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Lady Saints to Host Armstrong Saturday for PBC Title

27 Oct

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Contact: David Beall, jdbeall@northgeorgia.edu

DAHLONEGA, GA – The 11th-ranked North Georgia women’s soccer team is set to play the biggest game in program history this weekend when they host 18th-ranked Armstrong Atlantic Saturday afternoon with the Peach Belt Conference regular season championship on the line.

The Lady Saints (14-1, 8-1) are one victory away from the most wins in school history and have been ranked in the national top 25 for six consecutive weeks during their remarkable run.

With the Pirates at 9-0 on the year in league play and the Lady Saints at 8-1, Armstrong has already clinched a share of the PBC regular season championship and can take the title outright with a win or a tie on Saturday. North Georgia can claim a share of the championship with a win and would hold the tiebreaker for the No. 1 overall seed in the upcoming PBC Tournament.

While the last 15 games have been remarkable and the best start in school history, North Georgia’s season starts Saturday afternoon when they play their first ranked team of the year in hopes of capturing the first conference title in program history to set themselves up for success in the PBC Tournament and NCAA Tournament.

Armstrong Atlantic Pirates Body of Work
Current Record: 12-2-2 (9-0 PBC)
Conference Rank: 1st
Conference Prediction in 2011: 1st
Goal Differential in 2011: +26 (42-16)
Last Meeting (2010 PBC Tournament Semis): North Georgia 3, Armstrong 1

Here we Go – North Georgia and Armstrong Atlantic have had their regular season finale circled on the calendar when the schedules were released over the summer, but no one could have imagined the championship would come down to 90 minutes of action, or who knows, maybe we will be lucky enough to witness a golden goal for the title.

Rivalry Renewed – North Georgia is just 3-6 all-time against Armstrong, but the Lady Saints have had plenty of recent success against their in-state counterpart with all three of their victories coming in the last five meetings. Last season, North Georgia suffered a 2-1 loss on the road in the regular season, but the Lady Saints had the last laugh with a 3-1 victory in the semifinals of the PBC Tournament to advance to the title game. The last two meetings between the programs in Dahlonega have resulted in a slew of goals and a win for each team. In 2007, the Pirates won a 5-4 thriller on the road, but North Georgia got the best of Armstrong in 2009 with a 2-1 victory.

Game Changers – There will be a handful of players on the field Saturday that can single handedly step up and change the game at any moment. Two of the top candidates for PBC Player of the Year will go head-to-head with Armstrong’s Kristina Pascutti and North Georgia’s Emily Dover getting one more chance to prove they deserve the top honor in the league. Dover leads the conference in goals with 13 and points with 31, while Pascutti is third in goals with 10 and tied for fifth in points with 21. If one of these two stars has a big day they will likely hand their team the regular season trophy while accepting Player of the Year honors at the same time.

Overcoming Adversity – In the last seven games between North Georgia and Armstrong, four of them have been decided by one goal with the remaining three decided by just two scores. Expect Saturday to be the exact same, but the key will be who rebounds when they face adversity. Neither one of these teams have faced many deficits this season, posting a combined record of 26-3-2 on the year. The Pirates have trailed in three of their 12 wins this season, posting comebacks against Lander, Catawba
and Tusculum. The win on the road at Catawba was an early two-goal deficit that turned into a 3-2 double overtime win in dramatic fashion. The Lady Saints have faced just one deficit on the year in their 14 wins, falling behind at Mount Olive in their first road game of the year before rallying for a 2-1 victory.

Striking Early – North Georgia’s best chance to score might be in the first 15 minutes, so they better come out firing early. Armstrong gave up early goals to Lander in the 15th minute, Catawba in the 2nd minute and Tusculum in the 5th. They did however rally to win all of these games. The Pirates also got an early goal last week on the road at Rollins, striking in the third minute but settled for a double overtime deadlock with the Tars.

Title Time – Bottom line is it doesn’t get any better than this. The regular season conference championship on the line, while the games up to this point can be thrown out the window. This one is winner-take-all, and look for that winner to have a full force of momentum heading forward into the postseason.

