SUWANEE, Ga. - Home conference wins over Hendrix and Rhodes this past weekend improved Centre's SCAC record to a perfect 6-0. It is the first time in school history the Colonels have gotten off to a 6-0 SCAC record in large part to senior forward Brittany Garr who leads all scorers with 10 goals on the season.

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Austin College split its matches over the weekend, topping Southwestern 1-0 before falling 2-0 to Trinity to bring the team’s overall record to 9-2 this season. Against the Pirates, Mackenzie Lund scored on an assist from Lauren Scott in the 27th minute to lift the team to their 7th shutout victory of the season. Against Trinity, the ’Roos took a scoreless tie into halftime before the Tigers tallied twice to hand Austin College just its second defeat of the season. Kaitlin Elledge made three saves in each game. The ’Roos are back home this weekend to host DePauw and Centre.

Birmingham-Southern played one game this week at home, hosting 21st-ranked NAIA program Auburn Montgomery, Saturday evening. Junior Alicia Plotky scored the game-winning goal for BSC as the Panthers defeated AUM 2-1. Plotky also notched an assist on BSC's first goal of the game. Freshman goalkeeper Jordan Papas recorded five saves in the Panther victory. The team is on the road this weekend, traveling to face Southwestern, Friday, and No. 12 Trinity, Sunday.

#24 Centre solidified two wins on their home field this weekend. Friday evening, Centre earned their sixth shut-out of the year with a 2-0 decision over Hendrix. Sunday afternoon, they then defeated Rhodes 2-1 in regulation play. With the wins, Centre improves to 12-1 on the season and now prepares for their next matches on the road. Centre will face Dallas at Dallas on Friday, October 15th. They'll then travel to Sherman, Texas to take-on Austin, Sunday, October 17th.

DePauw split its weekend games as the Tigers lost, 1-0, to Rhodes and defeated Hendrix, 1-0. Rhodes delivered Friday's lone goal midway through the second half. DePauw held a 13-10 edge in shots and led in corners, 6-4. DePauw's Lauren Palfrey recorded one save. Alexandra Ehr's goal at 61:08 with an assist from Lauren Hannan was the difference in the Hendrix game. DePauw held a 17-7 edge in shots and an 8-1 margin in corners. Palfrey totaled one save in the Tigers' sixth shutout of the season.

Hendrix dropped a pair of SCAC games on the road this weekend.  The Warriors suffered a 2-0 defeat at No. 23 Centre College on Friday night and then fell 1-0 to DePauw University on Sunday afternoon.  Two of the Warriors last three defeats have been one-goal affairs.  The Warriors stretch their skid to seven games and fall to 1-9 overall and 0-5 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play.  Centre senior forward Chelsea Stanley scored a goal in each half to lead the Colonels on Friday night.  Warriors’ senior goalkeeper Allison Mosley denied 11 shots in the match.  Stanley scored her first goal of the afternoon in the 26th minute off a deflection by senior defender Christina Giles.  Stanley then netted a shot from outside the box in the 82nd minute to seal the deal.  Hendrix held on for 61 minutes until DePauw scored the only goal it would need on Sunday afternoon at Boswell Field.  DePauw junior forward Alexander Ehr took a pass from junior midfielder Lauren Hannan to score the game’s only goal with 61:08 on the scoreboard.  The Tigers outshot the Warriors 17-7 and earned an 8-1 advantage on corner kicks.  Mosley kept racking up the saves and had another solid day in front of the net with eight saves.  Mosley leads the SCAC with 93 saves on the season.

Millsaps shut down Huntingdon College 3-0 on Wednesday night in the Majors only game of the week. The Majors took an early lead in the first half in just the seventh minute of the game. Senior midfielder Emily Townsend beat a Huntingdon defender in the corner to take the ball down the end line crossing the ball to the foot of freshmen midfielder Kaleigh Redhead. Redhead volleyed the ball past the keeper and into the corner of the net opening the score up 1-0. Just eight minutes later, the Majors struck again. This time it was Townsend with the goal off a corner kick from Redhead. Redhead’s kick rebounded off the head of a Huntingdon defender towards Townsend who hit a high volley over the head of the goalie. Redhead had another crucial corner in the 35th minute that was back heeled into the goal by senior forward Hayley Nemeth. Millsaps will take to the road this weekend for a pair of SCAC matches with Trinity on Friday and Southwestern on Sunday.

