Record spring for Hendricks at Benedictine
Former Carmel Catholic baseball standout Tim Hendricks has been a big hit on collegiate level.
This spring, the Benedictine University senior became the school's and his conference's career leader in hits.
He set the school record during the second game of a doubleheader with Rockford last week and broke the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference mark the next day in the second game of a doubleheader against Marian.
Hendricks came to the plate in the top of the third inning against Rockford with a runner at first base and he tripled to right-center field for the 229th hit at Benedictine.
It was his first triple of the season and scored a run to hand Benedictine a 1-0 lead, breaking a tie with Mike Kowalewski. Kowalewski notched 228 hits during a career that spanned from 1994-97.
Hendricks added a single leading off the sixth for the 230th of his career, matching the NACC career record.
On the next day, Hendricks led off the bottom of the first in the second game against Marian with an infield single for his 231st hit, establishing a new NACC mark.
The hit eclipsed the record set by Tony Wellner, who played for Aurora University from 2007-2010.
Hendricks a Mundelein native, owns a .381 average this season, tops on the team. He has recorded 53 hits this season while also leading the team in runs, doubles, and stolen bases.
He was the conference offensive player of the year in 2013, earning All-America honors as well.
Hendricks picked up 36 hits as a freshman in 2012 and 78 in 2013 when Benedictine reached the NCAA Regionals.
Henricks added 65 as a junior and was named first team all-conference in 2013 and 2014.
Men's track
Augustana freshman Kevin Barbian (Libertyville) was sixth in the discus (143 feet, 10 inches) and eighth in the shot (45-11¼) at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships. Both were personal best for Barbian. The Vikings were second at the meet held in Wheaton.
Women's lacrosse
Augustana junior attacker Emily Handrahan (Lake Zurich) was selected as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin offensive player of the week.
She helped coach Meredith Newman's Vikings secure the CCIW regular-season title with a pair of wins over North Central and Carthage.
Handrahan picked up 2 goals and 4 assists in a 14-4 win over third-place North Central and she found the net once while adding 2 assists in a 16-6 win over Carthage.
Handrahan has 28 goals on the season and is second on the team with 43 assists.
Handrahan was named to All-College Conference of Wisconsin and Illinois first team. Augustana senior Gina Filippo (Libertyville) was a second-team selection.
The Vikings are 16-1 and 6-0 in league play.
Women's track
Lewis senior Amy Polhemus (Lake Zurich) was part of the first-place 4x400 relay team (3:48.32) at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field championships hosted by William Jewell College.
Lewis senior Roslyn Summerville (Wauconda) finished second overall in the hammer throw with a heave of 49.20m (161-5).
Men's lacrosse
Augustana junior defender Tyler Amidei (Vernon Hills) was named to the All-College Conference Illinois and Wisconsin second team.
Women's water polo
Villanova junior goalie Julie Conrath (Fremd) and the Division I Wildcats concluded their season with the most wins (19) in program history.
Although the Wildcats lost in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, Conrath was named to the all-tournament team as a result of 31 saves during the two-game playoff.
The reigning IHSA individual record holder for the most goalie saves in a season (427), Conrath is also now Villanova's all-time season record holder with the most saves (365) and was the 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference saves leader.
She was also voted co-MVP by her teammates.
In addition to being named to the all-tournament team, Conrath was again named to the MAAC All-Academic team. She is studying chemical engineering and has earned Villanova University dean's list honors every semester.
Last summer, Conrath interned in Alberta, Canada, conducting field research on the environmental effects of petroleum production around the tar sands region near the terminal of the Keystone Pipeline.
This summer she has an internship with an engineering consultancy focused on delivering sustainable solutions to industrial clients.
Men's tennis
Augustana freshman Eric Pohl (Fremd) was selected as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin player of the week in men's tennis.
Pohl went 5-1 during the week, picking up wins in both singles and doubles play as Augustana defeated Millikin 7-2. He defeated Emerick Fulton at No. 2 singles 7-6. 6-3 and won at doubles 9-7. Later that day, he went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles.
An engineering and physics major, Pohl is currently 11-18 in singles play this year while holding an overall record of 17-10 in doubles for the Vikings (12-12, 4-2).
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