Chin's achieving at Whitewater

Former Mundelein High School setter Karen Chin enjoyed one of her finest weeks on the collegiate level and was rewarded as College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Female Volleyball Player of the Week.

A two-time North Suburban all-conference selection, Chin averaged 10.21 assists per set as the Lady Reds went 4-0 at the Wisconsin-Whitewater Tournament.

Chin, who is majoring in graphic design, totaled 143 set assists and tallied 36 digs during the tournament including 33 assists and 9 digs in a 3-1 upset win over 13th-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater on Aug. 30.

Her best performance during the tournament came in a 3-1 win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh when she finished with 54 assists, 12 digs and four kills.

Women's tennis

Augustana sophomore Aileen MacDonald (Mundelein) and doubles partner Kim Sawyer, alternating at No. 1 and No. 2, are off to a 3-1 start and the Vikings are 5-0 overall in dual-meet competition and 3-0 in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

MacDonald is also 4-0 in singles play with two matches each at No. 3 and No. 4.

Ÿ Augustana freshman Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove) is 5-0 this year at second singles and her sister Dana (Buffalo Grove) is 3-0 at No. 3 singles.

The twins have also posted a 4-1 record in doubles, alternating at No. 1 and No. 2.

The Vikings are 5-0 in dual meet competition and 3-0 in the CCIW.

Football

Augustana sophomore quarterback Sam Frasco (Prospect) was 16-of-21 for 101 yards in the Vikings' season-opening 20-10 win over Mount St. Joseph in the inaugural Austin E. Knowlton Kickoff Classic at Lindberg Stadium.

Frasco led a 10-play 72-yard march for the game's first score. He also rushed for 27 yards and completed 3-of-3 passes on the drive.

Frasco finished with 63 yards from 18 carries.

Ÿ South Dakota sophomore linebacker Colin Buscarini (Rolling Meadows) has 4 solo tackles and 1 assist for the Coyotes who have started the season at 1-1.

Fencing

Patrick Potter has been named the head coach for the fencing team at Maine West.

Potter graduated from Maine West in 2009 and Illinois State in 2013. He is a special education teaching assistant at Maine West.

Similar to lacrosse or hockey, fencing is not an IHSA-sponsored sport due to the lack of teams in the state with a program. There are fewer than 10 fencing programs in the state and they compete in the Great Lakes High School Fencing Conference.

Men's soccer

In a 1-0 victory at Georgia State, Liberty junior goalkeeper Scott Sutarik made 7 saves, the second-most in his career, to record the shutout in the Flames season opener.

Sutarik and the Liberty defense were strong early. The host Panthers sent a flurry of shots at the Flames' net over the first 34 minutes of play, only to come away empty. During the stretch, Sutarik made three saves, two on corner kicks by Georgia State, keeping the game scoreless.

Sutarik turned away two more shots in the final minutes of the first half, sending the game to intermission at 0-0.

At 80:32, Liberty scored game's lone goal.

Once again, Sutarik came up with another save in the 84th minute. Off a corner kick, the junior corralled a header by Andrew Webber Sutarik posted his highest save total in a contest since making a career-high 8 stops in a 1-0 victory over Campbell on Oct. 5, 2012 at Liberty's East Campus Fields.

It was Sutarik's 12th career shutout.

Pro volleyball

Former Wheeling and University of North Carolina standout Ingrid Hanson-Tuntland, a resident of Prospect Heights, signed another professional volleyball contract this season to return to Sweden.

She began her professional volleyball career with Sweden in 2010. She then went to Denmark in 2011 and Belgium 2012.

Her inspiration to professional athletes locally and globally is well-known.

During off-season, Hanson-Tuntland tours local Midwestern volleyball camps, coaching and guiding younger women to higher goals, as an athlete.

All-around sports family

Palatine residents Jack and Sandy Olson were able to watch their children Jodi, Jake and Kelly participate in a combined four different collegiate sports (three Division I) after they enjoyed standout athletic careers at Hersey High School in the 1990s.

For most parents, having one child make it to a Division I sport is major news.

Even Jack and Sandy made their marks in the sports world.

This past April, Jack was selected into the Chicago 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame in 2012.

Sandy was a terrific all-around athlete who was selected to play on the Midwest United States all-star field hockey team at the University of Michigan football stadium.

Jack and Sandy, who started their professional careers in education, met on Nov. 25 of 1969 and were married four months later on Dec. 21.

Jack said their children obviously grew up in a sports environment and with educational toys.

“Sandy and I felt they were playing sports 12 months out of the year, they'd stay out of trouble,” Jack said.