Hinsdale Central rallied for three fourth quarter goals and ended the season of the Saint Ignatius varsity lacrosse team (12-8) in a 9-6 loss to the suburban hosts. The Pack jumped to a 3-0 lead on first period on goals by Chris Basili from Will Yorke, Jack Gavin from Basili and a solo Yorke tally. The Red Devils rallied for a 3-3 tie at half. After a Devil goal, Brendan McNicholas found Gavin who tied the game at four. The hosts pushed to a 6-4 margin before Yorke answered with a pair of goals for the game's third tie at six apiece early in the fourth set.  A three-goal Hinsdale rally then ended the Wolfpack season in a 9-6 loss. Longpoles Mike Flynn and Mike Fuentes combined for three grounders and six takeaways while Luke Mulchrone, James Krumme, Tim O'Neil, John McGowan and John Browne added ten grounders and four steals in defensive play.  Goalie Jabari Copeland stopped a dozen shots for the Pack who played a strong game and rallied twice but fell just short late in the season finale.

The Wolfpack defeated Schurz last night 25-18, 25-18 in the IHSA Regional Semi-Final. Juniors Cooper Hardy (20 assists), Zach Gortowski (7 kills), Michael Knight (6 kills), Joe Loftus (5 kills) and Stephan Iwanik (3 kills, 2 aces, 4 blocks) led the way for Ignatius. The team is now 12-23 overall and will play St. Patrick at St. Patrick for the Regional Championship at 6 p.m. tonight.

On Saturday the Wolfpack made school history when they beat Lincoln Way Central 12-9 in the IHSA State Championship game at Stevenson.  The win marked the first time in Ignatius’ 144-year history a team sport won an IHSA State Title.  Led by Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference Player of the Year Becky Insalaco and All-State standout Tammy Stelnicki, the Wolfpack put together an overall season record of 22-4-1 heading into the State Tournament where they would meet familiar foes on their road to destiny.  The Wolfpack matched up with Catholic League rival and the state's top-ranked team, Mother McAuley, in the semi-finals.  The game proved to be an epic battle with neither team having more than a one-goal lead at any given time.  But as time expired, the Wolfpack were crowned the 8-7 victors and earned another trip to the state championship game for the program's third time in the past seven years.  The title game was truly a team effort with offensive contributions from Insalaco, Stelnicki, juniors Rebecca Martinez, Maggie Maloney and Nikol Lagodzinska, sophomore Karen Juarez, and freshman Diana Fernandez, and on the defensive end the Pack lived up to its reputation as one of the stingiest in the state behind freshman goalie Jenny Stelnicki who had over two and half dozen saves in the net.  Water Polo received varsity status at Saint Ignatius in the spring of 2000; since then the program has won nine IHSA sectional championships and one MCAC conference title, earned IHSA 3rd Place honors three times, and has been the State Runner-Up twice.  The championship is a true testament to the program's motto of "Players Graduate Tradition Continues"!

The Pack traveled to Stevenson for the IHSA State Tournament and walked away with a 4th place finish.  After defeating Brother Rice 9-6 in a tightly contested quarter-final, the Pack fell to host Stevenson 8-5 in semi-final play.  The Pack couldn't regain their momentum as they also fell to Naperville North in the State 3rd Place game.  Congratulations to everyone on a great season!

The Wolfpack won their second straight Illinois State Championships this past weekend. The Pack was led by team members Mike Duncan, Rose Edwards, Grant Egan, Morgan Gaudet, and Will Pollard.

The Wolfpack (19-10) finished the regular season on a five-game winning streak as they prepare to enter the state play-offs.  The Pack offense found success early in the game as Tess Russell and Katie Gallagher singled to start the first inning.  An RBI double by Colleen Hoffman and an RBI single by Maura Lynch put the Pack up 2-0.  Reavis cut the lead to one but the Pack scored two more in the third inning.  Kate Lorenz singled to lead off the inning and was followed by a single by Russell.  Gallagher hit a double to score both Lorenz and Russell, putting the Pack up 4-1.  Reavis evened the score in the bottom of the fifth.  In the top of the seventh inning, Diane Casini singled and reached second on a sacrifice bunt by Elyse Wisniewski.  Casini scored the winning run when Caroline Herman reached base on an errant throw.  The Wolfpack face Evanston on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Maine West. 

The Wolfpack turned in another decisive win, defeating Lane Tech 17-2.  Jim Herber led the assault with five goals.  Ryan Larkin powered in three for a hat trick followed by Matt Babirak and Sean Lynch with two each.  Gillespie, Prieto, Korabik, Basler and Mizerek each logged a goal for good measure.  Lynch and Mizerek each assisted twice with Mazzella, Larkin and Malisch each contributing an assist as well.  Defensively, the Pack rang up 38 grounders and 15 takeaways.  Leading the way with five grounders apiece were Larkin and Flynn supported by McNally and Babirak who each added another four.  Korabik’s longpole goal came on a takeaway, one of a team-leading five on the day.  In goal Will Gaudet only allowed two goals out of eight total shots.

Jack Gavin netted six goals while classmate Chris Basili added a goal, four assists and 16 face-off wins as the seniors led the Wolfpack (12-7) over Lane Tech by a 16-10 margin in a sunny Senior Day contest on Saturday afternoon. Seniors Patrick Murray, Jack Thompson and Kevin Kelly combined for two goals and two assists for the maroon and gold in the win.  Underclassmen Brendan McNicholas and Will Yorke added four goals and three assists and three goals and three assists.  Senior longpoles Mike Fuentes, Luke Mulchrone, Joe Petrosino and Gavin Hooper combined for six grounders and a steal while at midfield seniors John Browne, DJ Laux, Jud Richardson, Kevin McGuire, Ed Hannon and Kelly aggregated six grounders and three swipes in defensive play.  Mike Flynn led the underclassmen longpoles with three grounders and three takeaways and his classmate, goalie Jabari Copeland, netted 11 saves for the Pack who enter the play-offs with eight wins in their last nine regular season games.

The Pack were pumped and ready for a battle and, after a pregame video from star stopper Ginny Somers, the team attacked New Trier and owned the game for the first 20 minutes.  New Trier managed to score first but that did not take the wind out of the Pack’s sails.  After New Trier scored their second, the Pack intensified their assault, scoring one of their own when Casey Skapek headed home a Ginny Somers’ free kick; unfortunately the goal was taken back.  The Pack lost 2-0 but played their greatest game of the season.  The Pack end their season with an 11-8-4 record. 

The Wolfpack lost their play-off game 21-2 to perennial powerhouse New Trier.  Although Brigid Doherty came up with the first draw control of the evening and got off a shot on goal in the first minutes, it was difficult for the Pack to gain momentum against the Trevians' tight and aggressive defense.  Nevertheless, senior Katie Moran had five stops on goal and the Pack managed to squeeze two goals out of the Trevians, both by sophomore Dominique Leone.  The first goal was made after a draw control by Claudia Vickrey, who passed to Leone who ran it in for a rocketing shot to the back of the net.  Leone's second goal was on a free position as the Pack finish the year at 9-14 overall.