Greensboro College - Volleyball Upends MU 3-1 in USAS Quarterfinals

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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 Sweeps Scalf

GC is the only 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 in 2007-08. Two years later, Andrew Clark (men's soccer) and Michelle Lemmons (women's tennis) did it again for The Pride.

Cooke Made NCAAs

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Theriault the Runner

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2010 Women's Lacrosse

The 2010 Greensboro College women’s lacrosse team won 14 games, the most in program history.

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.

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.

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.

Nelsen Led Kiwis

Former Pride men's soccer student-athlete Ryan Nelsen served as captain for his native New Zealand in the 2010 World Cup. He and the "All Whites" went undefeated with a 0-0-3 record.

National Title Games

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

2010 Softball

The 2010 Greensboro College Pride softball team posted 28 wins, had a 17-game winning streak, won the USA South tournament and qualified for the program's first NCAA tournament.

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.

GC Golf

The Pride men's golf team qualified for its 32nd NCAA Division III championship in 2010.

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Volleyball Upends MU 3-1 in USAS Quarterfinals

Kelsey Hargrove

Pride Sports Info.

11/4/2008 10:59:00 AM

GREENSBORO, N.C.— Outside hitter Kacie Hyatt (Randleman, NC/Southern Guilford) recorded a match-high 17 kills, leading Greensboro College to a four-set win over visiting Methodist College (25-16, 25-18, 21-25, 25-17) to advance to the semifinals of the USA South Conference tournament.

Box score

The Pride improved to 17-20 overall, while Methodist University fell to 17-15. Greensboro advances to meet Christopher Newport in the next round on Friday.

Hyatt was joined by Sha McDuffie (Winston-Salem, NC/Parkland), who finished with 14 kills as part of a front row effort that drove 52 kills past the Monarchs. Teammate Emily Thompson (Mebane, NC/Cedar Ridge) finished with a team-high 11 digs, while Kelsey Hargrove (Apex, NC/Apex) and Chelsea Garton each had three services aces. Hargrove added 38 assists in the match.

Two other solid performances for The Pride came from Karen Riffanacht (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) (6 kills, 2 digs) and Stacy Hendrix (Advance, NC/Davie County) (6 kills).

Jalesty Washington (15 kills) and Sara Yeatman (13 kills) led the way for the fifth seeded Monarchs. Yeatman completed a double-double performance with 13 kills in the back row. Libero Jordan Grady added nine digs for Methodist University. Kelsey Yates dished out 35 assists.

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