SUWANEE, Ga. - Centre continues to impress staying undefeated in their first year as a program after picking up wins over Millsaps and Dallas over the weekend. Colorado College showed well after defeating Swarthmore and Wooster who was an NCAA tournament team from a season ago.
- AROUND THE SCAC -
Birmingham-Southern was 1-1 this week with an
exciting double-overtime win against Kenyon College at home, Monday
night, and a neutral-site loss to Pomona-Pitzer College, Sunday, in
Dallas, Texas. In the win against Kenyon, freshman Madeline Golden
scored the game-tying goal with a minute left, sending the game to
overtime, and junior Chelsea Van Voorhis scored the game-winning
goal in the last half of the second overtime period. The Panthers
stay in Dallas this week for two more games, facing Nazareth
College, Tuesday, and Dallas, Thursday.
Centre faced Millsaps College for the second time
this season on Saturday, March 12 and they were able to down the
Major’s again by a score of 14-2. The team used a 8-0 run in
the first half of action to help them beat Millsaps. The Colonels
played again on Sunday, March 13 this time taking on the University
of Dallas and the Colonels were able to improve to 6-0 on the
season, as they won 15-4. Centre remained at 1-0 in the Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference following the two games this
week.
Colorado College erased a
three-goal deficit early in the second half to record a 13-11
victory over Swarthmore College. Sarah Phillips tied the game at
9-9 on her first goal with 10:11 to play, and then put the Tigers
ahead to stay when she converted on a free-position shot 2:28
later. Elise Burchard ignited a 7-1 run 5:20 into the second half
with her second goal and then set up Anna Crosby’s game
winner with 4:28 remaining on the clock. Trailing 7-4 late in the
first half, the Tigers got a much-needed lift when Hadley Bergh
took a cross-field pass from Kelsey Morell and scored on a
one-timer from just outside the left post with 24.8 seconds to go.
Swarthmore took an 8-5 when it scored 2:37 into the second half,
but CC responded by scoring seven of the next eight goals. Abby
Fink gave Colorado College a chance to come back by making 10 of
her 16 saves during the second half, six of which came on
free-position shots. It marked the seventh time she has recorded
double-digit saves and 16 is the most she has recorded during one
of her 11 career victories. Grace Maloney paced the Tigers with
four goals, while Burchard finished with two scores and a pair of
assists. Maloney struck for three goals and set up three others as
CC pulled away in the second half to post a 13-7 victory over the
The College of Wooster on Sunday. Ginna Oates snapped a 5-5 tie
with an unassisted marker 5:05 into the second frame and Kelsey
Morell capped a four-goal run with consecutive tallies that gave
the Tigers a 9-5 lead with 17:55 to go. Morell scored what proved
to be the game-winning goal with 19:08 remaining off a pass from
Oates. While the offense exploded for eight goals in the final 30
minutes, the Colorado College defense allowed just two. Fink made
seven of her 10 saves in the second half to improve to 3-0 this
season between the pipes. Oates caused four of the Scots’ 26
turnovers and grabbed five ground balls. Hollis Moore also scooped
up five ground balls to go along with three caused turnovers.
Burchard finished with three goals and assist for CC, which also
got a pair of scores from Sarah Phillips. It marked the first time
Wooster had played at Colorado College since a first-round game in
the 2003 NCAA Tournament in which the Tigers won by an identical
score. CC opens its Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
schedule on Wednesday when the Tigers play host to Millsaps
College.
Millsaps lost to Centre for the second time in
six days on Saturday, this time at home, as the Colonels handed the
Majors a double-digit loss, 14-2. The Colonels jumped out and
scored seven goals in the opening ten minutes and the Majors never
recovered. The first goal came just 21 seconds into the game on
Centre's first possession. Claire Stamm scored Millsaps' first goal
with 15:28 remaining to put the Colonel lead at 8-1. The Majors'
second goal came from Haleigh Williams with 9:50 left. Centre
out-shot the Majors 25-13 on the day. Madelyn Walker had four saves
in goal for Millsaps, Lauren Esterle had three for the Colonels.
Both played the full 60 minutes. The Majors will head up to
Colorado next week for three games at Colorado College. They will
take on Mesa State University on Tuesday in Colorado Springs at
1:00 p.m.
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