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| 9.28.04
- A cool rainy afternoon provided great soccer weather for the
Foresters to pick up their first conference win of the season, a 3-0
shutout over visiting
Grace
College
. Grace started the game possessing the
ball and putting pressure on the HC defense, but it was HC’s Sarah
Kaufman who took a feed from Heather O’Keefe and scored in the 7th
minute to put HC in front 1-0. The Foresters rode the momentum
and three minutes later Beth Padilla put a through ball into the path
of Kaufman who netted her second of the match. HC continued to control
the game and took the 2-0 lead into the break. The
second half got off to a wild start as O’Keefe was brought down in
the box in the first minute but no call was made. Grace responded with
a counterattack and had a shot off the post. A minute later Kara Fultz
threaded a pass through the Grace defense and Kaufman scored her third
goal of the game to complete the hat-trick. The Foresters were able to
contain the Lancers the rest of the way to notch their second shutout
in a row. "We've had a hard time getting our passing game
going in the last couple of games, but today we made some great
strides in the right direction,” said Coach Datema. “Our
back line of Jennifer Stern, Ashley Gonterman and Hannah Kaufman is
really starting to play well together. Hannah
has especially shown great leadership and composure back there. Up
front, Sarah has had two great games in a row now so we are pleased
with the progress we are making.”
The win brings the Foresters’ overall record back even at
5-5, and 1-2 in the MCC |
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