AMCC Women's Soccer Game of the Week:
Hilbert College @ La Roche University
Saturday, October 21 at 1:00pm
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The AMCC Women's Soccer Game of the Week features Hilbert College at La Roche University on Saturday afternoon. Hilbert is currently in third place in conference standings with a 5-2 coference record, while La Roche sits in fourth at 4-3-1.
Hilbert enters the game riding a two-game win-streak after outscoring their last two AMCC opponents by a 21-1 margin. Forward Grace Zabawa continues to drive the offense with seven goals and 21 points while midfielder Gabrielle Avallone has come on strong lately and is second in scoring (6g) along with midfielder Chloe Champagne. Midfielder Hannah Brock and defender Kaitlyn Sobczak are the only two players to start all 14 games this fall and they look forward to guiding the team back to postseason. The Hawks have a deep pool of goalies to choose from with freshman Jordan Brown (4-3) seeing almost 600 minutes in net while making 56 saves.
The Redhawks started conference play off at 4-1-1, but dropped their last two matches to Alfred State and Pitt-Greensburg, and sit in fourth in conference standings. La Roche senior Alexis Nudds leads the Redhawks with seven goals on the season, with six of those coming in conference play. Alexandria Mecchia ranks third in the conference with seven assists overall, while her five helpers in conference play are tops in the league. Sophomore GK Julianna Hornikel ranks fifth in the AMCC with a 1.74 goals-against average, while making 59 saves on the year.
