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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE -- October 16th, 2006
CONTACT: Glyn Turner 585,567,9648
Highlander’s
Clinch 5th Consecutive Conference Title with 8-0
win over Celtics
Box Score
Pittsburgh,
PA-
The
Highlanders clinched their 5th Consecutive AMC North Division
Conference title Saturday beating Carlow College Celtics on the road, 8-0. The
Highlanders are the last remaining undefeated NAIA Women’s Soccer program in the
country that is ranked in the top 10.
For
Coach Lewis this will be his 13th AMC North Division title and or
conference title in the past 14 years. The Highlanders continue to extend their
season win streak of fourteen games with seven of those being in AMC North
Division conference play. The Highlanders entered Saturday’s game confident of a
win and did not disappoint.
Highlights from the game had So. Hannah Swift
(Perrysburg, N.Y) scoring twice for her 13th and 14th
goal of the season and also chipped in her 6th assist of the season
as well.
Jr. Rebecca Smith
(Carlisle, PA)
also
made her mark scoring twice for her 5th and 6th goal of
the season. While
Sr. Krista Fowlkes (Lake Placid, FL)
produced three assist’s during the game overtaking 2nd on the All-Time Career
Assist record at Houghton College with 47. Fowlkes trails assist record holder
Cassandra Mills (2005) only by three assist’s who currently holds the record at
50.
Other
Highlanders that scored were Jr. Bethany Kowalczyk
(Waterford, PA), her 15th goal of the season.
Kowalczyk (Waterford, PA) now sits at 73
career goals, still nine shy of tying the record at 82.
Sr. Bridget Toth
(Victor, NY), Sr. Sarah Rowley (Hammondsport,
N.Y), Jr. Sarah Whipple (Canandaigua, N.Y.)
each
scored once for the game.
So. Bethany Studt
(Earlville, N.Y.)
quietly
earned her 7th shut out of the season, playing the entire match
without facing a single shot from the Carlow Celtic’s.
The
Highlanders next game is home against AMC South Division opponent Mount Vernon
Nazarene on Saturday the 21st of October on Burke Field starting at
3:00 pm
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique
emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in Allegany County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
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