Notre Dame-West Burlington/Danville girls tripped up in Adidas soccer tourney
The Notre Dame-West Burlington/Danville girls soccer team faced two opponents on the pitch Friday night — St. Viator of Arlington Heights, Illinois, and themselves.
As a result, St. Viator blanked the Nikes, 5-0, in the Adidas Tournament of Champions at the Burlington Area RecPlex.
The tournament is "big schools, big competition," ND-WB/D coach Todd Ackerman said. "It can be tough at times, but at the end of the day we should be in shape to compete with these teams. We just have to step up our game a little bit."
Emilie Doershing and Monica Correa scored two goals each for St. Viator. Gabriella Letto scored one. The Lions led 3-0 at halftime.
St. Viator improved to 6-2-3. The Nikes slipped to 6-4.
The tough competition "definitely helps out," Ackerman said. "You learn from these matches. Every year we come here and sometimes we compete better than other times. I was a little disappointed with our girls in this game. I thought they were a little intimidated and they shouldn't have been. They can play with this team. They can play with any team in this tournament. It's going to help us down the road if the girls are willing to learn from it."
St. Viator didn't cause the problem, Ackerman said.
"I don't know so much that is was them," he said. "We were just intimidated. We forced our own problems. We didn't trap well. We didn't pass well. Then we started to get down on ourselves, so we turned the ball over a lot. We're better than that. We've played better schools than that. We need to have a little more confidence."
BOYS TENNIS
MOUNT PLEASANT 6, MAHARISHI 3: The Panthers topped Maharishi at Fairfield.
Singles: Owen Vansickel (MP) def. Ruimin Lao, 4-6, 6-2 (6); Jake Ensminger (MP) def. Jayanta Wegman, 6-1, 6-1; Levi Graber (MP) def. Polo Altynski-Ross, 2-6, 7-5 (8); Dominic DuPoux (Maha) def. Linc Henrichsen, 6-2, 6-4; Elliot Cook (MP) def. Kekhii Kahui, 6-4, 6-4; Tim Cam (MP) def. Chacho Roestler, 6-2, 3-6 (11).
Doubles: Luo/DuPoux (Maha) def. Vansickel/Ensminger, 6-4, 6-3; Graber/Henrichsen (MP) def. Wegman/Altynski-Ross, 8-6; Kahui/Roestler (Maha) def. Cook/Cam, 9-7.
PREP SOFTBALL
MERCER COUNTY 4-10, A-TOWN 2-6: The Golden Eagles swept Abingdon-Avon in a doubleheader at Abingdon, Illinois.
In the first game, Madi Frieden went 3-for-3 for Mercer County and Sydney Stirn had two singles in three trips. Ava Ruggles doubled and drove in three runs. Gabriella McPeek was the winning pitcher. She gave up one earned run on four hits and three walks in five innings. She struck out four.
In the nightcap, McPeek, Frieden and Ruggles had three hits each and Kaylee Gray added two singles. Frieden hit a triple and drove in three runs. Ruggles and McPeek each had doubles. Ruggles and winning pitcher Hallie Schreurs each had two RBIs. Schreurs surrendered three earned runs on five hits and two walks in five innings. She fanned four.
PREP BASEBALL
ILLINI WEST 6, HAVANA 0: Nick Burns fired a 3-hit shutout and the Chargers won at Havana, Illinois.
Burns walked two and struck out seven in seven innings. Shawn Watkins Jr. led Illini West at the plate with four singles and two RBIs in four appearances. Colby Robertson went 2-for-3 and Lucas Finch doubled.
THURSDAY'S LATE RESULTS
BOYS GOLF
PANTHERS FINISH 9th: Mount Pleasant finished ninth and Van Buren County was 10th in the 19-team Moravia Invitational at The Preserve.
Des Moines Christian won the team title with 321 strokes. Mount Pleasant carded 366 and Van Buren County was at 368. Christian's Jake Weissenburger was medalist with a 2-over 74.
Nick Matheny carded an 83 to lead Mount Pleasant. Other Panthers were Reece Kempker (87), Reece Coffman (96), Nate Simang (100) and Ian Hake (104).
T.J. Jirak's 82 paced Van Buren County. Other Warriors:Riley Bruckman (89), Lukas McEntee (92), Aiden McEntee (105) and Dylan Richardson (106).
BOYS SOCCER
KEOKUK 3, MOUNT PLEASANT 2: M.J. Davis scored two goals to lead the Chiefs past Mount Pleasant at Keokuk's Calvert Stadium.
Cooper Abfalter-Dial added a goal for Keokuk. Ben Carthey and Jason Kruse scored for Mount Pleasant.
GIRLS SOCCER
MOUNT PLEASANT 7, KEOKUK 3: Elly Manning scored four goals to lead the Panthers to victory at Keokuk's Calvert Stadium.
Charice Auwerda scored twice for Mount Pleasant and Tori Wilson added a goal. Briana Maerz scored two goals for Keokuk.
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
DANVILLE WINS: Danville won the Class B division of the Ekstrand Relays, hosted by WACO High School at Wayland.
Danville had 141 points for the win in the 10-team meet. WACO was second at 95, Winfield-Mount Union (53) was fifth and New London (8) was 10th.
Washington won the six-team Class A with 150 points. Fort Madison (91) was third, Mediapolis (87) was fourth and Keokuk (48) finished sixth.
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