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October 20, 2009

Field Hockey Recap (Week 7) - Around the SCAC


SUWANEE, Ga. - With the SCAC Field Hockey Championships less than three weeks away all five teams stepped out of conference for a number of non-conference tilts. Combined the SCAC posted a record of 3-6 on the weekend.

 

- AROUND THE SCAC -


Centre went a disappointing 1-2 last week despite dominating on the stat sheets. Centre defeated Ohio Wesleyan University 3-1 with two goals by senior Mary Kate Clodius (St. Louis, Missouri) and another by last week's Offensive Player of the Week Rachel Watkins (Chicago, Ill.). Freshmen Barbara Parks (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Sarah Jessee (Louisville, Ky.) posted assists. Clodius scored another against Denison University, where despite holding advantages in shots and penalty corners the Colonels lost 2-1. Centre had trouble scoring again against Kenyon College and lost that match in overtime 1-0. Centre resumes play on Thursday against NCAA-Division II Bellarmine University and regional foe Transylvania University on Saturday.

DePauw is 9-6 on the season after splitting its weekend games at Oberlin and Wooster. The Tigers blanked Oberlin by a 7-0 score before losing at Wooster, 2-1. Katie Sowar, Lauren Castagno and Bridgette Shamleffer each scored two goals and Addie McDonnell added one in the win at Oberlin. Castagno and Caroline Torie each added two assists and Kimberly Trainor one in the win. Castagno started the scoring just 34 seconds into the game as the Tigers held a 4-0 halftime lead. Liz Attewell recorded two saves in posting the shutout for DePauw. The Tigers held a 24-5 advantage in shots and each team had 10 penalty corners. Wooster took a 2-0 lead on the Tigers with a pair of first-half goals before Addie McDonnell cut the deficit in half with on a score with 11:50 remaining in the second half. Wooster held a 13-10 edge in shots, while DePauw led, 12-10, in penalty corners.

Hendrix suffered a pair of losses over the weekend during their East Coast road trip to Manhattanville College on Friday and Mount Holyoke College on Sunday. The Warriors fell to 2-9 overall and stretched their losing skid to seven games. Hendrix opened its fall break road trip with a 1-2 overtime loss to Manhattanville on Friday afternoon. The Valiants cracked the scoreboard in the second minute on Melissa Goncalves fourth goal of the season from inside five yards and off a Hendrix defender’s stick. Hendrix headed to half-time with a 0-1 deficit. Warriors’ sophomore forward Liz Williamson then knotted the score with her third goal of the season in the 56th minute. Neither team managed to put the game-winner past the goalkeeper and Hendrix went on to its second overtime affair. Manhattanville’s Jen Ascencio scored the golden goal just 3:05 into overtime. Hendrix tallied eight shots on the day, six on-goal, and had seven chances on penalty corners. Warriors’ goalkeeper Alyssa Havens made seven saves in the match. Mount Holyoke College sent Hendrix College packing with a 0-3 loss on Sunday. The Lyons struck early and went up 1-0 in eighth minute. Hendrix held the Lyons off the scoreboard for the remainder of the first half, but Mount Holyoke would score two quick goals in the second half to put the game away. Lyons’ midfielder Melissa Hartley recorded the assist on each goal, two of which came off penalty corners. Havens made five saves in the match and junior defender Heather Newell led the team with two shots, one on-goal.

Rhodes split on the weekend after playing two overtime matches on astroturf at Washington and Lee. The Lynx triumphed 2-1 in overtime over the Eagles of Bridegwater on Saturday and fell 1-0 in overtime to Washington and Lee on Sunday. Freshman Sarah Ferguson opened scoring for the Lynx on a rebound shot after a shot by Charlie Wagner a few minutes before half time. Libby Jones secured the game winner for the Lynx just 3 minutes into overtime play. The Lynx played well against Washington and Lee on Sunday but were unable to find the back of the cage and fell to the Generals just 3 minutes into overtime play on Sallie Armstrong's 12th goal of the season. Meghan Cullen had a great game in goal for the Lynx supported by strong play from Marie Mason, Kristen Lee, Sara Sanders, and Charlie Wagner. Rhodes (8-3) faces #8 Lynchburg on Monday and will host DePauw and Sewanee on Friday and Sunday.

Sewanee played at Roanoke College on Saturday and picked up a 2-0 DIII field hockey win after leading 1-0 at the half. Elise Landau (Wernersville, Pa., Lancaster Country Day) scored Sewanee's first goal in the 32nd minute of play to get the game-winner from three feet out. Senior Clare Ashburn (Washington, D.C., Holton-Arms) scored to put Sewanee ahead 2-0 in the second period from outside the circle in the 45th minute of play to give Sewanee the final 2-goal edge. Sewanee outshot Roanoke 15-9 and had 16 penalty corner opportunities. Emily Detmer (Denver, Colo., Pomfret) earned the shutout in goal and had four saves. The 6-5 Tigers will play at Eastern Mennonite on Monday before playing at W&L on Tuesday.

 

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