The Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team won its first two matches at the Elmhurst Invitational Friday, defeating Grinnell, 30-19, 30-28, 27-30, 30-15, and Wisconsin Stevens Point, 30-18, 30-19, 30-28.
During the first game IWU was led by Tiffany Hamblin's 43 assists and 17 digs. Beth Crowley led the Titans with 11 kills, while Molly Jo Ehlert contributed 10 blocks.
In IWU's second game, the Titans got more strong performances from Hamblin, Crowley and Ehlert. Hamblin led the team with 19 digs and 35 assists, while Crowley earned 13 kills and Ehlert 10 blocks. Liz Niemann also had a solid all-around performance, chipping in 12 kills and 16 digs.
IWU improved to 5-0 on the season. The tournament continues today as IWU faces Wittenberg at 10 a.m. and Lake Forest at noon.

Men's soccer triumphs

Larry Kociolek, Szymon Krzyzanowski and David Munz scored first-half goals and the IWU men's soccer team cruised the rest of the way to a 3-0 win over Hendrix College at the IWU soccer field.
IWU improved to 2-1-1; Hendrix fell to 0-3.
Kociolek got things started for the Titans 57 seconds into the game with a goal from the left corner. Chris Bobowski assisted.
Krzyzanowski made it 2-0 at 21:11 with a goal from 6 yards out off a feed from Kociolek. Munz scored three minutes later, assisted by Clay Scott.

Women win in soccer

Christine Reed and Ann Bernard scored goals to lift the IWU women's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Hendix at the IWU soccer field.
Reed scored the game's lone first-half goal off an assist  from Julie Brooks. Bernard scored unassisted in the  second half to give IWU (3-0) a 2-0 lead.
Hendrix (2-1) avoided a shutout on Becca Carle's goal at the 59:36 mark.

Runners shine

The IWU women's cross country team placed fifth in the 16-team North Central Invitational while the Titan men placed eighth.
The Titan women scored 134 points while Wheaton won with 62. Freshman Brooke Lade led IWU in 17th, clocking 20 minutes, 37.4 seconds on the 5,000-meter course. St. Xavier's Mary Farrell won in 18:27.2.
IWU scored 203 points in the men's division, which was won by the North Central Alums with 22.
Freshman Tim Hachmeister led the Titans, placing 11th on the 5-mile course in 27:24.28.
Jack Kafel of the North Central Alums won in 26:24.54.