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the lake forest leader | January 26, 2017 | 27
College Corner
The last week in Lake Forest College sports
Men and Women’s Swimming
and Diving
Foresters split double dual
with Whitewater and
Lawrence
Freshman Ani Karagianis
turned in the first of
several Forester victories
as the Lake Forest College
men’s and women’s swimming
and diving teams defeated
Lawrence University
but fell to the University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater
in a double dual meet on
Saturday, Jan. 21.
Karagianis won the
800m-freestyle, the first
individual event of the
afternoon with a time of
10:01.62, nearly four seconds
ahead of the runnerup
from Whitewater.
The Forester men turned
in four consecutive victories,
beginning with junior
David Bunting’s triumph
in the 200m-freestyle. His
time of 2:01.41 was the
fastest in the field by more
than two-and-a-half seconds.
Senior Travis Johnson
then finished first in
the 50m-freestyle with a
time of 24.92 seconds and
classmate Orion Huey won
the 200m-IM in 2:16.04.
The first round of diving
competition was next and
Lake Forest sophomore
Heath Ogawa’s score of
296.40 off the 3-meter
board was good for first
place while junior Matt
Demirs was second with
209.10 points.
While Ogawa was winning
the 3-meter competition,
freshman Lizzie
Johns posted a victory in
the women’s 1-meter event
with a season-best score of
230.85. Fellow freshman
Victoria Miller was second
with 169.70 points.
The next Lake Forest
victory came in the women’s
100m-backstroke,
where senior Emily Bowens
prevailed in 1:08.58.
The Forester women’s
then made it two in a row
as junior Lily McCarthy
touched the wall first in the
400m-freestyle with a time
of 4:50.64.
Ogawa and Johns also
swept the next round of
diving, Ogawa taking the
1-meter competition with
319.20 points and Johns
winning off the 3-meter
board with a score of
199.60.
For the second straight
meet, the Forester men finished
with a victory. The
200m-freestyle relay team
of Johnson, Bunting, senior
Chris Martinez, and
Huey completed the race
in 1:39.55, just 0.64 seconds
ahead of Whitewater.
The Lake Forest men
posted a 174-23 victory
over Lawrence but fell
139-99 to Whitewater. The
Forester women avenged
last season’s loss to Lawrence
by defeating the Vikings
127-86 on Saturday
but dropped a 148-80 decision
to Whitewater.
The Foresters will compete
in their own pool
again this Saturday, Jan.
28, against Illinois Institute
of Technology. The
Senior Day and Parents
Day meet will begin at
1:00 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Lake Forest hangs on for
victory over Monmouth
Sophomore guard
Bridget Bilek matched her
career-high with 20 points
to help lead the Forester
women’s basketball team
to a 61-55 win over Monmouth
College at home on
Saturday.
Bilek also dished out a
game-high-tying four assists
on the afternoon and
played all but three minutes
in the contest.
Sophomore forward
Paige Bobos was the only
other Forester in double
figures with 11 points and
she shared team-high honors
in rebounds with eight.
Senior forward Brittany
Avonts shot 3-for-4 from
the field and also grabbed
eight boards. Senior guard
Kara Norvet led the Foresters
with three steals and
she matched Bilek with
four assists.
Lake Forest shot 35.9
percent from the floor
while Monmouth connected
on 37.7 percent of their
field goal attempts. The
Fighting Scots outscored
the Foresters 27-12 from
three-point range while the
home team made 11 free
throws and the Fighting
Scots just six. Lake Forest
also had a slight 41-38
edge in rebounds and committed
just 18 turnovers
while forcing 23.
After falling behind 6-4,
the Foresters rattled off
19 consecutive points in
a nine-minute span during
the first and second quarters.
Monmouth trimmed
the margin to 11 but the
home team finished off the
second period with eight
straight points and led 35-
16 at halftime.
The third quarter started
with baskets by Avonts
and Bilek and Lake Forest
led by 23 before surrendering
the game’s next
eight points. The Fighting
Scots continued to chip
away at the deficit and the
home team’s lead was just
11 points at 49-38 with a
quarter to play.
