Gruenenfelder, Lady Eagles too much for King, 4-1, in third-straight win

Gruenenfelder, Lady Eagles too much for King, 4-1, in third-straight win

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Carson-Newman's Morgan Gruenenfelder (Sweetwater, Tenn.) scored three of C-N's four goals as the Lady Eagles beat King College, 4-1, on Wednesday afternoon in Bristol, Tenn.

With the win, the Lady Eagles improve to 6-6 on the year, while King falls to 3-9.

Gruenenfelder scored goals in the 2nd, 50th and 57th minutes, and Melissa Morris provided Carson-Newman's other goal in the 39th minute as the Lady Eagles picked up their third-straight win of the year. Gruenefelder now has seven goals on the season, while Morris improves her total to two.

King got a goal by Hannah Shankle (Bristol, Tenn.) in the 36th minute which tied the match at 1-1 momentary. Shankle got the ball from Abigail Shankle (Bristol, Tenn.) on the play. For Hannah Shankle, the score tied her for the team lead with six goals while it was Abigail Shankle's team-best third assist in 2010.

Lauren Fritts (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) recorded five saves in goal for King. Sarah Tompkins played the opening 72 minutes for Carson-Newman with eight saves.

Overall King had 20 shots, nine on goal in the contest. Carson-Newman got 17 shots off, 10 on goal.

The Lady Eagles return to action on Saturday when they travel to Wingate, N.C. to face Wingate University. Kickoff is at 4 p.m.