TOURNAMENT RECAP (May 2-4)

Tournament Preview
The Catholic League quarterfinal round gets underway at 4:30pm at Fenwick with the hosts doing battle with DeLaSalle, who is playing in their first conference tournament in 2013. The winner will face either Marian or St Ignatius, who play at 5:30pm in the night's second quarterfinal. On the other side of the bracket, second-seeded Mother McAuley faces Resurrection and third-seed Loyola takes on Viator. All four winning teams advance to Saturday morning's semifinal round, which features contests at 9:00am and 10:00am and culminates with the championship game at 3:30pm at Fenwick.

Tournament Schedule

Thursday, May 2

Fenwick 18 DeLaSalle 2

St Ignatius 15 Marian 5

Jenny Stelnicki blocked 9 shots and nine players tallied goals for the Wolfpack as they beat Marian 15-5 to move to the Catholic League semifinals.

Mother McAuley 13 Resurrection 6

Loyola 18 St Viator 5

Evan Swenson, Katie Lynch, and Marta Considine each scored 4 goals and Allison Sajnaj added 3 scores in Loyola's 18-5 victory over St Viator. Meredith O'Brien saved 10 shots in the win for the Ramblers, who move to the semifinal round to take on Mother McAuley on Saturday.

Saturday, May 4

St Ignatius 9 Fenwick 8
Becky Insalaco scored with twenty seconds remaining to lift St Ignatius past Fenwick 9-8 in the Catholic League semifinals on Saturday morning. Insalaco and Tammy Stelnicki each scored 4 goals and Maggie Maloney added one score in the win for the Wolfpack. Cara Borkovec tallied 3 scores and Catie Wallace notched 2 goals in the loss for the Friars.

Mother McAuley 16 Loyola 6

Kristen Kleist recorded 6 goals and Clare Bryar netted 5 scores as Mother McAuley defeated Loyola 16-6 on Saturday. Vicky Arciniega scored 2 times while Amy Kopale, Fran Williamson, and MaryJune O'Connell each added one goal for the victors. Evan Swenson scored 3 goals in the loss for the Ramblers.

Fenwick 24 Loyola 9 (3rd place)

Catie Wallace recorded 6 goals and Cara Borkovec scored 5 times as Fenwick beat Loyola 24-9 to finish the MCAC Tournament in third place. Alexa Ovalle and Colleen Barron each registered 3 goals and Haley Wickham added 2 goals in the Friars' win. Marta Considine scored 3 goals and Evan Swenson, Liz Kyle, and Katie Lynch each put in 2 scores in the Ramblers' loss.

Mother McAuley 12 St Ignatius 7 (1st place)

Clare Bryar, Fran Williamson, and Kristen Kleist each scored 3 goals and Vicky Arciniega added 2 goals as Mother McAuley defeated St Ignatius 12-7 to win the Catholic League tournament on Saturday. Meg Golon also scored once for the Mighty Macs, who used a 4-1 run in the second quarter to build a lead over the Wolfpack that they would never relinquish. Diana Fernandez tallied 3 scores, Becky Insalaco recorded 2 goals, and both Rebecca Martinez and Tammy Stelnicki scored once in the losing effort.