October 11, 2003

BALTIMORE, Md. - Senior forward Melissa Snyder (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) was on fire today, as she led the Eagles to a 5-0 victory against Lehigh. Snyder scored four of the five goals today, helping the Eagles become 10-1 overall, and 3-0 in the Patriot League. The Eagles dominated the first half of the game, out shooting Lehigh 16-1. The first goal of the game came from freshman Camila Infante (Santiago, Chile/Santiago College) at 21:47. After the goal, the Eagles continued to play an extremely offensive game, taking nine penalty corners in the first half alone. The story of the second half of the game was Snyder (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard), who scored all four goals for the Eagles in the final 35 minutes of action. Snyder started her scoring streak by knocking the ball into the cage at 48:53. Her second goal came less than two minutes later when she again put it past the Mountain Hawk goalkeeper (50:22). On this goal Infante picked up the assist. As the Eagles pushed the ball out for their 18th penalty corner of the game, Snyder was able to gain control of the ball, and send it to the back of the cage for her third goal of the game at 56:10. With less than two minutes left in the contest, Snyder was able to score again off a corner. The assist was from from sophomore Maureen Daniel (Clifton, Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa). Snyder now leads the team with nine goals this season. The Eagles will next take on Patriot League rival Holy Cross on Saturday, October 18, at 12 p.m. Game Summary:
Shots: American: 32; Lehigh: 5
Saves: American: 4; Lehigh: 11
Corners: American: 19; Lehigh: 4