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Sophomore Erica Suter had two goals and an assist in Tuesday's win over conference foe McDaniel.

The Hopkins women's soccer team set a new season high for goals Saturday, thrashing Bryn Mawr 6-0 in gloomy conditions. Sophomore forward Erica Suter and senior forward Caitlin Moore were each responsible for two goals in the win. On Tuesday the Blue Jays defeated McDaniel 3-0 at Homewood Field.

With the victory, the Jays improved their record to 12-3 overall on the year and 7-1 in conference play, while Bryn Mawr continued its Centennial Conference struggles, falling to 5-10-1 and 0-9 for the season. The victory was the Jays' remarkable thirteenth shutout of the season, and helped them clinch a spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs.

Historically, Hopkins has dominated over Bryn Mawr, leading the all-time series 15-1 before Saturday's game, with Bryn Mawr's only victory being the first time the two teams met in 1993. Since then, the Jays rattled off 15 straight victories in the series by a whopping 80-7 point margin and Saturday's game followed the trend. Due to a cancelled game earlier in the week, the Jays were well rested, and dominated the contest from the onset.

Suter needed less than 10 minutes to score the game's first goal, scoring on an assist from senior goalie Karen Gruszkowski. The assist was the first of Gruszkowski's career, as most of her time is spent back in the goal. At 22:22 in the first half, Moore scored the first of her two goals, this time with Suter on the assisting end. Keeping its foot on the accelerator, Hopkins scored again less than 5 minutes later, with Moore scooping up a loose ball and punishing it deep into the Bryn Mawr goal.

The Jays did not relent in the second half, as Suter scored early off of a beautifully placed corner kick by senior forward Claire Pelura. The goal was Suter's eighth of the year, which leads the team.

At the 54:35 mark in the game, junior forward Erin Stafford scored her fourth goal of the season on an assist from sophomore forward Paulina Goodman, squeezing the ball just inside the right post. Sophomore midfielder Allison Smith also got in on the scoring action, scoring the game's final goal, with just over a minute left, on an assist from freshman midfielder Dana Stone.
At the end of the game, Hopkins had a whopping 16 shots on goal, compared to only three for Bryn Mawr, further adding insult to injury. Goalkeeper Jessica Cynowiec, who had her first career start and victory, combined with Meredith Maguire for a total of three saves in the shutout.

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