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October 14, 2008

Field Hockey Recap (Week 7) - Gridlock on top of SCAC as Centre and DePauw Fight for First


SUWANEE, Ga. - After splitting games earlier in the season and holding serve this weekend with a pair of home conference victories, Centre College and DePauw University are now in a virtual lock for first place in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Colonels and Tigers - each with three regular season conference games remaining - control their own destiny to see who will be the number one seed at the 2008 SCAC Field Hockey Championships in Danville, Ky.

Centre won two matches against SCAC foes Rhodes College and Sewanee-University of the South this week to push their SCAC record to 4-1 and their overall record to 10-3. The Colonels put on a dominating performance after a great week of practice against Rhodes, winning 3-0 and holding an 18-9 advantage in shots taken. Centre possessed the ball beautifully and controlled the match defensively throughout. Beth Faulkner (Louisville, Ky.) assisted Teresa Johnstone (Louisville, Ky.) on the Colonels first goal, 14-minutes into the match. Sophomore Sarah Humphries (Baltimore, Md.) scored her second goal of the season on a penalty stroke five-minutes later, and junior Rachel Watkins (Chicago, Ill.) recorded the final goal of the match from an assist by sophomore Cynthia Morse (Louisville, Ky.). Morse and Humphries played superbly in the backfield throughout the match. Against Sewanee, Centre again held a decided advantage, outshooting the Tigers 18-7, but couldn’t breakthrough in regulation. Finally, Johnstone scored on a breakaway in the first overtime to get the win. Sewanee played a strong defensive match, as did the Colonels who were led in the backfield by freshmen Jennifer Bohnert (Louisville, Ky.) and Patty Cowley (Louisville, Ky.). Co-captain Sarah Scheer (Louisville, Ky.), Sally Faulkner (Louisville, Ky.), Alison Pierce (Damariscotta, Me.), and Watkins played solid defense throughout the weekend aided by forwards Beth Faulkner, Victoria Richardson (Webster, Ny.), Katy Meyer (Louisville, Ky.), and junior Mary Kate Clodius (St. Louis, Mo.) who returned from an ankle injury this week. Senior co-captain Emily Boyle (Louisville, Ky.) also returned to play this week after a bout with mono. The wins mark the fifth and sixth shutouts for the Colonels this season.

DePauw remained atop the SCAC standings with a pair of conference home wins. The Tigers defeated Sewanee, 4-1, and blanked Rhodes, 2-0. Carolyn Mueller scored just 3:45 into the Sewanee contest before Sewanee tied the game at 7:25. Meredith Ellis, who assisted on Mueller's score, gave the Tigers the lead for good at 13:50 before Kimberly Trainor made it 3-1 at 21:53. Mueller closed out the game with the final goal with just 1:09 left. The Tigers wrapped up the weekend with a win over Rhodes as Katie Sowar scored at 13:41 on Trainor's assist and Sarah Riffle added an insurance goal at 46:17. Liz Attewell finished with four saves and posted her first shutout of the season.

Hendrix did not play this past week. The Warriors will return to action this weekend as they travel to Missouri to play a pair of games starting with Lindenwood University Friday afternoon.

Rhodes dropped conference matches to Centre (3-0) and DePauw (2-0) this weekend to drop to 9-3, 2-3 in SCAC play. Rhodes defense was able to hold the Colonels to only 6 shots on Friday but the Lynx were unable to get anything going offensively despite several penalty corner opportunities. Sunday’s match looked better but the Lynx were still unable to get on the scoreboard. Goal keepers Valerie Clarke and Meghan Cullen combined for 17 saves on the day. The Lynx benefited from outstanding play by midfielder/forward Libby Feaster all over the field during both games. Rhodes returns to action Sunday at Kean University in Union, NJ and will face #2 Ursinus on Tuesday 10/21.

Sewanee wrapped up a weekend of SCAC road action Sunday and the host Colonels edges out the Tigers with a breakaway goal in overtime, securing the 1-0 win for Centre. Sewanee took a hit on Saturday, too, falling 4-1 against DePauw on Saturday. Sewanee is now 6-4 so far in 2008 and is 2-4 in league play. Centre is now 10-3, with three of its last four wins coming in overtime.

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