For Streator grad Tyler Wargo and Elmhurst College for that matter, it did not get any better than beating Illinois Wesleyan University.

"It showed what we could do," said Wargo, a freshman. "Taking two of three from them was a great feeling. I think that will help us in the future. We just needed to play our game."

Wargo had hits in all three games. In two of the games, he had two or more hits.

His best personal effort was in the lone EC loss. In the 9-4 loss to IWU, Wargo was 3-for-5 with a triple. He drove home one and scored one in the contest.

In the series opener, a 4-3 EC win, Wargo was 2-for-5 and scored a run. He was 1-for-4 and scored a pair of runs in the second game of the series, a 7-5 win over the Titans, the NCAA Division III defending national champions.

The Elmhurst freshman finished the year with a .317 batting average. Wargo had 39 hits in 123 trips to the plate. Of his hits, seven were doubles, three were triples and one was a homer. He scored 33 times, was issued 20 walks and stole four bases.

Wargo led the team in walks and triples. Elmhurst finished 18-20 overall and 6-15 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

"When I started this year, I had no idea that I would have a big role," said Wargo. "Baseball-wise this was better than I could have dreamed. Next year, we want to make the conference tournament. This league has a great reputation."

Monmouth College lost an 11-1 decision to Beloit College in the Midwest Conference Tournament. Ottawa grad Mitch Johnson was 1-for-3 for Monmouth. He had one of four Monmouth hits.

Only three athletes had hits. Former Woodland player Lucas Skul suffered the loss. In 2 2/3 innings of work, he allowed 10 earned runs on 10 hits. He walked four batters and fanned three.

Skul slipped to 4-4. Monmouth is 17-14 overall and 6-6 in the MWC.

Softball

Utica resident Tori Bunzell suffered the loss as her college team, Quincy University, dropped a 4-0 decision to Grand Valley State University in the first round of the NCAA Division II Regionals.

The La Salle-Peru graduate, who worked six innings, allowed three earned runs on five hits. She fanned eight and walked two.

Bunzell, a senior, is 29-12 overall. Quincy continues in the NCAA Division II Tournament with a 33-17 mark. Quincy finished 17-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and is playing in the regional in Allendale, Michigan.

The North Central College Cardinals were eliminated from the NCAA Division III Tournament by the College of St. Scholastica, losting a 3-1 decision. Former Newark player Laura Whitfield, an NCC senior, was 1-for-3.

North Central finished its season with a 26-14 mark. The Cardinals were 9-5 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. They also lost a 2-1 battle to University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse at the NCAA Division III Regional in Eau Claire, Wis.

Rockford College recently finished its softball season. Rockford was 11-27 overall and 7-17 in the Northern Athletics Conference.

Eryn Dougherty (Marquette), Katy Atkerson (Serena) and Alyssa Novak (La Salle-Peru), all Rockford juniors, all logged varsity time this year.

Dougherty finished with an 8-15 mark. She also had one save. In 118 1/3 innings of work, she allowed 98 earned runs on 208 hits for a 7.45 earned run average. She fanned 71 and walked 38. At the plate, Dougherty had four hits, four walks, one run scored and one RBI.

Novak, who started every game, finished with a .236 batting average. She finished with five doubles, one triple and one homer). She led the team in runs scored (22) and stolen bases (17).

Atkerson, who started 35 games and played in 37, had 10 hits (two doubles), 13 walks, 11 runs scored, seven RBI and one stolen base.

Track & Field

Seneca grad Candice Carajohn, a Loyola University sophomore, scored points in three different events at the Horizon League Championships.

Individually, Carajohn took fourth in both the high jump (5-3) and the heptathlon (3,846 points). She was also a member of the 400-meter relay, which took fifth with 48.49 seconds.

As a team, Loyola took fifth with 59 points. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee took first with 174 points.

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