2012 Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s Soccer Weekly Notes Patrick McCoy (@ASun_Patrick) - Women’s Soccer Contact • [email protected] • O: 478/474-3394 • C: 859/537-1355 Twitter: @AtlanticSun • Hashtag: #ASunWSoc • Facebook.com/AtlanticSunConference • www.AtlanticSun.org Upcoming Schedule Conference Overall Wednesday, September 5 Time W L T Pts. Home Away W L T Pct. H A N Treveccca at Lipscomb 7 p.m. CST ETSU 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 .800 2-0 2-1 0-0 FGCU 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 .700 3-1-1 0-0 0-0 Thursday, September 6 Time Mercer 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 .583 2-0-1 1-2 0-0 Jacksonville at Presbyterian 7 p.m. Lipscomb 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 .500 1-0-1 1-2 0-0 Friday, September 7 Time Kennesaw State 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 .400 1-3 1-0 0-0 Mercer at Georgia State 4 p.m. North Florida 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 .500 2-2 0-2 0-0 Kennesaw State at Eastern Kentucky 5 p.m. Jacksonville 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 .333 0-1-1 1-2 0-0 Tulsa vs FGCU 6 p.m. Northern Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 .200 0-1 1-2 0-1 Western Carolina at ETSU 7 p.m. North Florida at Charlotte 7 p.m. Stetson 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 .200 1-1 0-2 0-0 USC Upstate at Francis Marion 7 p.m. USC Upstate 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 .200 0-2 1-2 0-0 Saturday, September 8 Time Jacksonville at Furman 2 p.m. #ASunWSoc Notes FAU at Stetson 2 p.m. * With four assists on the season, FGCU’s Ashley Ciesielczyk improving her career total to 22, which is four away from moving her into a tie for the eighth-best career mark in A-Sun Sunday, September 9 Time history. Kennesaw State at USF 12 p.m. Saint Louis vs FGCU 12 p.m. * Through three weeks of play only three A-Sun teams have an undefeated record at home; Winthrop at ETSU 1 p.m. ETSU (2-0), Mercer (2-0-1) and Lipscomb (1-0-1). As a whole, A-Sun teams are 12-11-4 in Alcorn State at Mercer 1 p.m. Lipscomb at UT-Martin 1 p.m. CST home contests in 2012. Kennesaw State is the lone team with an unblemished mark on the Northern Kentucky at Murray State 1 p.m. road at 1-0, while FGCU is the only team not to play away from home yet this season. The North Florida at Davidson 2 p.m. Eagles next six contests are away from Fort Myers. Tuesday, September 11 Time * Kennesaw State, Mercer and Lipscomb are leading the A-Sun with an average of one goal Gardner-Webb at USC Upstate 7 p.m. allowed per contest. The Owls and Lady Bisons own the best improvement from last season Thursday, September 13 Time as KSU allowed 1.59 goals in 2011, while LU’s opponents scored 1.94 goals last season. Stet- USC Upstate at Woff ord 6 p.m. son is also showing an improved defense with a 2.00 GAA in 2012 compared to 2.53 in 2011. Friday, September 14 Time * Shannen Wacker’s Player of the Week honor gave FGCU six diff erent student-athletes that ETSU at Longwood 2 p.m. have won Player or Defensive Player of the Week over the past three seasons, which tied UAB at Stetson 4 p.m. Kennesaw State and Mercer for the most in the league over that span. North Florida at UCF 5 p.m. Lipscomb at Alabama State 7 p.m. CST Kennesaw State at Samford 7 p.m. * FGCU’s 1-0 win vs. Florida International - courtesy of Wacker’s game-winner - was the A- Oakland at Northern Kentucky 7 p.m. Sun’s second against a 2011 NCAA Tournament Participant this season as ETSU defeated Mercer at Jacksonville State 7 p.m. Radford on August 26th. Lipscomb faces UT-Martin - a 2011 NCAA Participant - on Sunday. College of Charleston at Jacksonville 7 p.m. FGCU at Northern Arizona 10 p.m. * Kennesaw State’s Melissa Hutto posted a 1-0 shutout at Arkansas to help her earn the A- Past Results Sun Defensive Player of the Week honors - the fi rst of her career. The clean sheet was the fi fth of her career, which trails only three others amongst active student-athletes. Her 110 Tuesday, September 4 Location career saves is third-most by active players. Hutto recorded 10 saves on the week including Xavier 1, Northern Kentucky 0 (OT) Highland Heights, Ky. six against the Razorbacks. Sunday, September 2 Location * North Florida’s Carolina Lencina