November 8, 2008, Danville, Ky. - Fourth-seed Sewanee scored twice in the final 10 minutes and claimed a 3-2 win over top-seed DePauw in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship semifinal contest.
DePauw dropped to 13-4 with the loss and faces Rhodes in tomorrow's 11 a.m. third-place match. Sewanee improved to 13-6 and faces host Centre in the 1:30 p.m. title game. Centre defeated Rhodes, 1-0 in overtime, in the other semifinal game.
Lynn Hancock gave Sewanee a 1-0 lead mdway through the first half and the scored stayed that way at the intermission. Meredith Ellis tied the contest at 1-1 at 49:38 on Beth Seegers' assist before Carolyn Mueller gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead at 51:57 on another Seegers assist.
Sewanee's Claiborne Buckingham knotted the score with just under 10 minutes left before Caroline Carlin delivered the game-winning goal with 3:54 left.
The Tigers outshot Sewanee 26-12 and hled a 14-4 edge in corners. DePauw's Liz Attewell totaled two saves, while Clarkie Crawford finished with three for Sewanee.
Following a scoreless first half, host Sewanee took a 2-0 lead and held on for a 2-1 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win over DePauw
/Athletics/Field HockeySarah Riffle scored twice, while Carolyn Mueller and Beth Seegers each added single goals as DePauw blanked Transylvania, 4-0
/Athletics/Field HockeyDePauw senior forward Beth Seegers has been named to the Division III honor roll by womensfieldhockey.com for her performances in last week's wins over Oberlin, Hendrix and Rhodes
/Athletics/Field HockeyDePauw seniors Beth Seegers and Becca Rojek have been named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Field Hockey Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for their performances October 20-26
/Athletics/Field HockeyBeth Seegers scored both DePauw goals including the game-winner in the second overtime as the Tigers took a 2-1 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win at Rhodes
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