2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES #5 2009 SOCON TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

WILDCATS (2-4-1) VS. CHARLOTTE (2-5-2) 2011 Sept. 18, 2011 u 7 p.m. u Davidson, N.C. u Matches #8 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Records: Davidson (2-4-1) went 1-1 at the Navy fourth head coach in program history in 2009. Tournament last weekend, earning a 4-2 win vs. The Series: The two teams have faced each other Aug. 16 at Liberty (Exh.) 6:00 George Washington. Charlotte (2-5-2) played at 15 times, with Charlotte holding a 11-3-1 advan - 20 UNC Asheville W, 8-1 South Carolina on Thursday and took the tage. 26 Providence College T, 2-2 Gamecocks into overtime, before falling 2-1. Last Meeting: The ‘Cats traveled to Charlotte last 28 Florida Gulf Coast L, 1-2 Coaches: Davidson's Greg Ashton is in his 8th year and lost 1-0. They have dropped the last two Sept. 2 East Carolina L, 1-2 season with an overall mark of 152-62-19 (81-54- straight meetings. 4 UNC Wilmington L, 1-2 17 at DC). The 49ers’ John Cullen, a Charlotte Up Next: Davidson opens SoCon play with games 9 vs. George Washington 1 W, 4-2 alum, is in his third season as he became the at Furman and Wofford, Sept. 23-25. 11 at Navy 1 L, 0-1 (OT) 18 Charlotte 7:00 DAVIDSON BATTLES CROSS-COUNTY RIVAL CHARLOTTE ON SUNDAY AT 23 at Furman * 7:30 ALUMNI STADIUM 25 at Wofford * 2:00 30 Elon * 7:00 The Matchup Oct. 2 UNCG * 2:00 Davidson returns home after playing at the Navy Tournament last weekend. The Wildcats will host Charlotte for the ninth time on Sunday evening at Alumni Stadium. 7 Appalachian State * 7:00 9 Western Carolina * 2:00 The All-Time Series 13 at College of Charleston * 7:00 The two schools have squared off 15 times, with Charlotte holding a 11-3-1 all-time record in the 16 The Citadel * 2:00 series. Davidson fell 1-0 last year in Charlotte and have dropped the last two meetings. Prior to that, 21 at Samford * 7:00 the Wildcats had won three straight from 2004-06. 23 at Chattanooga * 2:00 26 Georgia Southern * 7:00 Scouting the Wildcats Davidson (2-4-1) went 1-1 this past weekend at the Navy Tournament ... last Friday saw the ‘Cats net their first program win against George Washington, 4-2 ... Stephanie Piperno had her first two-goal 2011 S oCon Tourn . game, including scoring the game-winner ... she is tied with Lauren Mihan and Julia Singley for the 2 30 First Round TBD team lead in goals with three ... Davidson outshot GW, 25-5, and knocked in three second-half goals Nov. 4/6 Semifinals/Championship 3 TBD in the win ... Becca Fisher tallied her first career assist on Piperno’s game-winner ...... The Wildcats forced overtime vs. Navy, but the Mids scored five minutes into the first overtime for the 1-0 win ... Boldface type denotes home match Piperno, goalkeeper Rachel Locke and defender Meg Sanborn were each named to the all-tournament *Asterisk denotes SoCon opponent team ... Sanborn helped start the comeback at GW with her first career goal on a header off a corner 1 Navy Tournament; Annapolis, Md. kick from Rachel Stelter ... Locke had a strong weekend, earning her first win vs. the Colonials and 2 Higher seed hosts earning her first career start against the Mids ... she made five saves against Navy, including two 3 Greensboro, N.C. (UNCG Host) game-saving dives that kept the game scoreless ... Davidson as a team is tops in the league in shots All Times are Eastern Standard (99), and second in points (39) and goals (17) ... the Wildcats are 2-5-1 at Alumni Stadium vs. Charlotte all-time ... Davidson is 1-3-1 at home this year, having their school-record 13-game unbeat - en streak snapped vs. Fla. Gulf Coast, Aug. 28 ... the ‘Cats’ welcome back eight starters and 17 total letterwinners from last year ... Davison was picked to finish seventh in the SoCon preseason poll.