continues to lead active student-athletes in points with Alabama 3, Mercer 0 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 39 (13G, 13A). Four players are within one point of second place; FGCU’s Ashley Ciesielczyk MTSU 7, ETSU 1 Murfreesboro, Tenn. (34P), North Florida’s Michelle Larrinaga (34P), ETSU’s Ramey Kerns (33P) and UNF’s Lauren Navy 5, North Florida 3 Jacksonville, Fla. Troy 1, Stetson 0 Troy, Ala. Hopfensperger (33P). Georgia Southern 0, Jacksonville 0 (2OT) Jacksonville, Fla. Kennesaw State 1, Arkansas 0 Fayetteville, Ark. * ETSU’s Ramey Kerns took over the A-Sun season points lead with a goal at Middle Tennes- see State - her fi fth of the season. Kennesaw State’s Danielle Gray holds down second place Thursday, August 30 Location in the league with 10 points (4G, 2A) just ahead of Mercer’s Lauren Gassie (8; 3G, 2A). UNC Asheville 5, USC Upstate 1 Spartanburg, S.C. Friday, August 31 Location * Lipscomb goalkeeper Erin Zerio has 266 career saves, which puts her only 11 away from Jacksonville State 2, Stetson 0 Troy, Ala. the 15th-most in A-Sun history. Zerio has 26 saves in 2012 - second-most in the A-Sun - and Tennessee Tech 3, Northern Kentucky 2 Clarksville, Tenn. is averaging 5.2 per contest. By that average, Zerio will reach 300 career saves by the end Georgia Southern 1, North Florida 0 Jacksonville, Fla. of September. Navy 2, Jacksonville 1 Jacksonville, Fla. Chattanooga 2, Lipscomb 2 (2OT) Nashville, Tenn. * The A-Sun fi nally received its fi rst blemish on its overtime record on Tuesday night in a No. 21 Tennessee 2, Kennesaw State 0 Kennesaw, Ga. FGCU 1, FIU 0 Fort Myers, Fla. 1-0 Northern Kentucky loss to Xavier. However, the conference still owns a 5-1-4 mark in Mercer 6, Alabama A&M 0 Macon, Ga. overtime matches this season. In 2011, the A-Sun was only 5-6-6 in overtime matches in non-conference pplay.y @AtlanticSun // #ASunWSoc Facebook.com/AtlanticSunConference • www.AtlanticSun.org 2012 Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s Soccer Weekly Notes Twitter: @AtlanticSun • Hashtag: #ASunWSOC • Facebook.com/AtlanticSunConference • www.AtlanticSun.org ETSU Buccaneers Player of the Week Head Coach: Adam Sayers (16-6-1) • Field: Summers-Taylor Stadium Shannen Wacker, FGCU 2011 NCAA RPI: 133 • Regional Ranking: N/A (F – So. – Parker, Colo. – Science) Season in A-Sun: 8th • Best A-Sun Regular-Season Finish: T-1st (2011) • First Career Atlantic Sun Player of Week Team Single-Game Season Highs • Scored game-winner to defeat FIU on Goals Scored: 3 (Presbyterian - 8/24) Goals Allowed: 7 (MTSU - 9/2) Assists: 2 (PC/UNC Asheville) Points: 8 (Pres- Friday byterian - 8/24) Shots on Goal: 13 (UNC Asheville - 8/19) Shots Saved: 15 (UNC Asheville - 8/19) • Her goal in the 63rd minute was her second of the season FGCU Eagles Head Coach: Jim Blankenship (301-97-22) • Field: FGCU Soccer Complex • The goal moved FGCU to 3-1-1 on the 2011 NCAA RPI: 71 • Regional Ranking: N/A season Season in A-Sun: 6th • Best A-Sun Regular-Season Finish: 1st (2010, 2011) • Marked the third game-winner of her career Team Single-Game Season Highs Goals Scored: 7 (Lynn - 8/17) Goals Allowed: 4 (UCF - 8/19) Assists: 8 (Lynn - 8/17) Points: 22 (Lynn - 8/17) Shots on Goal: 14 (Lynn - 8/17) Shots Saved: 6 (Illinois State - 8/26 / Green Bay - 8/24) Date Name, School (Accomplishment) 8/20 Danielle Gray, Kennesaw State (3G, 2A vs. Alabama A&M) JACKSONVILLE Dolphins 8/27 Ramey Kerns, ETSU (3G in two games with game-winner) Head Coach: Brian Copham (42-29-13) • Field: Southern Oak Stadium 9/4 Shannen Wacker, FGCU (Netted game-winner vs. FIU) 2011 NCAA RPI: 120 • Regional Ranking: N/A 9/10 Season in A-Sun: 16th • Best A-Sun Regular-Season Finish: 1st (2000, 2011) 9/17 Team Single-Game Season Highs 9/24 Goals Scored: 1 (3x - FAU/FIU/Navy) Goals Allowed: 3 (South Carolina - 8/26) Assists: 2 (FIU - 8/19) Points: 4 10/1 (FIU - 8/19) Shots on Goal: 8 (FAU - 8/17) Shots Saved: 6 (South Carolina - 8/26) 10/8 KENNESAW STATE Owls 10/15 Head Coach: Rob King (182-94-20) • Field: KSU Stadium 10/22 2011 NCAA RPI: 204 • Regional Ranking: N/A Season in A-Sun: 8th • Best A-Sun Regular-Season Finish: 1st (2006, 2007, 2009) Defensive Player of the Week Team Single-Game Season Highs Melissa Hutto, Kennesaw State Goals Scored: 9 (Alabama A&M - 8/19) Goals Allowed: 2 (Tennessee/Ga.