PITTSBURGH - The Westminster College women's soccer team all but ensured a home game in next week's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Tournament after the Titans throttled Chatham, 10-0, on the road Saturday.
Westminster finishes its regular season with a 14-3-2 overall record and a 5-1-1 mark in the PAC. Chatham drops to 1-15-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the league.
The Titans needed a win over Chatham and a greater goal differential than Washington & Jefferson in the Presidents' game vs. Waynesburg on Saturday night to secure at least a No. 2 seed in the PAC Tournament. The official pairings will be announced Monday.
Senior forward Christina Adams (Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard) increased her PAC-leading goal total to 20 goals with her sixth career three-goal game and her third hat trick of the season. Adams scored goals in the eighth minute on a penalty kick and two other goals in the 12th and 17th minutes which gave Westminster leads of 1-0, 3-0 and 5-0.
Adams' 20 goals this season are the fifth most all-time for a Westminster women's soccer player.
Sophomore Danielle Struble (Curwensville, Pa./Curwensville) doubled her career goal total with two goals in the 54th and 61st minutes. Struble also assisted on two goals to give her a career-high six points in the game.
Freshman forward Samantha Killmeyer (Medina, Ohio/Highland), the national leader in assists, set the school record for assists in a season with three during the game. Killmeyer assisted on Adams' second goal which made the score 3-0 while also assisting on Struble's two goals.
Killmeyer now has 19 assists this season, surpassing Tammy Newell's mark of 16 in 2001 for the single-season record at Westminster. Killmeyer finished the game with five points as she also scored her eighth goal of the season in the 14th minute.
Other goal-scorers in the game included freshman Brittany Grabski (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) with her first career goal in the 41st minute that gave the Titans a 6-0 halftime lead. Freshman Kelli Michanowicz (Duncansville, Pa./Hollidaysburg) scored her second career goal in the 48th minute as did freshman Eliza Gibbs (Holladay, Utah/Highland) in the 74th minute.
Westminster held a 36-2 shot advantage.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked 15th among liberal arts colleges, according to the Washington Monthly 2007 Annual College Guide. Westminster is a national leader in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 368 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and was recognized by the Templeton Guide as a "Character Building College."
Nearly 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus.