Scouting the 49ers Charlotte (2-5-2) has played three of the top teams in the country the last three games ... the 49ers played at South Carolina on Thursday, falling in overtime 2-1 ... then last weekend they played at No. 14 Tennessee and No. 16 Memphis, dropping 5-0 and 6-2 contests ... Like Davidson, Charlotte has also played Fla. Gulf Coast (L, 0-2), Providence (T, 0-0), UNC Wilmington (W, 1-0) and East Carolina (L, 1-3) ... Macky Wingo paces the team with two goals and three assists for seven points ... she was named to the preseason Atlantic 10 all-conference team ... Oni Bernard is second with a pair of goals for four points ... goalkeeper Alex Kubrick has start - 2011 STATISTICAL COMPARISONS (sept. 17) ed all seven games, with 28 saves and a 2.23 goals against average ... Charlotte is 0-3-1 on the road Davidson Category Charlotte this year ... the 49ers return 17 letterwinners from 2-4-1 Overall Record 2-5-2 last year’s 16-5 squad ... they were picked second 17-99 Goals-Shot Attempts 7-131 in the A-10 after winning the regular season a year 2.43 Goals Scored Average 0.78 ago with an 8-1 record ... Charlotte added 12 new - .172 Shot Percentage .053 comers to the roster, with two of them earning a 55-99 Shots On Goal-Attempts 55-131 spot on the preseason A-10 All-Rookie Team ... .556 Shots On Goal Percentage .420 head coach John Cullen has gone 32-8-2 during his 14.1 Shots Per Game 14.6 two years at Charlotte. 5 Assists 6 28 Corner Kicks 47 Next on the Schedule Davidson opens play next 0-0 Penalty Kicks 1-1 weekend, Sept. 23-25, when it travels to Furman and Wofford. Davidson Information / P.O. Box 7158 / Davidson, NC 28035 704-894-2635 / 704-894-2636 Fax 2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown High School 00 Renae Cairns GK 5-5 So. Ballston Spa, N.Y. Ballston Spa 0 Rachel Locke GK 5-9 Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. La Jolla Country Day 1 Christy Carry GK 5-8 Sr. Dallas, Texas The Episcopal School 2 Elizabeth Underwood F 5-5 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. The Lovett School 3 Stephanie Gerow MF 5-8 Sr. Houston, Texas The Kindaid School 4 Julia Calhoun D 5-2 Jr. Palos Verdes, Calif. Palos Verdes 5 Louise Timboe D 5-6 Jr. Littleton, Colo. Arapahoe 6 Sophie Newsom D 5-6 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. The Westmister Schools 7 Becca Fisher MF/F 5-8 Fr. Fredericksburg, Va. James Monroe 8 Tori Krause MF 5-5 So. Cary, N.C. Green Hope 9 Rachel Newmister F 5-8 Jr. Clover, S.C. Clover 10 Kelsey Krueger F/D 5-9 So. Keller, Texas Keller 11 Stephanie Piperno MF/F 5-4 Fr Harwinton, Conn. Westminster 12 Mary Marshall Meredith D 5-8 Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. Norfolk Academy 13 Alexandra Clark MF 5-6 Fr. Hendersonville, N.C. Hendersonville 14 Lindsay Blum D 5-5 So. Raleigh, N.C. Broughton 15 Rachel Barnett D/MF 5-6 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. Ravenscroft 16 Lauren Swany MF 5-6 So. Fayetteville, Ga. Starr's Mill 17 Carly Brahim MF 5-8 Fr. Racho Palos Verdes, Calif. Palos Verdes 18 Meg Sanborn D 5-9 So. Weston, Conn. Weston 19 Lucia Stein-Montalvo D/MF 5-6 Fr. Raleigh, N.C. Broughton 20 Becca Rinkevich D 5-6 Fr. Tampa, Fla. Plant 21 Julia Singley F 5-8 Fr. Morganton, N.C. Patton 22 Jessica Luttrell MF 5-3 Fr. River Forest, Ill. Eclipse 23 Rachel Stelter D/MF 5-8 Fr. The Woodlands, Texas John Cooper School 24 Annie Cleaver D/MF 5-4 Fr. Pittsboro, N.C. Pittsboro 25 Lauren Mihan MF/F 5-5 So. South Burlington, Vt. South Burlington 40 Jessie Baxa GK 5-9 Sr. Bloomfield, Mich. International Academy

WOMEN’S SOCCER COACHING AND STAFF GEOGRAPHICAL ROSTER

NAME POSITION YEAR ALMA MATER California (3) (6) Greg Ashton Head Coach 8th UTSA - Julia Calhoun - Rachel Barnett Lindsey Boldt Assistant Coach 1st Iowa - Rachel Locke - Tori Krause Allison Drutchas Assistant Coach 1st Davidson - Carly Brahim - Lindsay Blum Brian Wheeler Athletic Trainer 6th Flordia State - Alexandra Clark Colorado (1) - Lucia S.-Montalvo - Louise Timboe - Annie Cleaver ROSTER BY CLASS Connecticut (2) Seniors (6) Kelsey Krueger South Carolina (1) - Stephanie Piperno - Rachel Newmister Jessie Baxa Lauren Mihan - Meg Sanborn Christy Carry Meg Sanborn Stephanie Gerow Lauren Swany Texas (5) Florida (1) - Christy Carry Mary M. Meredith - Becca Rinkevich Sophie Newsom Freshmen (11) - Amanda Flink - Stephanie Gerow Liz Underwood Carly Brahim Georgia (3) Alexandra Clark - Kelsey Krueger - Lauren Swany - Rachel Stelter Juniors (4) Annie Cleaver - Liz Underwood Rachel Barnett Becca Fisher - Sophie Newsom Julia Calhoun Rachel Locke PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Vermont (1) - Lauren Mihan Rachel Newmister Jessica Luttrell Carly Brahim BER-am Illonis (1) Louise Timboe Stephanie Piperno Renae Cairns CARE-ins - Jessica Luttrell Virginia (2) Becca Rinkevich Stephanie Gerow Jer-ROW Sophomores (7) Julia Singley - Becca Fisher Lauren Mihan MY-han Michigan (1) Lindsay Blum Lucia Stein-Montalvo - Mary M. Meredith Lucia Stein- Montalvo Lou-Sah Mon-tal-vo -Jessie Baxa Renae Cairns Rachel Stelter Tori Krause Stephanie Piperno Pie-PER-no Lauren Swany Sway-KNEE New York (1) - Renae Cairns

