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Newsletter for Friends of the High Point University Department of Athletics www.highpointpanthers.com Men's Basketball Signs Six MEET BASKETBALL COACH Jerald Minnis Bart Lundy is High Point University's 10th head men's 6-7, 215, forward Miami, F.L./ Miami Senior basketball coach. Lundy succeeds Jerry Steele, who retired The reigning Miami-Dade County Player of the Year and a March 28 after 31 seasons at High Point. second-team All-State selection after averaging 18.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game during his senior season...played at one of the top high school programs in the country which produced Lundy comes to High Point after five highly-successful seasons former Florida standout Udonis Haslem and former Maryland as the head coach at Queens University of Charlotte,where he led star Steve Blake. the Royals to a 115-39 record and a pair of NCAA Division II Landon Quick Elite Eight appearances, including a trip to the Final Four in 6-1, 175, guard High Point, N.C./Southwest Guilford 2003. The reigning Piedmont Triad Class 3A Player of the Year and a Bart Lundy finalist for North Carolina's Mr. Basketball award in 2003... "I’m thrilled to have Bart Lundy as our next men’s basketball honorable mention All-State selection, two-time All-Guilford County, three-time All-Conference and two-time High Point coach," High Point director of athletics Dr.Woody Gibson said. "He’s compiled a great record over the Enterprise Player of the Year... averaged 16.1 points, 6.1 assists, past five years at Queens University, and I expect that he will bring a great deal of excitement and 6.0 rebounds and 2.8 steals his senior year... the school's career leader in assists (742) and steals (500)... blocked 21 shots last success to our men’s basketball program." season...three career triple-doubles...selected to play in the 2003 North Carolina-South Carolina All-Star Classic and the 2003 Queens won the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) in four of Lundy's five seasons on the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game. bench, and finished the season ranked in the Top 10 in three of Lundy's five years there (including a Dwayne Martin No.3 ranking in 2003). 6-7, 245, forward/center Greensboro, N.C./Western Guilford Averaged 13.0 points and 8.5 rebounds and earned All- Under Lundy, the Royals shattered the school record for victories three times (including a 29-4 mark Conference honors his senior season... ranked as the #5 power in 2002-03), set the CVAC record for conference wins in a season with a 19-3 finish in 2001, and have forward recruit in the state by the North Carolina Recruiting Service. broken the school record for points scored in a game (126) five times since the 2000 season. STEELE SPORTS CENTER Jorsua Chambers In 2002-03, Queens was ranked in the top-ten nationally in scoring offense (88.8 ppg/2nd), scoring 6-5, 215, guard/forward th th th Panama City, Panama/Dixie State [Utah] JC margin (+14.7 ppg/5 ), field-goal percentage defense (.384/6 ), and free-throw percentage (.759/9 ). The $3 million Jerry and Kitty Steele Sports Center will be the Helped the Rebels to the 2002 NJCAA national championship... new home for the NCAA Division I Athletics at High Point averaged 8.4 points and 4.2 rebounds as a freshman, and began A 1993 graduate of Winthrop, Lundy compiled a 73-15 mark in three seasons as a player at UNC his sophomore season as a starter before breaking his foot and Pembroke and Lenoir-Rhyne before transferring to the Rock Hill, S.C. school. Following graduation, University. It is being named in honor of Jerry and Kitty Steele, tearing a wrist tendon... originally committed to Colorado out of who teamed up for 51 years of successful coaching and teaching. high school, when he was ranked as the #5 prospect in the state he broke into coaching as an assistant for two seasons at Winthrop before leaving to become an of Florida and the #67 prospect in the nation by Breakdown An anonymous donor has already committed $1.5 million to the Magazine... high school and Panamanian under-21 national assistant at Queens for three seasons under Dale Layer (who is now the head coach at Colorado State, project. teammate of fellow HPU signee Javier Palacios. and led the Rams to the title and an NCAA berth in 2003). No two individuals have touched High Point University and its department of athletics more than Jerry and