SUWANEE, Ga. - Rhodes and Centre will clash this Friday afternoon to break a tie atop the standings leaving the winner sitting in the drivers seat for the top seed at the SCAC Tournament in two weeks hosted by the Lynx in Memphis. Centre defeated Rhodes 2-1 earlier in the season handing the Lynx its first loss in SCAC regular season play since 2009.
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Centre split a pair of non-conference matches
last week, falling 7-3 at NCAA Division II Bellarmine on Thursday
before returning home for a 6-1 Senior Day win over Transylvania.
Against Bellarmine, the Colonels took the early lead when Alexis
Hebert scored her first goal of the year by redirecting a Barbara
Parks pass. Bellarmine scored the next three goals and took a 3-1
halftime lead, but Centre was able to pull even early in the second
half on unassisted goals by Erin Bacon and Courtney Kuiper, the
sixth of the season for each. Those scores would be the last of the
evening for the Colonels, however, as Bellarmine scored three
unanswered goals to pull away for the 7-3 win. Centre had a better
result against Transylvania, outshooting the Pioneers 24-7 and
getting out to a 6-0 lead before surrendering a late goal. Kuiper
scored twice, giving her a team-high eight goals on the year, with
Katy Meyer and Sydney White also contributing first half goals for
a 4-0 halftime lead. Hebert and Parks added second half goals to
push the lead out to 6-0. Sarah Jessee and White had assists
in the game, and Patty Cowley madde four saves. Centre returns to
SCAC play this week, traveling to Rhodes for a matchup of first
place team Friday before finishing the regular season Sunday at
Hendrix.
Hendrix lost to Rhodes 2-1 in SCAC action on Saturday at
Warrior Field. The Warriors fall to 8-4 overall and 1-3 in the
league with just two games to play in the regular season. After a
pair of Kat Simpson goals in the 21st and 46th minutes for Rhodes,
Hendrix answered with a goal in the 48th minute by junior defender
Maggie DesPain, her eighth of the season. Freshman forward Erika
Jasso was credited with the assist. Freshman keeper Betsy Kelly had
five saves in goal and sophomore Jennifer Koller recorded two
defensive saves and DesPain had one. The Warriors will end the
season at home with Sewanee on Friday and Centre on
Sunday.
Rhodes split two games this past week. The Lynx fell 2-1
in a tough non conference contest against New Paltz State in
Hartford, Connecticut on the campus of Trinity College on Monday.
Rhodes did however rebound to defeat Hendrix 2-1 picking up
it’s third conference win thanks to a pair of goals from Kat
Simpson.
Sewanee picked up a win during its lone contest of the
week, Saturday. The Tigers outworked Transylvania in a 2-0 win at
Tiger Field. In the contest senior forward Elise Landau fired in
both Sewanee goals. In fact, Landau – the Tigers lone senior
– has set a career high for points and goals in a
season.
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