The Forester handball teams finished first in the men's, women's, and combined team standings at the United States Handball Association Collegiate National Championships over the weekend. Senior Nikolai Nahorniak claimed a national title in Open Doubles and Singles.
A day after teaming with fellow Forester senior Victor Perez to win the Open Doubles championship, Nahorniak knocked off Perez 21-13, 21-4 in the Open Singles final.
Freshman Sandy Ng came up just short in her bid to bring the Women's Open Singles title to Lake Forest as well. She was defeated 21-12, 21-16 in the championship match.
Other divisional titles were won by Lake Forest senior Pat Jarvis (21-9, 21-9) in Men's B Singles and junior Ann Szutenbach (14-21, 21-3, 11-4 over sophomore Amalia DeSardi) in Women's B Singles. In addition, sophomore Geoff Douglas posted a 21-12, 21-15 victory in the Men's Division II A Singles final and freshman Aimee Fadden won 21-8, 21-6 in the Women's Division II Intermediate Singles championship.
Lake Forest's titles are their third in a row in all three divisions. The program has now claimed 16 men's, nine women's, and 14 combined national titles.