Kitty. Before retiring in March, Jerry Steele Jerry Echenique 6-7, 260, forward/center While Lundy was an assistant and head coach at Queens from 1995-2003, he recruited and coached led the men's basketball team for 31 seasons, and ranked seventh among active coaches with 1,095 games coached and 12th among active coaches with Tegucigalpa, Honduras/Highland [Ill.] CC five Division II All-Americans. More importantly, during the same span, the school graduated 90 609 wins. Kitty Steele coached tennis and field hockey at High Point for 20 years,winning 12 conference championships and being named conference and Averaged 12.9 points and 7.7 rebounds last season en route to second-team All-Region honors at Highland CC, where he percent of its men's basketball players. district coach of the year 12 times before retiring in 1996. teamed with fellow HPU signee Javier Palacios... shot 58 percent from the field... member of Honduras' under-21 national team. Lundy is well-connected and nationally-known in the community.He has served on The Jerry and Kitty Steele Sports Center will be a two-story, 24,000-square-foot facility replacing the antiquated the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Board of Directors, founded the Charlotte field house between the baseball and soccer stadiums. It will feature training and weight rooms, locker rooms, an Javier Palacios 6-3, 185, guard Coaches Association (an organization to promote basketball at all levels in the Charlotte metro area) indoor practice area for golf, an academic services room,and a hospitality/conference room. The center will also Panama City, Panama /Highland [Ill.] CC in 1998, and served as director of the Dave Cowens/Charlotte Hornets College Coaches Clinic. He include space to display athletic achievements and awards as well as offices for athletics administrators and Averaged 13.1 points and 4.8 assists and led team to a 28-5 record in 2003... second-team All-Region selection... shot 39 received his masters from Winthrop in 1998. coaching staffs of all sports except men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. percent from three-point range and 48 percent overall... in high school was the starting point guard and second-leading scorer Lundy is the third Queens coaching alumnus since 1990 to land a Division I head coaching job,joining For more information contact John C. Lefler, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, at 336.841.9135 or for Berkshire Academy (Homestead, Fla.) – a team which had [email protected] or Christopher H. Dudley, Director of Athletic Development and Marketing, at 336.841.4530 seven Division I signees, including Jamaal Levy (Wake Forest) Layer (Colorado State) and Ritchie McKay (New Mexico).Other notable head coaches who have made and Jaime Lloreda (LSU)... member of Panama's under-21 or [email protected]. national team which competed at the 2000 Pan Am Games the jump from D-II to D-I prominence include Bob Huggins of Cincinnati (Walsh U. in Ohio), Bobby against Team USA and future NBA stars Jason Williams, Drew Lutz of Charlotte (Pfeiffer), and Bruce Pearl of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Southern Indiana). Jerry and Kitty Steele Gooden, and Zach Randolph. 2003-2004 High Point Wins The 2002-2003 Year In Review PANTHER CLUB 2 NCAA Division I Baseball MEMBERSHIP With a roster full of newcomers sprinkled with a few key veterans, 2003 was full of highs and lows for CAMPAIGN Conference Championships the High Point baseball program. UNDERWAY The Panthers opened their home schedule by sweeping a pair of contests from local rival North Cross Country Carolina A&T, before venturing on the road and claiming a victory at Conference USA member If you are not already a member Charlotte. After a pair of close losses to former High Point coach Chuck Hartman’s Virginia Tech High Point won its first-ever title in any sport when the men's cross of the Panther Club, now is a great squad, the Panthers swept three games from Buffalo and then went country team obliterated the competition at the 2002 Big South Cross Country time to join.Membership levels start to Blacksburg to upset the Hokies, who would end the season in Championships. the top four in the Big East. as low as $50.For more details on the Al Barnes also became the first High Point coach to Panther Club call 336.841.4530 or go High Point struggled early in Big South play, dropping its first five earn Big South Coach of the Year