 
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Lady Saints Shutout Anderson 3-0 on Senior Night

26 Oct

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Contact: David Beall, jdbeall@northgeorgia.edu

DAHLONEGA, GA – The 11th-ranked North Georgia women’s soccer team used a trio of first-half goals on Wednesday evening to cruise by Anderson University 3-0 at the Soccer Complex in the final non-conference game of the regular season.

Hours after being ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Southeast Regional Poll, the Lady Saints improved to 14-1 and are on the verge of their first-ever NCAA Tournament birth. Anderson fell to 9-8 on the year as they will cap their regular season Saturday afternoon against Wingate.

Abby Trevino got the scoring started in the 28th minute when Emily Dover deflected a cross in the box by Caroline Wallace and Trevino was awarded with a wide open net and finished for her fourth score of the year.

After Wallace picked up an assist early, the sophomore got in on the scoring just 12 minutes later when Dover deflected another ball in the box and Wallace fired a shot past Anderson keeper Genevieve Hamilton to double North Georgia’s lead making it 2-0. The score in the 40th minute was the fifth of the year for Wallace and her third straight game with a goal.

Just before the half, the Lady Saints were awarded a corner kick and Megan Morrow played a perfect ball in the box that found Leanne South. The junior headed it home for the third goal of the half to give North Georgia a 3-0 advantage heading to the half.

Head coach Chris Adams emptied the bench in the second half, but the stellar defense was still in tact, holding the Trojans scoreless as Kirsten Ross picked up her eighth win of the year in goal for the Lady Saints. The defense allowed just one shot a goal, a ball Ross stopped to preserve the shutout.

North Georgia tallied 31 shots to just five for Anderson, while the Lady Saints attempted 11 corner kicks on the night.

Following the game, the Lady Saints honored their five seniors that make up the most successful class in school history. Kirsten Ross, Danielle Brannan, Emily Dover, Natalie Douglass and Sara Kate Rogers have taken North Georgia to the next level and propelled the program to one of the best in the country. Together they have combined for an impressive 46-18-5 record over the last four years.

North Georgia also kicked off their latest partnership with Lumpkin County Parks YMCA and recognized the local youth soccer programs at halftime of the contest. Following the senior night festivities, the Lady Saints signed autographs and held a photo shoot for the youth soccer players of Lumpkin County.

The Lady Saints can now turn their attention to the biggest game of the year this Saturday when they play host to 18th-ranked Armstrong in the regular season finale. A win for North Georgia would propel them to a share of the Peach Belt Championship with the Pirates and the No. 1 overall seed in the upcoming PBC Tournament which starts on Tuesday, while a victory for Armstrong would give them the title outright.

 
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Lady Saints Take Down Lander with Two First-Half Goals

22 Oct

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Contact: David Beall, jdbeall@northgeorgia.edu

DAHLONEGA, GA – The North Georgia women’s soccer team jumped out to an early lead on Saturday evening before holding off a feisty Lander squad for a 2-1 Peach Belt Conference win at the Soccer Complex.

The 13th-ranked Lady Saints (13-1, 8-1 PBC) continue their quest for a Peach Belt Championship and are now slated to take on
Armstrong Atlantic next Saturday for the title. At 9-0 on the year, the Pirates will win the title outright with a victory or tie, but a win by North Georgia will give them a share of the regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming PBC Tournament.

Lander (12-3-1, 5-3-1 PBC) is locked in at the fourth position in the league and will host a first round game in the upcoming conference tournament.

An early defensive miscue led to the first goal of the game when Emily Dover forced a giveaway at the 18-yard box and found herself in a one-on-one with the keeper. The senior did not disappoint in her first chance of the game, taking one dribble to the right of Lander goalkeeper Chelsea Beetch and finding the back of the net to give the Lady Saints a 1-0 lead. The goal in the 10th minute was Dover’s Peach Belt leading 13th score of the year.

The Lady Saints knocked on the door with some early corner kicks, but the 42nd minute and the fifth corner kick of the game proved to be decisive when Megan Morrow played the ball in to the far post, and Melanie Thompson headed a pass to Carolina Wallace who sent a strong header home to double North Georgia’s lead. Wallace’s fourth goal of the year and second score in as many games gave the Lady Saints a 2-0 lead heading to intermission.