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2011 SOCON STANDINGS (sept. 17) LEAGUE LEADERS (TOP-5) CONFERENCE OVERALL Shots Standings WL TPct GF GA WLTPct GF GA Player School Shots Wofford 000.000 00 6001.000 22 1 Vanessa Aponte Citadel 28 Western Carolina 000.000 00 411.750 14 4 Becca Smith UTC 24 Chattanooga 000.000 00 411.750 11 10 Mariana Garcia Citadel 21 Furman 000.000 00 430.571 11 9 Emily Bougas Wofford 21 Coll. of Charleston 000.000 00 440.500 13 12 Crystal Mackezyk UTC 20 Appalachian State 000.000 00 340.429 49 The Citadel 000.000 00 231.417 9 10 Points Davidson 000.000 00 241.357 17 12 Player School GAT Samford 000.000 00 240.333 9 10 Emily Bougas Wofford 8319 Georgia Southern 000.000 00 141.250 7 10 Becca Smith UTC 6113 Elon 000.000 00 141.250 5 12 Vanessa Aponte Citadel 328 McCallie Jones CofC 328 UNCG 000.000 00 150.167 4 16 Kayla Beauduy Western 328 2 individuals tied with 7 points DAVIDSON, N.C. — The preseason Southern Conference women’s soccer poll was Goals released and Davidson was picked seventh by the 12 SoCon coaches as they also selected an 11-player preseason all-conference team as announced by the league office today. Player School Goals Emily Bougas Wofford 8 Two year’s removed from winning the program’s fourth SoCon Tournament Title and Becca Smith UTC 6 reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, the Wildcats, who 12 individuals tied with 3 goals received 69 points, return 17 of its 23 letterwinners from last year’s 6-8-6 squad. Assists UNCG, which went 11-0 in league play to win the regular season title last year, claimed Player School Assists seven-of-12 first-place votes and 112 total points to lead the balloting, finishing one point Anne Phillips Wofford 4 ahead of Samford. 5 individuals tied with 3 assists

The Spartans placed a league-high three players on the preseason all-conference team, including goalkeeper Kelsey Kearney, who was the 2010 SoCon Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

Samford, entering its fourth season as a SoCon member, is in pursuit of its first SoCon title. The Bulldogs have finished second to UNCG each of the past two seasons, while also GOALTENDING LEADERS (TOP-5) placing as the SoCon Tournament runner-up in 2010. Coach Todd Yelton’s squad received the remaining five first-place nods. Saves Player School Saves Of the 17 returners for the Wildcats, eight were starters a year ago and six of them are sen - Jessica Smith Furman 45 iors this year, including team captains Stephanie Gerow (Houston, Texas) and Jessie Baxa Taylor Mangrum UTC 42 (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). The duo had strong junior campaigns with Gerow starting all 20 Alyssa Whitehead Samford 40 games, while scoring a goal and assisting on two others for four points. Baxa was the Amy Kolowsky App. State 38 Wildcats’ main goalkeeper, recording career bests in starts (17), saves (76), shutouts (7- Kelsey Kearney UNCG 33 third-most in SoCon) and minutes (1,485:42). Goals Against Average Player School GAA Erika Christensen Wofford 0.00 2011 Preseason Coaches’ Poll 2011 Preseason All-SoCon Team Katie Jacobs Western 0.67 1. UNCG (7) — 112 F Mariana Garcia, The Citadel Cricket Wise CofC 0.85 2. Samford (5) — 111 F Martha Hall, Furman Laura Serafino Citadel 1.18 3. The Citadel — 89 Jessica Smith Furman 1.25 4. College of Charleston — 86 F Donna-Kay Henry, Chattanooga MF Sarah Schaidle, College of Charleston 5. Elon — 82 Shutouts 6. Furman — 77 MF Rachel Shelnutt, Furman 7. Davidson — 69 MF Jaimey Etten, UNCG Player School ShO 8. Western Carolina — 46 MF Michelle Moll, Samford Erika Christensen Wofford 2 Taylor Mangrum UTC 2 9. Appalachian State — 42 D Hannah Gmerek, College of Charleston 10. Wofford — 32 8 individuals tied with 1 shutout D Andrea Keller, Elon 11. Georgia Southern — 26 12. Chattanooga — 20 D Cat Barnekow, UNCG GK Kelsey Kearney, UNCG (%! )&% ! 2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER

2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER QUICK FACTS Team History First Year ...... 1989 General Information All-Time Record ...... 207-197-34 School Name ...... All-Time SoCon Record ...... 100-44-26* Location ...... Davidson, N.C. SoCon Regular Season Titles/Last ...... 3/2005 Founded ...... 1837 SoCon Tournament Titles/Last ...... 4/2009 Enrollment ...... 1,900 NCAA Appearances/Last ...... 1/2009 Nickname ...... Wildcats *Competed in the Big South from 1990-91 School Colors ...... Red (PMS 186) and Black Conference ...... Southern Team Information Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I President ...... Carol Quillen (Chicago ‘83) 2010 Team Record ...... 6-8-6 Athletics Director ...... Jim Murphy (Davidson ’78) 2010 SoCon Record/Finish ...... 2-4-5/7th Home Facility ...... Alumni Stadium (2,000) Starters Returning/Lost ...... 8/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 17/6 Newcomers ...... 11 Coaching Staff Head Coach ...... Greg Ashton (UTSA ’02) Sports Information E-mail ...... [email protected] Sports Information Director ...... Marc Gignac Office Phone ...... (704) 894-2818 Office Phone ...... (704) 894.2123 Career Record (Years) ...... 150-58-18 (11) W. Soccer Contact ...... Gavin McFarlin Record at Davidson (Years) ...... 79-50-16 (7) E-mail ...... [email protected] Assistant Coach (Years) ...... Lindsey Boldt (1) Office Phone ...... (704) 894.2635 E-mail ...... [email protected] Fax ...... (704) 894.2636 Website ...... www.davidsonwildcats.com

