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Loyola Sports Roundup: Girls Water Polo Earns Top Sectional Seed
Baseball continues its hot streak in conference and football makes plans to play a game overseas.
Girls Water Polo: No. 5 Loyola ended its season with a 15-4 win over Northside on Tuesday. Brittany Wallace scored five goals while Evan Swenson, Rachel Nieman and Sarah Gross each contributed two goals in the Ramblers’ Senior Night victory.
The victory over Northside completed the regular season for Loyola, which went 18-5-3 (4-2 MCAC) in 26 games this season. The MCAC tournament will start on May 5 and the Ramblers, who earned the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament, will face Marian Catholic in the first round.
For the sixth consecutive season, Loyola earned the No. 1 seed in an IHSA sectional. Coach Rich Schici says the road to a sectional championship will go through Prospect and either Evanston or New Trier.
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Baseball: The Ramblers (7-9, 6-1 Catholic Blue) continued their strong run in the Catholic Blue conference, winning three out of four games last week.
After Loyola rallied to beat St. Joseph, 9-6, in 11 innings on April 21, it edged No. 4 St. Rita in an 11-10 thriller. Eric Hagman went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and Logan Spurlin’s RBI single in the eighth winning gave the Ramblers the victory.
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Two days later St. Rita came back to beat Loyola, but the Ramblers blasted St. Ignatius, 14-4, on Tuesday to get right the ship. Jack Richmond (1-1) struck out eight batters and picked up the win while Spurlin had another strong day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two home runs and five RBIs. Willy Palivos wreaked havoc on the base paths with two stolen bases and a run scored.
Girls Soccer: Loyola and St. Ignatius played to a 0-0 tie on April 21. The Ramblers rebounded to post a 4-0 victory over Providence on Tuesday. Corey Burns, Laura Gardner, Tori Iatarola and Gianna Giaenfortune scored for Loyola (14-0-3). Carly Stevens, who made two saves, had her 50th career shutout for the No. 2 Ramblers.
Football: Loyola has made plans to play a football game in Ireland during Week 2 of their 2012 high school football season. On Aug. 31 2012 Loyola will go up against Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas as part of the Global Ireland Football Tournament.
Softball: Jamie Kiefer struck out nine batters and Molly O’Brien had two hits, including a home run, in the Ramblers’ 9-3 victory over Mt. Assisi on April 25.
Boys Water Polo: The Ramblers earned the No. 3 seed in the IHSA Glenbrook North Sectional. They will face Maine South in the first round on May 12.
SCOREBOARD WATCHING
Girls Lacrosse:
Sacred Heart (NY) 19, Loyola 18 on April 27
