This Week In Goucher Landmark Conference History (October 5-11)
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 October 5-11.
SPECIAL: October 9-11 would be Family Weekend and traditionally Goucher Athletics would host the Renie Race on the Sunday of Family Weekend which would have been October 11, 2020. Due to COVID-19 the event has been cancelled and we hope that we can run the event next year. Even though an official race will not be held, we would still love to see everyone out there walking and running in honor of Renie this weekend. Please share your pictures with Goucher Athletics on October 11 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #RenieRun!
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October 5
The women's volleyball team posted a pair of wins on October 5 since joining the Landmark Conference. The Gophers defeated CCNY 3-1 (25-16, 24-26, 25-14, 25-17) in 2012 thanks to 47 assists by Sarah Johnson, 18 kills by Megan Chalk and 15 digs against Ashley Fan. The Gophers also rallied from two-sets down to earn a 3-2 win against Hollins in 2018. Tes DeJaeger recorded 56 assists and 16 digs while Kaya Melchor (19 kills), Greta Coss (18 kills) and Bianca Brown (15 kills) led the way to put the points away.
October 6
This weekend would be Family Weekend and the cross country team would run its annual home event. J. Fraley Coles (24:33.37, 2007), Katherine Currier (23:35.20, 2012) and Laila Hanson (26:19.35, 2018) were the first runner to cross the finish line to win the home event on October 6. The Gophers as a team also won the Goucher XC Classic in 2018 thanks to Top-10 finishes from Eva-Bulson-Lewis (5th, 30:08.43), Julia Gazzola (7th, 30:36.96) and Hannah Brogan (10th, 31:44.24).
Also on this date, the field hockey team registered a pair of wins. Laura Goomes broke a 1-all tie at 10:41 off an Ali Metzger assist in the second half to propel the Blue and Gold past Moravian 2-1 in 2007. Kate Kramer gave the Gophers a lead before the break off a Sara Spadnuta feeder at 14:31. Aline Haddad made 12 saves in the win. The squad also defeated Bryn Mawr 5-1 on this day with Lizzie Barminski dished out two assists while Jackie Juarez, Antonia DiLuca, Maya Belin, Melissa Joseph and Erin Field all found the back of the cage.
October 7
Brooke Merchant broke a scoreless match in 2015 with a tally off an assist by Camryn Mackey at 68:35 to lift the women's soccer team past Hood on October 7. Juliana Harkavy turned away six saves for the Gophers.
October 8
Five wins by the volleyball team highlight October 8 including a 3-1 win (30-21, 32-30, 23-30, 33-31) against Susquehanna in 2007. Megan Smith (18 kills, 15 digs), Kasey Quinn (14 kills, 11 digs) and Claire Sauvage-Mar (17 assists, 10 kills) each recorded double-doubles in the victory. Sauvage-Mar posted 19 assists and 11 digs in a 3-0 win (25-11, 25-13, 25-23) against Lincoln in 2008 while Smith (23 digs, 14 kills), Sauvage-Mar (32 assists, 11 digs) both notched double-doubles in a 3-0 victory (25-9, 25-16, 25-22) against Hood in 2009.
The field hockey team also notched a pair big wins on this day. The Gophers defeated Moravian 5-0 in 2016 with Juarez and Sarah Shklanko leading the way with a goal and an assist apiece. Last year, the Blue and Gold posted a 6-0 win against Hood thanks to two goals and an assist by Ari Hooper and two tallies by Mia Wiggins. Amita Chatterjee and Meghan Oakes each added a goal and an assist in the win.
October 9
Two cross country runners had record-setting days at the Goucher XC Classic on October, 9 2010. Joey Negreann won the men's race and set a new course record with a time of 28:00.30 while Kelsey Myette won the women's race and also set a new course standard with a time of 23:59.4.
October 10
The women's soccer team defeated Penn State Harrisburg on October 10 in 2012. Sarah Eaby scored the first goal of the game for the Blue and Gold off a pass from Caroline McDowell at 29:35 and then Shay Kettner sealed the win with a tally at 42:34.
October 11
The men's soccer team made the Landmark Conference postseason for the first time in 2014 and head coach Bryan Laut points to a 2-0 against Scranton on October 11 of that season as his favorite coaching memory at Goucher. Tate Becker scored unassisted at the 8:09 mark and Luis Gomes twinkled the twine at 77:10 unassisted. Also on this date for the men's soccer team, Goucher defeated Moravian 2-1 in 2008. Trailing 1-0, Elijah Lais found the back of the net off an Andrew Bull assist at 64:48 and Dan Brody scored the decisive tally off a Galen Guiodon assist at 69:49. Joey Granic made six saves in the win.