10/16 RPI & ELO

ELO

Millersville has climbed into 1st place, moving up from 4th. The Marauders are 10-1 on the season. This week their first win came against West Chester on Wednesday, in a 2-1 contest. While they went into the fourth quarter 0-1, two goals in the fourth gave them the win. On Saturday they won 2-0 against Mercyhurst. They outshot the Lakers 26-1 and had 19 corners. 

Converse sits in second and remains undefeated. This week they faced SAC opponent, Coker, and won 6-2. Lotte Kanters had 3 goals and 1 assist for the Valkyries, giving her 7 points for the day and 40 for the season. The sophomore from the Netherlands has been a stand-out player all season. She currently has the highest goals per game across all divisions with 2.25 goals per game.  

Adelphi took a little bit of a fall, moving from 21st to 27th. In their Tuesday contest, they lost to Assumption 1-2, and they lost on Saturday to Bentley 3-4. Freshman goalkeeper Mirthe Karstens had 14 saves between the two games, but it was not enough for a win. 

Franklin Pierce had some positive movement this week after bringing their winning streak up to 4 games. On Tuesday they traveled to American International and won 4-2. Despite being outshot 9-13, goalkeeper Addy Araneo remained calm in goal and had 5 saves for the win. Two goals came off of Gabi Sturgeon's stick, which was her second and third of the season. On Saturday Sturgeon continued to find the back of the net, when she contributed a goal to the 3-0 win over Molloy. 

Southern New Hampshire moved up three spots after an NE10 win against  Mercy.  The game was high-intensity, with SNH having 27 shots and 24 corners, and Mercy having 11 shots and 6 corners. There was a total of 6 cards issued during the game, 4 to Mercy and 2 to SNH. For every goal SNH scored, Mercy found a way to match it. After a goal in the 52nd minute by Diaz De Vivar, SNH walked away with the victory. 

RPI

East Stroudsburg continues to sit on top with a 9-1 record. The Warriors only played one contest this week, which came on Wednesday against Bloomsburg. The 3-0 win saw three different goal scorers. 

Newberry fell slightly in ranks after a 1-1 week. On Tuesday they lost to Mount Olive, 4-1. Mount Olive was able to score early, with all four goals coming in the first half, and the Wolves were not able to recover. There was a push in the second half, with Newberry getting 8 shots and 4 corners, as well as a late goal from Sydney Marchese. Unfortunately, their efforts fell short. On Saturday they faced Limestone and won 2-1. After sixty minutes of play, the game was tied at 1-1, but it only took three minutes into overtime for Hailey Moore to find the back of the next. 

Mansfield is in 8th after an insane performance by Alex Esterling on Wednesday. The junior from Delaware had 7 goals on the season going into their game against Slippery Rock. Well, that number increased to 11, as she put 4 goals passed the goalkeeper in a 5-0 win. Mansfield did suffer a 1-3 loss against #3 Shippensburg on Saturday, as well.

Lander saw a large drop after a loss in shootouts to Belmont Abbey on Tuesday. Belmont scored early, but Lander stayed in the contest. Freshman goalkeeper Isabel Elenga came up big in stopping a penalty stroke in the fourth. Lander had 14 shots in regulation. Despite playing a few minutes of overtime down a player due to a card, Lander had 9 shots and 3 corners during the overtime periods.  Lander could not find the back of the net during shootouts, ultimately giving Belmont the victory. 

Despite a big week, Mount Olive only saw a slight increase in ranking. The Trojans had 15 goals between two games and only one against. They started their week against Newberry in a 4-1 win. They then faced Lincoln Memorial where they won 11-0. In that tally, there were 10 different goal-scorers, with freshman Nikki Bos being the only player to score 2. Mount Olive had 46 shots and 25 penalty corners in the contest.