ECKELKAMP TIES SCHOOL RECORD WITH FOUR ASSISTS TO HELP LEAD No. 12 McKENDREE WOMENS SOCCER TEAM TO 13-0 WIN IN CONFERENCE OPENER OVER HARRIS-STOWE

(ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 15) – Junior defender/midfielder Sarah Eckelkamp (Arnold, Mo./Fox) tied a McKendree University single game school record on Tuesday with four assists to help lead the No. 12 Bearcats to a 13-0 win over Harris-Stowe State University in their American Midwest Conference opener.

McKendree, now 3-1-1 overall and 1-0 in the AMC, will travel to St. Charles, Mo., on Thursday to face Lindenwood University at 7:30 p.m.

The Bearcats dominated the Hornets from the start and outshot Harris-Stowe 36-1 in the contest. 10 McKendree players accounted for 13 goals and three players scored their first collegiate goal in the game. Junior midfielder Kyla Nighohossian (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) took a pass from Eckelkamp (Arnold, Mo./Fox) and scored the first goal of the game after only 43 seconds. Junior midfielder Ashley Varns (Chatham, Ill./Glenwood) (Chatham, Ill./Glenwood) took a pass from senior defender Kelsey Johnson (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) and scored to give McKendree a 2-0 lead two minutes into the game. Eckelkamp scored unassisted in the 11^th minute and provided her second assist of the game in the 13^th minute to sophomore forward Sulyn Keomanivane (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) to give the Bearcats a 4-0 lead. Senior forward Sarah Ryan (Rochester, Ill./Rochester) (Rochester, Ill./Rochester) scored on a pass from junior midfielder Theresa Kaiser (St. Louis, Mo./Ursuline Academy) (St. Louis, Mo./Ursuline) in the 19^th minute and freshman midfielder/forward Carlee Luehmann (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) scored the sixth and final goal of the first half in the 20^th minute on a pass from sophomore defender Chrissy Ghirardi (O'Fallon, Mo./Ft. Zumwalt South) (O'Fallon/, Mo./Ft. Zumwalt South).

Keomanivane scored her second goal of the game in the 58^th minute unassisted and had assists on the next two Bearcat goals by senior defender Lindsey Freeman (Troy, Ill./Triad) (Troy, Ill./Triad), her first career goal, in the 63^rd minute and Nighohossian in the 67^th minute. Eckelkamp dished out her final two assists of the game in the 68^th and 75^th minute on goals by freshman midfielder/forward Tanisha Reed (Belleville, Ill./Belleville East) (Belleville, Ill./Belleville East), her first collegiate goal, and sophomore forward Erin Kilian (St. Louis, Mo./Kennedy) (St. Louis, Mo./Kennedy). Eckelkamp's four assists tied former Bearcat Jan DeLaney who had four assists in a single game in 2001. Freshman midfielder/forward Jessica Muckensturm (Swansea, Ill./Belleville East) (Swansea, Ill./Belleville East) also scored her first collegiate goal in the 77^th minute on a pass from Reed to score McKendree's 13^th and final goal in the shutout win. The Bearcat's 13 goals in the win are the most ever scored by McKendree in a single game in program history.

Junior Liz Yanko (St. Louis, Mo./Rosati-Kain) (St. Louis, Mo./Rosati-Kain) and sophomore Cassi Lofink (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) shared time in goal and earned the team shutout.

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