9/13/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
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This Week in Coastal Women’s Soccer
Coastal Carolina (3-2-1, 0-0) at Birmingham-Southern (2-4, 0-0)
Date: Friday, Sept. 15
Time: 3 p.m. CDT
Place: BSC Soccer Park, Birmingham, Ala.
Series: Birmingham-Southern leads 3-2-2
Live Stats: www.bscsports.net
Coastal Carolina (3-2-1) at Alabama A&M (3-3)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 17
Time: 1 p.m. CDT
Place: Huntsville, Ala.
Series: First Meeting
Live Stats: None
The Coastal Carolina University women's soccer team (3-2-1, 0-0 Big South) will play two games in Alabama, including its Big South opener, this weekend. Coastal travels to Birmingham, Ala., to face Big South opponent Birmingham-Southern College (2-4, 0-0 Big South) Friday, Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. CDT. Coastal then heads to Huntsville, Ala., to face Alabama A&M (3-3) Sunday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. CDT. Coastal is coming off a 2-0 victory over Campbell Sept. 11.
SCOUTING BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN: The Panthers defeated Austin Peay 4-0 in the final day of the Barber's Classic hosted by Samford Sept. 10 in its last game. Anne McIntyre scored her second goal of the season in the win over the Govenors. Brittany Green also recorded the shutout in goal, her second of the season.
SERIES VS. BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN: Birmingham-Southern leads the overall series with Coastal 3-2-2. Last season, the Lady Chanticleers defaeted Birmingham-Southern 7-1 behind a hat trick from Bobbie Parsons and two goals by Blair Monroe (Little River, S.C./North Myrtle Beach). Coastal is 0-1-1 against the Panthers in Birmingham.
SCOUTING ALABAMA A&M: The Bulldogs fell to SEC foe Arkansas 1-0 in the final day of the Lady Razorback Classic in Fayetteville, Ark. Alabama A&M has wins over South Alabama, Big South foe High Point and South Carolina State on the year. Alberta Annan leads the team with three goals scored while Belinda Kanda has four assists on the year. Priscilla Mensah has a 1.28 goals-against average in net for A&M.
SERIES VS. ALABAMA A&M: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
COASTAL IN BIG SOUTH OPENERS: Coastal Carolina has a 1-3-2 record in Big South openers. The Lady Chanticleers defeated UNC Asheville 2-0 in the 2002 opener. Last year, CCU fell to UNCA 4-0 in Asheville.
MONROE MOVES UP CAREER GOALS LIST: Sophomore Blair Monroe (Little River, S.C./North Myrtle Beach) moved into second place on Coastal's all-time goals list when she scored in the Lady Chants 2-0 win over Campbell Sept. 11. Monroe now has 21 goals and 45 career points, which is good for third on Coastal's all-time list.
STOLL SHUTS OUT CAMELS: Senior Jaclyn Stoll (Fairfax Station, Va./Hayfield Secondary) earned her 11th career shutout in the 2-0 win over Campbell Sept. 11. She is now 4 1/2 shutouts behind Candice Doten to become Coastal's all-time shutouts list.
HUMPHRIES' PK A FIRST FOR COASTAL: Junior Emma Humphries (Wellington, New Zealand/Samuel Marsden College (Cal State Fullerton)) attempted Coastal's first penalty kick of the season in the 2-0 win over Campbell Sept. 11. She was successful, which also was the first goal in a Coastal uniform for Humphries.
IT’S BEEN AWHILE: Coastal fell to Elon 2-0 Sept. 7, marking the first time Coastal has failed to score since a 4-0 loss to UNC Asheville Sept. 18, 2005.
ROAD SWING COMING TO AN END: The two games in Alabama mark the end of Coastal's seven-game road swing. It has been the longest road swing by CCU since a nine-game streak away from home in 2003. During that string, Coastal went 3-6 with wins over The Citadel, VMI and UNC Asheville.
COASTAL-CofC CONTEST CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER: Due to the threat of Tropical Storm Ernesto heading to the Carolinas, the Coastal Carolina women's soccer match against the College of Charleston set for Aug. 31 was cancelled. The game will not be made up. With the cancellation, Coastal will go 30 days between home games. CCU opened the home schedule Aug. 25 against West Georgia and will not play at home until Sept. 24 against Liberty.
MONROE NAMED BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sophomore Blair Monroe (Little River, S.C./North Myrtle Beach) has been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Women's Soccer Player of the Week, the conference office announced today (Aug. 29). Monroe earns Player of the Week honors for the third time in her career.
Monroe scored three goals in two games this past weekend as the Lady Chanticleers went 1-1 to start the season. She scored two goals in the second half in helping CCU to a 5-1 win in the season opener over West Georgia Aug. 25. She then scored Coastal's lone goal in the first half of a 4-1 loss to George Mason Aug. 27. Monroe now has 20 goals in her young Coastal career, tying her with Kristina Fisher for second all-time on the CCU goals list.
