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52 | April 19, 2018 | The winnetka Current sports
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Girls Soccer
Murray, Ramblers
shut down Lake Forest
Signing Day
Brittany Kapa
Contributing Sports Editor
Loyola Academy’s goal
was to score two.
That didn’t happen.
The Scouts hosted the
Ramblers April 11, on
their West Campus field
for each team’s second
game of the Lou Malnati’s
Deep Dish Classic.
The Ramblers won 1-0,
but Lake Forest held its
opponent scoreless in the
first half to the frustration
of Ramblers’ coach Craig
Snower.
“We were in a situation
where we had to win 2-0
for the tournament, because
of the goal differential,
and to be honest with
you we just didn’t execute,”
he said. “We didn’t
execute last game and we
didn’t execute this game.”
Loyola sophomore
Vanessa Murray broke
through the Scouts defense
in the 57th minute
of the game to score the
lone goal.
“I was just on the wide
and then my teammate
played me the ball – my
coach has been saying to
take more shots – I just
shot it,” Murray said.
Snower encouraged his
team to pick up the pace,
offensively, from the
sideline during the game.
The Ramblers were able
to maintain possession of
the ball through a good
chunk of the second half
and kept Lake Forest to
limited shots on goal.
“We need to be really
quick with the ball and
the ball seemed to be
stuck under foot the last
Maggie Brett looks to control the ball against Lake
Forest during a pool play game against Lake Forest April
11 in Lake Forest. Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media
couple of games,” Snower
said. “When you’re trying
to play possession
and thread balls through
it needs to be done with
good timing. Our timing
just got lost this week a
little bit.”
Lake Forest was in an
all-hands-on-deck situation
after losing both its
starting goal keeper and
backup to injury. Sophomore
Ainsley Allan, who
had played in net during
her freshman and sophomore
year, dropped back
for her team during the
game.
“That’s incredible of
her,” said Maggie Mick,
a junior defender on the
team. “This year she tried
out for center forward and
to play on the field. I think
that’s awesome of her to
step up and do that. She
played really well.”
Mick helped Allan out
in the 52nd minute of the
game. After Allan dove to
save a goal, Loyola forward
Cate Schellenback
had an open-net opportunity
but Mick was able
to stop the ball and kick
it out of range of her attackers.
“I’m feeling nice about
it, especially as a defender
and holding them
from getting that two-goal
lead,” Mick said.
Mick said the team was
unsure of how they would
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New Trier student-athletes pose for a picture after choosing their colleges next year
on Signing Day April 10 in Winnetka. Photo submitted
New Trier student-athletes
make collegiate decisions
Michael Wojtychiw, Sports Editor
New Trier celebrated the third National
Signing Day on April 10, at the Winnetka
campus by honoring 17 student-athletes
who picked which academic institutions
they will be attending next year to continue
their academic and athletic pursuits.
The athletes represented nine different
sports, including basketball, golf, football,
field hockey, rowing, baseball, soccer,
wrestling and swimming and 16 different
universities.
The total number of New Trier studentathletes
who will be participating in collegiate
athletics starting in the fall of 2018
now stands at 51.
The student-athletes choosing
their collegiate destinations on April
10 were:
Wrestling
• Patrick Ryan - American University
• Jack Tangen - Lindenwood University
Swimming
• Gigi Picard - Mount Holyoke College
Basketball
• Griffin Ryan - University of Pennsylvania
Field hockey
• Jenn Kirby - Rhodes College
• Hannah Roth - Haverford College
Soccer
• Sydney Parker - DePaul
• Abby Merk - Bates College
• Whitney Hoban - Trinity College
• Nicole Kaspi - University of Chicago
Baseball
• Spencer Beacom - University of Chicago
Football
• Konner Klassen - University of Nebraska-Kearney
• Michael Vinson - Notre Dame
Rowing
• Galen Quinn - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Golf
• Will Nummy - Illinois Wesleyan
• Jack Culbertson - Knox College