DAVIDSON IN 2011 WHEN ... DAVIDSON IN 2010 WHEN ... Leading at half ...... 1-1-1 Leading at half ...... 4-0-1 Trailing at half ...... 1-1-0 Trailing at half ...... 0-7-0 Tied at half ...... 0-1-0 Tied at half ...... 2-1-5 Overtime ...... 0-1-1 Overtime ...... 0-0-6 Outshooting opponents ...... 2-0-0 Outshooting opponents ...... 5-1-4 Outshot by opponents ...... 0-4-1 Outshot by opponents ...... 1-7-2 Shots are even ...... 0-0-0 Shots are even ...... 0-0-0 With more corners ...... 2-1-0 With more corners ...... 5-1-3 With less corners ...... 0-3-1 With less corners ...... 1-7-3 Corners are even ...... 0-0-0 Corners are even ...... 0-0-0 With more fouls ...... 2-0-0 With more fouls ...... 4-1-2 With less fouls ...... 0-4-1 With less fouls ...... 1-6-3 Fouls are even ...... 0-0-0 Fouls are even ...... 1-1-1 Playing ranked opponents ...... 0-0-0 Playing ranked opponents ...... 0-2-0 Playing a day game ...... 1-2-0 Playing a day game ...... 4-5-3 Playing a night game ...... 1-2-1 Playing a night game ...... 2-3-3 Playing on Sunday ...... 0-3-0 Playing on Sunday ...... 4-5-2 Monday ...... 0-0-0 Monday ...... 0-0-0 Tuesday ...... 0-0-0 Tuesday ...... 0-0-0 Wednesday ...... 0-0-0 Wednesday ...... 0-0-0 Thursday ...... 0-0-0 Thursday ...... 1-0-1 Friday ...... 1-1-1 Friday ...... 1-3-3 Saturday ...... 1-0-0 Saturday ...... 0-0-0 At Alumni Stadium ...... 1-3-1 At Alumni Stadium ...... 5-0-3 on the road ...... 1-1-0 on the road ...... 0-7-3 at a neutral site ...... 0-0-0 at a neutral site ...... 1-1-0 Scoring zero goals ...... 0-1-0 Scoring zero goals ...... 0-5-2 Scoring one goal ...... 0-3-0 Scoring one goal ...... 2-3-3 Scoring two goals ...... 0-0-1 Scoring two goals ...... 3-0-1 Scoring three or more goals ...... 2-0-0 Scoring three or more goals ...... 1-0-0