honors by himself.Dr. to www.highpointpanthers.com. league contests against Big South powers Elon and UNC Asheville, Joe Ellenburg shared the 2000-01 Women’s Basketball before taking two of three games at Radford to get back in the Over the last four (4) years, a record Coach of the Year award. conference race. Other highlights of conference play included wins number of individuals have joined over Winthrop and Coastal Carolina, who eventually finished 1-2 in Tommy Evans, Jeff Fairman, Taylor Milne, and Bubba the Panther Club and made it the Big South. Hill earned spots on the All-Conference team by possible for the Club to fund Despite their struggles, the Panthers entered the final weekend of finishing second, third, fifth, and sixth at the League renovations to Albion Millis Soccer the season with a chance to finish in the top six in the conference meet. Dan Gareipy, Derek Nakluski and Alex Baikovs joined them in the top 15. Field, Erath Baseball Field and the and earn a trip to the Big South Tournament. Needing to sweep Liberty for the tournament spot, High Point trounced the Flames All told, the team won five meets in 2003 and finished 10th at the NCAA Millis Center gymnasium and 6-1 on Friday night, but heavy rains and flooding in the Lynchburg Panther Club Board of Directors basketball locker rooms, as well as Southeast Regional. Kemp Smith area washed out the remainder of the series, ending the Panthers’ Greg Burrow contribute to the University's athletic season. The Panther women also finished strong, taking fifth at the Big South McCullough Caldwell scholarship fund, and purchase Championships. High Point won the Hagan-Stone Invitational in Senior Kevin Burch, a four-year starter, closed his High Point career with two consecutive victories David Cox championship rings for the men's October. Freshman Catherine Lewis' eighth-place effort at that meet was over Winthrop and Liberty, and finished the year as High Point’s leader in wins (five), earned-run Floyd Craven cross country team. The Panther the best individual finish for a Panther during the season, while Melissa average (3.33), innings pitched (102.20), and strikeouts (55). Molly Dickinson Club is making a difference for High Caudill was High Point's most consistent runner, finishing in the top 25 Fellow senior Kemp Smith belted a team-high seven homers, while Colin Cronin was the team’s third- Point's athletic programs and leading hitter (.280).Senior hurlers David Hilfstein and Chris Hyatt each provided valuable innings on Lorie Garland six times. Al Barnes student-athletes. the staff. Francel Goude This year a new group has been Men's Tennis Bill Guy created within the Panther Club for Jack Hamilton,VP/Membership The men's tennis team rode the strength of a 10-match win streak to claim the school's current and former student-athletes, Women's Tennis Boyd Honeycutt second-ever Big South title and first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament appearance. The coaches, administrators, and parents High Point's women's tennis team was in the thick of the Big South race as Jerry Hughes of current student-athletes. These Panthers (14-2) didn't lose a match in March or April and swept through the Big South well, and ended the regular season with victories in five of its final six Steve Ilderton individuals may join the Panther Championship (including a 4-0 smashing of top-seeded Winthrop matches before bowing out in the semifinals of the Big South Carolyn Kearns, Secretary Club at any level and become in the finals) to earn an NCAA Tournament date with Duke. Championships to Coastal Carolina. Don Kearns members of the VARSITY CLUB at High Point fell to No. 8-seeded Duke, 4-0, in the first round. Mike Senior Patricia D'Arcy and freshman Emma Nordin each posted 10-3 no additional cost. In addition to Tolman and Thomas Sjoberg each won a set (at Nos.4 and 5 singles, singles records. D'Arcy and junior Annika Meyerson recorded the top Jon Kemp Panther Club benefits, VARSITY respectively) before the remaining matches were called. doubles mark (8-5). Todd Kester CLUB members receive a lapel pin Head coach Jerry Ter tzagian earned his first Big South Coach of the With just two seniors graduating off the roster, the Panthers should again Barry Kitley and invitations to special events at be one of the top Big South squads in 2004. Ye a r award,while freshman Chris Archer,who sported David McCoy,VP/Auction Homecoming and Alumni Day. a 15-3 singles mark, was named Co-Freshman of the Ron Moore Patricia D'Arcy Ye a r a n d first-team All-Big South.Other stellar singles Bill Shaffer records on a team full of them belonged to freshman Tonia Stephenson Mike Tolman (14-1) and sophomore Thomas Sjoberg Russ Taylor (13-1). High Point's top doubles team was the duo of Lorie White Tolman and freshman Robert Lindhe (13-3). www.highpointpanthers.com Coy Williard, President Jerry Tertzagian with players Susan Williard Jack Young