A 7-0 Monmouth run
to start the fourth made it
a four-point game but a
three-point play by Bobos
and a layup by sophomore
forward Hannah Hiland
quickly ran the lead back
up to nine. The Scots
eventually pulled back to
within four points at 58-54
with 32 seconds remaining
but would get no closer as
the Forester defense limited
the visitors to just one
more point in the contest.
Lake Forest improved
to 5-10 overall and 4-6 in
Midwest Conference play.
The Foresters finished off a
season sweep of the Scots,
who are now 2-13 overall
and 2-8 in the league.
The Foresters hosted Illinois
College on Wednesday,
Jan. 25, but that result
was unavailable as of press
time.
Women’s Ice Hockey
Lake Forest finishes
off weekend sweep at
Concordia Wisconsin
Junior forward Amanda
Brunges scored the gamewinning
goal on Saturday,
Jan. 21, as the Foresters
triumped, 2-1, at Concordia
University Wisconsin.
Brunges’ score broke
a 1-1 tie at the 7:30 mark
of the third period. Junior
Kayla Griffith assisted on
the fifth score of the season
for Brunges and the
visitors held on for the victory.
Concordia Wisconsin
scored the first goal of the
night while on the power
play at 16:08 in the opening
period.
Ten of the Foresters’ 17
shots on goal on the night
came in the second period
and the visitors tied
the score at the 7:48 mark
on senior forward Isabel
Regine’s eight score of
the year. She was assisted
by junior forward Olivia
Spellmire, who now leads
the team with 28 points.
Concordia Wisconsin
out-shot Lake Forest 22-
17 on the night and 10-4
in the final period but Forester
freshman goaltender
Jacque Rogers extended
her streak of allowing no
more than one goal in a
game to eight contests.
She improved to 9-1-0
with a .938 save percentage
and 1.09 goals against
average on the season.
The victory raised the
Foresters’ overall record
to 15-2-1 and Northern
Collegiate Hockey Association
mark to 9-1-1. The
Falcons fell to 6-9-2 overall
and 2-7-2 in the league.
Lake Forest, the seventh-ranked
team in the
nation, will look to complete
the three-game season
series sweep of Concordia
Wisconsin at home
Tuesday night. The game
will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Men’s Ice Hockey
Foresters earn crucial
comeback victory over
Marian
Sophomore goaltender
Louis-Philippe De Courcy
earned his first collegiate
victory as the Forester
men’s hockey team overcame
a two-goal deficit
and defeated Marian University
4-3 at home on Saturday,
Jan. 21.
Making just his second
appearance of the season
and third in his career, De
Courcy entered the game
late in the first period with
the Foresters trailing 3-1.
He stopped all 19 shots on
goal he faced the rest of the
way to come away to come
away with the victory.
Lake Forest senior forward
Jack Lewis scored
the game’s first goal just
105 seconds into the contest
with sophomore forward
Bron Loiselle assisting.
Marian then tied the
game on a power play goal
at 10:37, took the lead at
15:57 and added another
power play score with 1:24
remaining in the period,
prompting the Foresters
to switch to De Courcy in
goal.
The home team began
the comeback with a score
by senior defenseman Travis
Hill at the 3:44 mark
of the second period. His
second goal of the year
was assisted by sophmore
forwards John Nugent and
Vito Aluia. Cody Guidorzi,
another sophomore forward,
then tied the score
on an unassisted power
play goal at 7:24.
Lewis netted what
proved to be the gamewinning
goal with 1:11 remaining
in the second. He
Northern Collegiate Hockey
Association leader with
15 goals on the season now
has three game-winners in
2016-17 and seven in his
career. His second goal on
Saturday was assisted by
Guidorzi.
After the Sabres put 20
shots on goal to the Foresters’
13 in the opening
period, the home team outshot
Marian 17-8 in the
second. The visitors had a
9-8 advantage in that category
in the game’s final
20 minutes but were unable
to get the puck past
De Courcy.
Lake Forest improved
to 10-9-0 overall this season
and 6-8-0 in Northern
Collegiate Hockey Association
play. The Foresters
snapped the Sabres’
five-game winning streak
as Marian fell to 10-8-1
overall and 8-6 in the conference.
After a weekend off, the
Foresters will host play
a home-and-home series
with Aurora University
February 4-5. The teams
will face off at Lake Forest
Saturday night at 7:00
and in Aurora Sunday at
3:00 p.m.