Roundup: IVCC men’s soccer wins region semifinal

Pumi Maphumulo scored a goal and had an assist Tuesday to lead the IVCC men’s soccer team to a 3-2 victory over Rock Valley in an NJCAA Division III Region IV Tournament semifinal in Rockford.

Carlos Sousa and Bayron Cruz also scored for IVCC (13-6), while Joel Figueroa made eight saves.

IVCC hosts Harper in the region championship Saturday. The time and location of the game are to be determined.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Newman def. Princeton, 25-20, 18-25, 25-17

Katie Bates had 25 assists, 15 digs and nine points Tuesday as the Tigers fell in a Three Rivers Conference East Division match in Sterling.

Abby Peterson had 32 digs and eight points for PHS (27-6-2, 10-2 TRC East), while Mckenzie Hecht added seven kills, five digs and 1.5 blocks.

“Super proud of my kids,” Princeton coach Andy Puck said. “Newman just out-hustled us, outplayed us, out-executed us in the first set. In the second set, we got down to fundamentals, got them out of system; serving high kind of took them out of their rhythm. The third set, we came out hot, and honestly, we took our foot off the gas. We got a little intimidated, and some kids took some plays off – and if you take plays off against good teams, you’re playing from behind, and that’s never a good recipe for success.”

Newman wrapped up the TRC East title with the victory.

Putnam County def. Dwight, 25-19, 25-19

Tori Balma had 20 assists, three digs and a pair of kills Tuesday to help the Panthers to a Tri-County Conference victory in Granville.

Ava Hatton had eight digs, six kills, five points and an ace for PC (16-15-1, 4-3 TCC), while Avery Moutray served for 10 points and three aces.

Bureau Valley def. Kewanee, 25-11, 25-15

Kate Salisbury had 12 points, one ace, eight assists and five digs Tuesday to help the Storm to a Three Rivers Conference East Division victory in Manlius.

Annabelle Myong had eight points and two aces for Bureau Valley (11-18, 6-6 TRC East), while Tyra Sayler added eight digs.

Earlville def. LaMoille, 25-12, 25-7

Nevaeh Sansone put down 12 kills Tuesday to lead the Red Raiders a victory over the Lions to wrap up the Little Ten Conference regular-season championship.

Alexis Olson had 11 digs, four kills and a block for Earlville (23-7, 9-1 LTC), while Emma Benson added 19 assists and three aces.

Fieldcrest def. Fisher, 25-8, 25-14

Allie Wiesenhofer had 13 kills and two aces Tuesday as the No. 4-seeded Knights beat the No. 13 Bunnies in the first round of the Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament at Deer Creek-Mackinaw.

Kristyn Swartz had 16 assists for Fieldcrest (23-4), which advances to the quarterfinals at 4:15 p.m. Thursday.

GIRLS SWIMMING

At Pontiac

The La Salle-Peru co-op won a pair of relays Tuesday to claim a victory in a triangular.

The Cavaliers tallied 129 points to beat Bloomington Central Catholic (89) and Pontiac (76).

The L-P foursome of Addy Nance, Peyton Heagy, Lily Mustered and Clara Guglielmetti won the 200-meter medley relay in 2:22.61, while Guglielmetti, Evvie Jeppson, Paige Marks and Heagy claimed the 200 freestyle relay in 2:07.34.

Heagy also won the 100 butterfly (1:12.89) and the 100 breaststroke (2:07.67), while Guglielmetti won the 100 freestyle (1:08.6).