Box Score Greenville, Pa. – (10/29/2014) – The Chatham University soccer team played hard but lost on the road yesterday to the Tomcats of Thiel College by a score of 6-2.
Senior goalkeeper
Liz Sawyer (Saco, Me.) made 12 saves on the day, but in the first period gave up four goals to three different players.
When play resumed in the second period, sophomore forward
Skylar Benjamin (Strongsville, Oh.) would strike first for Chatham (50:35) assisted by senior midfielder
Sarah Ellis (Lawrence, Pa.). Thiel answered with two more goals in the second before first-year midfielder
Megan Sieg (Pittsburgh, Pa.) found the back of the Tomcat net for the second Cougar goal of the game (75:43) and her 11
th on the year. Sieg's goal was unassisted.
Cougars with shots on goal included Sieg (1), Benjamin (2) and sophomore midfielder
Megan Cooper (Fairview, Pa.) (1).
Chatham will travel to New Wilmington, Pa. on Saturday, November 1 to face Westminster College in their final game of the year at 1:00 p.m.
- COUGARS –
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the President's Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers eight Division III women's sports and six men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as the women's basketball team's second-highest team GPA across all Division III athletic programs in 2014, and the swimming & diving squad's GPA ranking in the top 50.
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add six new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball.
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit
www.gochathamcougars.com
