SUWANEE, Ga. - Trinity remained undefeated over the weekend after two road wins including their first conference win against Austin College on Friday afternoon. Hendrix and Southwestern are both tied with Trinity atop the SCAC standings with 1-0 conference records. A full slate of conference games is scheduled for the weekend with eight teams in SCAC action.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College dropped a pair of overtime heartbreakers against Trinity and Southwestern over the weekend, falling in the final moments of double overtime in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers and surrendering a goal with three minutes remaining in the first overtime against the Pirates. Against Trinity, the ‘Roos jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 63:21 mark when Natalie Nelms headed home a feed from JoDee Williams, but 23 seconds later the Tigers knotted the game and in the 107th minute of action Trinity found the net to make it a 2-1 final. Kaitlin Elledge made seven saves in the game. Against Southwestern the ‘Roos again struck first when Shelley Casey found Emma Treu for her fourth goal of the year in the 19th minute, but just moments into the second half the Pirates knotted the game with a penalty kick. Southwestern went ahead in the 62nd minute but 11 minutes later Casey scored off of assists from Ali Ryan and Kelsey D’Amore to send the game into overtime, where the Pirates would ultimately get the game winner at the 96:50 mark. This week the ‘Roos have just one game, a Friday match at home against the University of Dallas.

Birmingham-Southern only got in one of their scheduled two this week thanks to an uncooperative Mother Nature on Friday. The Panthers’ game with Emory University was rained out and will be played this Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. The game on Sunday at Alabama State was a rout. The Panthers overwhelmed the Hornets, 9-2 in Montgomery. Six Panthers netted goals in the match, with Alicia Plotky, Linda Amaya, and Dani Mayer all scoring twice. They will start SCAC play this weekend, following the make-up date with Emory, with Rhodes at 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Hendrix at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Centre split in this week's matches, earning a win on Wednesday and a tie on Saturday. After being scoreless through two matches, Centre was able to find the back of the net Wednesday evening, defeating Hanover College 3-0. Saturday afternoon, Centre played NCAA No.14 ranked Denison University to a 0-0 tie through double overtime. Centre's next match-ups will be conference openers on the road against Oglethorpe University and Sewanee University.

DePauw split their two matches during the week as they dropped a 5-1 home decision to fourth-ranked Wheaton before taking a 2-1 win at Ohio Wesleyan. Wheaton scored twice in the opening four minutes and extended the margin to 4-0 before Alexandra Ehr delivered the Tigers' lone goal. in Sunday's game at Ohio Wesleyan, the Tigers jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Emelie Johansson's header from Julia Drummond's corner kick at 14:11 before the Battling Bishops tied the contest at 29:59. Kelly Kohlndorfer scored the game-winner on Ehr's assist with just 6:09 left. DePauw lifted its record to 1-4-2 with the victory.

Hendrix College went undefeated this week with conference opening win over Rhodes College on Friday night and a double-overtime win over Coe College on Sunday afternoon. The Warriors now stand at 5-1 on the year and 1-0 in SCAC play. Hendrix posted a 2-0 shutout on a rainy Friday under the lights for its first victory over Rhodes in six seasons, while junior midfielder Amelia Wildenborg smashed the golden goal home from 35 yards out with just 14 ticks left in the second overtime against Coe on Sunday. Senior forward Caitlin McGeehan scored her second goal of the year off an assist from first year forward Mel Roach in the 33rd minute to put the Warriors on top, 1-0 against the Lynx. Warriors’ sophomore defender Hannah McGrew headed her first goal of the season off a corner kick from junior midfielder Lydia Nash in the 54th minute. Nash leads the conference with five assists this season. Sophomore goalkeeper Allison Mosley had an outstanding night protecting the net with 16 saves, eight in each half, for her fourth shutout of the season. The Warrior defense held strong and denied 20 shot attempts and three corners from the Lynx. Hendrix tallied 14 shots, 11 on-goal. After a scoreless 109 minutes and combined 32 shots between Hendrix College and Coe College on Sunday afternoon Wildenborg took a pass from McGrew and hammered home her first goal of the season for the win. Hendrix senior forward Kate Burnett posted a game-high seven shots, five on-goal, Nash added four shots, three on-goal. The Warriors totaled 22 shots and seven corner kicks in the match. Mosley had another standout game in front of the net with six saves for her fifth shutout of the year.

