TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- The Rose-Hulman women's
soccer team clinched the top seed for the upcoming Heartland
Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament with an 11-0 victory
over Franklin College on Tuesday night.
The Engineers increased their school record
winning streak to 13 matches with the top scoring performance in
school history.
Seniors Sarah Graber (Cypress, Texas/Cy-Fair)
and Julie Roebel (Cincinnati, Ohio) joined freshman
Elisabeth Baca (Santa Fe, N.M.) with two goals each to
lead the Rose-Hulman offensive attack.
Other goal scorers for the Engineers included
freshman Molly Richardson (Orange Park, Fla./St. John's
Country Day), senior
Jennifer Gordon (Zionsville), freshman Jeanie Sozansky
(Greentown/Eastern), freshman Caroline Bundrick
(Harrisonburg, Va./Ashby) and freshman Allison Luther
(Beach Park, Ill./Zion-Benton).
Junior Liz Ridgway (Grosse Pointe,
Mich./Northwestern U.) led the passing attack with three
assists. Graber pitched in with two assists, while Baca,
Roebel, Luther and junior Jen Lyman (Irwin, Pa.) each
had one assist in the victory.
The goalkeeping tandem of senior Rachel Miller
(Spring, Texas/Klein Collins) and freshman Jasmine Browne
(Tampa, Fla./Middleton) combined on the shutout in goal as
Rose-Hulman outshot the visiting Grizzlies 44-3.
With the victory, Rose-Hulman improves to 16-2 on
the season and 7-0 in HCAC play. The Engineers return to
action on Saturday at Hanover, prior to serving as the No. 1
seed for the four-team league tournament. Rose-Hulman
opens the HCAC Tournament, with the winner receiving an
automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs, with a home
game against the league's No. 4 seed on Oct. 31.