Already down one game, the Uni girls found themselves tied at 24 with host Normal Calvary Baptist in the second set. If the Crusaders scored the next two points, they would win the match and sweep the season series with the Illineks. But Uni won the hard-fought contest 26-24, then pulled away in the decisive third game to take the match. The girls are now just two wins away from tying the school record for victories set last season.

Seniors Thomas Bozada, Erin Hayes, and Michelle Mehnert were among only 4,000 students selected by the NHRP out of 196,000 candidates nationwide. Since 1983 the program has identified outstanding Hispanic high school students and shared information about them with subscribing colleges and universities.

St. Thomas More shut out Uni 7-0 Thursday at the DCR Soccer Complex. With the loss, Uni's record is now 8-8-1. Two regular-season games remain before the second-seeded Illineks begin their postseason. Both matches are at home next week: Normal Calvary Baptist visits on Tuesday and Monticello arrives on Thursday. The playoffs begin Friday with 15th-seeded Mt. Carmel coming to town.