2 www.highpointpanthers.com www.highpointpanthers.com 7 Thank You The 2002-2003 Year In Review Athletic Director's Report High Point 2002-2003 Volleyball During 2002-2003 High Point University continued to gain recognition as a competitive NCAA Athletics High Point High Point's volleyball team finished 7-27 for the second straight year, but optimism Division I intercollegiate athletic program. The institution won its first two Big South Conference Administrative championships in men's cross country and men's tennis. The men's tennis team competed in the Athletics abounds after the school announced the hiring of Chad Esposito as its new head Staff volleyball coach in January. NCAA Division I Men's Tennis National Championship, a first Partners for High Point University. Several student-athletes won All- Esposito has won 156 games as a collegiate head coach, and inherits a squad that will Conference recognition and two coaches were selected Coach Woody Gibson replace four seniors, including standouts Tracyann Pryce and Kimberly Wright. High of the Year. Director of Athletics A Cleaner World Point returns 10 of 14 players from a season ago. Chad Esposito Casey Degnam (men's tennis) completed his one-year (336) 841-9105 Atrium The 2002 Panthers dropped their first 10 matches before a victory over Wofford in the Mercer appointment to the NCAA National Student-Athlete Advisory [email protected] Black Tie Formals Invitational, and won three-of-four in mid-October, including wins over Birmingham-Southern, Elon, Committee (SAAC). Megan Moore (women's soccer) Carlson Wagonlit and Campbell. Five of the Panthers' seven victories came away from the Millis Center. completed her one-year appointment as Chair of the Big South Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.In mid-April Mike Tuttle Chick-fil-A Pryce finished the season ranked in the Big South's top-10 in blocks per game (0.80, T-7th) and kills Woody Gibson 2003 High Point hosted the BSC SAAC for a two-day meeting. Associate Director of Athletics per game (3.25,9th),while Wright was fifth in kills per game (3.41).Junior setter Jaime Kutz was sixth Crescent Ford While in High Point, various student-athletes from Big South member institutions and a variety of in the league in assists per game (9.8). (336) 841-4518 Domino’s High Point University student-athletes worked for a day building a house with Habitat for Humanity. [email protected] Fastsigns During the fall of 2002 High Point was recognized by USA Today for its commitment to student-athlete Fitness Today Men's Golf academic achievement and graduation rates. High Point had a student-athlete graduation rate of 76% Melissa Perry Fulp and Associates High Point's men's golf team relied heavily on two key seniors – which placed it fourth in North Carolina among Division I schools, trailing only Davidson, Duke and Assistant Director of Athletics & Wake Forest. High Point also placed sixth in the nation among Division I schools with a student- Garfield’s David Synan and Gordon Hughes – in 2003. The duo each had athlete graduation rate that is significantly higher (26%) than that of the overall student body. Senior Woman Administrator Hendrix Keever & Barney four Top-30 finishes during the season, and Hughes finished in (336) 841-4645 the Top 15 in tournaments at The Citadel and Liberty. During the 2002-2003 academic year, 253 male and female student-athletes and cheerleaders posted a High Point Bank and Trust Company cumulative grade point average of 3.08, the third consecutive year that the Department of Athletics [email protected] High Point finished seventh at the Big South Championships, and High Point Enterprise GPA has exceeded a 3.0. One hundred and fifty-seven student-athletes, cheerleaders and student produced a season-best fifth-place finish at the Liberty/Water's trainers, a record number, were presented the Millis Scholar-Athlete Award for 2002. Fifteen student- Holiday Tours Edge Invitational, where