(%! )&% ! 2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER for the third straight season. The Wildcats also GREG put four players on the SoCon All-Tournament Team, which included tournament MVP Amanda ASHTON Flink. The 2008 season saw Davidson hit the 10-win Head Coach, mark for the fifth straight season as it closed at 8th Year at Davidson 10-6-3 in Ashton's fifth year. The Wildcats had Record: another successful year in SoCon play as well, 79-50-16 (Davidson) finishing fourth with an 8-3-0 mark. 150-50-18 (Trinity & Ashton's fourth season was one for the record Davidson) books. Davidson tied the school record for wins in a season with a 14-5-1 mark that included Entering his eighth year for the 2011 season, eight- and six-game unbeaten streaks. The 'Cats head coach Greg Ashton has done nothing to also finished second in league play with an 8-1-1 disappoint the Wildcat faithful in his seven years record and advanced to the SoCon tournament at the helm of the women’s soccer program. semifinals for the third time in the past four Davidson has made a name for its self nationally years. In addition, the 2007 squad tied the school as well as a powerhouse in the Southern Head Coach Greg Ashton has won at least 10 games in record for shutouts with 10. six of his seven seasons he has coached the Wildcats Conference. The 2006 campaign saw Davidson go 11-7-2 Ashton enters the 2011 season with a career and finish second in the conference with a league single season in the school’s history. Ashton was coaching record of 150-58-18 (79-50-16 at mark of 7-3, after being picked to finish fifth in named Coach of the Year for the SCAC and the Davidson) and has guided the 'Cats to a 48-17-9 the preseason poll. NSCAA South Region. He finished his tenure at record in SoCon play. Davidson has been very After an outstanding first year that saw him Trinity with an impressive overall record of 71- successful under Ashton when playing at win Southern Conference Coach of the Year hon - 8-2. Alumni Stadium, compiling a 41-13-8 record ors while taking the Wildcats to the SoCon finals, He has coached five All-America honorees, during his seven years at the helm. The 2010 Ashton guided Davidson to the school’s first and each of his four Trinity teams received an team went for the first time in program history undefeated mark in league play, and its third NSCAA Team Academic Award for excellence in unbeaten at Alumni Stadium with a 5-0-3 record. regular season SoCon title in 2005. The Wildcats the classroom. The 'Cats also set a program record with a 12- also achieved its highest ranking, ninth, in the Before he became head coach at Trinity, game home unbeaten streak that carrried over Soccer Buzz and NSCAA/adidas Southeast Ashton served as the assistant there for five sea - from the 2009 season. Regional poll over the last five years, and a pro - sons, during which time the Tigers won the con - Last year saw Davidson go 6-8-6 overall and gram-best 14-game unbeaten streak. All those ference title and played in the D-III playoffs four 2-4-5 in league play. The six ties were a program accomplishments earned him his second straight times. Trinity also reached the quarterfinals of record, breaking the previous mark of three set coach of the year award as the Wildcats fash - the NCAA D-III Tourna-ment twice. during the 1997 and 2008 campaigns. Ashton ioned a 14-5-2 overall mark in 2005. Ashton, who earned his bachelor’s degree in also led the program to its 100th SoCon win with Ashton’s athletes have also shined under his kinesiology from the University of Texas-San a 1-0 triumph over Chattanooga, Oct. 24. Ashton tutelage with five different players earning all- Antonio, also holds a business degree from had two players earn spots on the All-SoCon league honors including Mel Smith, who was the Auckland (New Zealand) Tech. He played soc - Second Team, while two other of his players, 2005 Freshman of the Year, and standout forward cer professionally in New Zealand from 1985 to Allison Drutchas and Callan Elswick, earned Kara Koehrn, the 2005 Player of Year. Koehrn 1992, and he represented his country as a Youth prestigious postgraduate scholarships from the also was a NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-American National Team member beginning with the U-15 NCAA and Southern Conference for their excel - and CoSIDA Academic All-District performer. team through the U-19 squad. lent work on the field as well as in the class - With the arrival of Ashton in 2004, Davidson Ashton is married to Cheri Lofquist and room. The pair were also named to ushered in a new era of Wildcat women’s soccer. they reside in Cornelius, N.C. CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District III Teams, He led the 2004 squad all the way to the tourna - with Drutchas earning first-team honors. ment finals, earning the native New Zealander Davidson as a team was honored for the 16th with his first SoCon Coach of the Year award. ASHTON FILE straight year with the Women's College Team The Wildcats earned recognition as the NCAA’s Academic Award from the NSCAA for the 2009- 16th-most improved women’s soccer program, •2009 NCAA Tournament, first in program history 10 season. doubling the number of wins collected in 2003 •2009 SoCon Tournament Champions The 2009 season was yet another milestone with an overall record of 12-9-1 while posting a •2005 SoCon Regular Season Champions season for Ashton and the women's soccer pro - league mark of 7-3-1 to finish fifth in the final •Two-time SoCon Coach of the Year – 2004 & 2005 gram as they earned their first trip to the NCAA SoCon standings. Tournament after winning the program's fourth Eventually falling to rival Furman in the Coaching Record SoCon Tournament Title. The 'Cats finished with finals, Davidson made history as the second-low - a 12-10-1 overall mark, while closing out league est seed to ever contend for the SoCon Year WLTPct. School play at 7-3-1. Ashton and the Wildcats rode a six- Tournament title in the championship game. 2000 19 21 .886 Trinity game unbeaten streak at the end of the regular Formerly the head coach at Division-III 2001 15 30 .833 season to clinch the fourth and final seed in the Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, Ashton 2002 21 20 .913 SoCon Tournament, and then captured a 1-0 vic - arrived at Davidson with a remarkable record of tory over No. 1-seeded UNC Greensboro to earn 2003 16 11 .916 success. Twice during his four-year tenure at 2004 12 91 .568 Davidson a trip to the finals. Taking on College of Trinity Ashton took the Tigers to the NCAA D-III Charleston in the finals, Davidson played 108 semifinals. His team also won the Southern 2005 14 52 .737 minutes of shutout ball until netting the game- Collegiate Athletic Conference crown three 2006 11 72 .600 winner in the 109th minute to send the 'Cats to times. 2007 14 51 .725 the NCAA Tournament, where they faced off Trinity finished the 2003 season with a 16-1-1 2008 10 63 .605 against No. 8 South Carolina. Though Davidson record and an 8-1 mark in the SCAC. The confer - 2009 12 10 1 .543 lost 4-0 to the Gamecocks, the Wildcats still fin - ence defeat was Ashton’s lone loss in the SCAC ished with their sixth straight winning record, all 2010 686.450 in four seasons, having won 35 straight during 2011 241.357 under Ashton. Davidson placed five players on his career there. the All-SoCon First or Second Team, including In 2002, he led the Tigers to a 21-2 record, Totals 152 61 19 .696 12 years Kyri Bye-Nagel who was named to the first team accumulating the most victories ever during a At Davidson 81 54 17 .589 8 years (%! )&% ! 2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER

