Bruin 'Keeper Snyder Signs With Goshen

GOSHEN — Just more than a day before the 2010 edition of the Bethany girls soccer team started play, a member of the 2009 edition officially revealed her intentions to keep playing. Kelly Snyder signed a national letter of intent to continue her academic and soccer careers at Goshen College, a decision announced by that institution this afternoon. Snyder, a four-year varsity starter between the goalposts at Bethany, will join classmate Marissa Weldy on the Goshen soccer team this year; the pair of Maple Leafs, along with Bluffton University's Karli Graybill and Hesston College's Sierra Wheeler, mean that two-thirds of last year's girls soccer seniors are playing collegiately.
Snyder was named Bleeding Bruin Blue's Athlete of the Week on October 18 last season after a series of nominations; her five saves in a shootout three days before, followed by a seven-save effort in the next match, were instrumental in Bethany's 2009 sectional title. Snyder finished with the second-most saves in school history, only ten behind 2005 graduate Melissa Gingerich; she holds three of the top five spots on the school's season saves list.
Snyder will be one of three Bruins on the Maple Leafs roster this season. Joining her will be Weldy and junior Jennifer Snyder, Kelly's sister. The signing also gives Goshen three goalkeepers for the upcoming season, as they also feature senior Rachel Mast and senior Lynn Weaver, the latter of whom dropped a 1-0 contest to Bethany while starting for Goshen in 2008.
Goshen's soccer team, which was 5-11-1 in 2009, is coached by Thavisith Mounsithiraj. The Maple Leafs compete in the Mid-Central Conference, where they finished ninth, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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