Hughes and Synan each tied for 14th Rick Proctor David Synan athletes received Big South Conference All-Academic Awards for 2002-2003. Ilderton Dodge place,and Matthew Hammond (T-18th) and Ross Miller (T-25th) Head Athletic Trainer Jersey Mike’s gave High Point four spots in the individual Top 25. While these are impressive credentials for High Point University, there is still much room for growth. (336) 841-9267 If we stand still, our competitors will certainly pass us as they continue to expand and improve. We Krispy Kreme [email protected] need to continue to examine our commitment to the four key areas of intercollegiate athletics: athletic Lexington State Bank Men's and Women's Track scholarships; personnel to administer, manage and coach in the athletic program; operating budgets Liberty Steakhouse and athletic facilities. Of these four areas the most critical is the improvement of our outdoor athletic Kim Grissett Both the High Point men's and women's indoor and outdoor track teams enjoyed solid campaigns,led facilities. Athletic facilities make a visual and immediate impact on visitors, recruits and the greater Athletic Office/Ticket Manager McNeill Lehman by some of the Big South's top athletes. High Point community. They are a vital part of the puzzle which is, ultimately, a competitive NCAA Murray White Insurance and Amerisure (336) 841-9276 The indoor season saw junior Taylor Milne grab MVP honors at the Big South Indoor Championships Division I athletics program. [email protected] North State Communications after sweeping the 800 meters and mile (and setting school records in the process).High Point finished It is my continued hope that this area will be addressed as soon as possible. Improving our outdoor Old Dominion Freight Lines second overall, and Alex Baikovs (800m/mile), Bubba Hill (5000m), Kirk Rudder (200m), and Ricky athletic facilities is the next major hurdle to overcome in our quest to be the best NCAA Division I Lee Owen Radisson Hotel - High Point Siler (high jump) joined Milne as All-Conference honorees. athletic program we can be. Sports Information Director REMAX Sophomore Denise Morgan earned All-Conference recognition on the women's side with her (336) 841-4605 Rose Furniture Company individual title in the long jump and second-place finish in the triple jump. She was joined on the All- Big South team by teammates Nicole Garner (shot put) and Kia Westbrook (400m), along with the [email protected] Shelco, Inc. WOMEN'S GOLF TO BEGIN IN 2003-2004 4x400m relay team (Morgan,Westbrook,April Powell, Stephanie Amponsah). State Farm Insurance High Point University will field a varsity intercollegiate women’s golf team for the The outdoor season was even more successful. Four first time in the fall of 2003. Chris Dudley Team Connec t ion Panther men and four women qualified for the NCAA East Director of Athletic Development The Budd Group “We’re excited about the addition of women’s golf here,”said Dr. Woody Gibson, Regional Meet May 31-June 1 in Fairfax, Va., in their High Point’s Director of Athletics. “It increases athletic opportunities for our (336) 841-4530 The Jebre Company events. On the men's side, Baikovs (800m), Matt Goodale female athletes. Plus, it’s a Big South Conference sport, which now allows us to [email protected] Time Warner Cable (3000m steeplechase), Hill (10,000m) and Milne (1500m) compete in 16 of the conference’s 18 sports.” will represent High Point, while the Panther women will Julie Streng Wachovia send the 4x400 relay team, in addition to Morgan (triple Julie Streng has been named the first head women’s golf coach at High Point Chad Hartman Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler jump) and Westbrook (400m). University. Streng,a former golfer and 1996 graduate from Stanford,was also a three-time Academic All- Director of Sports Marketing Wynncom American and the co-captain of the Stanford squad her senior season. Both the High Point men and women finished third at the (336) 841-9239 Streng said, "I look forward to the challenge of building a program that High Point University can be Ye l l ow Book USA Big South Outdoor Championships, and placed nine and [email protected] proud of." Zaxby’s five athletes, respectively, on the All-Conference teams. Kirk Rudder Streng earned a masters of business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke in 2000. Before coming to High Point, she was a senior consultant for Deloitte Consulting.

