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William & Mary sophomore forward Fairfax, Va. Claire Zimmeck entered last week having scored a modest four goals in 11 games. Over a period of five days and three games, she suddenly rediscovered the touch that made her William & Mary's leading scorer as a freshman, vaulting into W&M's 2006 scoring lead, having figured in all eight goals as the Tribe (13-1-2) rallied for three victories. Zimmeck provided seven goals -- including three game-winners -- and one assist as W&M bested James Madison 3-1 at home before hitting the road and defeating Towson 2-0 and George Mason 3-2. Starting the week Tuesday against JMU, Zimmeck found net in the 23rd, 55th and and 69th minutes to stake the Tribe to a three-goal advantage on its way to victory.
Zimmeck opened this season with a goal in each of W&M's first three matches, then had only one goal in the next eight outings. Suddenly, the undeclared major is tied for the Colonial Athletic Association lead in goals (11), game-winning goals (five) and points (25). With 0.79 goals per game, she was tied for 16th in NCAA Division I through Sunday. Her 52 shots (a league-leading 3.71 per game) and 28 shots on goal easily make her the Tribe leader after a 2005 season in which Zimmeck led W&M with 11 goals, 25 points, 60 shots and 35 shots on goal, at least doubling the total of any teammate in each category. W&M is 10-0-2 in its last 12 games and is first in the CAA at 7-0-1. Best of the rest
Navy junior forward La Mesa, Calif. Brigitte Fox scored three goals in the opening 21:47 and assisted another for Navy (15-0) which rolled past Patriot League foe Colgate 4-0 in its only action last week. Fox became the first Midshipmen to record a hat trick since 2004 and only the eighth in the history of the program.
In the 11th minute, Meggie Curran, who initiated the first scoring sequence, set up Fox who found net from 20 yards away. Eleven minutes later, Fox squeezed a shot between Carly Sousa, who replaced the shell-shocked Pearsall, and the right post to make it 3-0. Fox also assisted Curran for a final tally in the 86th minute. Note: After this honor roll was selected, Fox opened the scoring with 3:05 elapsed, the first of 10 Mids to strike in a 10-0 romp over winless Howard (0-13), moving the Mids to 16-0, the only unbeaten, untied team among NCAA Division I men and women. Fox is second on Navy with seven goals, two behind Curran.
Middle Tennessee sophomore forward Aberoare, Wales Kala Morgan, the NCAA Division I leading scorer, recorded five goals and added an assist over the weekend to lead Middle Tennessee (14-2) to Sun Belt Conference home victories over Louisiana-Monroe and Louisiana-Lafayette. In Friday's 5-0 rout of Louisiana Lafayette, Morgan sent the Blue Raiders to a two-goal advantage in the opening 3:22. She put away a cross from Katy Rayburn from five yards out after 38 seconds and then headed home a cross from Holly Grogan. She later fed Grogan for the first of her two tallies in the 39th minute.
Morgan, a sports in exercise major who is on the conference academic honor roll, has recorded at least a goal or assist in 13 of Middle Tennessee's 16 games and has scored a goal in 11 outings. Her 18 goals and 1.13 goals per game both led NCAA Division I through Sunday, as do her 43 points and 2.69 points per game. Her 18 goals and 43 points are also second on the Middle Tennessee single-season scoring lists. The Raiders are tied with Denver and North Texas for the Sun Belt lead at 8-0.
Texas-El PAso junior goalkeeper Jackson Hole, Wyo. Jessica Salvi had a busy weekend, making 21 saves to lead Texas A&M to a pair of victories against a two Conference USA opponents at home. The Miners raised their record to 13-4 with their third and fourth straight wins, giving them a 4-2 C-USA mark.
Salvi was better Sunday when she tied a school record with 15 saves -- several outstanding -- to defeat Memphis 4-1. Eight of her stops came during the first half, including a point-blank stop 10 minutes in and a later diving save of a free kick. She was equally impressive after intermission with her best stop coming with the Miners nursing a 2-1 lead with 15 minutes remaining. From just inside the box, Memphis’ Laura Laufenberg unleashed a blast headed toward the top right corner of the net, but Salvi elevated high and punched the ball just over the crossbar. Memphis had entered the contest with a prolific offense, averaging 2.43 goals per game. Honor roll
San Diego State sophomore forward Pleasanton, Calif. Jen Mello (Pleasanton, Calif.) scored three goals and notched one assist to help the San Diego State (6-7-2) go 1-0-1 in two Mountain West Conference road games.
On Thursday in Provo, Utah, Mello scored one goal and assisted to allow SDSU to pull out a 2-2 draw with then-No. 16 Brigham Young. Three days later, the business marketing major scored both goals in a 2-0 decision over Wyoming, leaving SDSU undefeated (2-0-2) in league play.
After finding net only three times in the Aztecs' first 11 matches, Mello now has five goals over the last three games. Her eight goals match her total from her freshman year while her 19 points established a career high. Mello leads the MWC in goals (8), goals per game (0.53), points (19) and points per game (1.27).
Tiffany Crane, who has scored only once in Longwood's first 14 matches, recorded four goals, including a pair of game-winners last week to lead Longwood (9-5-2) first to a 5-1 decision Tuesday over Mount St. Mary's week and then a 7-2 win Saturday over Howard.
Against the Mount, Crane got the Lancers off to a good start with a tally in the eighth minute. After the match was tied 1-1 at halftime, the biologu and pre-medicine major added two more goals in the 58th and 60th minutes -- completing her first career hat trick -- to put Longwood ahead for good.
Crane again ignited the Lancers by scoring for a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute against Howard and LU never trailed.
All a coach can ask of a player is she leave everything she has on the field and Dee Guempel certainly did that for Saint Louus (8-3-2) which split a pair of Atlantic 10 matches over the weekend. Guempel scored three times in the two outings, triggering a total of 17 shots.
The marketing major set a career high with 10 shots and staked the Billikens to an early 1-0 lead in the ninth minute Friday, but Xavier stormed back for a 4-3 triumph. On Sunday, three of Guempel's seven shots were on target, but more importantly two went into the net for a 2-0 decision over Dayton.
Guempel is tied for the SLU lead with five goals and tied for second with four assists.
Her game-winner against Dayton gave her nine for her career, second all-time for the Billikens.
Jessica Bush contributed three goals, including a pair of game-winners, last week to spur Kansas (9-6) to blank a pair of Big 12 rivals on the road -- Iowa State 2-0 and Missouri 4-0.
Bush put away a rebound off a corner kick to send the Jayhawks ahead for good Friday in the win over Kansas. Two days later, she twice score off feeds from Monica Dolinsky, good for a 1-0 advantage over Missouri in the seventh minute and making it 3-0 in the 50th.
After her first multi-goal effort, Bush has five goals on the season, one behind team leader Dolinsky, who notched her sixth tally to finish off Missouri.
Katie Sanchez provided three goals to Fordham (10-4) which knocked off a pair of Atlantic 10 foes.
In Friday's 2-1 victory at George Washington, Sanchez nailed the tying goal for the Rams, lofting a shot over goalkeeper Amie Kern in the 24th minute. Liane Schoenstein won it in the 78th.
Sunday. Fordham downed La Salle 2-1 with Sanchez winning it with her second goal of the game coming at 107:30, in the 18th minute of sudden death. She tied the match at 1-1 in the 80th minute.
October 2 - October 8
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