Millsaps went 1-0-1 on the week with a double overtime tie to rival Belhaven College on Friday and a 4-0 win on the road at Division I Alcorn State on Sunday to move to 5-1-1 overall on the year. Senior Megan Sullivan’s first career hat trick gave Millsaps the spark they needed to get a win Sunday, while goalkeeper Sarah Nelin posted two shutouts (shared on Sunday) to give the Majors a total of four through seven games in 2009. The Majors will return to Jackson this weekend, playing host to Hendrix and Rhodes College on Friday and Sunday. Both matches will be streamed live on the internet at www.gomajors.com.

The only match for scheduled for Oglethorpe this past week was against Emory University and was washed out by rain. The Petrels play at Piedmont on September 22 before beginning SCAC play versus Centre this Friday.

Rhodes opened SCAC play against Hendrix College on the wrong end of the game. Hendrix defeated the Lynx in Conway, AR 2-0 ending a 6 year losing streak to Rhodes. Hendrix would score a goal in each half. Caitlin McGeehan scored in the 34th minute and Hannah McGrew added the insurance goal in the 55th. Rhodes outshot the Warriors 20 to 14, but were unable to get a goal from Hendrix goalkeeper Allison Mosley. Mosley made 16 saves, while Becca Clarin made 8 saves for Rhodes. On Saturday, the Lynx defeated visiting Coe College in Memphis, TN 2-1. Three freshmen were responsible for all of the scoring for Rhodes. Leading the way was Mae Casey (New Orleans, LA), with a goal and an assist. Casey would score the first goal of the game on an assist from fellow Freshmen Betsy Peterson (Knoxville, TN) just before half time. With just under 16 minutes remaining, Casey would find Kate Danagher (Winter Park, FL) for the eventual game winning goal. Coe College would get a goal back from Taylor Allen with under 10 minutes left to play, Becca Clarin (Clarendon Hills, IL) and Stephanie Sermonet (Brentwood, TN) would split time in goal, making a combined 4 saves. Erin Ridley made 7 saves for Coe. The Lynx out shot Coe 12 to 5 and also held the edge in corner kicks 4-2. The Lynx return to action when they face cross town rival Christian Brothers University at Rhodes College on 9/23 at 5pm.

Sewanee remained unbeaten at 4-0 with a 1-0 shutout of Division II Christian Brothers in Memphis Sunday. La'Toyia Slay scored the winner for Sewanee off of a Bess Goodman assist. Britt Williams earned the shutout in goal. Williams has earned three shutouts in four games played so far this year. The 4-0 Tigers, under the new leadership of head coach Patrick Johnston, will host DePauw and Centre to open SCAC play this weekend.

Southwestern put two more notches in the win column this week with victories over the University of Dallas and Austin College. The Pirates scored within the first three minutes of the contest against UD and then again early in the second half before cruising to a 4-0 win in Dallas. A.J. Andreola had two goals in the game while Lauren Kjolhede recorded one goal and one assist. Sunday, Southwestern opened up conference action against Austin College and won in overtime 3-2. Amy Douglas led the way for SU with one goal and two assists including the assist to Maria Pollifrone for the game winning goal in the 96th minute. With their 6-1 overall record in tow, the Pirates head to California for two games in the coming week. They face UC-Santa Cruz on Friday and LaVerne on Saturday.

No. 6 Trinity remained unbeaten with a pair of road wins this past week, including a double-overtime win over Austin College in the SCAC opener. The Tigers opened up conference Friday night at Austin College, and for the second straight year, the two teams battled to a tie through regulation. Austin College actually scored first – Trinity’s first goal allowed this season – but the Tigers answered just 23 seconds later to tie the game 1-1 in the 64th minute. With less than four minutes left in the second OT, Brianna Young scored the game-winner to lift the Tigers to the win. Young also scored a game-winner in the 107th minute against Austin College in San Antonio last season. On Sunday, Trinity took on the University of Dallas to finish off the weekend, posting the team’s fifth shutout of the season for a 4-0 win. Young scored two goals in the game, assisting on the other two goals scored for the Tigers. Trinity returns home this weekend to face Our Lady of the Lake University on Friday night.

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