Lauren, Andy Ryan still kicking on college fields

Twins Lauren and Andy Ryan were Rolling Meadows High School's female and male athletes of the year in 2006.

But that year hardly marked the end of their sports careers.

Lauren and Andy are both competing for the third seasons on college soccer teams, Lauren at Idaho State University and Andy competing for Western Illinois.

They certainly keep parents Kathy and Pat on the move.

"We try to get to as many of the matches as possible," Kathy said. "We'll go one time to see Lauren and another to see Andy. When we go to Idaho, we'll try to go when we can catch a few games and stay a little longer since it's a farther trip."

Lauren, a junior midfielder, was the Bengals' top scorer last fall as a sophomore with 4 goals and 10 points. She has 2 goals and 4 points this fall.

Andy, a goalkeeper, stopped 6 shots on goal, including a crucial save on a penalty kick, to pick up the win in his first action of the season when Western defeated High Point 3-2 at the Adidas/Bearcats Invitational in Cincinnati.

"Andy had a really good game," coach Eric Johnson said. "He handled the pressure pretty well in the second half and the stop he made on the penalty kick was incredible."

The Ryans also have an older brother Shaun (2004 graduate), who also played soccer and was a gymnast at Meadows and is now working as a mechanical engineer in Oak Brook.

"All three of them get along so well," Kathy said. "They're constantly in touch with each other. They are best friends. They're always trying to set up times when they can get together It's amazing. When they were all at Meadows, we had a good run there in sports."

Men's soccer

When Northern Illinois tied highly-ranked North Carolina 1-1 in two overtimes on Labor Day weekend, the Huskies' goal was scored by Tim King (Conant). King was named to the Nike Carolina All-Tournament team. He has been named as one of the five top soccer performers in the MAC conference.

Women's volleyball

Aurora University junior outside hitter Amy Reynolds (Schaumburg) was named to her second all-tournament team after her performance at the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology tournament.

AU went 1-3 in the two-day competition and Reynolds had a team-high 50 kills (3.57 per set) for a .148 kill percentage, 3 aces and a team-high 57 digs in the four games.

In AU's 3-1 win over Eureka College (25-11, 28-30, 25-18, 25-21), Reynolds recorded a team-high 19 kills and 27 digs and in a 3-0 loss to host Rose Hulman (24-26, 14-25, 23-25), she had a team-high 13 kills to go with 10 digs.

On the season, Reynolds leads the Spartans with 3.27 kills per set (85 total kills), 106 digs and has 7 blocks.

• North Carolina's Ingrid Hanson-Tutland (Wheeling), a senior middle hitter, led the Tar Heels with 17 kills in a five-set loss to Delaware.

Football

Jeff Koeneman (Fremd) is a senior wide receiver for Carthage College, and his younger brother Mike Koeneman (Fremd) is a sophomore wide receiver. In Carthage's 26-19 victory over Hope College in Holland, Mich., Jeff scored 2 touchdowns. In the fourth quarter, Jeff scored on a 2-yard end-around play to tie the score at 19-19. Carthage scored with 50 seconds left in the game to win 26-19.

Jeff made the CCIW all conference first team last season and was also on the Wisconsin All-D3 football team which was featured in the September issue of Inside Wisconsin Sports

Mike Koeneman had 2 catches for 14 yards against Hope.

• Joe Busse (Fremd) of Carthage College led the Redmen with 7 solo tackles in a 50-34 win over Lakeland College.

• Joe Sesso (Barrington) of Wheaton College was named the CCIW special teams player of the week when he returned 2 kickoffs against Bethel College for an average of 26.5 yards per return. Both of Sesso's returns came in the third quarter, including a 29-yard and a 24-yard return. Sesso also blocked a field-goal attempt in the first quarter.

Ryan Maguire (Warren), Tom Bychowski (Grant), Christopher Staton (Grant) and Chris Heerema (Lakes) all played for the West squad which won 36-30 in the Illinois East-West All Star Game on July 25 at Eureka College. The players were chosen by the Illinois Football Coaches Association of Illinois.

Women's soccer

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater junior Jenna Samp (Palatine) was named the defensive player of the week. Samp helped shut out UW-Superior 7-0.

Men's golf

Loras College junior Mark Dolphin (Schaumburg) won the Duhawks' Spring Invitational at Thunder Hills Country Club with a score of 75. He also contended for medalist honors at the IIAC Championships in April, finishing in fourth place, 3 shots from first place. This fall, he started out with a fourth-place finish at the Loras fall invite.