Oct. 27, 2009
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This Week in Coastal Carolina Women's Soccer
Coastal Carolina (5-11-2, 3-3-1) vs. Gardner-Webb (11-7, 5-2)
Date: Thursday, Oct. 29
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Coastal Carolina Soccer Field, Conway, S.C.
Series: Coastal Carolina leads 3-1
Live Stats: GameTracker
Live Video: Big South Network
Coastal Carolina (5-11-2, 3-3-1) vs. Winthrop (5-9-2, 2-4-1)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 31
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Coastal Carolina Soccer Field, Conway, S.C.
Series: Series tied at 3-3
Live Stats: GameTracker
Live Video: Big South Network
The Coastal Carolina University women's soccer team (5-11-2, 3-3-1 Big South) ends the regular season with two Big South games at the Coastal Carolina Soccer Field. The Chanticleers will host Gardner-Webb (11-7, 5-2 Big South) Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m., and then face Winthrop (5-9-2, 2-4-1 Big South) Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. The Chanticleers will have Senior Day against the Eagles, as Corie Coles, Dana Gentile, Maegen Hellberg, Sarah McPartlan and Samantha Teijelo will be honored prior to Saturday's game.
SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB: Gardner-Webb is coming off a 1-0 win against UNC Asheville on Saturday night. The Bulldogs used an own goal to defeat Asheville, while Chelsea Hearne had five saves in the win. The Bulldogs currently are in a tie for third place heading into the last weekend.
SERIES VS. GARDNER-WEBB: Coastal Carolina holds a 3-1 series advantage on Gardner-Webb, including defeating the Bulldogs twice in 2008. The Chants won the regular-season matchup 2-1 behind two goals from Ashleigh Gunning. Then in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament, Anna Tupy (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) scored the game-winner in Coastal's 3-0 win.
SCOUTING WINTHROP: The Eagles earned their first two Big South wins of the season, defeating UNC Asheville 2-1 and Presbyterian 3-0. Kylie Long scored the game-winning goal in the Presbyterian match. Tricia Vensel leads Winthrop with three goals, while Kelsy Weavil has 72 saves in 16 matches.
SERIES VS. WINTHROP: Each team has won three games in the season series, but Winthrop holds a 2-1 advantage in Conway. That includes last year's 1-0 win over the Chants, as Tricia Vensel scored in the 23rd minute.
BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT SITUATIONS: Coastal Carolina currently is the seventh seed in the 2009 Big South Women's Soccer Tournament, but trails third-place Gardner-Webb and Radford by just five points. They also play one more game this weekend than fifth-place VMI. Charleston Southern and Liberty are tied for first place with 16 points. As of right now, Liberty holds the tiebreaker with its win over Radford. Coastal Carolina clinched a Big South Tournament berth after UNC Asheville lost to Gardner-Webb on Sunday. Coastal Carolina currently holds tiebreakers against Radford and VMI, while loses a tiebreaker to High Point.
SENIORS HONORED ON SATURDAY: Coastal Carolina seniors Corie Coles (Pilesgrove, N.J./Lynchburg College), Dana Gentile (Utica, N.Y./Herkimer C.C.), Maegen Hellberg (Charlotte, N.C./Providence), Sarah McPartlan (Crystal Lake, Ill./Loyola (Ill.)) and Samantha Teijelo (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel) will be honored prior to Saturday's game against Winthrop. The quintet have combined to start 84 of a possible 90 games and have scored 25 of Coastal's 47 points.
TUPY SCORES A PAIR ON THE WEEKEND: Junior Anna Tupy (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) had a goal apiece in games against Presbyterian and UNC Asheville Oct. 16 and 18. Tupy also had an assist in the 2-2 tie against Presbyterian, which is her third of the season. Tupy is second in goals (4) and points (11) for the Chants this season.
CHANTS GET ALL THE WEATHER: Coastal Carolina has played in five different kinds of weather the past five games. The Chants played in 90-degree heat in the 3-0 win over VMI Oct. 10. A downpour greeted Coastal in its 1-0 win against Radford Oct. 12. Then in the 2-2 tie against Presbyterian Oct. 16, dense fog blanketed the field through most of the game. Finally, Coastal Carolina played in cold and windy conditions in its 2-0 win over UNC Asheville Oct. 18. For the Charleston Southern game, the two teams played in windy conditions with periods of heavy rain.
DEFENSE COMING UP STRONG IN LAST NINE: After not posting a shutout in the first nine games, Coastal Carolina's defense has pitched four shutouts in the last nine games, including a 2-0 shutout of UNC Asheville Oct. 18. Junior Amy Haggard (Sylva, N.C./Smoky Mountain) has three shutouts and a 1.35 goals-against average on the season while the team has a 0.84 GAA in the last nine contests.
GENTILE EARNS BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THE SECOND TIME: Senior Dana Gentile (Utica, N.Y./Herkimer C.C.) has been named Big South Player of the Week for the second time this season Oct. 14 after scoring three goals in two games in wins over VMI (3-0) and Radford (1-0). Gentile scored the game-winner against the Highlanders and had two goals in the win over Keydets. Gentile now has nine goals on the season.
HAGGARD BREAKS SHUTOUT RECORD: Junior Amy Haggard (Sylva, N.C./Smoky Mountain) recorded her 16th career shutout in the 1-0 victory over Radford Oct. 12. That shutout broke the career shutout record at Coastal Carolina, which was set by Candice Doten from 2000-03. Haggard has a career 1.14 goals-against average and 28 wins in her three-year career.
