Bitta, Borzick earn CCIW men's soccer acclaim

Posted October 19, 2015 1:00 am

By John Leusch

Two former Lake County soccer players recently stood out in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

And the CCIW officials made sure they stood out with honors.

Carthage junior forward Austin Bitta (Libertyville) and North Central sophomore midfielder Jon Borzick (Lakes) were named men's soccer players of the week.

Bitta scored an unassisted goal in the 94th minute to lead the Red Men to a 2-1 overtime victory at Illinois Wesleyan as Carthage extended its unbeaten streak to six and remained undefeated in the CCIW (2-0-0).

Borzick helped lead the Cardinals to a 1-0 shutout of North Park, giving them their first CCIW victory of the season. He helped keep the conference's leading goals scorer Pedram Tahmi-Masoleh without a goal in a match for the first time all season as North Central also held the Vikings scoreless for the first time in 2015.

Women's volleyball

Carthage senior setter Karen Chin (Mundelein) was named a player of the week in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin for a third time.

She helped lead the Lady Reds to a 4-1 record and earned all-tournament honors at North Central's Tiffany Robinson Memorial.

Chin averaged 9.59 assists per set including 42 in a 3-0 sweep at North Central. She also had 23 assists and 3 aces in a sweep of Purdue-North Central and 36 assists in a five-set loss to Washington (Mo.) later that day.

Chin then finished with 32 assists in a sweep of Saint Mary's (Minn.) and added 30 assists and 11 digs in a sweep of Coe later in the day.

Adult basketball

Adult open play basketball at the Woodland Middle School in Gurnee begins Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Thursday, Nov. 5. The cost is $5 for each night. The program is from 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

New this year is Saturday morning open play basketball from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., beginning Nov. 7.

For more information contact Ron Dorsey at ron@gurneeparkdistrict.com.

Women's tennis

Augustana junior Dana Goggin (Buffalo Grove) was named player of the week in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

Goggin finished 6-0, including a 4-0 record against CCIW competition. She beat Monmouth's Katherine Hinman (6-0, 6-0) at No. 1 singles and then followed with a pair of No. 2 singles victories over Elmhurst's Chiara Gaudio (6-0, 6-0) and North Central's Miranda Grizaffi (6-2, 6-1).

Goggin then teamed with senior Aileen MacDonald (Mundelein) at No. 1 doubles to defeat Hinman and Liddy Wilson (8-0), Elmhurst's Ava Kolman and Rachel Rettger (8-4) and North Central's Clare O'Connor and Kelsey Forkin (9-7).

MacDonald and Goggin also defeated Wheaton College's Julie Buursma and Katie Park, 8-3. With that win, MacDonald and Dana Goggin improved to 14-2 on the year.

At No. 2 doubles, junior Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove) and Mollie Magee improved to 11-1 with an 8-1 victory over Kirstie White and Emily Jones of Wheaton.

Men's track

Augustana freshman Rob Williams (Vernon Hills) ran a 27:11.8 at the Lake Breeze Golf Club as the Vikings finished ninth in a strong field at the Division III pre-nation meet hosted by Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

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Lakes' Jon Borzick, right, battles against Grant's Kevin Peralta during high school play. Borzick was named a CCIW player of the week for his recent successes at North Central College. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com

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