Davidson Plays at the Navy Tournament 4-2, on Friday. Her second goal on the con - 19-22. For Third Time test in the second half was eventually the The player of the week honor is the first The Wildcats were in familiar territory game-winner. for Davidson since Kyri Bye-Nagel won during the weekend of Sept. 9-11 as they Meg Sanborn started the comeback rally her second weekly honor of the season on played in the Navy Tournament for the at GW in the second half when she headed Oct. 7, 2008. Since 1994, the Wildcats have third time. They had also played at the in a corner kick that tied the game at 2-all. garnered the second-most league player of tournament in 2001 and 2006. She then was part of a stout backline on the week honors with 27 now. Weather forced the tournament to be Sunday against Navy in holding the Mids Singley knocked in the go-ahead goal at played at both George Washington and scoreless for 95 minutes until they broke the 34:52 mark in the first half when she Navy, but Davidson was not fazed. through in overtime. got a feed from Rachael Newmister in the Stephanie Piperno had her first two-goal Freshman Rachel Locke made her first box and chipped the ball past the diving game in leading Davidson to a 4-2 come - career start between the pipes on Sunday Bulldog goalkeeper for a 2-0 lead. The goal back win on Friday at GW. Down 2-1 head - and also picked up her first career win on would eventually be the game-winner after ing into the second half, the Wildcats came Friday against the Colonials. Locke came UNCA scored in the early stages of the sec - out reenergized and knocked in three goals in to start the second half at GW and ond half to cut the lead to 2-1. lead by their duo of Connecticut players. played 45 minutes of shutout ball, while Singley tacked on her second goal in the Sophomore Meg Sanborn got the rally Davidson rallied for the win. On Sunday, second half and started a rally of six started when she headed in her first career she was instrumental in holding Navy at straight Wildcat goals for the final score of goal off a great corner kick from Rachel bay for the majority of the game. She fin - 8-1. She put six of eight shots on goal and Stelter. ished with five saves, including two of was one of four freshmen on the evening Then Piperno earned her first career them that could have ended the game in to find the back of the net. game-winner when she and fellow class - the second half and early in overtime. mate Becca Fisher hooked up for the ‘Cats’ Outstanding Season-Opener third goal. Fisher worked the ball on the Home Unbeaten Streak Extented, Then The Wildcats made a strong statement to left side of the box and had a perfect touch Snapped Over Weekend open the 2011 season, unleashing for eight pass to Piperno just inside the 18-yard box. It was a bittersweet weekend, Aug. 26-28, goals in an 8-1 win vs. UNC Asheville, Piperno gathered in the pass, turned and as the Wildcats started the weekend by Aug. 20. ripped a shot to the top-right corner for adding to their school-record home unbeat - Leading the charge was first-year player her second score of the game. en streak, but then saw it come to a halt in Julia Singley, who in her collegiate Piperno started the scoring on the day the end. knocked in the go-ahead goal and had two with a goal in the first half, before the Davidson started with a 2-2 tie vs. of the Wildcats’ eight goals on the night. Colonials knocked in two over the next Providence on Friday night. Rachael Her second goal in the second half, started two minutes to take a 2-1 lead. Newmister kicked in the game-tying goal a rally of six straight goals. Davidson then headed to Navy on in the 63rd minute. Both teams then played Lauren Mihan recorded her first career Sunday and played solid defense, only to scoreless ball the rest of regulation and into multi-goal game with pair of scores, the see the Mids score five minutes into over - both overtimes. Sophomore Lauren Mihan first two of her career as well. time for the 1-0 win. The Wildcats’ defen - added to her team-best goal mark with her Singley was not the only first-year player sive backline of Stelter, Sophie Newsom, third score of the season to get the scoring to find the back of the net. Fellow class - Louise Timboe, Sanborn and Julie Calhoun started in the first half. mates Becca Fisher, Rachel Stelter and along with goalkeeper Rachel Locke never Then on Sunday, Florida Gulf Coast, Stephanie Piperno each scored single goals, backed down all afternoon against the playing at Alumni Stadium for the first with Fisher starting the scoring off for aggressive and speedy Navy Mids as they time, stopped Davidson’s home unbeaten Davidson with a strike in the 15th minute helped Davidson force overtime. streak with a 2-1 come-from-behind win. of the first half. Making her first career start in goal, The Eagles registered two late second-half Rachael Newmister picked up the Locke finished with five saves on the after - goals for the win after senior Sophie Wildcats lone assist on the evening, the noon. Besides her diving stop in overtime Newsom had given Davidson a 1-0 lead in fourth of her career. that saved the game for the time being, the the early stages of the second half. It was freshman’s other biggest save of the after - the senior’s first career goal. Home Openers, a Success noon came in the latter stages of the sec - Both contests against the Friars and the When it comes to home openers, ond half. Navy had pushed the ball into Eagles were the first for Davidson. Davidson has been on the winning side the the 18-yard box and were able to get a Providence and the Wildcats were to face majority of the time. The Wildcats started point-blank shot off, but Locke was there each other in the 2008 campaign, but the off the 2011 season at home with an to stop it on a dive with her body and min - game was canceled due to weather. impressive 8-1 win vs. UNC Asheville to imize the damage. push their record to 6-2 over the last eight Singley Garners Season’s First SoCon years in home openers. They have also tal - Piperno, Sanborn and Locke Named to Women’s Soccer Player of the Week lied wins against Charlotte (twice), High All-Tournament Team at Navy Freshman Julia Singley had herself a col - Point, Virginia Tech and UNCW. The ‘Cats The Wildcats put three players on the all- legiate debut to remember, netting a pair of two setbacks have come to Wake Forest in tournament team during its trip to Navy. goals in Davidson’s 8-1 win vs. UNC 2005 and Villanova in 2008. Stephanie Piperno had her first career two- Asheville and wrapped up the week by Overall in their 23-year history, the goal game and led Davidson to the pro - garnering Southern Conference Player of Wildcats have fashioned a 15-8 mark in gram’s first win over George Washington, the Week honors for all games from Aug. their home openers. (%! )&% ! 2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER

Season Openers During the Wildcats’ 23-year history, they have gone 10-13 in opening season contests after taking home an 8-1 win vs. UNC Asheville this year to start the 2011 cam - paign. Under head coach Greg Ashton, the ‘Cats are 6-2 after their win against the Bulldogs.

