccer

Matt Briars (Fremd) scored the only goal for Millikin in a 3-1 loss to visiting Wheaton College. Briars was assisted by Nick Abel (Schaumburg) and Zach Solorio (Elk Grove).

• Augustana junior Anthony D'Angelo (Stevenson) leads the Vikings (9-4-1) with 4 goals and he is second with 8 points.

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