CLINTON, S.C. - Presbyterian College senior forward Jessi Adair (Decatur, Ga.) scored five total points on the night to lead the #21st ranked Blue Hose to a 7-1 win over the Lady Indians of Newberry College Tuesday night.
The match was the South Atlantic Conference opener for both teams with the Blue Hose dominating the shots 34-1 including 14 shots on goal compared to one by the Lady Indians.
The first half saw PC take 14 shots, but tallied one goal by Adair at the 7:05 mark off an assist from sophomore defender Caroline Edwards (Anderson, S.C.). The Blue Hose led 1-0 at intermission, but the Lady Indians knotted the score at 1-1 at the 47:43 mark when freshman forward Stefanie MacDonald (Simpsonville, S.C.) found the back of the net.
PC rebounded only :17 seconds later as freshman forward Elizabeth Orstadt (Marietta, Ga.) beat a pair of Newberry defenders to score and give the Blue Hose the lead for good at 2-1. Adair scored her second goal of the night, unassisted, at the 51:47 followed by junior forward Delisa Smith's (Anderson, S.C.) goal at the 67:26 mark that Adair assisted.
Sophomore Noel Livernois (Greenwood, S.C.) picked up her first career goal on a penalty kick at the 69:43 mark to give the Blue Hose a 5-1 lead. Senior defender Jocelyn Darrow (Savannah, Ga.) found the back of the net for the Blue Hose at the 75:24 mark off an assist from freshman defender Jennifer Merritt (Easley, S.C.). Merritt then scored herself at the 86:17 mark, unassisted, to put the final touches on the 7-1 win.
In goal, PC's junior keeper Aimee Tatom (Irving, Tex.) and freshman Megan Mueller (Kingsport, Tenn.) each played a half with Mueller allowing one goal.
Newberry's starting keeper sophomore Annemarie Peterson (Lake Grove, N.Y.) played two-thirds of the match allowing four goals and picking up six saves. Peterson was injured in the second period and freshman Rachel Ellison (Simpsonville, S.C.) played 20 minutes in goal allowing three goals and picking up one save.
The #21st ranked Blue Hose improve to 4-0-0, 1-0 in the SAC while the Indians fall to 1-3-0, 0-1 in the SAC.
