GEORGETOWN, TEXAS - Southwestern Women's Soccer completes the 3-0 week, capped off by a season defining win against nationally number 21 ranked Rhodes College on Sunday afternoon, 1-0. The Pirates have found their groove at the right point in the season, showing they are more than capable of beating any team in this conference. 

Head Coach Linda Hamilton earned her 100th career win at Southwestern today. Hamilton has over 165 coaching wins total as the Pirates family congratulates her on the incredible accomplishment. 

Southwestern went from zero conference wins and on the outside looking in for the SAA Tournament prior to this week. The Pirates win a non-conference game on Tuesday, dominate Millsaps College on Friday, and pull off the upset of Rhodes College on Sunday. 

The wins move Southwestern into fifth place with eight points with one match to play. Centre College is behind at seven points, while Berry is now on the outside with six points. The top six teams make the conference tournament, hosted by Rhodes. 

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

• Southwestern celebrated 11 key seniors pregame including: Caylin Damron, Devin Cybulski, Genavieve Evans, Tristyn Kattawar, Claire Jaubert, Kayla Moody, Mia Reyna, Joy Ee, Lauren Powell, Cecilia Banderob, and Sadie Schuster. 
• The Lynx were looking to crash the party, entering play 10-2-2. 
• However, the Pirates had other plans as the theme today was bend, but do not break. 
• The Lynx controlled the ball most of the first half, manufacturing four close attempts on goal with aggressive saves by freshman EJ Searfoss. The freshman was unbelievable today between the pipes for a career day. 
• Junior Jackie Powell moved around positional to get more involved, firing two shots in the opening half. Freshman Maddie Holland also used crafty dribbling skills to help build attacks. 
• Both squads went into halftime scoreless as the Pirates clearly started to frustrate the Lynx offense. 
• Rhodes came out aggressive as Searfoss was active in the air and also saving three shots in the first five minutes. 
• In the 51st minute, Holland received a yellow card for a foul in the box. 
• However, Searfoss made a clutch play diving to her right and denying the penalty kick. 
• The penalty kick save built momentum for the Pirates as they started to control more possession. 
• In the 78th minute, Searfoss booted a drop kick the length of the field to Powell. The junior forward took a few dribbles and fired her shot with her weak foot off the crossbar and into the net. 
• The raucous Pirate crowd went nuts as the Pirates took the lead, making the most of their few scoring opportunities. 
• On the other side, Rhodes mounted 16 shots on goal denied by Searfoss in a losing effort. 

MATCH NOTES

• The 11 seniors played their final game at Varsity Field, but possibly bought themselves more opportunities to play in the conference tournament. 
• Powell scored her 12th goal of the season, marking the most in a season since 1994. 
• The junior scored five goals in the last three matches. 

UP NEXT
Southwestern travels to Trinity University next Saturday for a pivotal final conference match.