MARYVILLE - The Maryville College women's soccer team used a balanced offense to take their 6th conference win of the season today against the visiting Pioneers of Wesleyan College as the Scots triumphed with a 12-0 victory to kick-off the homecoming festivities.

Freshman forward Ashley Howarth opened the scoring off of a Jessica Petersen assist and the pair would go on to record seven of the Scots goals with Howarth scoring three to give her 18 on the season and Petersen scoring four giving MC's all-time leading goal scorer 11 on the season.  The scoring was concluded with junior forward Alex Wingo and Freshman forward Pheobe Leo each having two goals each, and sophomore defender Kelsie Kestner scoring her first goal of the season.  Defensively the shutout was shared by goalkeepers Desi Simmons and freshman Michelle Foulke.

The win give the Scots an overall record of 9-5-1 and a conference record of 6-0-0 keeping the Scots in 1st place in the conference as they go into next Saturday's final conference match vs Agnes Scott College.
The Scots next game is a home non-conference match up with Tennessee Wesleyan College on Thursday evening with kick-off set for 7:00 pm.
 

MARYVILLE, TN - Natalie Munday, a senior 6’0” forward for the Maryville College women’s basketball team, has been named a 2008-09 All-American performer by D3Hoops.com. She is a fourth team honoree, ranking as one of the top 20 players within the NCAA Division III.

The Knoxville, Tennessee native was named the Great South Athletic Conference Player of the Year while leading the league with her 16.5 points a game. After her Scots (19-9) claimed their sixth Great South Conference title, the Knoxville Farragut High School graduate was named the Tournament MVP. Her 27 and 21 point performances elevated MC to earn the GSAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The 2008-09 NCAA appearance was the 16th in school history for the women’s basketball program and MC’s first since 2005-06, Munday’s freshman year.

Munday is the sixth All-American in the Maryville women’s basketball program, the first since Haley Smith in 2001.

Natalie posted ten, twenty-plus point performance on the season as well as a pair of double-doubles. She shot 53% from the field and displayed her range and shooting touch by going 33-81 (41%) from beyond the arc. She also paced the Scots with her 5.9 rebounds a game.