Friendly Confines of Alumni Stadium; Home Winning Streak at 12 Davidson continues to took full advan - tage of its home field, pushing its home unbeaten streak to 12 after opening the 2011 season with an 8-1 victory against UNC Asheville. The streak dates back to the last three home contests of the 2009 campaign. Last year saw the Wildcats finish unbeat - en at home (5-0-3) for the first time in pro - gram history. During the last five years (2006-2010), the Wildcats have sported a 30-10-5 record at Alumni Stadium.

Five Straight to Start Year Davidson will have the luxury of playing its first five games to open the 2011 cam - paign at home. It’s the most games in a row to open the year since the 2000 squad opened up with 10 straight as the ‘Cats started the season 8-2.

Count’em, 11 Newcomers Head coach Greg Ashton brought in his biggest class since taking over in 2004 as he signed 11 newcomers to this year’s squad. It’s his seventh recruiting class. The Class of 2015 comes from seven different states, with four of them coming from right here in North Carolina. "I am delighted to have this wonderful group of student athletes join our women’s soccer program in the fall of 2011," said Ashton. "These 11 young women all come from strong club soccer backgrounds. The biggest similarity among these girls is that they all wanted to be at wonderful aca - demic environment like Davidson College. They are not afraid of the challenges that lay ahead of them; they are ready and will - ing to excel on and off the pitch. Each of them brings special talents that I believe can help bring our program further success in the Southern Conference. They will face some extremely tough non-conference opponents before embarking on the always challenging SoCon schedule."

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GM #1 August 20, 2011 GM #2 August 26, 2011 GM #3 August 28, 2011

1st 2nd OT F 1st 2nd OT F 1st 2nd OT F UNC Asheville (0-1) 0101Providence (0-0-2) 0202FGCU (3-1) 0202 vs. Davidson (1-0) 2608vs. Davidson (1-0-1) 1102vs. Davidson (1-1-1) 0101 Scoring Summary: Scoring Summary: Scoring Summary: 14:35 DAV Becca Fisher (unassisted) 36:07 DAV Lauren Mihan (unassisted) 55:44 DAV Sophie Newsom (unassisted) 34:52 DAV Julia Singley (Rachael Newmister) 55:34 PRO Alyssa Martino (Laura Diclemente) 63:31 FGCU Jess Swartzentruber (A. Ciesielczyk) 48:21 UNCA Amanda Dailor (Amanda Knapp) 61:28 PRO Courtney Collins (Kendra McMullan) 84:17 FGCU Melissa Arnold (Ashley Ciesielczyk) 53:04 DAV Julia Singley (unassisted) 62:46 DAV Rachael Newmister (uassisted) 54:02 DAV Stephanie Piperno (unassisted) DAVIDSON, N.C. — Florida Gulf Coast’s Ashley 61:41 DAV Rachel Barnett (unassisted) DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Davidson women’s soccer Ciesielczyk set up both of the Eagles’ late second- 66:19 DAV Rachel Stelter (unassisted) team pushed their school-record home unbeaten half goals in sending them to a 2-1 win over 75:00 DAV Lauren Mihan (unassisted) streak to 13 games as the Wildcats played to a 2-2 Davidson, snapping the Wildcats’ school-record 13- 75:56 DAV Lauren Mihan (unassisted) draw in double-overtime with visiting Providence game home unbeaten streak on a sunny Sunday after - College on Friday night at Alumni Stadium. noon at Alumni Stadium in women’s soccer action. In her collegiate debut, freshman Julia Singley Rachael Newmister hit the tying goal in the 63rd A matchup that featured both teams playing each knocked in the go-ahead goal and had two of the minute for Davidson (1-0-1) as both teams played other for the first time, senior Sophie Newsom Wildcats’ eight goals as Davidson rolled to a season- almost even the whole night. chipped in her first career collegiate goal in the 56th opening 8-1 win over UNC Asheville in women’s Sophomore Lauren Mihan tallied her team-best minute to give the ‘Cats (1-1-1) a 1-0 advantage. soccer action on Saturday night in front of a crowd of third goal of the season to start the scoring on the But, FGCU (3-1) picked up goals in the 64th and 1,072 at Alumni Stadium. night. 85th minutes to finished the weekend 2-0 as they also The win continued Davidson’s school-best home Providence (0-0-2), which was playing Davidson defeated Charlotte on Friday night. The game-winner unbeaten streak, which is now at 12 (9-0-3) dating for the first time, earned its second tie of the season came on a long through ball hit by Ciesielczyk to a back to the last three home contests of the 2009 cam - as it got goals from Alyssa Martino and Courtney streaking Melissa Arnold, who dribbled a couple of paign. Collins. times into the box and fired a shot through the feet of Lauren Mihan also tallied a pair of goals, while Last year’s the Wildcats set a school-record for ties goalkeeper Jessie Baxa in goal. first-year players Becca Fisher, Rachel Stelter and with six of them. Stephanie Piperno each had single goals.

