Successful Week For Girls Lacrosse

By Nick Batlle

Girls lacrosse beat Lake Forest for the first time in team history last Friday. All-American goalie Colleen Speth made 13 saves as her team left with a satisfying 11-5 victory.

Junior Catherine Novak scored 5 goals and made 1 assist, while sophomore Sara Angel made 2 goals and 1 assist. All-state senior Jessica Chukwu scored 2 goals, with seniors Emma Folz and Julia Smith adding one apiece.

"Our defense is really stepping it up all over the field, and our offense is coming together and putting the ball in the back of the net," said Speth.

Boys lacrosse suffered a tough 9-2 loss last Saturday against powerhouse Lyons. Senior captain Troy Clesen scored both Evanston goals.

Earlier in the week, however, the Kits had claimed an impressive 14-4 win against Deerfield, with sophomore Tyler Hall scoring 3 times.

B-ball 3-On-3 at McGaw YMCA

Got game? The Justin Wynn Leadership Academy will hold its third annual 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament for elementary and middle school students at the McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove St. from 6 to 10 p.m. on May 12. Proceeds from the tournament, organized by 5th through 12th-grade recipients of the Justin Wynn Award, will go to Literary Education At play (LEAP), a preschool outreach literacy program of the Evanston Public Library, and Masai Women Development Organization (MWEDO), a Tanzanian organization that supports the education of Masai girls.

Participants may register at the Y, individually or in teams of four, between 6 and 6:45 p.m. on May 12. The registration fee for players is $5, and admission for fans age 5 and up is $3. Those who donate a package of pens, pencils or paper will receive a $1 discount. The tournament includes third-fourth-fifth-sixth and seventh-eighth-grade competition brackets. Winning teams in each bracket will receive prizes. JWLA welcomes the entire community to this exciting evening of basketball for a worthy cause.

Sport Shorts

Girls soccer traveled to Wisconsin over the weekend, competing at the Catholic Memorial Tournament. They won their first game by a score of 3-2, with freshmen Ashley Myer and Alli Gossen scoring, along with junior Kristine Horwitz.

They lost the second game 1-0, but bounced back, taking third place in the tournament with a 2-0 victory in their final game. Seniors Brigit Larson and Torie Runzel scored the Evanston goals in that one. They play at Niles West today and will compete at the Palatine Tournament over the weekend.

Baseball beat Niles North on saturday 3-1, with starting pitcher Eli Oberman going 6 innings and getting the win. Left fielder Collin Sallee hit a two-run homer in the 4th to give Evanston all the offense they needed. Their record currently stands at 13-7-1, and they play at Niles West tomorrow.

Girls water polo lost 8-2 against a very tough Fenwick squad last Thursday, but the JV team did win conference. The team will be hosting the varsity CSL conference tournament this weekend.

Boys water polo will be competing for the conference title at New Trier.Tennis Takes Second at Glenbrook South Invite

After hosting Glenbrook South the previous Tuesday, boys tennis made an impressive showing at the Titan's annual invite.

They took on Elk Grove in the first round, with freshman Joe Collins winning in complete sets at no. 1 singles. Joel Kuczmarski played no. 2 singles and also won, taking the first set 6-3 and the second 6-0. Youseff Bensmail and Andy Schneider won at no. 1 doubles, while Jeremy Daniel and Michael Shannete won at no. 2 doubles. In total Evanston won 5-0.

In the second round, Evanston beat Loyola 3-2, with wins from Collins, Kuczmarski, and the doubles combination of Daniel and Shannete.

Tennis Takes Second at Glenbrook South Invite

By Nick Batlle

After hosting Glenbrook South the previous Tuesday, boys tennis made an impressive showing at the Titan's annual invite.

They took on Elk Grove in the first round, with freshman Joe Collins winning in complete sets at #1 singles. Joel Kuczmarski played no. 2 singles and also won, taking the first set 6-3 and the second 6-0. Youseff Bensmail and Andy Schneider won at no. 1 doubles, while Jeremy Daniel and Michael Shannete won at no. 2 doubles. In total Evanston won 5-0.

In the second round, Evanston beat Loyola 3-2, with wins from Collins, Kuczmarski, and the doubles combination of Daniel and Shannete.

The Kits took on GBS in the finals, but couldn't pull out a win at any level. They left the tournament with second-place honors and will compete at the Moline invite this weekend.

Victory for Girls Hockey Team

The Evanston under-10 girls hockey team won the Illinois State Championship for the second year in a row. They beat the Winnetka girls 4-2. Charly Dickerson scored the first goal, followed by Tia Hertto, Sophie Skarzynski and Cindy Kyin. Goalie Lindsay Projansky kept a very strong Winnetka team to just 2 goals. The team are coached by Annie Camins, Del Morris and Tom O'Brian. Photo by Andrew Dickerson

LAndler Homers Twice But ETHSSoftball Loses Doubleheader

By Nick Batlle

Some individual sparks glow despite Kits' disappointing losses Saturday.
Photo By Michael Wai

With sectional seedings looming around the corner, there was a lot on the line going into last Saturday's doubleheader against Ridgewood.

Senior third baseman Kaitlin Andler provided an offensive spark, and the Kits gave glimpses of their potential, but in the end, the Ridgewood bats proved too powerful.

After a four run first inning in which they surrendered three doubles, Evanston looked flustered. One highlight of the game was a third-inning rally, capped off by Andler's first homer of the afternoon, clearing the center field fence. Ridgewood's bats continued to do all the work, and Evanston lost the first game, by a score of 4-16.

The Kits controlled the flow of game two, taking a 3-2 lead in the third inning behind another Andler home run, this time going the opposite way as the right fielder hopelessly watched it soar over her head. Everything looked to be going Evanston's way until Ridgewood took the lead for good in the fifth inning behind a two-run blast, running away with it 4-3.

"The main focus right now is hitting and helping each other out," said head coach Amanda Carlson. "We need to get some runs on the board each game."

Despite the disappointing afternoon, junior pitcher Alison Ehrensaft showed how invaluable her presence really is. The day before, she pitched a no-hitter against Mather as the Kits rolled to an impressive 12-0 win. She also started game two of the doubleheader, throwing a complete game.

"Our defense has a lot more confidence when Allie's on the mound," said Carlson of Ehrensaft. "They know that there won't be really hard, line-drive hits. There's going to be pop-ups because she knows how to throw the balls to batters ... she has six different pitches."

With a conference game scheduled for tomorrow against Niles West, the team is putting a big emphasis on hitting.

"Once you get one hit it's contagious," said Andler. "Everybody starts hitting after one person gets a hit. It's all mental, and I think if our bats get going, it can really take the wind out of the other team."