SUWANEE, Ga. - Behind great play from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week Becca Clarin, Rhodes fought its way to two tough 1-0 road conference victories. The Lynx now find themselves on top of the SCAC and ranked number twelve in the nation - the highest a Rhodes team has ever been ranked in the history of the program.

Rhodes defeated both Centre College and DePauw University by scores of 1-0. The Lynx scored early against Centre when Melanie Sharry found the net, and were able to battle the rest of the way to get the result despite playing with only 10 players for more than 30 minutes in the 2nd half due to an ejection handed out to Sharry the goal scorer. Against DePauw, the game played out differently but would end with the same result. The game winning goal would come late in the second half when Diana Buss headed in a cross from Allison Price. The Rhodes Women’s Soccer team improves to 10-2-1 on the season and 6-1 in the SCAC. Rhodes will not play week this weekend but will travel to Washington University (MO) and Maryville University (MO) on the weekend of Oct. 25th. 

Trinity earned a pair of SCAC wins over the weekend, blanking Oglethorpe on Friday and then edging Sewanee in dramatic fashion on Sunday afternoon. On Friday night against Oglethorpe, Danika Wright and Alex Leamy scored first-half goals to push Trinity to a 2-0 lead at halftime. Jordan Azar and Chelsea Wilson had two goals each in the second half to make it a 6-0 final. Leamy added two second-half assists, while Wright and Allyson Thrall also assisted on goals in the second half.  Allyson Hunter had an assist in the first half as well.  Defensively, Trinity did not allow a shot for the second consecutive game. On Sunday, Trinity and Sewanee squared off in a crucial SCAC matchup between two of the top teams in the SCAC standings.  Sewanee took the early lead with a goal in the eighth minute, then scored early in the second to make it 2-0. Trinity went all out to find the net over the final 30 minutes, finally converting on a penalty kick with just over 20 minutes left. The TU Tigers then scored again with 5:03 remaining to tie the game, and most involved thought overtime was on its way. Trinity, however, had other plans, scoring again with 3:04 to play to complete an action-packed victory. Trinity will host defending NCAA Division III champion Wheaton (IL) College on Saturday night. The Tigers lost 2-0 to Wheaton last season in Illinois.

Southwestern stretched their winning streak to six last weekend, rolling past Sewanee 3-1 and Oglethorpe 3-0. Against Sewanee, the Tigers started out strong but had a hard time penetrating the defensive line of Sarah Holifield, Madi Stachura and Berkeley Mengwasser, who held their opponents only two out of twelve shots on target. Only four minutes into the second, Danielle Madison opened up the scoring, followed shortly therafter by Casey Grier and Laura Kromann for the 3-1 win. Facing Oglethorpe, after a scoreless first half, A.J. Andreola knocked in three shots -- two unassisted -- in only twelve minutes for a hat trick, her first.

Centre split this weekend at home, falling to Rhodes on Friday and defeating Hendrix on Sunday. The Colonel’s next match-ups will take place on the road at Austin and the University of Dallas.

Sewanee hit the road west this weekend, taking on Southwestern and Trinity and the Tigers came up short in both contests. Elizabeth Constantine scored Sewanee's Friday goal, while senior Evey Gannaway scored in Sunday's effort against Trinity. Virginia Zakas had 11 saves in goal this weekend. Sewanee falls to 6-4-1 and is 4-3-1 in league play.

DePauw opened the weekend with a 2-1 win over Hendrix before falling by a 1-0 score to 17th-ranked Rhodes. Katy Phillips and Bridget Coleman each scored first half goals in the Hendrix game. The Tigers outshot the Lynx, but Rhodes' Diana Buss scored the game winner at 71:42.

Millsaps (9-4, 1-2 SCAC) lost its third-straight match after starting the season 9-1, dropping a 4-0 decision at Birmingham-Southern this past weekend. Millsaps was outshot in the contest 21-6 (8-1 on goal) and couldn’t find the offense in either period. Two first half goals from BSC proved to be more than enough, with Claire Hooten adding two more late. Senior GK Elizabeth Sooby picked up three saves and surrendered all four goals, while sophomore Sarah Nelin played the final 7:15 in net and grabbed a save. Millsaps will play one match this weekend during Fall Break, traveling to Memphis, Tenn. to face NAIA opponent Crichton College. They will then continue league action the following weekend (Oct. 24-26) at Southwestern and Trinity University.

Hendrix dropped a 2-1 loss to DePauw University Friday night, before losing to Centre 4-0 on Sunday. The Warriors fall to 4-7 overall and 1-6 in SCAC action. Hendrix College junior forward Michelle Story scored the Warriors’ lone goal of the night off an assist from junior forward Kate Burnett against the Tigers on Friday. DePauw scored each of its goals in the first half with the first coming in the 10th minute of play and second in the 31st. Story put the ball past the keeper for her second time this year with 58:02 showing on the scoreboard. Burnett collected her first assist of the season. The Tigers outshot the Warriors, 18-5, however Hendrix won the corner kicks battle, 4-3. The Centre College women’s soccer team exploded with three goals in just over 10 minutes during the second half on Sunday. Centre scored its first goal in the 17th minute of action and was held scoreless for the remainder of the half. The Colonels second goal came in the 50th minute with their third goal coming just a minute later. Centre put the ball past the keeper one more time with 61:22 showing on the scoreboard.

Austin College stepped out of conference play for the week and defeated LeTourneau University by a 4-0 margin in their only match of the week. After Paige Rutherford put the ’Roos up 1-0 heading into halftime, the ’Roos exploded for three second half goals to win going away. Ali Ryan scored on a Mackenzie Lund assist two minutes into the second half, and 20 minutes later Shelley Casey scored on a penalty kick. Olivia Melito tallied the final goal in the 81st minuteto make it a 4-0 final. Allison Wurmbrand earned the shutout in goal, stopping all five shots she faced. For the game, the ’Roos out-shot LeTourneau by a 28-7 margin. The ’Roos will play host to a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference teams when Centre College and DePauw University come to town this weekend.

Oglethorpe lost two games this past weekend while on the road at both Trinity and Southwestern respectively. The Petrels will return to the pitch Wednesday as they will travel to cross town rival and nationally ranked Emory University. Oglethorpe who has been devastated by injuries this season will have a much needed weekend off before finishing off the end of a strong SCAC schedule.

Birmingham-Southern shut-out the visiting Millsaps College Majors 4-0 tonight at BSC Soccer Park. Lindsay Miller got the first goal for BSC in the 19th-minute off an assist from Linda Amaya. Alicia Plotky scored again in the 27th-minute to close out scoring in the first half. The Panthers outshot Millsaps 11-5 in the half. None of the Millsaps shots were on goal. In the second half the Panthers continued to control the match. Claire Hooten was able to net two goals in the period to give the Panthers the commanding win. Both goals were unassisted, coming in the 76th- and 79th-minutes. The win improves BSC to 5-4-2 on the season. They will be back at BSC Soccer Park on Monday night as they host the Auburn-Montgomery Senators at 7:00 p.m.

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