Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 27th, 2000
Contact: Scott
Rucker, SID
Foresters Eliminated From MWC Tourney in Shootout
Grinnell advances to play Lawrence in championship game
DEPERE, WI - 120 minutes was not enough to separate Lake Forest
College and Grinnell College when the two teams squared off on October
7th at Grinnell as the game ended in a 2-2 tie. On Friday (October 27th)
in the Midwest Conference Tournament Semifinal, 120 minutes still wasn't
enough as the teams were deadlocked 1-1. The conference uses a shootout
after two overtimes to break a tie in the tournament, and that is where
Grinnell was finally able to separate itself from the Foresters by scoring
on their first three penalty kicks while stopping the first three from
Lake Forest.
Grinnell's only goal in regulation was scored by Amy Walters less than
10 minutes into the game. The teams switched directions for the second
half and Lake Forest took advantage of the wind at its back when, with
25 minutes to go in regulation, senior Erin
Sovick (Fort Collins, CO/Poudre) scored her 7th goal of the year on
junior Stacy
Gunstream's (Fort Collins, CO/Rocky Mountain) team-leading 9th assist.
Both teams were held scoreless for the remainder of the half as well as
two 15-miunute overtime periods before the game was decided by the shootout.
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Head Coach T.R. Bell led
the Foresters to a record
of 11-4-2 this year, the best
of his 4-year career.
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Officially the game is counted as a tie on each team's record. Lake Forest
finishes the 2000 campaign with an overall record of 11-4-2 and a regular
season MWC record of 7-1-1. The overall record is the best of Forester
Head Coach T.R.
Bell's four-year career.
Grinnell advances to the Midwest Conference championship game to be
played Saturday (October 28th) at 2:00 PM. They will take on Lawrence University,
who defeated the host school St. Norbert on Friday, also in a shootout.
The winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament beginning
Wednesday (November 1st).
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