Oglethorpe went 1-1 on the week, topping Atlanta Christian (2-0) and falling at Sewanee (5-1). On Tuesday afternoon against the Crusaders Oglethorpe won 2-0 in a final score that did not reflect the Petrels' domination of the contest. The Petrels held possession of the ball throughout 95% of the game as the Crusaders packed 9 players and their keeper in the box attempting to keep Oglethorpe off the board. While the tactic worked to some degree, Oglethorpe got goals from Haley Lister (39th minute, beat defender with dribble and scored from close range at a difficult angle) and Eliza Newland (66th minute, chipped rebounded shot off keeper into the back of the net) to earn the win. The Petrels outshot the Crusaders 37-2 and held a 14-0 advantage in shots on goal. Additionally, Oglethorpe won 15 corner kicks in the contest without allowing one themselves. On Saturday against Sewanee, the Tigers broke out on top in the first half and coasted to the conference victory. The Petrels tallied their lone goal on a strike from Clara St. Urbain that was assisted by Cassie Della Fortuna. Oglethorpe is now 7-4-1 on the season and will face Emory on their campus in Decatur this Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.

Rhodes went 1-1 on the weekend in SCAC play.  Rhodes traveled to DePauw University on Friday evening.  It was a back and forth game until Rhodes’ forward, Laura Flink, finished a ball inside the 18 in the 66th minute to give the Lynx the 1-0 advantage.  Junior goalkeeper, Stephanie Sermonet, would come up with 2 brilliant saves to preserve the 1-0 victory for Rhodes.  The Lynx traveled to Centre College on Sunday afternoon.  Rhodes had the better of play in the first half, outshooting Centre 7-3; however, Centre would turn the momentum in their favor in the 2nd half, scoring in the 60th minute.  The Lynx regained composure, as freshman, Heidi Press, tucked the ball away in the 74th minute to knot the score at 1-1.  Centre was able to rebound, scoring with 10 minutes left in the game, recording the 2-1 win.

Senior Tiki Slay got the Tigers on the board just thirteen minutes into the contest as Sewanee cruised past Oglethorpe, 5-1, in SCAC action today. Five Tigers found the scoring column as Sewanee moved to 6-5 on the year and 1-3 in conference play. Sewanee dominated for the entire game, taking 21 shots to the Stormy Petrels seven. Slay found the net at the 32:07 mark when Faith Spencer set her up just in front of the Oglethorpe net. Slay was able to convert, putting her shot past Oglethorpe goalkeeper Sarah Nania and making it 1-0 in favor of the Tigers. Freshman Ellie Quinn took a pass from Jessica Keefe put it in the net with just nine minutes left in the half. Quinn’s goal put the Tigers up 2-0 heading into the half. The second half belonged to the Tigers. Bess Goodman scored her fifth goal of the week when she put one between the posts and into the net at the 34:54 mark. Spencer picked up her second assist of the day with Goodman’s goal, as Sewanee pushed ahead 3-0. Oglethorpe picked up their only goal of the day just six minutes after Goodman’s score when Stormy Petrel Clara St. Urbain picked up one for the visitors. With twelve minutes left in the contest, senior Kate Willingham and a host of Sewanee players crowded the Oglethorpe net. As several Tigers lunged at the ball, Willingham’s header connected, making it 4-1 in favor of the hosts. With just seven minutes left in the match, Sewanee earned a penalty kick. Junior Lizzie Butler took the shot and converted, sending a beautiful strike past Nania for the score. Butler’s penalty kick made it 5-1 Sewanee. Sewanee will return to action on Friday, when they travel to Lookout Mountain, Georgia to take on Covenant College in a 5:00 p.m. match up.

Southwestern went 1-2 in action this weekend to move to 5-5-1 overall and 1-3 in the SCAC. On Tuesday the Pirates traveled to nationally-ranked HSU and played well after the first 15 minutes of action when the Cowgirls piled it on. Southwestern ultimately fell 3-1.  Friday SU faced off against Austin College and despite having numerous good looks at goal were unable to put one away and fell 1-0. Sunday the Pirates played a non-conference game with soon to be SCAC conference opponent the University of Dallas. Southwestern scored early in the game and then again in the middle of the second half to take the 2-1 victory. The Pirates remain at home this weekend as they face  Birmingham Southern on Friday and Millsaps on Sunday.

#15 Trinity earned three shutout victories over the past week, improving the team’s winning streak to nine games. Trinity defeated Mary Hardin-Baylor 6-0 to start off the week Monday night, then scored four first-half goals against Dallas on the way to another 6-0 win.  In the weekend finale, Trinity and Austin College were scoreless through 75 minutes, but the Tigers put up two late goals to remain unbeaten in SCAC play. Up next, the Tigers remain at home to continue its SCAC schedule, facing Millsaps and Birmingham-Southern this weekend.  Last season, Trinity beat Birmingham-Southern 3-0 and Millsaps 1-0 on the road.  The last meeting in San Antonio between these teams also resulted in two Trinity wins.  The Tigers beat BSC 2-0 and Millsaps 3-1 in 2008.

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