Lady Comets open 2003 season with a 6-0 loss against St. Lawrence (N.Y.)

The Olivet College women's soccer team opened its 2003 season with a 6-0 loss against St. Lawrence (N.Y.) University in the first round of the North Country Classic in Potsdam, N.Y. The Lady Comets will play Clarkson (N.Y.) University on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.

Despite the loss, sophomore goalkeeper Gretchen Ford (Harbor Springs High School) started and played the first 72:05 of the game. She faced 28 shots and made 15 saves. Freshman Dani Jacobs (Suttons Bay) had two saves in the final 17:55 of play.

Following tomorrow's game, Olivet will be idle until next Friday-Saturday, Sept. 5-6, when it travels to participate in the annual Denison/Ohio Wesleyan Tournament. On Friday evening, the Lady Comets will play Denison on its home field at 5 p.m. On Saturday, they will travel an hour north and play at Ohio Wesleyan at 1 p.m.