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Mac senior Amy Hutchinson (No. 4) hooks up with CC's Nikki Blom. (Christopher Mitchell / Sport Shot Photo)

MIAC campaign begins with win over Carleton

Box Score Grace King (Jr., Northampton, Mass.) scored her third and fourth goals of the season to lead Macalester to an important 2-0 victory over visiting Carleton in the MIAC opener for both teams.

The Scots avenge a pair of defeats to the Knights a year ago. Late in the '06 season, Carleton beat Macalester twice by 1-0 scores, the first one ending Mac's 43-game unbeaten streak and 39-game unbeaten streak against MIAC opponents. CC's regular-season win over Macalester last year cost the Scots their third straight conference championship.

Macalester and Carleton were picked first and second, respectively, in the MIAC pre-season coaches' poll and the winner of this game - Macalester - gets off to a good start in the race for the league title.

King headed in a free kick off the foot of Maddie Mette (So., Burnsville, Minn.) at 18:59 to put the home team in front 1-0. Then, midway through the second half, at the 63:48 mark, King stole a CC pass and beat the goalkeeper for her second score of the game.

Carleton out-shot Mac 8-6 and had a 5-3 corner kick margin. Macalester goalkeeper Jenny Lee (Jr., Circle Pines, Minn. / Centennial) had a strong game and registered four saves on the night.

The Scots are now 2-1 overall and Carleton is 3-1. Mac tries to go to 2-0 in the league when it plays Saturday (Sept. 15) at St. Catherine.

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