Lake Zurich rules own tourney
Lake Zurich's volleyball team won the championship of its own tournament Saturday.
The Bears (21-5) defeated Deerfield, Rolling Meadows and Carmel in pool play, before beating Fenwick in the semifinals. Lake Zurich and Carmel had a rematch for the title, and the Bears came through with a 25-19, 25-23 victory.
Sara Drury and Crystal Wright had 6 and 4 kills, respectively, in the final for Lake Zurich, while Lisa Butzen contributed 3 solo blocks. Lydia Bauer added 11 assists and 3 kills.
For the tournament, Wright led the Bears with 35 kills and 44 digs in the five matches. Melissa Miehlke served 8 aces. Jen Grunden totaled 19 kills and 42 digs.
At Glenbrook North: Libertyville went 3-2 to finish seventh.
The Wildcats (20-6) picked up wins over Niles North, Morton and Byron but suffered losses against Maine South and Lyons.
Libertyville's statistical leaders included Emma Mach (25 kills), Erin DeMarco (77 assists), Ali Haws (11 blocks) and Emma Melendez (31 digs). The Wildcats played without Amber Bryant, who was on an official visit to Dartmouth.
"Overall, we played good volleyball," Wildcats coach Chris Trzyna said. "At times we struggled to get all parts of our game in sync. We did a nice job to come back in the Lyons match (25-15, 25-23 loss)."
At St. Charles: Mundelein (10-16) dropped three of its five matches in the Mizuno Cup.
Michelle Parssinen had 23 kills and 10 blocks for the Mustangs. Mandi Baumgartner totaled 43 digs, and Kelsey Sullivan lofted 50 assists.
At Schaumburg: Stevenson went 4-1 but placed fifth.
The Patriots (19-6) got 29 kills from Margaret Salata, 102 assists from Hannah Burke and 48 digs from Izzy Shaindlin.
Stevenson defeated Glenbard East, Larkin, Bartlett and Cary-Grove. The Patriots lost to Rockton Hononegah.
Boys soccer
Lake Zurich 3, New Trier 0: The Bears picked up an impressive nonconference win, as Andy Lynch had a goal and an assist.
Nick Janus and Reid Bergstrom also scored for Lake Zurich (15-3-2). Mike Morrison and Justin Pennino assisted on goals as well, while Taao Scarnato made 7 saves for the shutout.