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16 Women's lax wins three straight ♦ Chapin, Schroeter, and Janowski lead Quaker offense to a 4-2 record to start the season BY DAN GATTI Sports Editor The women's lacrosse team is off to a terrific start this year, winning three in a row and four of six games thus far. Most recently, victories over ODAC ri vals have buoyed Quaker hopes and put them at the top spot in the ODAC this season. On Saturday. March 28, the Quak ers hosted conference rival Virginia Weslevan, who came into the match at 2-6. The Quakers, meanwhile, had started out the season on a roller coaster ride, w inning the first and third games of the year but losing the two in between. The Quakers needed to not just win, but win consecutively and put together a streak, and that's exactly what they did against VW. And it really wasn't all that much of a game, either. Quaker junior Tina Schroeter scored inside the first 20 sec onds of play, then after Virginia Wesleyan tied it back up five minutes later, the Quakers went on a five-goal run which featured Schroeter's second goal and consecutive goals by sophomore Jenn Jankowski. The latter of those two Jankowski goals was followed within 14 seconds with a'Abbey Weiner goal, and when Schroeter scored again for the hat trick, the score was 6-1, and the rout was on. Guilford simply kept control of the ball in this one, more then doubling VW's Want to have a little fun and jumpstart your career? Zhe Career Development Center presents "(Networking for a Living: the Guilford Connection. " This is your opportunity to practice those all-important networking skills with friends and "family 7 --recent Guilford alumni. Career experts say that network ing is the key to career success, so whether you're graduating in 1998 or 2001, now is a great time to start. "(Networking for a Living; the Guilford Connection." will be held on Zhursday, April 9, 1998. fe:oopm- mocktatfs and networking bingo in the Commons 6:45pm- informal buffet in the Gaffer^ 8:00pm- panel of afumni discussion in the Gaffer^ PIBMC rwicc iemvtion for the dinner by s:oopm. April 5. No ihmnocd rcgiatrahan if required for the pwd dwawon. shots on goal (47 to 19). And goalkeeper Lauren Gill played excel lently, collecting 11 saves out of 19 shots for the win, and four of VW's eight goals were late in the second half, when the game had clearly al ready been de cided. By the end, three Quakers had gone for the hat trick: Schroeter, Janowski and Kate Allen, and Schroeter and Janowski both managed four goals apiece. A pretty good offensive effort for a team whose weak- aHV * H Il„ I _ The women's lacrosse team is near the top of the ODAC in the early part of the season. PHOTO COURTESY SPORTS INFORMATION ness, coming into the season, was their inability to score. The next Guilford opponent, Howard University, did not fare any bet ter than Virginia-Wesleyan when they came to Guilford on Monday, March 30. Once again, the Quakers jumped out to Sports a big quick lead, scoring three goals in the first ten minutes of play by Janowski, Allen and Forrest Chapin, the Quakers leading scorer so far this season. After then spotting Howard a goal, Chapin and Allen scored two goals, and Carmen Eckman added another, and Guilford was already on top, 6-1. Howard did stick in there, though, scoring two straight goals and three of four at the end of the half to narrow the Guilford lead to three. But, similar to the first half, Guilford took over again to be gin the second half, scoring four out of five goals to start the half which solidly put them ahead 11 -5 halfway through the half. The GuUfordian 5800 W. Friendly Ave. 17717 Founders Hall Greensboro, NC 27410 After that, Howard scored a couple of garbage goals to narrow the final score to 13-9. Guilford now looks ahead to two home games parent's weekend. The Quakers will play Sweet Briar this Sat urday, April 4. Sophomore Forrest Chapin, juniors Jenn Jankowski and Tina Schroeter, and freshman Kate Allen all appear to be do ing the job filling in for Guilford's big of fensive losses from last season. If they can keep on scoring the way they've been scoring, combined with the defense that the Quakers knew would be solid, then Guilford could go a long way this year. Non-profit organization US Postage PAID Permit No. 57 Greensboro, NC The Guilfordian April 3,1998
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