Women's Soccer
Women's Soccer: #12 Denison shuts out Kenyon
Freshman Meg Polite put the Big Red up 2-0 in the first half with her second goal of the season.
Date: October 3, 2007
Location: GRANVILLE
Denison
jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and never looked back, dropping the Ladies of
Kenyon College 3-0.
The
Big Red got on the board in the game’s 13th minute as junior Sarah
Ash (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore) sped through the Kenyon defense and dropped
a pass to a trailing Jessie Birdwhistell (Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay) for
the score.
Eleven
minutes later, freshman Meg Polite (San Anselmo, Calif./Marin
Catholic) headed in a corner kick in a scramble in front of the net to give
the Big Red a two goal lead that would hold through the half.
Denison
would hop on the board early in the second half as well as sophomore Anna
Rusch (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends) made a move to lose the Kenyon
defender and nail a deep goal from outside the box, pushing the final spread to
3-0.
Denison
out shot Kenyon 25-7. Freshman Jen Clemmer (Hixson, Tenn./Baylor)
led the offensive attack with eight shots, four on goal. Liz Gillette (Chardon, Ohio/NDCL)
recorded a pair of saves in goal while Rosie Davis stopped eight for the Ladies.
The
Big Red will be back in action Saturday as they travel to Columbus
for a 7 p.m. with Ohio Dominican.
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