Boudreau shuts down Elgin

Jena Boudreau (4-2) struck out 12 in a 3-hit gem, and No. 11 Neuqua Valley bounced back from tough losses to Batavia and Geneva by beating No. 17 Elgin 5-1 on Wednesday.

Kat Widup was 2-for-4 with 2 runs batted in and a run scored, Leigh Nebendahl doubled and drove in a run and Sarah Gronowski had an RBI for Neuqua (5-2, 3-2 Upstate Eight Conference), which scored 4 runs in the top of the seventh to snap a 1-1 tie.

Lake Park 3, Geneva 2:Vanessa Wegner and Stephanie Starr homered for the visiting Lancers (5-6, 2-2 Upstate Eight Conference), who won their third straight. Winning pitcher Lisa Baumgart (3-4) struck out five, allowing 5 hits.Glenbard South 7, Willowbrook 0:Danielle Chitkowski (2-1) struck out 13 for the No. 6 Raiders in Glen Ellyn. Hannah Davey went 3-for-4 with an RBI, Brianna Meath 2-for-4 with a triple and 2 RBI and Rachel Cohen 2-for-3 with an RBI for Glenbard South (7-1), which scored all 7 of its runs in the sixth.St. Francis 4, Montini 0:Taylor Ronchetto (8-2) twirled a 1-hitter, striking out 10, for the Spartans (8-3, 2-0 Suburban Christian Conference Blue) in Wheaton.Immaculate Conception 16, Aurora Christian 2:The Knights pounded out 14 hits to win their fifth straight. Winning pitcher Briana Iosco (5-4) went 2-for-3 with a double and 4 RBI, Nina Vlahiotis was 2-for-4 with 2 doubles, a run scored and an RBI, Maria Kieliszewski went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBi and Katelynn Conenna tripled and drove in 3 runs for IC (6-6, 2-0 Suburban Christian Conference Gold).Wheaton Academy 13, Walther Lutheran 2:The Warriors (5-4, 3-1 Suburban Christian Gold) won their fourth straight as Bekah Heubner went 2-for-3 with a triple, 5 RBI and 2 runs scored. Caitlin Koehler was 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and 2 runs scored, Marissa Gagliano 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored, Sarah McClain 2-for-3 with a double and 2 runs scored and Emily Anderson 2-for-3 with 2 runs scored.York 7, Leyden 0:Tessa Kroll and Nikki Mordini combined on a 2-hitter, Alyssa Johnson slugged a 3-run homer and Danielle Morency went deep with a 2-run shot for the Dukes.Downers Grove South 13, Hinsdale Central 0:Danielle Trezzo homered, doubled and drove in 5 runs for the No. 18 Mustangs (8-4) in Downers Grove. Emma Topps went 2-for-2, scored a run and drove in a run.West Chicago 12, Oswego East 2:Rachel Johnson went 2-for-3 and scored 2 runs and Amanda Gosbeth was 2-for-2 and also scored twice for the visiting Wildcats (7-5).