(ST. NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS) – DE PERE – St. Norbert College faced a 2-0 setback to Illinois Tech in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game at Schneider Stadium.
The Green Knights (3-3-2, 1-1 NACC), nearly opened the scoring in the first minute of the game when Everett Saeger’s superb hit off a corner forced a quick save. Kenzo Sly-Umebayashi (pictured) nearly converted on the rebound but found his shot hitting too high of the frame.
The Scarlet Hawks took the lead at 9:20 on a free kick from Junior Pineda-Alcala. Joe Anguil forced a stop just before half as the visitors took a one-goal lead into the break. Illinois Tech eventually found a second goal near the end at 86:32 from Logan Orlee.
St. Norbert was outshot 8-7 by the Scarlet Hawks. Gabriel Mathisen made one save in relief during the second half. David Rodriguez made three stops for Illinois Tech.
WOMEN’S SOCCCER
Illinois Tech 5, St. Norbert 0
DE PERE – St. Norbert College was held in check in a 5-0 loss to Illinois Tech in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game at Schneider Stadium.
The Green Knights (2-5-1, 1-1 NACC) trailed by two goals after the opening 10 minutes as the scoreline held at halftime. A 15-minute surge from the Scarlet Hawks in the second half produced three more goals.
The Green Knights thought they had claimed a goal at 42:31 courtesy of an own goal by Illinois Tech, but Gracie Adrian was ruled to be offside.
Leah Hess made several good stops in her 74 minutes played. Jazmin Morales made one save in relief.
The Green Knights will roll on in conference play next week against Wisconsin Lutheran College on Wednesday.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. Norbert 1
St. Olaf 3, St. Norbert 1
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – St. Norbert College faced a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes at the Coe-Cornell Invitational.
The Green Knights fell 3-1 to Gustavus Adolphus College by scores of 22-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-11 and 3-0 to No. 21-ranked St. Olaf College by scores of 26-24, 25-15, 25-20.
St. Norbert won the opening set against the Gusties, turning a 12-11 deficit into a 16-11 lead behind a pair of Maddie Kitowski service aces. Gustavus Adolphus came back to tie the set four times, the latest at 21-21, before the Green Knights went on a 4-1 run to take a 1-0 lead. Gustavus Adolphus then built leads in each of the next three seats to claim the win.
The Green Knights had 27 kills against 23 errors in 103 attempts to hit .039 for the match. Anna Kudick had a team-high eight kills, while Kirsten Klatt added five. Keira Ashenfelter had 13 assists. Kitowski had five aces.
Ashenfelter had eight digs, while Kitowski had six. Klatt and Brooklyn O’Malley had three blocks apiece.
Against St. Olaf, the Green Knights led the opening set 24-23 before the Oles closed out a 1-0 lead with three consecutive points. The second set was tied at 9-9 before St. Olaf pulled away on a 7-2 run. The Green Knights got to within 18-16 in Set 3 before the Oles finished the sweep.
St. Norbert hit .141 in the match, with 27 kills against 13 errors in 99 attempts. Kudick had eight kills, while Alli Clark added six. Ashenfelter had 19 assists.
Annabel Stevenson had a team-high 10 digs for the Green Knights, with Kitowski adding nine. Emma Dries had two blocks.
