HIGH SCHOOL: SHORT-HANDED ND DOWNS WASHINGTON

O'FALLON, Mo. -- Rebounding from a subpar performance Tuesday, Notre Dame -- despite playing much of the game shorthanded -- defeated Washington 3-2 at the St. Dominic Tournament at O'Fallon.

The win sends Notre Dame (14-6-1) into the consolation game today.

The Bulldogs asserted themselves early scoring at the 3-minute mark of the first half on a goal by Scott Wittenborn from an assist by Shane Kistner.

Later in the first half, Adam Prasanphanich, on a brilliant individual effort, dribbled through four defenders to feed Wittenborn for another goal to give Notre Dame a 2-0 advantage.

Towards the end of the first half adversity struck the Bulldogs. On a Washington free kick, a Notre Dame defender slipped on the muddy turf and his hand unintentionally stopped a shot headed towards the goal. But as the rules require, intentional or not, the player was red-carded and removed from the game. Notre Dame was forced to play the remainder of the contest short-handed.

As a result of the infraction, Washington was given a penalty kick which they converted to close the gap at 2-1.

With 10 minutes gone in the second half Notre Dame netted another score on a goal by Tyler Cuba on an assist from Matt Pobst to extend the Bulldog's lead to 3-1. The opposition got a late goal to bring the final score to 3-2.

"I was very pleased with the energy and effort of our team," said Notre Dame coach Brad Wittenborn. "Even when we had to play a man down, we still controlled the action."

Cape Central JV Tournament

The Tigers shut out Jackson to advance to the championship game of the Cape Central Junior Varsity Soccer Tournament at Shawnee Soccer Park.

Cape Central improved to 13-1 with the 3-0 win.

Netting goals for the Tigers were Heath Orr with two, one unassisted, and Ryan Ross with one. The tandem of Orr and Ross exchanged assists on each other's goals.

Backup goalie Jeff McCowen, pressed into service because of illness to the starting goalkeeper, had five saves in the victory.

Cape Central will meet Carbondale for the championship at 6:30 p.m. today. Jackson and Sikeston meet in the consolation match at 5 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

Notre Dame 17-15New Madrid 15-7

The Lady Bulldogs (17-7-4) continued a late season surge with their eighth straight victory.

Notre Dame scored the last two points to take a close first set before handling the Lady Eagles 15-7 in the second contest.

Lynn Obermiller led Notre Dame with 14 kills while Ali Tyson chipped in with seven kills. Courtney Vickery and Ashley Millham had six kills each. Katie Canfield contributed 25 assists.

Notre Dame's JV improved to 25-3 with a 15-7, 15-8 win.

Jackson 15-15Scott City 11-5

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Jackson reached the 20-win plateau with a straight-set win over Scott City.

The Lady Indians improved to 20-8-2 while Scott City fell to 12-12-4.

Andrea Koeper led Jackson with eight kills, 15 digs and two aces, while Jessica Koeper had six kills and nine assists. Jenna Leet chipped in with six kills and four service aces, while defensive specialist Kendra Hinkebein scooped 10 digs.

Scott City was led by Lindsey Baker and Sidney Baer with five and four kills, respectively.