2008-09 Women's Soccer News
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January 29, 2009
MACON, Ga - The official women's soccer season may have ended in November, but the honors continued to roll in for A-Sun women's soccer players as Soccer Buzz and NSCAA/adidas released their regional teams.
January 22, 2009
December 11, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The soccer season may have ended, but the awards have not. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) recently named its All-Region teams and academic award winners.
November 25, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The Bears earned a NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) Team Academic Award for their work in the classroom, as the Orange and Black posted a 3.54 team GPA for the 2007-08 academic year.
November 15, 2008
AUBURN, Ala. - The best season in Belmont women's soccer history came to a close as Auburn defeated the Bruins 2-0 in the first round of the NCAA Division I Soccer Championships on Friday night.
November 11, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -Belmont will take on Auburn in a first round match-up in the 2008 Division I Women's Soccer Championship. The Bruins will take on the Tigers on Friday, November 14 at Auburn, beginning at 5 p.m. CT.
November 08, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - After a 110 minutes of play, Belmont completed their Cinderella story by taking Mercer down 2-1 in penalty kicks in the final match of the 2008 Women's Soccer Championship.
November 06, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - A-Sun Freshman of the Year Olivia Tucker scored twice for top-seeded Mercer as the Bears rode a dominating defensive performance to a 2-0 victory over No. 4 Jacksonville at the A-Sun Championship.
November 06, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - After 110 minutes of play, No. 3 Belmont outlasted No. 2 Kennesaw State 4-2 on penalty kicks to advance in the second semifinal match of the Atlantic Sun Championship at the KSU Soccer Complex.
November 05, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - Ninety minutes was not enough to settle the first match of the 2008 Atlantic Sun Tournament, as the Jacksonville women's soccer team battled ETSU to a 1-1, draw Wednesday afternoon. JU won 5-4 on PKs.
November 05, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - Belmont's offense carried them in the second half to score two goals in the Bruins 2-0 defeat of the No. 6 seed Stetson in the second quarterfinal match of the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Soccer Championship.
November 04, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Mercer controlled the A-Sun field winning seven of its 10 A-Sun matches. The Bears success translated into individual success as Mercer collected a plethora of regular-season awards.
November 03, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The 15th Atlantic Sun Women's Soccer Championship kicks off on Wednesday in Kennesaw, Ga. The Mercer Bears enter the tournament with their first regular-season title with an A-Sun mark of 7-2-1.
November 03, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Alexa Rooney of Jacksonville and Katie Schwartz of Kennesaw State closed out the 2008 regular season on a high note by capturing the final Atlantic Sun Conference women's soccer weekly honors as announced by the conference office.
October 31, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - When Katie Shelton was first asked if she wanted to be a goalkeeper she quickly said yes because she thought it would be fun. As she closes out her college career Friday night she can look back and say, without question, that there were times when it wasn't all that much fun.
October 29, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - Freshman Katie Schwartz scored the game-winning goal for the Owls as Kennesaw State defeated the first-place Mercer, 2-1, in the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season finale at the KSU Soccer Complex.
October 29, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Katheryn Hurst's body has had enough. After five surgeries in seven years on her right knee and assorted other ailments in what passes for her good left knee, ranging from a broken ankle to torn meniscus, the simple act of walking to class each day is painful for the Mercer University senior.
October 27, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb's Katie Shelton earned her second-career Defensive Player of the Week honor and ETSU forward Jordan Monty fired game winning goals to earn her first Player of the Week of 2008.
October 26, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The six-team field for the 2008 A-Sun Women's Soccer Championship has been set led by Mercer, the top seed. Kennesaw State, Belmont, Jacksonville, ETSU and Stetson secured berths as well.
October 26, 2008
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Playing in its final A-Sun regular season match, ETSU defeated FGCU 2-1, in double overtime in the women's soccer Game of the Week. ETSU improved to 7-8-1, 5-4-1 in league play.
October 24, 2008
MACON, Ga. - After two straight road matches, ETSU women's soccer returns home to play its final league contests this weekend. The Bucs host the FGCU Eagles in the A-Sun game of the week against ETSU.
October 20, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Mercer wrote another extraordinary chapter in its 2008 story, as the Bears recorded a huge 1-0 victory against ETSU. Olivia Tucker and Lizzy Shaughnessy earned their first Player of the Week honors.
October 18, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After trailing 1-0 at halftime, Campbell rallied to defeat UNF 2-1 on Saturday. The win improves the Camels to 4-7-3 on the season and 3-4-1 in league play. The Lady Ospreys fell to 6-9-1 for the
October 17, 2008
DELAND, Fla. - Tessa Gavilsky was drawn to Florida the way so many people are - the sun, surf and sand. "I don't like being cold at all, so I love it here," Gavilsky says. There's one other thing that drew Gavilsky to the Sunshine State -- the opportunity to play soccer for Stetson.
