Women’s soccer advances, to host HCAC Women’s Soccer final

The Rose-Hulman women’s soccer team will be hosting the HCAC Women’s Soccer final after the 4-2 win over Manchester this past Wednesday. With the win, the women improved to 18-2 on the season with its school record 15th consecutive victory.

On Wednesday, the women jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first half to gain a comfortable lead with two goals coming from senior Julie Roebel and one from junior Liz Ridgway. Manchester scored their first goal 28 minutes into the second half but Roebel responded only 1:33 later to complete her hat trick while scoring her 19th goal of the season. Manchester scored their final goal of the season with under two minutes left to make the final score of 4-2.

Senior Jennifer Gordon, who entered the match leading all NCAA Division III players in assists, provided the assist on all four goals in the victory. Gordon has established a school record with 25 assists this year and holds the career school record of 48.

Rose will be competing for the HCAC title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. They will host Transylvania in the HCAC final tomorrow (Saturday) at 1:00 p.m. at Jim Rendel Field. Rose-Hulman has never won a conference title in soccer, nor has it competed in the NCAA Tournament.