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              Houghton Women Edge Notre Dame, 1-0

Box Score

Houghton, N.Y.— The Houghton College women’s soccer team dominated American Mideast Conference (AMC) North Division rivals the Notre Dame College Falcons everywhere but on the scoreboard this afternoon, managing just a 1-0 win despite dominating play all game.

Hannah Swift got her 11th goal of the season at 72:28 to give the Highlanders all they needed.

At the beginning of the game, it looked as if this might be another rout for the Highlanders. They dominated play right from the opening kickoff and Carolynn Tomlinson had the first opportunity of the game just a few minutes in when she headed a corner kick off the right post.

The Falcons, however, showed why they had given up only three goals all year coming into today as they packed in their defense and repeatedly frustrated the Highlanders’ attack.

Houghton dominated possession and kept the Falcons bottled up in their own end of the field throughout the game. Houghton had a 9-1 edge in corner kicks.

Lauren Foster made three saves for the Highlanders; her Falcons’ counterpart Emilie LaMarche had seven.

The Highlanders improve to 5-2-2 on the season and 2-0 in the AMC while the Falcons fall to 7-2-1, 2-1 in the AMC. Houghton’s next game is at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2, at Daemen College.