6 www.highpointpanthers.com www.highpointpanthers.com 3 High Point The 2002-2003 Year In Review The 2002-2003 Year In Review High Point Athletics Athletics Men's Basketball Men's Soccer Coaching Staff Coaching Staff There were plenty of high points for the men's basketball team in The men's soccer team finished the 2002 season at 4-14-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the Big South, which is Bart Lundy 2002-03. Fresh off a Cinderella run to the Big South Tournament officially a soccer hotbed after sending two teams to the NCAA Tournament Chad Esposito finals in 2001-02, the Panthers opened the season by knocking off (league champ Winthrop and Coastal Carolina,which was ranked in the Top Head Men's Basketball Coach Head Volleyball Coach Northern Arizona and host Central Connecticut State to win the 10 nationally and grabbed an at-large bid). (336) 841-9181 (336) 841-4629 Mohegan Sun Classic. [email protected] The Panthers started the season off slow,losing their first three games at the [email protected] Following a loss to Clemson at the Greensboro Coliseum, the hands of West Virginia, Marshall and UNC Wilmington. High Point opened Josh Schertz Panthers headed for Rupp Arena, one of college basketball's most Big South play strong with a draw against Liberty, 1-1, and then handling Tahirah Dock Assistant Men's Basketball Coach hallowed halls, to face one of their own (former High Point player Charleston Southern with ease, 3-0. The Panthers pushed their unbeaten Assistant Volleyball Coach (336) 841-9180 ) and the Kentucky Wildcats. The lead changed hands streak to three games after a victory over Davidson, who had previously (336) 841-4629 [email protected] several times in the first half and the Panthers trailed UK by just beaten No. 2-ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill. [email protected] two points midway through the final period before the Wildcats, High Point then dropped three in a row on the road to Winthrop,Mercer and Sean Woods who would finish the regular season as the nation's No. 1-ranked Jerry Tertzagian East Carolina. The Panthers got back on track with a 4-1 Homecoming win Assistant Men's Basketball Coach team, eventually pulled away. Tanner Wightman Head Men's and Women's (336) 841-9030 over Mount Olive, but dropped three straight before a 2-1 home victory over Tennis Coach [email protected] The top individual performance of the season came the next week Danny Gathings Birmingham-Southern. High Point finished the regular season with four losses and bowed out to (336) 841-9273 at Vanderbilt, where sophomore Joe Knight lit up his hometown nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina in the first round of the conference tournament. [email protected] team for 40 points before the Commodores survived, 81-75. A thrilling seven-point loss across the Tooey Loy For the season, junior Kenzo Tochiki led all scorers with five goals and four assists. Fellow junior Kirk country at Washington State followed before the Panthers returned home to record wins over Campbell Head Women's Basketball Coach Rudder added three goals,while sophomore Rick Hanson knocked in two goals.Senior goalkeeper Eric Al Barnes and UNC Greensboro. (336) 841-4613 Lona held down most of the goalkeeping duties with some assistance from sophomore Chris Michener. Head Men's and Women's Track and [email protected] Big South play began for High Point with a road win at Radford,but then the Panthers had several heart On the year, Lona made 117 including three penalty kicks, two of those coming in the East Carolina Cross Country Coach breaking losses. Seven of the Panthers' conference losses came by five points or less, and that doesn't game. Tochiki earned All-Big South second team and Lona was named to the Big South All-Academic (336) 841-9272 Heather Macy include an overtime loss to Charleston Southern or a last-second defeat at Birmingham-Southern. squad for the fourth time in four years. [email protected] Assistant Women's Basketball Coach (336) 841-4660 Still, there were bright moments,including the night in late February when the short-handed Panthers At the last home game, High Point honored four seniors. Lona, a four year starter, made 364 saves and Tim Langford [email protected] rode a career-high 38 points from Dustin Van Weerdhuizen to an upset of second-place Liberty. finished with a 27-35-4 record.He made the 2001 Big South All-Tournament team and also earned Big Assistant Men's and Women's Cross Sophomores Knight and Danny Gathings were each named to the All-Big South second team. South Player of