Steinhoff nets weekly honor for Concordia-Chicago
Senior Liz Steinhoff was honored as an Athlete of the Week for Concordia-Chicago as she helped the Cougars win their first tennis match of the season 5-4 over Lakeland College.
The Grayslake North High School graduate defeated Ann Schroeder 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and teamed with Emma Renteria at No. 1 doubles to defeat Emma Schad and Mikayla Hilton 8-4.
The doubles tandem also netted Concordia's lone point against Marian University as they topped Alissa Held and Elizabeth Elrick 8-5.
Steinhoff is a marketing major.
Women's volleyball
Augustana junior Nicole Morrissey (Lake Zurich), playing in her first match since injuring an ankle on opening night, picked up 6 kills, 3 digs and 3 assisted blocks in a 17-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-12 nonconference win over Wartburg.
It was the Vikings' home opener and evened their record at 3-3.
Women's volleyball
Carthage senior setter Karen Chin (Mundelein) was named to the all-tournament team after the Lady Red went 4-0 at the Pomona-Pitzer Pacific Coast Classic.
Men's soccer
Augustana junior Adam Witucki (Libertyville) had two shots stopped by Aurora keeper Zach McFarland and freshman teammate Samuel Kratzer (Libertyville) had one blocked in the Vikings' 2-1 double overtime win over Aurora.
Women's cross country
Augustana freshman Laura McNair (Lake Zurich) finished fourth in the non-division one portion of the Bradley Intercollegiate Invitational. McNair was sixth in the college division and 32nd overall in 18:59.1.
The Vikings scored 19 points to easily defeat four other teams who were competing in the non-division one portion of the meet.
Women's tennis
Augustana junior Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove) was second at No. 1 singles at the Whitewater Warhawk Invitational.
Goggin (4-1) beat Dana Dray of Illinois Wesleyan in the quarterfinals at number one and then beat Brittany Goebel of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the semifinals. She lost to Gabi Kitchell of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the championship match.
Her sister Dana Goggin (Buffalo Grove) and senior Aileen MacDonald (Mundelein) combined to take second place at No. 1 doubles.
Dana Goggin and MacDonald were playing together for the first time this season.
Men's cross country
Augustana senior Ethan Koch (Prospect) took third place in the 6,000-meters run (19:18.8) at Western Illinois University's Early Bird Invite at Spring Lake Park. The Vikings won the event.
Football
Augustana senior quarterback Sam Frasco (Prospect) broke Ken Anderson's 47-year old school record for total offense but Augustana fell 60-49 to Albion at Lindberg Stadium in a game that saw an amazing 13 lead changes.
Frasco accounted for 469 yards (218 rushing and 251 passing) and 7 touchdowns (4 rushing and 3 passing) in the loss.
In Week 1, Frasco completed 18-of-34 passes for 237 yards and 3 touchdowns while also rushing 106 yards and two additional TDs on 13 carries as the Vikings topped Mount St. Joseph 42-39 in Rock Island.
Defensively, senior Frank Kalble (Hersey) and junior Jack Asquini (Buffalo Grove) were Augustana's leading tacklers, with 11 and 10, respectively. Asquini had 3 tackles for loss, a sack and a pass break up. Kalble also broke up a pass and recorded 2 tackles for loss.
• Illinois Wesleyan quarterback Jack Warner (Hersey) threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Javorka with 27 seconds left before half to put the Titans ahead to stay in a 49-14 nonconference rout over Alma at Tucci Stadium.
Warner completed 21 of 25 attempts for 237 yards and 2 touchdownss, both to Javorka. The Titans amassed 583 yards of total offense.
Women's golf
Carthage junior Emily Santucci (Schaumburg) shot a 87-88-174 as Lady Red set five school records in winning the Carthage "Shootout on the Border" at the Bristol Oaks Country Club in Bristol, Wis.
Women's cross country
Augustana junior Mollie Dalton (Conant) turned in a 21st-place finish (15:49.9) at the 4K Flyer/Flames Women's cross-country Challenge at the Lewis Cross Country Course.
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