Girls water polo: Barrington picking up momentum

Posted April 09, 2016 1:00 am

Daily Herald report

Barrington was the class of the girls water polo tournament it hosted on Saturday, winning decisively in all three of its games to claim the title in a six-team field.

The Mid-Suburban West co-leaders handled Lake Forest and Vernon Hills by 14-1 scores before beating Riverside-Brookfield 11-3 in the championship matchup.

In the title game, Barrington had jumped ahead 6-0 after the first quarter. Isabella Rojas finished with a game-high 4 goals and Mia Latimer, Nicole Runtz and Andrea Potgieter had 2 goals apiece while goalie Ellie Connors made 9 stops.

Against Vernon Hills, Runtz and Potgieter both scored 3 goals and Potgieter and Courtney Blum had 2 apiece.

Against Lake Forest, Latimer and Rojas had 3 scores apiece as Connors (3 saves) and Morgan Kelly (4) shared time in goal.

Barrington (10-1) and Fremd (11-3) meet in a matchup to decide the MSL West lead at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Barrington.

Fremd topped Maine South, Metea Valley and Niles West handily on Saturday to win its own six-team tournament.

at Maine East: Prospect and Palatine both finished with 2-1 records in tournament play, with the Knights finishing third and the Pirates taking fifth place.

In the head-to-head matchup between the schools, Prospect held Palatine scoreless in the second half to earn a 4-3 victory.

The Knights (7-6) went on to top Maine East 9-5 in the third-place game as Colleen Doyle and Mina Singateh led the scoring and Lauren Broz stopped 12 shots.

Palatine (7-8) defeated Buffalo Grove 6-1 in the fifth-place game with Kristin Anderson (3 goals) and Mathilde Mogensen (2) leading the scoring effort and Meghan Woell making 7 saves.

Bradley topped St. Charles East in the championship game.

at Glenbrook South: Conant won its second game of the day 8-6 against Lincoln-Way West but wrapped up a 1-2 effort with a 12-7 loss to Hinsdale Central.

Hersey Invite: Hersey finished 3-0 in its own six-team tournament to grab top honors.

Hoffman Estates went 2-1, with its only loss an 8-4 decision against Hersey.

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