Mayer giving a big assist to Augustana women's lacrosse

Olivia Mayer was the assist leader for the Augustana women's basketball team this winter.

Now she is giving a big assist to the women's lacrosse team.

Mayer was named as player of the week in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin women's lacrosse.

The junior midfielder and Libertyville High School graduate helped lead the Vikings to a 14-6 win at Rhodes. She came off the bench and finished with 4 goals, 4 draw controls and 1 ground ball.

In basketball, Mayer averaged 7.6 points and had 80 assists this season. Her 270 career assists rank fourth in school history, 106 away from Kristin Romolo's (2000-04) school record.

• Vikings senior Emily Handrahan (Lake Zurich) has 7 goals and leads Augustana with 8 assists.

High school hockey

The Lake Zurich-Mundelein-Wauconda varsity won its second straight Platinum championship with a 7-0 triumph over the D155 Predators (Prairie Ridge-Crystal Lake Central) at West Meadows in Rolling Meadows.

LZMW gained a 2-0 in the first period with goals from defensemen Tommy Sher and Tyler Krasavage.

In the second period, LZMW received a pair of goal from forward Kolby Lapple. The first one came on a beautiful feed to the high slot by Remi Mueller from behind the D155 net.

Both teams changed goalies in the third period with LZMW's Jake Breitenreiter giving way to Josselin Juras to preserve the shutout.

LZMW added its final 3 goals from Brett Parola, Remi Mueller and Sher.

LZMW had 36 shots on goal to 17 by D155.

There were only two minor penalties called in the game and each team was perfect on their penalty kills.

LZMW will play a varsity 'white' quarterfinals of the state tournament on Sunday against Mt. Carmel in Bensenville.

Women's track

Concordia-Chicago sophomore Chelsee Wilson (Grayslake North) was named an 'Athlete of the Week" at the River Forest school.

Wilson broke the CUC women's record for the indoor 200-meter dash at the conference championships.

Her time of 25.77 seconds broke her own record from last year by four-tenths of a second. Wilson finished second in the event and led the CUC women in scoring at the meet.

Women's softball

Augustana freshman shortstop Carly Wilson (Johnsburg) is off to a hot start with the bat.

She leads the Vikings in batting average (. 571), runs (tied with six), hits (eight), doubles (tied with two), total bases (10), slugging percentage (. 714), walks (three), on-base percentage (. 667) and stolen bases (three).

Men's track

Davidson's Will Brewster claimed the individual title in the 5,000-meters at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championship.

Brewster raced to the top of the podium in the 5,000-meter event. The junior posted a time of 14:42.79. Brewster outkicked Neal Fitzpatrick (14:42.83) of Saint Louis to secure the victory.

A day later, Brewster finished third in the 3000 meter with a time of 8;26.55.

• Northern Iowa freshman Corey Hertz (Lakes) earned all-conference honors with a second-place finish in the 4 x 400 relay at the Missouri Valley Indoor Conference Championships.

Individually, he made the finals in the 200 and 400-meter events. He was fourth in the 400 and seventh in the 200.

• Augustana sophomore Kyle Hucker (Wauconda) was part of the 4X400 relay team that took second (3:18.93) at the Stevens Point Qualifier, a final tune-up before the NCAA Division III National Indoor championships.

Men's basketball

Augustana's Griffin Pils (Libertyville) had 24 points as the top-ranked Vikings (28-1) earned a trip to the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen with a 96-80 win over No. 9 Hope at Carver Center.

Women's hockey

Elmira College freshman defenseman Kristen Chivers of Antioch and Warren High School was named to the women's hockey Eastern College Athletic Conference West first team and the ECAC West all-rookie Team after a 24-point regular season that saw the Antioch native produce 7 goals and 17 assists.

She registered at least one point in 18 of 25 games played this year and posted a season-high 7-game point streak during the heart of the season. Chivers produced four multi-point performances, all four coming in ECAC victories.

Her 24 points are tied for first on this year's team, while her 17 assists are tops among Purple and Gold skaters. Chivers' numbers stacked up against the rest of the nation are just as impressive. She boasts the nation's third-highest point per game average among defenseman (0.96ppg), which also ranks sixth in rookie scoring. Chivers is the country's top scoring rookie defensemen and one of just two defensemen to rank inside the Top-30 in the nation in rookie scoring.

Free Throw Challenge

There is still time to enter the sixth annual "Free Throw Challenge" contest at the Libertyville Sports Complex. Competition for boys, girls, men and women in various age divisions will take place now through March 29.

The top five qualifiers in each age division advance to the "Championship Finals" at the Sports Complex on Saturday, April 2.

Youth divisions for boys and girls are grades 3-4, grades 5-6, grades 7-8 and high school.

Adult Divisions for both men and women are for ages 18+, 30+ and 55+.

The entry fee is $5 for 10 free throws.

Contestants can enter as often as they wish, but only their best score counts. For more information call the Libertyville Sports Complex at (847) 367-1502.

Also, adult softball leagues will be starting in mid to late April at the Sports Complex. More information on that will be coming.

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