10/23 RPI & ELO

RPI

Mount Olive saw the most movement this week, climbing 8 spots. 

Slippery Rock and Bentley tied for second most improved, with both moving up 7 spots each this week. This comes off of 3 large wins. On Tuesday, the Trojans faced Coker and won 2-0. Avery Congleton scored both goals in the match. On Friday, they traveled to Limestone, where they picked up a 5-1 win. Five different players recorded goals in the match for the Trojans. Finally, they played at Converse, where they picked up a 2-1 win. Two first-quarter goals, one from Morgan Paterson and the other from Jule Schuurman, were enough to give them their third victory of the week. They are now 9-3 overall and 9-0 in conference. 

Slippery Rock only had one match this week, and it was a loss to Millersville. Thanks to Millersville's very strong win percentage, despite the result, the contest did increase Slippery Rock's ranking quite a bit. In the 2-6 loss, Gianna Conti and Leslie Colliver both scored for the Rock and Grace Burker had 12 saves in goal.

Bentley's improvement came from a 1-0 win against Pace on Saturday. The loan goal of the match came from Katie Thies in the third quarter. Bentley outshot Pace 8-6, but trailed in corners 3-4. 

ELO

Converse finally jumped in front this week, after 2 wins and 1 loss. On Tuesday the Valkyries faces Limestone and defeated them 1-0. The goal came off of the stick of Lotte Kanters. Despite Larissa Stanjeck's game-tying goal in the match against Mount Olive, Converse fell short in Saturday's game. They did not let that last long, however, as they picked up a 4-2 win against Coker on Sunday. Luisa Fasold scored two goals, and Caroline Blair and Kanters scored the other ones. Anita Planella had 5 saves for the week, and Madison Shorey had 1. Converse is now 11-1 and 7-1 for conference play. 

St. Thomas Aquinas made the biggest climb this week, after moving from 22nd to 14th. The Spartans played two games this week, the first against Mercy and the second against American International. In the 3-0 game against Mercy, Nicola Van Vuuren scored two goals, and Jasmijn Van Drunen scored the other. Sofia Cuen assisted the first Van Vuuren goals and the Van Drunen goal. In goal, Jessie Hohenstein had 4 saves in the shutout. Friday's game against American International resulted in a 2-1 win for the Spartans. Van Vuuren and Van Drunen both scored a goal each, and Hohenstein recorded 3 saves. St. Thomas Aquinas is now 7-6 overall and 5-3 for conference play. 

Lander broke into the top 20 this week, coming off of a 2-1 week. Their first game of the week resulted in a 5-0 win against Maryville. Frederique Van Der Houwen led the scoring with 2 goals and Sophie Schmitz led in assists with 2. On Wednesday they faced D1 Lindenwood and came out victorious with a 1-0 win. The lone goal was scored by Emma Allon and assisted by Van der Houwen. Their sole loss of the week came against Newberry in overtime. Sophie Schmitz scored for Lander in the 4th to tie the game, but ultimately they fell 1-2. Lander is 4-6 overall and 2-6 in conference. 

Wingate saw their first win as a program this week, coming from a shootout match against Coker. Wingate got on the board first, when Camrynn Aiello scored in the first 3 minutes of the match. Coker matched the score in the third and then obtained the lead in the fourth. They did not hold onto the lead for long, as Alex Muscillo scored just 4 minutes later. Hannah Colavita-Jones came up big in the net with 12 saves during the match, and 2 huge saves during shootouts. Riley Robinson, Emma George, and Lauren Montgomery all converted on their shootout attempts, to give the Bulldogs their first program win.