SUWANEE, Ga. - Picking up three wins this past week, Hendrix has gotten off to its best start in school history at 4-0. Kelly Rappe' led the Warriors with three goals and had two assists in wins over Eastern Mennonite, Bridgewater and Sweet Briar.
- AROUND THE SCAC -
Centre split a pair of matches over the weekend
at the Mary Washington Tournament in Fredericksburg, Va., losing
4-0 to national power Christopher Newport University on Saturday
and defeating Marywood 3-0 Sunday. In Saturday's shutout loss to
No. 12 Christopher Newport, the Colonels were outshot 19-4 on the
day with senior goalkeeper Patty Cowley making five saves. Sunday,
Centre was held scoreless through the first half despite
outshooting Marywood 6-0, but finally broke through with three
second half goals. Anna Fuller, Katy Meyer and Sarah Jessee did the
scoring for the Colonels, with assists coming from Barbara Parks
and Erin Bacon. Centre outshot Marywood 14-4 overall, and Cowley
made two saves in the shutout win. This week, Centre hosts
Bellarmine on Wednesday before going on the road at Denison on
Saturday and Transylvania on Sunday.
The Warriors are off to a hot 4-0 start for the time in program
history, thanks to a perfect three-game road trip to Virginia. On
Thursday, Hendrix topped Eastern Mennonite 2-1 in
overtime. Freshman forward Erika Jasso scored the game-winner in
the 77th minute to claim victory. Junior forward Kelly Rappe’
scored with an assist from junior Maggie DesPain earlier in the
game. The Warriors dominated the extra period, outshooting the Lady
Royals 7-0. Freshman goalkeeper Betsy Kelly recorded four saves in
the game. In the first game of the Mapp Invitational, Hendrix
pulled out a 2-1 win over host Bridgewater. Trailing 1-0 in the
second half, sophomore defender Elizabeth Lancaster scored in the
43rd minute to tie the game. With less than 10 minutes to go,
Lancaster found DesPain on a corner, for the game-winning goal.
Hendrix closed the week with a 7-0 trouncing of Sweet Briar on
Sunday. Jasso recorded the fourth hat trick in school history in
the game. Rappe’ netted two goals with an assist and senior
Lauren Thorburg also scored. DesPain had a goal and two assists and
senior Liz Williamson recorded two assists. The Warriors will open
conference play at Rhodes on Saturday.
Rhodes travelled to Fredericksburg, VA to play in the
Eagles Invitational Tournament at Mary Washington. The Lynx
dropped both games, a tough 4-3 decision to Washington and Lee and
a 5-2 loss to UMW. Taylor Mills led the Lynx offense with one
goal in each game while Kat Simpson tallied 3 points on the weekend
on a goal and two assists. Libby Jones and Katie Faucher each
added a goal in Saturday's match. Corrinne Palmer played
stellar on defense both days and was aided by strong effort from
both goalkeepers, Kelly Whelan and Jordan Robinson, on
Sunday. Regan McLaughlin shut down Mary Washington's big
scoring threat, Lisa Charney, who was held scoreless for the first
time this fall. The Lynx (2-2) open their home and SCAC
seasons with a game versus Hendrix this Saturday at 1 pm.
Sewanee did not play this past week. The Purple
Tigers will return to the field this Saturday on the road against
Transylvania. Sewanee split a pair of games on the opening weekend
of play and are currently 1-1 on the year.
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