SUWANEE, Ga. - Austin College, Centre and Oglethorpe remain the only three undefeated teams in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference through the second week of the season. The Petrels at 5-0 are off to their best start in school history.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College improved to 4-0 on the year, their best start in a decade, by sweeping their weekend matches against East Texas Baptist and the University of Dallas. Ali Ryan scored game-winning goals in both games, first with a header off of a corner in the 30th minute of a 1-0 victory over ETBU and then with a 48th minute goal in a 3-0 win over UD. Kelsey D’Amore assisted against ETBU and Shelley Casey got the assist against UD. The ’Roos also got goals from Natalie Nelms and Emily Brzuzy against the Crusaders, with Lauren Scott and Mackenzie Lund also notching assists. Kaitlin Elledge got two more shutouts on the year for Austin College, marking her third clean sheet in four games this season. The ‘Roos have surrendered just one goal thus far on the year and will be looking to improve to 5-0 on Saturday when they host Dallas Christian College. 

Birmingham-Southern played only one game early this week, losing to Maryville on the road, 2-1, in overtime. Junior Sara Menton scored the Panthers’ lone goal, while freshman goalkeeper Richelle Byrd, last week’s SCAC Defensive Player of the Week, made eight saves. BSC is back in action this weekend, playing at home for the first time on Sunday against Agnes Scott College at 6 p.m.

Centre recorded two wins in the Glenn Hyundai showcase this past weekend. Saturday evening, Centre defeated Spalding University 5-0. Sunday afternoon the Colonels earned their second win by defeating Berry College 4-0. Centre next match-up is against Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. Wednesday, September 15.  

DePauw traveled to Michigan for a pair of contests and lost to Calvin (2-0) and Hope (4-1). Calvin scored the game's first goal with less than two minutes left in the first half and outshot the Tigers, 19-9. In the Hope match, the Tigers outshot the hosts, 20-15, but the Flying Dutch scored three second half goals. Hope's first goal came with just 24 seconds left in the first half. Sophia Da Silveira scored the Tigers' only goal of the week with just over one minute remaining.

Hendrix split its two games this week with a dominant 6-0 win over Louisiana College on Friday afternoon and then a 4-0 loss to (NCAA D-II) East Central University on Saturday night.  The Warriors now stand at 1-3 overall.  Sophomore forward Rebecca Rahn led an explosive attack with her first career hat trick in the Warriors’ lopsided 6-0 victory over Louisiana.  Junior forward Tristan Stolz put Hendrix on the scoreboard on an unassisted goal in the 16th minute, her second score of the season, and junior defender Kat Marsh sent a corner kick to the back of the net three minutes later to make it a 2-0 affair.  Rahn scored her first goal of the afternoon just three seconds before halftime off a sound cross from sophomore forward Kaleigh Knapton.  Rahn then put Hendrix on top, 4-0, with an unassisted score from the three yard line in the 57th minute.  Junior defender Megan Pearce recorded her first goal of the year in the 61st minute with a screaming shot off the cross bar from about 38 yards out.  Rahn tallied her final score in the 76th minute off an assist from senior forward Hope Burks, her second dish of the season.  Hendrix outshot Louisiana, 30-3, and the Warriors’ racked up 14 corner kicks.  Hendrix first year keeper Lyndsey Czapansky started her first collegiate game in front of the net and denied two shots for the victory.  East Central University junior forward Whitney Watts scored the game-winning opening goal and put the game away on the Tigers’ final score to notch a 4-0 victory over Hendrix.  ECU immediately controlled the tempo with speed and sound passing.  Watts took a through pass from sophomore forward Taylor Jackson for a breakaway goal in the 13th minute to light up the scoreboard.  The Tigers earned an own goal off a corner kick in the 35th minute and then made it a 3-0 affair just 2:56 before halftime on an unassisted goal from first year forward Ashley Bradford.  Watts slipped the ball past the keeper on a breakaway in the 49th minute to reach the final mark.  ECU outshot Hendrix, 20-6, and earned a 7-2 advantage on corner kicks.  Warriors’ junior keeper Allison Mosley made 14 saves in her third loss of the season.

Millsaps split a pair of games this past week defeating Louisiana College 7-0 before suffering its first loss of the season at the hands of Berry College 3-0. The Majors will return to action Tuesday on the road at Belhaven.

Oglethorpe set a modern era record by starting their season 4-0 by topping Huntingdon by the score of 4-1 on Friday. Earlier in the week, the Petrels bested Piedmont 1-0 in overtime to run their record to 3-0. Freshman Clara St. Urbain continued her early season heroics by scoring the game-winner over Piedmont. She also added her fourth goal in as many games against Huntingdon. Also finding the back of the net against the Hawks were Cristina Maristany and Alexandria Vassell, who posted two second half goals. The Petrels are back in action on Tuesday when they ravel to face Spelman.

Rhodes split 1-1 on the weekend.  The Lynx traveled to Austin College for the ASC-SCAC Challenge, where they would face Hardin-Simmons University and East Texas Baptist University.  Rhodes  battled against the #4 team in the nation, Hardin-Simmons, on Saturday.  Rhodes was defeated 8-0.  The Lynx turned things around, upending East Texas Baptist University 1-0 on Sunday, with a late goal from senior midfielder, Allison Price.  Rhodes moves to 2-2 on the season.

Sewanee went 2-1-0 on the week after falling 2-1 to Lee University on Wednesday and topping 24th ranked Washington & Lee, 1-0, on Saturday, and Emory & Henry College, 5-1, on Sunday. Bess Goodman’s goal with seven minutes left in the first half against Lee knotted the game at one apiece heading into the half, but it wasn’t enough, as the Tigers gave up a Lee goal in the second, falling 2-1. But the Tigers rebounded over the weekend and won a hard-fought battle with W&L on Saturday. Lilly Barnett’s goal in the 39th minute was all the Tigers needed to put the Generals away. Sunday’s game saw more action, as the Tigers scored five times to put away the Wasps of Emory & Henry. Kabler Calhoun, Ellie Quinn, Lizzie Butler, Fristl Butler, and Allie White all scored for the Tigers on their way to the 5-1 victory. The Tigers are now 3-1-0 on the season and will travel to Maryville College for a contest on Saturday.

Southwestern took to the road once again and faced some of the top ASC opponents in UT Tyler and UT Dallas. SU was held scoreless on Friday afternoon against the Patriots as they fell 5-0 for their first loss of the season. They rebounded well, however, and defeated UT Dallas on Sunday. Relying on their excellent fitness SU’s Jillian Curran scored a goal off of Lindsay Jakszta’s corner kick near the end of the first half. Southwestern went into protection mode for the final 20 minutes to hold the Comets at bay. The Pirates are now 3-1 on the year and host regional-opponent UC Santa Cruz on Sunday at 1:00.

After suffering the team’s worst loss since the 1994 season last week, Trinity’s women’s soccer team bounced back with a pair of road wins this past weekend.  The Tigers won 2-1 in both games this weekend, needing a few extra minutes to beat UT-Dallas in overtime, then scoring a pair of second-half goals to beat UT-Tyler on Sunday. Trinity’s home opener was postponed earlier this week, so the Tigers will open up the home portion of their schedule against UC-Santa Cruz on Friday night.  The following weekend, Trinity travels to Hendrix and Rhodes to begin SCAC play.

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