Judson softball sweeps St. Xavier

The Judson University softball team started the 2008 CCAC season off with a bang Thursday as the Eagles swept St. Xavier University at the Elgin Sports Complex.

The 2 wins are Judson's first-ever against St. Xavier and snap a 20-game losing streak against the Cougars. The Eagles are now 8-4 on the season overall.

Judson 4, St. Xavier 1: Nicole Dimiceli slammed her third home run of the year in the sixth inning to lead the Game 1 win. SXU scored the first run of the game in the first inning and then Judson tied it in the bottom of the inning. Judson then scored a run in the fifth inning on an Aimee Ewert single to take the lead, 2-1.

Ewert went 3-for-3 in the game and Dimiceli was 2-for-4 with 3 RBI. Brittany Nicley also went 2-for-3.

Lizzy Jacobson improved to 3-1 on the year with the win and had 3 strikeouts with no earned runs.

Judson 9, St. Xavier 5: A 7-run second inning was the difference in Game 2 as Judson took an 8-0 lead after scoring another run in the third inning.

Amy Meier went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and Carrie Sensor, Dimiceli, Jacobson, Nicley, and Kristin Krueger each had 2 hits. Debra Leganski smacked her second home run of the year and had 3 RBI.

Ewert (4-2) allowed 5 hits and struck out 5 in gaining the win.

Softball

Glenbard South 5, Bartlett 2: Bartlett jumped out to a 1-0 first inning lead, but a rough fourth inning put Glenbard South on top 4-1 and the Raiders went on to win this nonconference contest 5-2.

Lauren Wydra was inside the circle for the loss allowing 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits while striking out 10 in the complete-game effort.

"Lauren had a gutsy performance," said Bartlett coach Jim Wolfsmith. "She battled through a rough fourth inning."

Wydra opened the fourth inning with a walk which Glenbard followed up with 3 consecutive hits. An error in the outfield allowed 3 runs to score.

"Against a quality opponent like Glenbard South, we need to play errorless ball," Wolfsmith said. "We did that for six innings and didn't for one inning. South took advantage of it.

"They are an excellent team, and a lot like us, they welcome back six players from a team that was one out away from state last year.

"I think they will be one of the best in 3A."

Elizabeth Kay was a bright spot in the Bartlett offense going 3-for-4 while nabbing her first home-run of the season to go with 2 RBI.

Baseball

Kaneland 9, Burlington Central 0: Held to just 3-hits, Burlington Central (0-1) dropped this nonconference season-opener to Kaneland. Byron Bell endured the loss striking out four in 3 innings of work.

Austin Jarvis highlighted offensive efforts for the Rockets going 2-for-3.

Barrington 13, Huntley 12: With bases loaded for Huntley (1-1) and nobody out in the bottom of the sixth inning, this nonconference contest was called due to darkness as the Red Raiders trailed 13-12.

Despite the loss, Huntley saw solid plate performances from Craig Lipp (2-for-3, RBI) and Travis King (3-for-4, RBI, 2 runs). Both Chris Klein and Matt Wolf each added a run and an RBI. Tanner Funke endured the loss allowing 7 runs (3 earned) on 3 hits in ¿ innings pitched.

Boys volleyball

Oswego d. Bartlett: Despite solid court efforts from Chris Guimon (5 kills, 3 digs), Jeremy Sanchez (7 digs), John Campolo (4 kills, ace), Scott Kuehn (4 kills) and Jason Theobald (2 kills, 2 aces), Bartlett (1-1) dropped this nonconference match-up with Oswego in two games by scores of 25-18 and 25-16.

Boys track

Burlington Central wins Big Northern Indoor Invite: With 132 total points, the Burlington Central boys track team won the Big Northern Indoor Invitational earlier this week etching out Winnebago, which finished with 101 team points.

Conference champions for the Rockets included Tre Lianes in the triple jump (39-9), and Dan Conran in the high jump (5-10). Dan Hagberg won the 55 hurdles with a 7.54, Chris Leffler earned a BN title in the 200 meter with a 23.86, and Ryan Phebus won the 1,600 meter run at 4:38.

Hampshire finished sixth as a team with 31 points. Junior Makinde took third in the 55 meter dash at 6.72, while Quinn Walker finished second in the 55 hurdles with a time of 7.58.

The Whip-Purs also won the 800 relay behind Walker, Trace Teboda, Makinde and Ryan Smialek's 1:41.38 performance.

Girls track

Burlington Central 2nd at Big Northern Indoor Invite: Burlington Central claimed second place honors in the Big Northern Indoor Invitational with 76 points trailing only to invite champions Byron (120 points).

Rachael Latham recorded second place honors in the 800 run with a time of 2:34.29, and Markelle Turk finished third overall in the 3,200 run at 12:12. Vanessa Perez racked up another third for BC in the 55 hurdles at 9.27.

The 1,600 relay team of Meghann Thommes, Latham, Keeondra Smith and Perez earned a team first with a time of 4:14.27 just topping Byron's 4:24.47.

Hampshire finished ninth overall with 16 points led by Macy Luedtke's second place finish in the shot put. Luedtke collected a distance of 32-feet-2 inches.

College baseball

Judson drops two: Judson fell to 1-10 on the season after losing to NCAA Division III Wheaton College by scores of 5-3 and 7-6.

In Game 1, Zach Scipione (2-for-4, 2 runs) and Brett Ehrlich (2-for-4, 2 RBI) led the Eagle offense.

In Game 2, Scipione (2-for-4, 4 RBI) had another big game at the plate. Trent Golz (2-for-3), and Ehrlich (RBI) contributed.