DÉJÀ VU: Sophomore Emily McColl (Wellington, New Zealand/Hutt Valley) and junior Ashleigh Gunning (Baton Rouge, La./Magnet (LSU)) had goals in the first half of both games of the Big South/Southern Conference Challenge Sept. 2 and 4. McColl scored the first goal in both games and both players now have three goals on the season.
QUICK START FOR McCOLL: Sophomore Emily McColl (Wellington, New Zealand/Hutt Valley) scored just 25 seconds into the 2-2 tie against Wofford Sept. 4. McColl connected on a 25-yard strike that went over Wofford goalkeeper Austin Somers. It was the third-fastest goal in Coastal history.
GOAL TRIO: Sophomore Blair Monroe (Little River, S.C./North Myrtle Beach) has four goals and sophomore Emily McColl (Wellington, New Zealand/Hutt Valley) and junior Ashleigh Gunning (Baton Rouge, La./Magnet (LSU)) have three goals apiece after six games. If the trio keeps on that pace, it could be the second straight season the Lady Chanticleers have three players with 10 or more goals. Last year, Monroe, Bobbie Parsons and Kristina Fisher all had 10 or more scores.
GUNNING GETS GOAL IN FIRST CCU GAME: Junior Ashleigh Gunning (Baton Rouge, La./Magnet (LSU)) had Coastal's first goal of the season on a header in the 5-1 win over West Georgia. It was Gunning’s first game as a Chanticleer and she followed up that goal with an assist in the win over the Wolves.
STOLL HAS 200TH SAVE IN GMU GAME: Senior Jaclyn Stoll (Fairfax Station, Va./Hayfield Secondary) had 10 saves in Coastal's first two games, including six against George Mason. Stoll reached the 200-save mark against the Patriots and now has 210 saves in her career.
COASTAL PICKED SECOND IN BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL: The Coastal Carolina University women's soccer team has been picked second in the Big South Conference's annual preseason poll, the League office announced August 15.
The Lady Chanticleers earned 126 points, including two first-place votes, to trail only 2005 Big South Tournament champion Liberty in the poll. The Lady Flames earned 147 points and 11 first-place votes. The Lady Chants were followed by High Point (113 points), Charleston Southern (107 points, three first-place votes), UNC Asheville (101 points, two first-place votes), Radford (74 points), Birmingham-Southern (71 points), Winthrop (44 points) and VMI (27 points).
MONROE NAMED BIG SOUTH PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sophomore Blair Monroe (Little River, S.C./North Myrtle Beach) has been chosen the Big South Preseason Player of the Year, the conference office announced August 15.
Monroe, last season's Big South Freshman of the Year, garnered five first-place votes and 13 points, defeating Charleston Southern's Emma Mattsson by three points. Monroe led the Lady Chants and tied for the Big South lead with 17 goals in 2005, breaking Coastal's single-season goals record. She tied for 11th in the country in goals per game and was named to the All-Big South First Team and All-Tournament Team. The sophomore was a two-time Big South Player of the Week and had seven goals in seven Big South matches.
BIG SOUTH LEADERS: Monroe leads the conference with nine points. She also is tied for the lead with VMI’s Karen Bill with four goals... Senior Simone Borucinski (Canberra, Australia/Daramalan College) and classmate Stepheney Gerhardt (Mohawk, N.Y./Ilion (Herkimer C.C.)) are tied for second with two assists apeice... Senior Jaclyn Stoll (Fairfax Station, Va./Hayfield Secondary) is fourth in goals-against average (1.61)... Coastal leads the conference in shots, assists, points and corners. CCU also is tied for the lead in goals with Charleston Southern.
WEILER SCORES GAME-WINNER IN EXHIBITION ACTION: Senior Laura Weiler (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic), who played in her first match since Sept. 6 of 2005, scored the game-winner in Coastal's 2-1 win over Jacksonville Aug. 19. She took a pass from sophomore Emily McColl (Wellington, New Zealand/Hutt Valley) at midfield and beat JU keeper Michelle Kmiotek in the upper left corner.
NEW LOOK CCU: Coastal Carolina will have 17 newcomers on this year's squad, 12 of whom are freshman. In the 2-1 exhibition win over Jacksonville Aug. 19, nine newcomers played while junior Ashleigh Gunning (Baton Rouge, La./Magnet (LSU)) and freshman Maegen Hellberg (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) earned a start against the Dolphins. Gunning scored Coastal's first goal against JU on a pass from fellow newcomer Amanda Gelsomino (Johnston, R.I./Johnston (University of New England)).
UP NEXT: Coastal returns to the CCU Soccer Field to face Big South foe Liberty Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m.