GM #4 September 2, 2011 GM #5 September 4, 2011 GM #6 September 9, 2011

1st 2nd OT F 1st 2nd OT F 1st 2nd OT F ECU (3-1) 1102UNCW (2-1) 0202Davidson (2-3-1) 1304 vs. Davidson (1-2-1) 0101vs. Davidson (1-3-1) 1001at GW (2-4) 2002 Scoring Summary: Scoring Summary: Scoring Summary: 13:42 ECU Kimmy Cummings (Leah Bagonis) 34:39 DAV Rachel Barnett (2) (unassisted) 8:32 DAV Stephanie Piperno (unassisted) 64:45 ECU Mackenzie Semerad (Caty Butler) 52:12 UNCW Kim Currie (unassisted) 9:34 GW Sierra Smidinger (Molly Bruh) 82:16 DAV Julia Singley (3) (Rachel Stelter) 86:41 UNCW Erin Pardini (unassisted) 10:55 GW Adriana Moya (unassisted) 51:31 DAV Meg Sanborn (Rachel Stelter) DAVIDSON, N.C. — Despite freshman Julia DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson women’s soccer 52:09 DAV Stephanie Piperno (Becca Fisher) Singley (Morganton, N.C.) knocking in her third goal team did not have the outcome they were hoping for 73:21 DAV Sophie Newsom (Lauren Mihan) of the season, the were able to in finishing out a season-opening five-game homes - take a 2-1 decision from Davidson on a rainy Friday tand on Sunday evening as the Wildcats dropped a 2- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Stephanie Piperno had her evening at Alumni Stadium in women’s soccer 1 decision to visiting UNC Wilmington at Alumni first collegiate two-goal game and scored the game- winner as Davidson came back for a 4-2 win on the action. Stadium. road against George Washington at Mount Vernon Singley’s goal in the 83rd minutes helped the ‘Cats Rachel Barnett (Raleigh, N.C.) had given the Field in women’s soccer action on Friday afternoon. (1-2-1) cut its deficit in half, but they never were able Wildcats (1-3-1) a 1-0 advantage heading into half - Down 2-1 heading into the second half, the to get another clean shot on goal the rest of the way. time. She nailed a shot that went to the top shelf in Wildcats came out reenergized and knocked in three ECU (3-1) got the game-winning goal off the foot the 35th minute for her second goal of the year. goals lead by their duo of Connecticut players. of Mackenzie Semerad in the 65th minute to improve UNCW (2-1) came back though to get a pair of Sophomore Meg Sanborn got the rally started when to 3-0 in the all-time series vs. Davidson. goals in the second half, with the game-winner com - she headed in her first career goal off a great corner The Wildcats conclude their season-opening five- ing in the 87th minute off a touch from Erin Pardini. kick from Rachel Stelter. game homestand with a 2 p.m. contest vs. UNC Davidson hits the road for the first time, going to Then Piperno earned her first career game-winner Wilmington on Sunday. Annapolis, Md., for the Navy Tournament, Sept. 9- when she and fellow classmate Becca Fisher hooked 11. up. Fisher worked the ball on the left side of the box GAME NOTES: The game, originally schedule to and had a perfect touch pass to Piperno, who gath - start at 7 p.m., was delayed almost an hour and half GAME NOTES: It was the sixth time in the last ered in the pass, turned and ripped a shot to the top- after a heavy rain and lighting storm came through seven years that both teams have faced each other ... right corner for her second score of the game. the area ... The two teams were playing each other for Davidson closed out its five-game homestand drop - Piperno had started the scoring off in the first half the first time since 1998 ... Rachel Stelter registered ping three straight 2-1 decisions ... the Wildcats fell with a goal in the 9th minute. her first career assist on Singley’s goal, which came to 2-6 all-time vs. the Seahawks. Rachel Locke recorded her first career win in goal as she shut down the Colonials in the second half. off a corner kick. (%! )&% ! 2010 WOMEN’S SOCCER

GM #7 September 11, 2011

1st 2nd OT F Davidson (2-4-1) 0000 at Navy (5-2-1) 0011 Scoring Summary: 94:52 NAVY Rachel Hunter (unassisted)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The ’ back - line gave an excellent defensive effort and freshman goalkeeper Rachel Locke made some outstanding saves in her first career start, but Navy broke through five minutes into overtime to score a 1-0 win at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility in women’s soccer on Sunday afternoon. Locke, defender Meg Sanborn and forward Stephanie Piperno were named to the all-tournament team for Davidson. The Wildcats’ defense never backed down all after - noon against the aggressive and speedy Navy Mids as they helped Davidson force overtime. Locke finished with five saves on the afternoon. Besides her diving stop in overtime, the freshman’s other biggest save of the afternoon came in the latter stages of the second half. Navy had pushed the ball into the 18-yard box and were able to get a point- blank shot off, but Locke was there to stop it on a dive with her body and minimize the damage. Davidson’s backline of Rachel Stelter, Sophie Newsom, Louise Timboe, Sanborn and Julie Calhoun along with Locke in goal held their own against the aggressive Mids all afternoon. This was the third time Davidson had played at the Navy Tournament.

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Overall HOme away Neutral CONfereNCe 2011 statistiCs 2-4-1 1-3-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

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Overall HOme away Neutral CONfereNCe 2010 statistiCs 6-8-6 5-0-3 0-7-3 1-1-0 2-4-5

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