Monday, October 31, 2005

Belmont Bruins

Belmont women's soccer team split their final games last week. The Bruins defeated Belmont Boulevard and A-Sun rival Lipscomb in a 2-1 thriller Tuesday. Bruins Kassidy Brown and Kari Lennon each recorded goals in the game with Lennon getting the game winning goal. The Bruins lost to OVC regular season champs, the Samford Bulldogs Friday 2-0.

Campbell Camels

Campbell clinched the No. 2 seed in the A-Sun Championship with a 1-1 draw at Gardner-Webb on Thursday. Freshman Amanda Murphy had a big week for the Camels, scoring both Campbell goals to run her season total to four. She is now tied with senior Susan Persson for the team lead in goals. The Camels finish the season 8-8-1 finishing with a .500 or better regular season record for a fifth straight year.

ETSU Lady Buccaneers

This past week ETSU traveled to Kennesaw where they dropped a 4-0 decision to Kennesaw State University. The Bucs returned home on Saturday for senior day to take on Tennessee Tech University. The game ended in a tie after two overtimes, 0-0. This week the Bucs head to Boiling Springs for the A-Sun Conference Tournament where they take on Jacksonville in the first round beginning at 4:00 on Thursday.

Florida Atlantic Owls

Florida Atlantic captured its third regular season title in four seasons with their unbeaten march through the A-Sun. The Owls aim for their first NCAA bid at the 2005 Atlantic Sun Championship.

Gardner-Webb Bulldogs

Leeanna Woodworth tied Gardner-Webb's all-time goals scored mark with her 49th career tally in GWU's 1-1 tie with Campbell on Thursday. The Bulldogs will now host the A-Sun Tournament in the upcoming week, and will take on Stetson in the opening round on Thursday at 7 pm.

Jacksonville Dolphins

The Dolphins clinched a berth in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament with a 2-1 victory over cross-town rival UNF. Freshman Angela Hulse scored the game-winning goal, while freshman Keri Zwikker scored her team and conference leading 14th goal of the season. The Dolphins fell to Stetson, 2-0, on Friday to wrap up the regular season.

Kennesaw State Owls

Kennesaw State finished in second place in their first go-around in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Owls wrap-up the year when they host Northern Colorado and Francis Marion in the Independent Cup this weekend.

Lipscomb Bisons

The Lady Bisons closed out their season with a 5-0 home loss to Tennessee-Martin. The Lady Bisons did not post a win this season, losing 18 and tying one game. The tie was a 1-1 game at Jackson State Sept. 7. Senior defender Brittany Harp scored a goal in her last A-Sun Conference game, a 2-1 loss at Belmont. Harp finished with two goals for the season.

Mercer Bears

The Bears outshot their opponents on goal 141-131, but were outscored 44-23. Mercer took more shots on goal in seven of its 10 conference matches. Seniors Rachel Astorino and Lauren Burch concluded their Mercer careers last Wednesday against Stetson.

UNF Ospreys

UNF can seal a winning record n their first year of conference competition with a win or tie versus Francis Marion in their season finale on Monday. The Ospreys finished their first season in the A-Sun with a fifth place showing, easily bettering the preseason predcitions which had UNF slated ninth.

Stetson Hatters

After starting the year 0-6 in conference play, the Hatters won four consecutive matches, including three on the road and two in overtime, to capture the sixth and final spot in this week’s conference tournament. The Hatters will play a quarterfinal match at 7 p.m. Thursday night against no. 3 seed Gardner-Webb. Juniors Kelly Kuenning and April Eilering swept the conference Player of the Week awards.