Women's Soccer Recap (Week 7) - Around the SCAC

Women's Soccer Recap (Week 7) - Around the SCAC

SUWANEE, Ga. - The Trinity University women's soccer team extended it's winning streak to 12 straight games dating back to last year. The TU Tigers are now a perfect 11-0 on the season and look to extend their streak as they will host Southwestern on Saturday afternoon.

- AROUND THE SCAC -


Austin College went 1-0-1 over the weekend with a dominant 4-0 win over Oglethorpe on Friday before battling Sewanee to a 1-1 draw after a pair of overtimes on Sunday. On Saturday Gabby Mavelian got things started offensively when she scored on a feed from Annie Gunter just 4:06 into the game, and by the 19th minute Gunter would add two goals of her own with assists coming from Mackenzie Lund and Mavelian on the first score and Emma Treu and Shelley Casey on the second as the 'Roos went into the half leading 3-0. In the second half the 'Roos again scored quickly when keeper Kaitlin Elledge boomed a punt over the heads of the Oglethorpe defense and Treu was able to collect and score, giving Elledge her first career assist and making it a 4-0 final. On Sunday, the 'Roos found themselves trailing 1-0 after a penalty kick in the second half but Treu collected her own rebound to knot things up at 1-1, which is how the match would end.

Birmingham-Southern traveled to Hawaii this weekend during BSC’s Fall Break for two games against Division II opponents in BYU-Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific. The Panthers split the trip, falling 2-0 to BYUH on Friday before topping HPU on Saturday 2-1. The Panthers are now 8-6 on the season. Sophomore Alicia Plotky scored the game-winner on Saturday with 35 seconds remaining in the match. The Panthers will return home this week and rest before heading over to Jackson on Friday to take on Millsaps.

Centre split on the road this weekend in their matches played in Texas. Friday night in San Antonio, the Colonels took an early lead on the scoreboard when a scramble in the box after a corner kick lead to a Tiger "own goal". At the 32'54" mark, junior Brittany Garr struck a corner kick into a sea of Tigers and Colonels that was wrangled in by senior Katherine MacMurray. MacMurray would take the shot which was miscleared by the Tigers into their own net. Twelves minutes into the second half, the Tigers found find the equalizer when an unmarked player received a crossed ball and tucked it into Centre's net. The game winner would come only mintues later when Trinity scored an unassisted 1v1 goal against Centre's goalkeeper. For the match, the Tigers outshot the Colonels 16-6 and lead in corner attempts 3-2. Sunday afternoon in Georgtown, Texas, Centre defeated the Southwestern Pirates 2-1. In the 37th minute of play, freshman Holly Shiels earned her first collegiate goal off of a cross from freshman teammate, MT Kersey. Seven minutes into the second half, the Colonels gave up a corner kick that would result in the equalizing goal for the Pirates. A little over a minute later, the Pirates would give up a corner kick that was collected by Centre's Sarah Hall and shot on frame. When the Pirate's goalkeeper was unable to hold Hall's shot, freshman Amy Hebbeler knocked-in the game winner which lifted the Colonels to a 2-1 win. On the outing, the Pirates outshot the Colonels 10-7. Centre would lead in corner attempts at 4-3. Centre returns to action at home on Wednesday, October 21st as the Colonels face the College of Mount Saint Joseph. They then head to Maryville Tennesse on Saturday, October 24th to take-on Maryville College.

DePauw is 5-6-4 overall and 3-2-2 in SCAC play after winning at Southwestern on Friday by a 1-0 count and dropping a 2-1 decision at fifth-ranked Trinity on Sunday. Against, Southwestern, Julia Drummond scored the game's lone goal at 52:33 to give the Tigers the win. The Tigers held a 12-9 advantage in shots, while Southwestern led in corners, 4-1. Caroline Kerr recorded the shutout after recording six saves. Trinity took a 1-0 in the opening nine minutes of Sunday's game before Alex Ehr knotted the contest at 1-1 with a goal at 53:40. Trinity's Abigail Loar provided the game-winning goal at 56:50. Trinity held a 25-4 edge in shots and a 10-0 margin in corners. Lauren Palfrey totaled three saves and Caroline Kerr had seven as the two split time in goal.

Hendrix College enjoyed its bye week and spent the past weekend resting up for the upcoming SCAC weekend against Sewanee-The University of the South on Friday night and Oglethorpe University on Sunday. The Warriors currently stand at 7-4 overall and 2-2 in league play, good for sixth place in the SCAC.

Millsaps had the week off from competition, but will return to the field tomorrow when they play host to Mississippi College at 7 p.m. They will then close out the week and a four-match homestand at Harper Davis Field with an 8 p.m. kickoff against Birmingham-Southern on Friday.

Oglethorpe split a pair of weekend contests against Austin College and the University of Dallas. On Friday, the ‘Roos took care of the Petrels with a fast start, scoring three first half goals on their way to a 4-0 shutout win. On Sunday against Dallas, the two teams played to a scoreless tie through 90 minutes before freshman Courtney Phillips scored in the first overtime to lift Oglethorpe to the win. It was Phillips second game-winning goal on the season and she has also assisted on two other game-winners. The Petrels are now 5-6 on the season and will travel to Memphis to face Rhodes College this Friday

Rhodes was idle this past week. The Lynx will return to the pitch Friday afternoon as Rhodes will host SCAC foe Oglethorpe University.

Sewanee went 1-0-1 on the week with a 4-1 win at Dallas Friday and a 1-1 double overtime tie with SCAC foe Austin College. Lizzie Butler (Carrabelle, Fla.) led Sewanee's attach on the weekend with two Tiger goals. Britt Williams (Birmingham, Ala.) was the goalie of record for the Tigers and had eight saves. Sewanee is now 7-1-3 and unbeaten at 2-0-2 in the SCAC. The Tigers will play at Hendrix and Rhodes next weekend. Austin is 7-4-2.

Southwestern went 0-3 over their home stand week to fall to 7-6-1 overall and 1-2-1 in the conference. Tuesday, Southwestern faced off with ASC opponent #24 Hardin-Simmons University. SU was able to hold the Cowgirls scoreless through the first period, but eventually fell 3-0. First-year keeper Sarah Nonaka recorded 13 saves on the afternoon to keep the Pirates within striking distance throughout most of the match. DePauw University needed just one goal to defeat the Pirates on Friday afternoon. The Tigers chipped a shot from 25 yards out that snuck past senior keeper Cheryl Duncan up DePauw up 1-0. The Pirates had numerous good looks at goal throughout the match, but were unable to capitalize and tie the game. Sunday, SU fell behind in the first half, taking a 1-0 deficit into halftime but were able to bring the game back even on a perfectly placed corner kick that found a charging Danielle Madison who headed it into the back of the net. Centre needed just over a minute to score their second, and game winning, goal on a deflected save to go up 2-1. Southwestern will head to conference rival Trinity on Saturday and will look to snap their four game losing streak with an upset victory in San Antonio.

No. 6 Trinity swept a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend at home to remain unbeaten this season. Trinity won 2-1 over Centre and DePauw, the two teams atop the SCAC standings coming into the weekend. The Tigers rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit against Centre, pushing across two goals less than 15 minutes into the second period to take the win. Against DePauw, Trinity held the halftime lead, but the visitors scored early in the second to tie the game. Just 3:10 later, though, Trinity had reclaimed the lead for good with another score. Abigail Loar and Brianna Young scored goals on Sunday against DePauw, both assisted by Jordan Azar. On Friday night, Young and Kelly Watts scored, and Loar assisted on the tying goal in the 58th minute.

 

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