North Georgia was cruising in the second half and was on the verge of a shutout, but Lander struck in the 76th minute when a questionable foul was called just outside the box, giving the Bearcats an opening down the stretch. Lander took advantage of the opportunity and Christina Barbour played a perfect ball to the far post and Jamie Shaw finished a sliding attempt for her ninth goal of the season.

The Bearcats threatened but never came any closer, as the North Georgia defense locked down and handed the Lady Saints their 13th victory of the season. Chris Adams’ team is one win shy of equaling the program’s most wins in school history, a mark set during the 2010 season.

Taylor Fragnito (2-0) picked up the win in goal for the Lady Saints, allowing the lone Lander score and tallying two saves. Beetch suffered the loss, giving up both goals and recording a trio of saves.

The Lady Saints return to action next Wednesday evening when they play host to Anderson University for their final non-conference game of the regular season. The contest will serve as Senior Day 2011, as North Georgia will recognize their five seniors.

The 5:00 p.m. kickoff next Wednesday will also be Lumpkin County YMCA Night with a handful of youth soccer teams being recognized during halftime. All Lumpkin County YMCA players who wear their jerseys will be admitted free to the complex.

 

 
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Lady Saints Take Down Georgia College 3-2 in PBC Action

15 Oct


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MILLEDGEVILLE, GA – The 10th-ranked North Georgia women’s soccer team had to sweat out a win on Saturday afternoon, as they raced out to a two-goal lead before hanging on to defeat Georgia College 3-2 at Bobcat Field in Peach Belt Conference action.

The Lady Saints bounced back after their first loss of the season three days ago and moved to 11-1 overall and 6-1 in Peach Belt Conference play. The Bobcats fall to 4-10 on the year with the defeat and move a game below the .500 mark in league action at 3-4.

Emily Dover extended her league lead in goals early on when Abby Trevino found the senior in the box and she drilled home her 11th goal of the year in just the 2nd minute.

Dover was at it again in the 31st minute when she rebounded her own shot attempt and walked in her second goal of the game and 12th score of the year to give the Canton, Georgia, native her 4th multiple goal game of the year.

The leading scorer for the Bobcats cut the North Georgia advantage in half in the 40th minute when Ashley Veilleux slid a shot
inside the left post for her third score of the season.

With 22 minutes left in the match and the Lady Saints still clinging to a 2-1 lead, Bobcat midfielder Taylor Yee sent a rainbow
shot towards goal from about 40 yards out that deflected off Kirsten Ross‘ hands, clanked off the cross bar and bounced in the net to knot the score at 2-2.

North Georgia snatched all the momentum right back just five minutes later when Cicely Taliaferro found Kayla Croom out wide in the 73rd minute and the freshman slid by a defender and fired home her second goal in the last three games to give the Lady Saints a 3-2 lead that they would never relinquish.

The Bobcats had several chances in the last five minutes to convert an equalizer, but the defense thwarted every opportunity and gave North Georgia just their second victory all time against their in-state rival.

Ross picked up the win in goal for the Lady Saints, allowing both Bobcat goals and recording three saves for her 9th win of
the year. Taylor Cornelius (4-3) suffered the loss, entering the game in the second half and allowing the game-winner, while tallying four saves.

The Lady Saints return to the pitch on Wednesday evening when they play host to Georgia Southwestern as the Peach Belt Conference slate rolls on. The 5:00 p.m. kickoff will serve as a Cancer Awareness game to raise money for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.

 

 
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Dover Continues to Lead Lady Saints

14 Oct


Posted on October 14, 2011 by C.J. Evans THE SAINT


Photo courtesy of Emily Dover
Every great sports team has a sort of chemistry between players that no ordinary team seems to have. And most of the time, there is also a player who stands out from the rest because of their spectacular performance and contribution to the team.

This year, the Lady Saints soccer team possesses such a player: Emily Dover.

Dover is a Senior Early Childhood Education major with a dual major in Special Education.

As the Lady Saints’ premier forward this season, Dover leads the team with 10 goals in the first 10 games, all of them wins.

Along with her pile of goals, Dover also has been named the Peachbelt Conference Offensive Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks.

“We have had such a great season so far and we plan to continue to do well,” Dover said.

“We are a very close-knit team on and off the field and I could not ask for a greater bunch of girls to play with for my last season.”

