Greensboro College - Men's Soccer Review

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Eccles Set USAS Record

Dione Eccles scored a USA South record (both for men and women) 54 points in Greensboro College women's basketball 's conference tournament semifinal win. The Pride defeated the Panthers, 117-113 in double overtime, on Feb., 29, 2008.

Pride Women Excelled

In the first year of presenting separate All-Sports trophies, the Greensboro College women won the 2004-05 USA South President’s Cup.

Student-Athlete Academic Success

From 2003 to 2007, Greensboro College athletes led the USA South Conference with the most student-athletes achieving academic team honors.

Lax Champions

Greensboro College women’s lacrosse captured four consecutive USA South Athletic Conference titles from 2001 to 2004.

Theriault the Runner

In his first year of intercollegiate cross country, Francois Theriault finished second at the 2006 USA South Cross Country championships, the highest placing in the history of the program. He later earned all-region honors, a first for a GC harrier.

Pacifico was a Smash

Carrie Pacifico was named the USA South women's tennis player of the year in 2006, '07 and '08. She did not lose a conference match during those three years.

Women's Hoops Set Record

The 2008-09 Pride women's basketball team had the best statistical mark of any GC hoops team. GC finished 27-3 and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.

National Title Games

Greensboro College men's soccer reached the NCAA Division III championship game in both 1989 and 1998.

2005 Softball

The 2005 Greensboro College Pride softball team posted 24 wins and finished second in the USA South Athletic Conference—both GC bests.

Pride Sweeps Scalf

In 2008 Greensboro College became the first USA South institution to sweep the prestigious Don Scalf award. GC's Carrie Pacifico (women's tennis) and Daniel Poindexter (baseball) earned the conference's highest honor.

Cooke Made NCAAs

Alex Cooke is the only Pride swimmer to reach the NCAA championships. She did not disappoint as she earned All America Honors in the 100 backstroke at the 2009 championships in Minneapolis, Minn.

Sutton Successful

Greensboro College's David Sutton posted a program-best 12-0 record at #1 tennis singles in 2007. The next year, he became GC's first ever alternate to the NCAA tournament.

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Men's Soccer Review

Clark Led Pride to 10 Wins

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11/16/2008 1:33:58 AM

The Greensboro College men's soccer team went 10-8-1 in 2008. It was the 17th straight time Pride men's soccer has won 10 or more games in a season.

The Pride entered the year ranked 25th nationally and there were many high marks for GC. The teams was ranked regionally almost the entire year.

Nine Pride players collected USA South honors: midfielder Andrew Clark (Ottawa, Ont/Ashbury College) was named to the 1st Team; forward Deng Abiel (Darfur, Sudan/Hoover, San Diego Ca.), midfielder Bobby Dabbs (High Point, NC/Ledford), defender Drew Griffith (Salisbury, NC/Salisbury), and goalkeeper Kurt Gardiner (Jascksonville, NC/SW Onslow) earned 2nd Team spots; midfielders Sean Fogelson (Greeneville, SC/Southeast Guilford) and Ben Norman (Blowing Rock, NC/Watauga) and defender Chris Davis (Lakenheath, England/Lakenheath) made the 3rd Team; and for the third straight season, Quinton Hurdle (Greensboro, NC/So. Guilford) was picked to the USA South Sportsmanship Team.

Clark was named First Team Scholar All-American by the NSCAA. He and Norman earned COSIDA All-Academic team honors, sporting 3.69 and 3.81 GPAs respectively. Clark led the team with 25 points on 11 goals and three assists; Norman finished the season with18 points. Norman was also chosen to the CoSIDA national academic third team.

Fredrik Edeland (Gothenburg, Sweden/Kitas Gymnasium) added a spark to the GC offense this season. The freshman from Gothenburg, Sweden scored eight goals and recorded 20 points. Overall, the Pride outscored its opponents 48-32.

Senior goalkeeper Gardiner finished the season with a 1.71 goals against average and recorded four shutouts.

"We set the bar high with Pride soccer and we did not do many of the things we expected to," said GC Head Coach Bill Brady. "However, by most standards this was a very good year. We were ranked most of the year, beat a nationally ranked team and earned many honors. Looking ahead, we have all conference performers returning at every position next season and our hope will be to get back to the NCAA tournament in 2009."

Yet a season of high expectations ended disappointingly for The Pride. The three-time defending USA South champs fell 4-3 in the tournament quarterfinals to Shenandoah.

GC’s up and down season might best be summarized in a six day stretch in late October. The Pride defeated nationally ranked N.C. Wesleyan 2-1 on October 25, but surrendered a late lead to Methodist a week later. The 2-1 loss to Methodist cost GC a first round bye in the tournament and the chance to host a semifinal game.

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