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ODAC Women's Soccer Report: Week 7

ODAC women's soccer competed in 13 ODAC games of 14 overall contests. Both Lynchburg and Sweet Briar went 2-0-0 with the Vixens' two wins marking their first season with multiple ODAC victories since 2014. Shenandoah went 2-1-0 as one of two teams to play a trio of ODAC games. No. 2 Washington and Lee and No. 18 Batten went 1-0-1 with their tie a 1-1 draw between the two foes. WLU sits atop the ODAC table with 19 points (6-0-1) with Lynchburg (6-1-0) just one marker back. Batten and Bridgewater are on 17 points with both teams at 5-0-2.

NCAA POWER INDEX RANKINGS
thru games of 10/18/26
Below are the NCAA Power Index (NPI) rankings. At the end of the conference postseason, these rankings will be used to both select teams to NCAA brackets at-large and help each sport's championship committee determine hosting privileges for each round of a Division III championship tournament.

  • Averett: 399th (prev. 381st)
  • Batten: 11th (prev. 13th)
  • Bridgewater: 48th (prev. 44th)
  • EMU: 293rd (prev. 288th)
  • Guilford: 321st (prev. 309th)
  • Hollins: 399th (prev. 400th)
  • Lynchburg: 25th (prev. 38th)
  • Randolph: 182nd (prev. 161st)
  • Randolph-Macon: 210th (prev. 224th)
  • Roanoke: 140th (prev. 124th)
  • Shenandoah: 53rd (prev. 62nd)
  • Sweet Briar: 334th (prev. 369th)
  • Washington and Lee: 2nd (prev. 4th)
  • ALLIE GRECO | BATTEN | GOALKEEPER
    Greco, a junior from Red Bank, N.J., earns her second straight ODAC weekly of the season after turning back 10 shots and allowing just one goal over 180 minutes to help No. 18 Batten to a 1-0-1 showing in ODAC play. On Wednesday, Greco helped the Marlins keep a clean sheet at Randolph-Macon College with three stops in a 3-0 victory over the Yellow Jackets. On Saturday at No. 2 Washington and Lee, Greco more than doubled her weekly save total with seven stops against just one goal allowed – the second all season surrendered by the Batten defense – to secure a 1-1 draw against the Generals. For the season, Greco leads the ODAC in goals against average (0.17), save percentage (.941), and shutouts (9). She has made 32 saves this year.

  • ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN | WASHINGTON AND LEE | FORWARD/MIDFIELDER
    Zimmerman, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, collects her first ODAC weekly award of the season after contributing to three of Washington and Lee's four goals to help the nationally second-ranked Generals to a 1-0-1 showing in ODAC play. On Tuesday at Shenandoah University, Zimmerman was involved in two of WLU's four goals in a 2-1 victory. She opened the game's scoring with an unassisted effort in the 16th minute and then provided the assist on Audrey Dunbar's first goal of the season in the 86th minute. On Saturday in a clash with No. 18 Batten University, Zimmerman assisted Maren Brown on her opener in the 35th minute, securing the Generals' lone tally in a 1-1 draw with the Marlins. For the season, Zimmerman is tied for third in the ODAC in points (22) and assists (6) and tied for sixth in goals scored (6).

  • ALAINA ALSTON
    Batten, senior, forward
    Alston scored two goals for four points as No. 18 Batten went 1-0-1 in ODAC play. She netted both goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-0 victory over Randolph-Macon before helping the Marlins earn a 1-1 draw with No. 2 Washington and Lee.

    LANEY FAYARD
    Bridgewater, sophomore, defender
    Fayard led Bridgewater with four points on two goals, both coming on headers in a 6-0 ODAC victory over EMU. She opened the scoring with the game-winning goal at the 40:09 mark and played 166 minutes across the Eagles' two contests.

    HANNAH KEPLER
    EMU, senior, midfielder
    Kepler recorded two assists for two points as EMU split its two ODAC contests. Both assists came in the Royals' 6-0 victory over Averett, helping EMU rebound from a setback to Bridgewater earlier in the week.

    LAUREN ORNER
    Lynchburg, senior, midfielder
    Orner scored two goals for four points, accounting for the game-winning goal in both of Lynchburg's ODAC victories. She netted the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Randolph before converting a penalty kick for the game-winner in a 4-0 shutout of Roanoke.

    JULIA SALO
    Lynchburg, sophomore, goalkeeper
    Salo posted two shutouts across 180 minutes, making three saves with a perfect 1.000 save percentage as Lynchburg went 2-0 in ODAC play. She made one save in a 1-0 victory over Randolph before adding two saves in a 4-0 win over Roanoke.

    EMMERSON HILL
    Randolph-Macon, freshman, forward
    Hill recorded three points on one goal and one assist as Randolph-Macon split its two ODAC contests. She scored her third goal of the season for the game-winner in a 2-0 victory over Guilford before assisting Jackie Wenzlik's goal in the 45th minute to double the Yellow Jackets' advantage.

    ELENA FOMIN
    Sweet Briar, sophomore, forward
    Fomin scored two goals for four points as Sweet Briar posted a pair of ODAC victories, beginning with her first goal of the season serving as the game-winner in a 4-1 triumph over Averett, the program's first win over the Cougars in 22 years. She added the opening goal in the eighth minute of a 4-2 victory over Hollins, helping the Vixens secure multiple conference wins in the same season for the first time since 2014.

    KATE MCENROE
    Washington and Lee, junior, goalkeeper
    McEnroe recorded 11 saves and an .846 save percentage across 180 minutes as No. 2 Washington and Lee went 1-0-1, improving to 11-0-2 overall and 6-0-1 in ODAC play. She made a season-high six saves in a 4-1 victory at Shenandoah before stopping all five of No. 18 Batten's attempts in a 1-1 draw, with only an own goal preventing a shutout.

Allie Greco
Elizabeth Zimmerman