the Week honors twice in his career.Terek Moss played three seasons and had one goal Country and Track Coach Peter Broadley while playing mostly midfield. Co-captain Tanner Wightman finished with two goals and one assist. Following the season, legendary head coach Jerry Steele retired after 31 seasons and 458 victories at (336) 841-9272 Head Men’s Soccer Coach Wightman played four seasons with the Panthers, but missed some of his senior and junior seasons High Point and 609 collegiate victories overall. Before his retirement, Steele was the longest-tenured [email protected] due to knee injuries.Also leaving the Panthers will be Matt Fry,who played one season with the team. (336) 841-4607 NCAA Division I head coach in the nation. [email protected] Ricky Overstreet Assistant Men's and Women's Kevin Althoff Women's Soccer Track Coach Assistant Men's Soccer Coach Women's Basketball The High Point women's soccer team finished the 2002 season with a 4-10-4 record overall and a 1-2- [email protected] (336) 841-4607 The women's basketball team put together its finest season since moving to Division I in 2002-03.The 3 record in the Big South. The Panthers pummeled Coastal Carolina, 5-0, in the first round of the Big [email protected] Panthers won 18 games, finished third in the Big South, knocked rival Elon out of the conference with South tournament, before falling to eventual champ Radford in the semifinals. J.B. White a win in the semifinals, and reached the Big South title game before falling to host Liberty in front of Head Men's Golf Coach Tracie Foels a regional-television audience. Following a 2-3-1 start which featured wins over Rider and Birmingham- (336) 841-9015 Head Women's Soccer Coach Southern and a draw against Liberty, the Panthers dropped four straight, High Point opened the season by winning five of its first seven games,including [email protected] (336) 841-4573 including back-to-back heartbreakers to San Francisco (1-0) and Coastal wins over Campbell, Furman, and North Carolina A&T and started 3-0 in Big [email protected] Carolina (3-2 in double-overtime). High Point would rally to finish the regular South play. The Panthers won five in a row before running into Charleston Julie Streng season with a 1-1-2 streak, featuring a win over Charleston Southern and draws Head Women's Golf Coach Catey Conner Southern,Liberty, and Elon (three of the Big South's top-four teams). But High with Elon and Wofford before the conference tourney in Charleston. (336) 841-4674 Assistant Women's Soccer Coach Point recovered in time to earn the third seed and host Radford in the first [email protected] (336) 841-4573 round of the Big South Tournament. Overall, 2002 was a tough road for the Panthers. High Point completed a challenging schedule, with just seven home games out of 18 contests. But the [email protected] The Panthers sent the Highlanders packing with a 59-45 victory, and then Jennifer Pfeiffer future looks bright,as the Panthers started just one senior. Freshman striker Jen gained revenge for a pair of regular-season losses to Elon by bouncing the Evans led all scorers with six goals and six assists, while freshman midfielder Head Cheerleading Coach Sal Bando, Jr. Phoenix from the tourney, 80-66, in Lynchburg. In that game, three seniors Beth Mork Wendy Williams netted five goals and assisted in three more, and junior Emily (336) 841-4669 Head Baseball Coach (Misty Brockman, Gina Rosser, and Cebronica Scott) all reached double- Cebronica Scott Lanham chipped in five goals. Senior defender Kerry Muscolina was second on the team with four [email protected] (336) 841-9190 figures, as did junior Narelle Henry. assists. Lanham, Evans and freshman Lena Svensson were named to the All-Conference second team. [email protected] Billy Summers In the finals,the Panthers gave conference juggernaut Liberty a scare on its home floor before the Lady Senior Gwen Smith earned All-Academic team honors. Pep Band Director Phil Maier Flames survived to win their seventh-straight Big South title, 84-71. The team graduates four seniors – Smith, Muscolina, talented midfielder Beth Mork (10 career goals, (336) 841-4612 Assistant Baseball Coach Brockman and Henry were each named to the All-Big South second team and All-Tournament Team, eight assists, a 2001 All-Big South Second Team selection and former team MVP), and defensive [email protected] (336) 841-4614 while Rosser received Verizon/CoSIDA Academic-All Region honors. specialist Megan Moore (two goals as a four-year letter winner). [email protected]

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