Dover also had this to say about the potential of an undefeated season: “I believe that we can continue to stay undefeated. With the skill level and heart of our team this year, I think that if every player shows up and plays hard for the rest of the season we will be unbeatable. However, our motto this year has been to ‘take it one game at a time.’ Right now the most important game is our game against Columbus tomorrow.”

Taking it one game at a time has definitely worked through the season so far, and fans are hoping that their success will continue as the team heads into the final six games of the season, four of which are against difficult conference opponents.

 
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Emily Dover Snags Second Straight PBC Weekly Award

12 Oct

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Contact: David Beall, jdbeall@northgeorgia.edu

AUGUSTA, GA – For the second time in as many weeks North Georgia forward Emily Dover has been named the Peach Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week announced late Tuesday evening from the league office.

Dover is the first conference player this year to earn multiple PBC Offensive Player of the Week awards after four different individuals captured the honor in September.

Combining Dover’s back-to-back honors with weekly awards earlier in the season from Kirsten Ross and Megan Morrow, North Georgia is tied with UNC Pembroke for the most weekly awards on the year.

While North Georgia rolled to two more wins last week, Dover was in the middle of all the action, scoring a single goal in a 3-2 mid-week win over Carson-Newman, and coming back over the weekend with a pair of scores in a 4-0 victory over Flagler in another PBC shutout.

She has now scored goals in seven of the last eight games and tallied her third multiple-goal game of the season against Flagler on Saturday afternoon. She currently leads the conference in goals with 10, and total points with 23. She also ranks among the best forwards in the country statistically at 6th in the nation in goals per game and 14th in the land with 10 scores on the year.

In less than two years at North Georgia, Dover is second on the all-time scoring list with 17 goals in 30 games in her career for the Lady Saints.

With the schedule heating for North Georgia over the next two weeks, Dover’s expertise up top will be magnified against the likes of Columbus State, Georgia College, Lander and Armstrong Atlantic to close out the Peach Belt Conference slate.

 
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Women’s Soccer Ranked No. 10 in Latest National Poll

11 Oct

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Contact: David Beall, jdbeall@northgeorgia.edu

NATIONAL RANKING | REGIONAL RANKING

DAHLONEGA, GA – On the heels of  another convincing Peach Belt Conference win over the weekend, the North Georgia women soccer team has moved up one spot in the national rankings and check in as the No. 10 team in the land according to the latest edition of the NSCAA Division II Top 25 Poll released on Tuesday afternoon.

After back-to-back weeks at No. 11, the Lady Saints jump one spot in the national poll to round out the top 10. Women’s soccer is the third team at North Georgia to be ranked in the nation’s top 10 in the last calendar year after baseball and softball both found themselves ranked in the top 10 last spring.

While moving up a spot in the national poll, the Lady Saints also pulled even with Lenoir-Rhyne in the Southeast Region Poll and sit tied with the Bears as the top team in the southeast. Armstrong Atlantic is currently No. 3 in the region and No. 22 in the country, while Columbus State and Lander round out the top five respectively in the southeast.

The University of Bridgeport (Conn.) continued their firm grasp as the No. 1 team in the country at 11-0-0 on the year, while Abilene Christian (Texas) and Grand Valley State (Mich.) moved up two spots respectively and round out the top three teams in the land. Bridgeport and North Georgia are currently the only team at the Division II level with perfect records, combining for 21 wins without a loss or a draw.

After cracking the top 10, the Lady Saints are rewarded with their last road trip of the regular season this week, traveling to Columbus State on Wednesday evening, before turning around on Saturday and battling Georgia College in Milledgeville.

North Georgia ends the year with four straight home games, including a showdown with 22nd-ranked Armstrong Atlantic on the final day of the regular season. The Lady Saints will honor their five seniors during their final non-conference game on October 26, against Anderson University.

 
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Soaring to the Top

10 Oct

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DAHLONEGA, GA – The 11th-ranked
North Georgia women’s soccer team has their biggest road test of the year staring them in the face on Wednesday evening, as they travel to Columbus State to take on the Cougars in another Peach Belt Conference contest.

