The Greensboro College women’s
soccer team ended its recent season with a 5-8-3 record. The Pride recorded
three fewer losses in 2000 than in the previous year, and posted an impressive
4-2-2 mark at Pride Field.
GC got stellar play from
two freshmen strikers, Kim Maher and Candice Gardner. Maher
scored 16 goals during the year, setting a new Greensboro mark. Gardner
was The Pride’s second leading scorer with nine goals.
Greensboro’s success, however,
cannot be judged only by statistics. While the record book will show moderate
improvement, The Pride level of play reached a much higher plateau
in 2000.
First-year Head Coach Doug
Shank had the women in green and white passing, defending, hustling
and playing the best women’s soccer in recent memory.
The Pride is
expected to return its entire roster in 2001. GC has a strong
foundation with Gardner, Maher and midfielder Valerie Bailey. Both
Bailey and Maher earned second team Dixie Conference honors.
In addition, Greensboro will
expect contributions from Kim Humphrey, Andrea Gabrelcik, Kellie Plucinski,
Adrian Buttino and Krystal Luebke next season.
“We have only scratched the
surface of what we can do,” Shank said. “I want us to be competing for
a conference title every season.”
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