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the winnetka current | September 13, 2018 | 29
Girls volleyball
Loyola learns from miscues, beats New Trier
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
Loyola’s Jackie Yau (5), Anne Martinson (1), and Mary
Kate Lopez (10) celebrate after a point in the Ramblers’
Sept. 5 match against New Trier in Wilmette. Tracy
Allen/22nd Century Media
In any sport, making
adjustments from game to
game is a vital aspect that
can help determine future
outcomes. How a team
adjusts from seeing what
worked and what can be
worked on can be the difference
between a win and
a loss.
Following its three-set
loss to New Trier in the
title game of the Summer’s
End Tournament Sept. 1,
Loyola (8-2) watched film
from the match, worked on
some things and came out
on fire when it beat the Trevians
four days later 25-11,
25-15 Sept. 5 in Wilmette.
“Everyone was playing
to their highest level, to
levels we know they could
play. It wasn’t just a couple
players,” Loyola coach
Mallory Thelander said.
“Every single player was
on the same page. Every
player was competing at
the level we know they can
compete at.
“We came out of that
match Saturday wanting
so much more, knowing
how much more we could
have done. We always
put film up for the girls to
watch themselves and we
had a lot of unforced errors,
which we can’t do.
If we continually focus on
our side, not their side and
as long as we worry about
we’re doing, we’re going to
have success.”
A Mary Kate Lopez
kill that broke a two-all
tie, started a 7-0 lead that
gave the Ramblers a 9-2
lead, one the Trevians (7-1)
wouldn’t be able to come
back from. Outside hitter
Lizzie Walker was at the
service line for the entire
run, one that saw the Trevians
hit into three hitting errors
and an unforced setting
error.
Coincidentally, Walker
was at the service line with
the Ramblers up 20-11, as
they went on a run to win
the set 25-11.
“I was just staying focused
and blocking out
everything around me,”
Walker said about her serving
runs. “I just focus on
getting the ball in the court
and blocking everything
else out.
“Our confidence as a
team helped us today.
When everyone’s confident
as a team, giving it our
best and focusing on what
we need to do, that’s what
helps us play really well.”
As dominating as the first
set was, the second was
even more so. The Ramblers
ran out to leads of
12-1 and 15-3, before both
teams started substituting
and putting in some of their
other players. Lopez had
three kills in the 12-1 run
start, while Julia Martinez
added two of her own.
“We were not passing
well and that’s the name
of the game,” New Trier
coach Hannah Hsieh said.
“We were anticipating it,
they were going to serve
us deep and we still didn’t
even make that adjustment,
even when we practiced
that. We set high balls and
they had a big block. They
executed well.”
Loyola got equal distribution
from its seniors as
Lopez led the team with
eight kills, four blocks and
six assists, Martinez added
seven kills and two blocks,
Elizabeth Ford six kills and
Anne Martinson 16 assists.
“The experience of having
one more year over the
juniors, especially at the
varsity level, they know
what it feels like and how
to compete at this level,”
the Loyola coach said.
“They’re hungry, they want
it.”
Maddie McGregor led
the Trevians with three
kills.
The Trevians know that
matches like these are ones
that can make them a better
team, give them something
to learn from as the season
moves forward.
“We simply said that
that’s the best loss we have
all season because that’s
going to motivate us to
make changes and continue
on what we need to work on
because this is not a team
that has arrived,” the New
Trier coach said. “This is
a team that has things they
can get better at and that’s
something that hopefully
can motivate them.”
Boys golf
Radler leads Loyola to Deerfield Invite title
Gary Larsen
Freelance Reporter
Loyola Academy’s Peter
Radler placed eighth as a
junior at last year’s Class
3A state finals, but he knew
coming into his senior year
that the Ramblers would
need more from him than
just low scores this season.
“We had a group of established
leaders graduate
so I knew this year it
was going to be my turn,”
Radler said. “I was ready
for it. Golf is such an individual
sport that a lot of
leadership comes off the
course. So that’s where
I’ve tried to help.”
Loyola coach Tim Kane
is happy with what Radler
is providing both on and
off the course this year.
“He’s a very consistent
player, he’s level-headed,
and he’s not a flashy player
but he does a really nice
job,” Kane said of Radler.
Radler shot a 71 to lead
the Ramblers to the team
title of this year’s 12-team
Deerfield Invite on Saturday,
Sept. 8. The Ramblers
edged second-place
New Trier by a single team
point, 298-299. Highland
Park placed third with 304
points.
In addition to Radler’s
71, the Ramblers got quality
scores from Jack Crawshaw
(74), Ryan Savarie
(75), and Patrick Adler
(78).
Golfers had to contend
with one of the first windy
and cool days of the season
at this year’s Deerfield
Invite, playing at the Twin
Orchard Country Club in
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Long Grove.
“It’s a really tough
course in windy conditions
today, and the kids grinded
out a really good score,”
Kane said. “
New Trier placed second
at a tournament for the
second time in three days,
having taken second behind
team champion Lake
Forest in a tournament at
Buffalo Grove on Sept. 6.
Saturday it was Loyola
that nipped New Trier at
the wire by a single point.
“We’re doing a lot better
than we did at the
beginning of the season
and I think we’ll only get
better as the season goes
on,” New Trier’s Charlie
Creamean said.
Creamean led the Trevians
with a low round of 73.