Greensboro College - Pride Men Fall to SUNY Cortland 64-43

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2010 Women's Lacrosse

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

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.

National Title Games

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

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Pride Men Fall to SUNY Cortland 64-43

Sophomore Adam Powell

Pride Sports Info.

1/2/2009 12:18:02 PM

SALEM, VA. – Greensboro College had its five game win streak snapped tonight against SUNY Cortland. Junior Mike Lewis led a balanced Cortland attack with 12 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds as the Red Dragons defeated The Pride, 64-43, in the opening round of the Roanoke College Domino's New Year's Tournament. Box score

Adam Powell (Stuart, FL/Jensen Beach High) led the Pride with 12 points. Greensboro was held to just 26 percent shooting from the floor (16-of-61), while Cortland made 48 percent of its shots (28-of-58).

Cortland junior Paul Oliver finished with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Sophomore Ron Evans scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting and senior Carson Niehoff added 10 points and five rebounds.

Cortland opened the game on a 10-0 run, capped by four points from Oliver, and a Manning three-pointer with 10:21 left gave the Red Dragons a 19-3 advantage. The Red Dragons led by as much as 23 points in the opening period at 40-17 with 1:12 left and held a 40-22 lead at the break.

Greensboro (5-5) will play Penn State Abington in the third place game Saturday at 1:00 pm. SUNY Cortland (4-3) faces host Roanoke in the final.

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