This Week In Goucher Landmark Conference History (September 14-20)

We have had a lot of great moments since Goucher joined the Landmark Conference in 2007. While the college athletics world is still on pause due to COVID-19, we will look back at events from our teams from the past since we joined the conference. Each week we will focus on the days that occur from Monday to Sunday for the 2020 calendar year with events from our fall sports every Thursday. We will highlight some great wins and performances for cross country, field hockey, soccer and volleyball. This week we will focus on events that occurred from September 14-20. 

September 14
This week was successful for the Goucher harriers at the Achzehn Classic. On this day in 2013 the women won the team title while Katherine Currier was the first runner to cross the finish line with a time of 23:56.56 and June Chiango was third with a time of 24:13.11.

Also on this date in 2016, the Goucher field hockey team defeated Stevenson 5-3 thanks to two goals by Jackie Juarez. She scored the first tally of the game off an Annie Carter assist at 3:42 and then scored unassisted for the eventual game-winner at 29:12 in the first half. Rachel Crain (5:03), Valerie Mendoza (38:03) and Sarah Shklanko (52:06) also twinkled the twine for the Gophers. Liz Zengel made eight saves in the win.

September 15
The women's soccer team had two great offensive performances on this date in 2007 and 2012. Jane Levy posted two goals and two assists in a 7-0 win against Lancaster Bible in 2007 while Sherlanda Buskey notched the same offensive output five years later in a 5-0 victory against Hood.

September 16
The Goucher women's volleyball team has brought five victories home on this day in 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2018. The Gophers defeated Rowan 3-1(25-17, 26-24, 22-25, 25-12) thanks to double-double performances by Megan Smith (16 kills, 31 digs), Kasey Quinn (14 kills, 17 digs) and Claire Sauvage-Mar (37 assists, 16 digs). In 2014, the squad held on for a five-set thrilling win (25-17, 25-15, 19-25, 21-25, 15-11) against Notre Dame. Hannah Kuehl led the way with 17 kills while Sarah Johnson added 31 assists and Meredith Johnson posted 22 digs.

September 17
The Achtzehn Classic belonged to Goucher in 2011. The Gopher women won the team title after five runners finished in the Top-10. Katherine Currier won the event with a time of 24:09 while Taylor Burr finished third with a time of 24:50 and Katelynn Zidianic was five with a time of 24:58. Hadley Couraud placed seventh after crossing the finish line in 25:01 and Kathryn Walker was ninth with a time of 25:08.91. Not to be outdone, Joey Negreann won the men's race with a time of 26:35.

September 18
This date was another good one for the Goucher volleyball team after it posted four wins including three five-set victories. In 2008, the Gophers fell behind two sets to Notre Dame before taking the final three sets 25-16, 25-14, 15-12. Bianca Brown had 14 kills and Tes DeJaeger tallied 47 assists and 15 digs in a five-set win against Penn State-Harrisburg 23-25, 25-17, 26-24, 18-25, 15-11). DeJaeger had 21 digs and 21 assists in a five-set win against Washington last year (28-26, 25-23, 21-25, 19-25, 15-12). Brown added 12 kills against Rachel Chapman had 15 kills against the Shorewomen.

September 18
Andrew Bull helped the Goucher men's soccer team rally from one-goal down to earn a 3-2 win in overtime against Stevenson in 2008. Jay Berger tied the game at 80:23 off an Adam Boyce assist before Tom Gray set up Bull for the decisive score at 102:22. Tim McMullen got the scoring started with a penalty-kick goal at 19:50. Justin Holbrook made three saves in the win. 

The field hockey team has three wins on this date, including winning a 3-2 decision last season at Beldon Field against Virginia Wesleyan. After the Marlins tied the game, Danielle Johnson scored off a Mia Wiggins assist one minute and 38 seconds after the match was knotted for the decisive score. Emily Postlewait scored the Gophers first goal off an Ari Hooper assist at 5:18 and Mickey Nelson found the cage off a Johnson feeder at 11:49 for a 2-0 lead.

September 19
After 81 scoreless minutes, Lindsey Puopolo took a long floating shot from 25-yards out that found the netting for the only goal of the game to propel the Goucher women's soccer team to a 1-0 win against Wesley in 2012. Lexi Rudolph turned away three shots to earn the shutout.

September 20
Currently, fans are voting for the Men's Soccer All-Decade Team ( CLICK HERE TO VOTE) and on this date several nominees for the team had good days in three wins for the Gophers. Elijah Lais posted a natural hat trick with twine twinklers at 44:57, 47:27 and 67:26 in a 3-1 win against Lancaster Bible in 2010. Adam Boyce and Nate Margolis each posted a goal the following year in a 2-1 win against Lancaster Bible in 2011 and Drew Phillips scored one of the two goals in a 2-0 win against Moravian in 2014.