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Missouri sophomore forward Cedar Rapids, Iowa After spending her freshman year as a defender, Ashley Hamblin's move to the front line paid instand dividends. She produced three goals and two assists as Missouri opened its season by winning its Tiger Invitational, blanking Iowa 2-0 and then-No. 14 Illinois 5-0.
Playing in 20 games -- starting 15 -- as a freshman, primarily in back, Hamblin had two goals and two assists. Best of the rest
Michigan State freshman forward Northville, Mich. Before attending her first class at Michigan State, Lauren Hill found her way into the Spartans' record book. By becomiing the first MSU women's player in 19 years to score four goals in a game -- and the first fresham ever -- in a 4-2 road win Sunday at Central Michigan, her eight points tied a school record held by two others. Hill, who began classes in East Lansing on Monday, had MSU on the board less than four minutes into her first college road game, put her team ahead for good 2-1 in the seventh minute and then added tallies to make it 3-1 in the 14th minute and 4-2 in the 42nd. Hill scored once off a breakaway, headed in another goal, and converted two others off nice feeds from teammates. She put a fifth ball into the net, but it was negated by an offside call. In her first game, she had one assist in the Spartans 3-2 home loss to Central Michigan Friday. Honor roll
Belmont junior forward Hoover, Ala. Kari Lennon, who battled back from anterior cruciate ligament surgery last spring, came off the bench to record four goals in Belmont's 5-0 romp over Birmingham Southern Sunday. Lennon also had a goal as a reserve in Friday's opening 4-1 triumph over Tennessee-Martin, meaning the Bruins are 2-0 for the first time in program history. After Annie Musacchio opened the scoring in the fourth minute against BSU, Lennon found net in the 31st, 40th, 50th and 66th minutes.
South Florida junior forward Cape Coral, Fla. Lindsay Brauer helped South Florida to its first 2-0 start since 1998 by recording five goals and an assist in a pair of 4-0 victories -- Friday over High Point and Sunday over South Alabama -- to capture the inaugural Dafeldecker Classic at home. She had the first and last goals against High Point, in between assisting a tally by Autumn Browning. Against South Alabama, she found net with 1:43 elapsed and added strikes in the 44th and 54th minutes to close the scoring.
Memphis senior forward Chiba, Japan Shoko Mikami, the reigning Conference USA "Offensive Player of the Year," had three goals in each of two Memphis road victories -- 8-0 against Tennessee Tech Friday and 8-0 over Tennessee-Martin Sunday. Mikami had 15 goals a year ago and now has 22 -- second all-time for the Tigers -- in her third year in the program. She singlehandedly gave Memphis a 3-0 lead with less than 25 minutes elapsed against Tech, then provided a 2-0 advantage in the 34th and 44th minutes against UTM beforfe closing the scoring with 17 seconds remaining. |