After the first two games of the year, North Georgia was 2-0 and heading in the right direction, but they had still not received any production from Emily Dover who was expected to lead the offensive surge during her senior campaign. The Georgia native has gone scoreless in just one game since, putting a league-leading 10 goals beside her name over the last eight games, including six scores in just the last four contests. She leads the Peach Belt Conference with four game-winning goals on the year and is making a push for the program’s first-ever PBC Player of the Year honor. In less than two seasons, Dover is second in program history with 17 career goals, as she looks to lead North Georgia to a PBC Regular Season Championship and the NCAA Tournament.

 

 
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The Lady Saints Use a Pair of Dover Goals to shutout Flagler

08 Oct

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DAHLONEGA, GA – The 11th-ranked North Georgia women’s soccer team put together their most convincing performance of the year against Flagler College, pouring in three first-half goals to take down the visiting Saints 4-0 in Peach Belt Conference action.

North Georgia continues their tear through the league, improving to 10-0 on the year and 5-0 in the Peach Belt Conference to keep a strong hold on the top spot in the league standings. Flagler’s mid-season struggles continue, as they drop their third straight game and fall back to .500 at 6-6 on the year and drop to 2-3 in league action.

With the top two scorers in the league going head-to-head, North Georgia’s Emily Dover proved she belonged with the elite players in the country when she broke through in the 33rd minute with a header off a corner from Taylor Lee to record her Peach Belt-leading ninth goal of the year.

Dover was at it again in the 60th minute when she took a deflection in the box and fired a laser shot inside the right post to score her second goal of the game and 10th of the year. The score was her third multiple goal game of the year and gave her six goals in the last four contests.

Kelsey Martin jump-started the offense early on when Melanie Thompson played a perfect through ball and Martin fired a shot past Flagler goalkeeper Cristina Coca to record her third goal of the year and give the Lady Saints an early advantage.

Kayla Croom made her collegiate debut in the scoring line in the 39th minute when Kelly Penston led Croom nicely and the freshman found herself one-on-one with the keeper and did not disappoint, finding the back of the net to cap the first half scoring for North Georgia.

Lindsey Zullo had a chance to get Flagler on the board in the 85th minute on a penalty kick, but the junior smoked the PK off the right post and North Georgia cleared the rebound out for a corner kick.

That would be the last chance for the visiting Saints as North Georgia held on for the 4-0 victory. Alex Dunlap picked up a
shutout in her first career start, stopping both shots on target and not allowing a goal in all 90 minutes of action.

North Georgia rolls through their PBC slate as they remain unbeaten and continue their best start in school history. The Lady
Saints are the only unbeaten team remaining in the Southeast Region and look to grab a top 10 ranking in next week’s NSCAA Division II National Rankings.

The Lady Saints return to action next Wednesday evening, traveling to Columbus State for another Peach Belt Conference showdown on the road. The in-state rivals are slated to kickoff at 6:00 p.m. at the Walden Soccer Complex.

 
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Emily Dover Named Peach Belt Offensive Player of the Week

04 Oct


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Contact: David Beall, jdbeall@northgeorgia.edu

DAHLONEGA, GA – After leading the North Georgia women’s soccer team to two more wins last week, standout forward Emily Dover has been named the Peach Belt Conference Offensive Players of the Week announced Tuesday afternoon from the league office.

The Canton, Georgia, native continues on one of the hottest tears in the league, scoring eight goals in the last seven games, including two more scores last week to extend her consecutive games scored streak to three games.

She scored the game-winner at Clayton State to open the week, and added an assist later in the contest to cap the 2-0 victory over the Lakers.

Against Carson-Newman over the weekend, Dover tallied the game’s first goal in the 25th minute to catapult the Lady Saints to a 3-2 victory over the Eagles and keep North Georgia unbeaten at 9-0 on the season.

Dover is tied for the Peach Belt Conference lead with goals and tops the league outright with 19 total points. She also leads the PBC in game-winning scores with four, three of which have come in conference games.

With the outstanding play of Dover, the Lady Saints have been ranked No. 11 in the country for back-to-back weeks, and sit second in the latest region poll as the only undefeated team remaining in the southeast.

North Georgia will put their perfect mark on the line this weekend when they welcome Flagler College to town on Saturday afternoon for a Peach Belt Conference battle of the Saints. Kickoff is slated for 5:00 p.m. at the North Georgia Soccer Complex.

 
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