September 14, 2003

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Senior Laura Miller (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) once again was outstanding in the net and sophomore Maureen Daniel (Clifton, Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) scored a pair of goals to lead the Eagles to a 4-0 win over the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers. The victory gives American a record of 4-1 heading into Patriot League play. The game was scoreless for nearly 52 minutes when Heidi Hershberger (Davis, Calif./Davis) grabbed her own rebound and put it past the goalie from close range. The goal not only gave AU the lead, but it woke up American's offense. The Eagles went on to score two more times, as AU went out to a 3-0 lead in less than eight minutes. Javiera Villagra (Santiago, Chile/Santiago College) scored the second goal of the game at the 57:24 mark off of a penalty shot. It was Villagra's second goal of the season. Daniel's finished the scoring with goals at 61:15 and 69:12. Her first goal came off of a penalty corner. Melissa Snyder (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) put the ball into play and Shannon Goans (Ellicott City, Md./River Hill) made the pass. Daniel's unleashed a tremendous shot past Aga Siemiginowska of Rutgers for the goal. Daniel's last goal again came off of a penalty corner. This time Camila Infante (Santiago, Chile/Santiago College) began the scoring play and Goans made the final pass to set up the score with just 48 seconds remaining. Infante also took five shots in the game. Miller finished with three saves and faced six shots during the game while Siemiginowska managed 11 saves and faced 28 shots. American is now 4-1-0 and will go on the road this weekend when they play Lafayette on Saturday, September 20 at 1:00 p.m. Game Summary
Shots: American 28; Rutgers 6
Saves: American 3; Rutgers 11
Corners: American 13; Rutgers 2