CHANTS BEAT UNBEATENS: VMI and Radford were a combined 5-0 in conference when they faced Coastal Carolina Oct. 10 and 12, both both were dealt their first blemishes of the Big South campaign, as the Chants defeated VMI 3-0 and Radford 1-0. Senior Dana Gentile (Utica, N.Y./Herkimer C.C.) had three of the four goals, while junior Amy Haggard (Sylva, N.C./Smoky Mountain) had two shutouts in the wins.
HELLBERG BREAKS CAREER GAME STARTED RECORD vs. RADFORD: Senior Maegen Hellberg (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) started in her 76th game in a Chanticleer uniform Oct. 12 against Radford, breaking Blair Monroe's record of 75 starts. Hellberg also is second in career games played, as her 79 games played trails Blair Monroe's 82 matches as a Chanticleer.
HELLBERG SCORES GAME-WINNER AGAINST VMI: Senior Maegen Hellberg (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) scored the game-winning goal, the second of her career, in Coastal Carolina's 3-0 win over VMI Oct. 10. Hellberg's fourth career goal was a 25-yard shot in the ninth minute.
PAVLICK, GENTILE EARN BACK-TO-BACK BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEKS: Junior Karen Pavlick (Middletown, N.Y./Minisink Valley) and senior Dana Gentile (Utica, N.Y./Herkimer C.C.) were named the Big South Women's Soccer Players of the Week for the weeks of Sept. 21 and Sept. 28, respectively. Pavlick had 11 saves, one shy of a school record, in a 0-0 draw against East Carolina Sept. 18, while Gentile converted on a hat trick in Coastal Carolina's 5-1 win over USC Upstate Sept. 21.
GENTILE SCORES THREE IN UPSTATE WIN: Senior Dana Gentile (Utica, N.Y./Herkimer C.C.) had a hat trick in the 5-1 win over USC Upstate Sept. 21, recording Coastal Carolina's first three-goal game since 2007. Gentile opened the scoring in the 30th minute, sending a shot to the left corner of the net for her second goal of the season. Later, she made the score 3-0 in the 46th minute after beating the Spartan goalkeeper from five yards out. She finished her career night with a score in the 57th minute for the hat trick. Her three shots in the game all produced goals for a perfect shooting percentage on the night. The last hat trick by a Chant came on Sept. 14, 2007 when Ashleigh Gunning scored three goals in a win over Wagner.
PAVLICK CLOSE TO A SCHOOL RECORD IN ECU MATCH: Junior Karen Pavlick (Middletown, N.Y./Minisink Valley) recorded 11 saves in the 0-0 draw against East Carolina. She had four saves in each half and collected three in the two overtimes to preserve her third career shutout and the first shutout by the Chants this season. Pavlick almost broke Coastal Carolina's single-game saves record, which is 12 by Candice Doten in the program's first-ever game, a 1-1 tie against Appalachian State Aug. 27, 2000.
CHANTS TIE EAST CAROLINA: Coastal Carolina had its first scoreless draw since the 2007 Big South Tournament championship game against High Point in its 0-0 tie against East Carolina Sept. 18. It also was the seventh scoreless tie in school history. Coastal Carolina also is 1-0-1 against East Carolina the past two season. The Pirates were the 2008 Conference USA regular-season champions.
THOMAS SCORES HER FIRST CAREER GOAL: Freshman Morgan Thomas (Simpsonville, S.C./Southside Christian) scored her first career goal in the 8-1 loss to George Mason Sept. 13. Thomas scored in the second half on an assist from classmate Cami Skladany (Westerville, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales).
HAGGARD GARNERS A CAREER HIGH: One week after junior Karen Pavlick (Middletown, N.Y./Minisink Valley) had a career high in saves, classmate Amy Haggard (Sylva, N.C./Smoky Mountain) stopped a career-high seven shots in a 3-0 loss to William and Mary Sept. 11. Haggard's previous career high was six on three different occasions. On the season, Haggard has 19 saves in seven games.
TEIJELO GETS ON THE GOAL-SCORING BOARD: Senior Samantha Teijelo (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel) earned her birthday present Sept. 4 against Longwood, scoring her first career goal in a Coastal Carolina uniform in the 2-1 loss to the Lancers. Teijelo scored on a free kick just outside the 18-yard box. Teijelo is tied for 10th in career assists at Coastal Carolina, but scored her first goal in her 51st game in a Chant uniform.
CHANTS WIN SEASON OPENER: For the first time since the 2006 season, Coastal Carolina won its season opener. The Chanticleers defeated Jacksonville 2-1 in game one of the Osprey Classic Aug. 28 in Jacksonville, Fla. Coastal Carolina now is 4-5-1 all-time in season openers.
NILES ASSISTS IN SEASON OPENERS: For the third straight year, junior Sara Niles (Elgin, Ill./Elgin) assisted on a goal in a Coastal Carolina season opener. This time, she found sophomore Tori Strengari (Newark, Del./St. Mark's) for a goal to tie Jacksonville at 1-1. Niles now has seven career assists, which is one away from reaching Coastal Carolina's career top-10 assist list.
GENTILE DELIVERS ON GAME-WINNER: Senior Dana Gentile (Utica, N.Y./Herkimer C.C.) scored on a penalty kick at 64:14, breaking a 1-1 tie and giving Coastal Carolina a 2-1 win over Jacksonville Aug. 28. Gentile scored her first game-winning goal and her fourth as a Chanticleer. She leads Coastal Carolina after two games with four shots and two shots on goal.