October 13, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Stetson's Tessa Gavilisky earns her second Women's Soccer Player of the Week award and Mercer goalkeeper Jean Worts netted her second shutout of the season to pick up Defensive Player of the Week.
October 11, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - FGCU's womens soccer scored five in the A-Sun game of the week to defeat UNF, 5-0, at Hodges Stadium on Friday night. Five different Eagles scored as they improved to 7-2-2.
October 09, 2008
MACON, Ga. - After taking home Player of the Week, Rachel Baer earned a spot on the Soccer Buzz Magazine Elite Team of the Week. Baer shined, scoring five goals, three of which came on Sunday against North Florida.
October 06, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Preseason favorite Kennesaw State played like a two-time champion this week netting wins against Jacksonville and UNF. Rachel Baer and Staci Pughearned Player of the Week honors.
October 05, 2008
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -Needing a win in the biggest way, ETSU held on to defeat the Belmont Bruins 1-0 Sunday, at Summers-Taylor Stadium in the Atlantic Sun's women's soccer Game of the Week.
October 03, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Belmont, undefeated in A-Sun play, travels to east Tennessee to play ETSU in the game of the week on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The game can be seen on ASun.TV.
September 28, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Katelin Swift's game-winning goals for the Lady Ospreys and Boomie Lucks's second shutout of the year for Campbell earned the pair Player of the Week honors.
September 26, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla. - In the conference opener for both teams, defending champion Kennesaw State battled upstart Florida Gulf Coast to a double overtime 1-1 draw in Fort Myers.
September 22, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Preseason All-Conference pick Keri Zwikker earned Women's Soccer Player of the Week and Mercer's Heather Manting picked up her second Defensive Player of the Week honor of 2008.
September 19, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - In only their second home match of the season, the Kennesaw State soccer team handed the College of Charleston their first loss of the year, 3-0, on Friday night at the KSU Soccer Field.
September 18, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Pass Olivia Tucker on campus, and it would be easy to stereotype her a little bit. Maybe she was a cheerleader in high school, on the homecoming court. And it would be no stretch to picture her at a sorority rush function. Watch her on the field and those views are gone.
September 18, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Kennesaw State, two-time Atlantic Sun Women's Soccer Champions, gears up to face undefeated College of Charleston in the game of the week. The game can be seen on ASun.TV on Friday at 7 p.m.
September 15, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Stetson's Tessa Gavilsky and Mercer's Kacie Hudson earned Women's Soccer Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively, the conference announced Monday.
September 14, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The experience of Western Kentucky, the reigning Sun Belt Champions, proved to be too much for the youthful Belmont team, defeating the Bruins, 2-0, in the Women's Soccer Game of the Week.
September 11, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Belmont's women's soccer team attempts to improve its strong start by hosting first time opponent, Western Kentucky in the Atlantic Sun Women's Soccer Game of the Week.
September 08, 2008
MACON, Ga. - FGCU sophomore Lindsay Haw and freshman Stephanie Powers take home week three Atlantic Sun Women's Soccer Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
September 05, 2008
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -Despite playing with a lot of effort and toughness throughout the match, the ETSU women's soccer team dropped its first contest of the season, as Vanderbilt defeated the Buccaneers 3-0.
September 02, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Mercer senior, Heather Manting and Jacksonville freshman, Jessica Hurtado earned Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honors the conference office announced Tuesday.
August 29, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University battles Southern Conference foe Davidson University on Friday, August 29 in this week's A-Sun Women's Soccer Match of the Week at the LQ Cup hosted by Mercer.
August 29, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Mercer held its own against the region's No. 9-ranked Davidson, but a close range header from the Wildcats Kyri Bye-Nagel just after halftime sent Mercer to a 1-0 loss in the A-Sun Women's Soccer Game of the Week.
August 25, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Belmont's Annie Musacchio and Sari Lin performed big for the Bruins as they swept Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honors as announced by the conference office on Monday.
August 22, 2008
TAMPA, Fla. - Kristen Mateuzzi netted her first collegiate goal and Rachael Howard collected 11 saves for UNF as the Lady Ospreys battled to a 1-1 tie against USF in the A-Sun Women's Soccer Game of the Week.
August 21, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The University of North Florida women's soccer team opens its season with an in-state battle against the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., in the first Atlantic Sun Game of the Week of 2008.
August 15, 2008
KENNESAW, Ga. - After six years as assistant coach, Frank Pitt has been promoted to Associate Head Coach of the Kennesaw State women's soccer program.
August 12, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Kennesaw State's senior forward, Caitlin Dingle earned the top individual honor. KSU swept the team honors in the 2008 Atlantic Sun Conference preseason women's soccer awards.