Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 31, 2009
Contact: Mike Wajerski , SID

Becky Esrock Ties Foresters' Single-Season Goals Record in Win at Illinois College
Team will close out regular season at Monmouth tomorrow


Becky Esrock
Bri Schleibinger
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Lake Forest College women's soccer team closed out the month of October with a 2-0 victory at Illinois College on Saturday (October 31). The Foresters are now 11-6-0 overall and 6-2-0 in Midwest Conference play. The Lady Blues fell to 3-13-1 overall and 0-8-0 in league play.

Lake Forest out-shot the home team 9-0 in the first half but was unable to score.

Forester freshman Becky Esrock (St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School) finally put the visitors on the scoreboard at the 57:12 mark. She was assisted by senior Monica Thomas (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos). Esrock then put the game out of reach with her school record-tying 19th goal of the season with 2:26 remaining in the contest. Junior Bianca Greene (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica) earned her 13th assist of the year, matching the third-highest single-season total in that category in team history.

Lake Forest owned a 10-3 advantage in shots in teh second half and freshman goalkeeper Bri Schleibinger (Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond Burton) made a pair of saves to record her fourth shutout of the season. She lowered her goals against average to 1.54.

The Foresters, who have clinched the #3 seed in next weekend's (November 6-7) MWC Tournament, will close out the regular season at Monmouth College tomorrow at noon. Monmouth needs a victory to earn the fourth and final spot in the tourney, which will be hosted by league champion Carroll University.

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