Lake Forest College Sports Information
September 9th, 2000 
Contact:  Scott Rucker, SID
 
 
Foresters Begin Conference Schedule with 6-1 Win Over Ripon
Another fast start leads to victory

LAKE FOREST - Lake Forest College extended its winning streak over Ripon College to 11 games with a convincing 6-1 victory Saturday (September 9th) in the first Midwest Conference game of the season for both teams. The Foresters are now 2-0-0 overall on the season while Ripon falls to 1-1-0.

After scoring 2 goals in the first 14 minutes on Thursday (September 7th) against North Park University, Lake Forest took just one minute to start the scoring on Saturday and by halftime the Foresters had put four in the back of the net.

Six different Foresters scored on the day, including senior Erin Sovick (Fort Collins, CO/Poudre) and junior Sandi Coutts (Round Lake, IL/College of Lake County), who each scored their second goal of the year. Senior Kim Sponsel (San Diego, CA/Mira

Senior Erin Sovick missed the entire '99 season while studying abroad but has started 2000 with a goal in both games.
Mesa) and junior Jenny Berthiaume (West St. Paul, MN/Simley) each scored their first of this season and freshmen Aviva Landin (Evanston, IL/Evanston Township) and Samantha England (Prince George, B.C./Kelly Road Secondary) scored the first of their careers.

Junior Stacy Gunstream's (Fort Collins, CO/Rocky Mountain) second and third assists of 2000 moved her into a tie for 7th on the school's career assist list and freshman Stephanie Fink (Menasha, WI/St. Mary Central) set one up for the second time in as many games. 

Sophomore goalie Rachael LaFin (Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West) turned back 9 of 10 shots on goal to notch her second win of the season.

Ripon's lone goal was unassisted and scored by Amelia Seitz, the first of her career.

The Foresters will be in action next when they travel to UW-Whitewater on Tuesday (September 12th) for a 4:00 PM game.

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