United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Women's Soccer - Bears Strike Twice, but Fall to #16 Wheaton

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(10/4/08)--Coast Guard did something it had not done in the previous ten meetings with Wheaton, score, but it wasn't enough as the Lyons, ranked 16th nationally, ran its conference unbeaten streak to 90 games with an 8-2 win over the Bears in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game.

Sophomore Emily Hough broke the program's single-game points record in an 8-2 triumph.

Hough, who became the first Lyon to tally 10 points, produced four goals and a pair of assists, including scoring twice and assisting the game-winner in the opening half. Her four markers tied five others in matching a school mark. Freshman Jessica Stuart, who had scored just once prior to today, compiled five points on two goals and one assist, while sophomore Melida Alvarez notched a goal and two assists.

Coast Guard (4-5, 0-2) opened the scoring thanks to a penalty kick at 7:20 by senior Jen Ferreira.

Stuart made it a 1-1 game at 11:15 off of a corner kick before Hough gave the Blue and White a one-goal edge at 23:31.

The Bears knotted the action not even five minutes later on a goal by junior Katie Kurek, before Hough assisted Stuart at 35:01 and scored with just 13 ticks left in the opening half, providing Wheaton with a 4-2 advantage.

The Lyons tacked on four more goals in the second frame, with Hough figuring in three of them. Wheaton's first two scores came in a 2:57 span, when sophomore Amanda Resendes scored at 51:27 and Alvarez followed suit at 54:24. Hough supplied the final two tallies just 1:57 apart.

Freshman goalkeeper Kasey Frasier improved to 3-1 with four stops, while Coast Guard freshman Mary Mills had 14 saves.