Peach Belt Conference

	Clayton State (12-3-1, 4-1-1) -- The Clayton State Lakers wrapped up their third straight Peach Belt Conference regular season championship and the fourth in program history last week with a victory and a tie. The Lakers knocked off visiting Limestone 2-1 in an overtime thriller as freshman sensation Jamal Geathers drilled home the game-winning penalty kick in the 104th minute. That was followed by a tough 1-1 tie against scrappy Francis Marion on Saturday. It appeared that the visiting Patriots were heading for the upset until Clayton State senior forward Tonny Madegwa scored the game-tying goal in the 85th minute off an assist by B.J. Livingston… With the PBC regular season championship, Clayton State gets a first round bye in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament and will play host to the PBC semifinals and championship on Friday and Sunday at Laker Field… Clayton State advanced three spots to 13th in the nation in the latest NSCAA/Adidas Division II Top 25 poll… Geathers leads the Peach Belt Conference in both goals scored (16) and points scored (35), while Madegwa is a close second in both with 11 goals and 32 points… Madegwa leads the Peach Belt in assists with 10… Madegwa is ranked sixth in the nation in assists, while Geathers is ranked ninth in goals scored and 14th in points scored… As a team, Clayton State is ranked seventh in the nation in scoring offense… Shots against the vaunted Laker defense have been at a premium this season, as the Lakers are allowing only eight shots a game to lead the Peach Belt Conference… Clayton State is also ranked second in goals-against average at 0.94… The Peach Belt semifinals are set for 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, and Clayton State will play the winner of Tuesday’s quarterfinal game between North Georgia and USC-Aiken.
	Francis Marion (5-11-1, 1-4-1) -- The Patriots beat Catawba 2-1 at home and tied #13 Clayton State 1-1 on the road last week to conclude their regular season……Seven of the team’s 11 losses have been by one goal…..Sophomore MF Kyle Clinton scored twice last week, including the match-winner vs Catawba and the lone score vs Clayton State….Freshman F Juan Rivas leads FMU with 23 points (9 g, 5 a), and 17 of his 24 shots have been on goal, but he has missed the past three matches with an injury….Freshman MF Ivan Juric owns season-totals of 8 goals and 1 assist…..Freshman back Justin Kibler scored his first career goal vs Catawba on a header…..Senior Jonathan Bartomioli has 18 career goals….Freshman GK Clark Richeson has started each of the past five matches, after suffering an injury in the preseason and missing the first 12 matches. He had an 0.90 GAA last week (despite facing 42 shots), won his first match, and earned a 1-1 tie at #13 Clayton State. He has allowed only 3 goals in his last 290 minutes…..Six freshmen have started for the Patriots so far this season….Against GSW on Sept. 15, Willie Hunt recorded his first career hat trick, the first for a Patriot in four seasons, and the 23rd in team history….Over the past four seasons, 21 of FMU’s last 43 losses have been by one goal…..FMU plays at UNCP in the first round of the PBC Tournament on Oct. 30. FMU lost to UNCP 3-2 during the regular season, but is 21-15-4 all-time against the Braves, and has advanced past UNCP four times in five all-time PBC Tournament meetings.
	Georgia Southwestern (0-17, 0-6) -- The regular season came to a close for the Hurricanes with one of their best efforts as they fell 1-0 to North Georgia on Saturday. The one-goal margin was the closest GSW has come to getting an elusive victory so far this season, thanks in large part to the efforts of keeper Josh Scharnikow, who made six saves as the Saints outshot GSW 20-4 in the game. Scharnikow is currently second in the PBC in saves. GSW will be the #7 seed and travel to Lander for the first round of the PBC Tournament in Greenwood.
	Lander (11-3-2, 4-2) -- The No. 22-ranked Lander Bearcats on its only game last week when it defeated North Greenville University, 5-0, in a non-conference contest. Adam Arthur scored two goals and had one assist to lead the Bearcat attack. Nick Cooke, Drew Courtney and Ivan Stoykov scored the Bearcats’ other goals. Goalkeepers Garrett Daum and Clarke McCarthy split the shutout as each played on half. The win was the Bearcats’ 10th shutout of the season. Daum leads the PBC with nine shutouts.
	UNC Pembroke (7-10, 4-2) -- After beginning the 2007 campaign with a 1-8 record, the Braves are 6-2 in the month of October, including a current five-game winning streak heading into the Peach Belt Conference Tournament. UNCP recorded its sixth and seventh wins of the season with a 4-0 win at Chowan in a weather-shortened game on Wednesday and then clinched the No. 3 seed in the league tourney with a 3-1 victory over visiting USC Aiken on Saturday that denied the Pacers the PBC regular season title. UNCP is 5-11-3 all-time in the league tournament, but are 3-1-2 in postseason play since 2002. The Braves are just 13-18-3 all-time against their first round opponent, Francis Marion, but will ride a six-game series unbeaten streak into Tuesday evening’s match-up in Pembroke.
	North Georgia (7-9-1, 3-3) -- North Georgia got back to .500 in the conference with a 1-0 victory over Georgia Southwestern Saturday Evening. Jorrell Elie scored the only goal of the game in the eighth minute to give the Saints the victory and get them to 3-3 in the conference. The Saints will travel to Aiken, SC for a first round Peach Belt Conference matchup with USC Aiken. This is the first season North Georgia has been full NCAA members and been able to compete for championsips. The Saints fell 2-1 in double overtime last month to the Pacers on the road and will have a chance to avenge that early season defeat in the PBC Tournament.
	USC Aiken (7-8-2, 4-2) -- USC Aiken played just one game last week, falling at UNC Pembroke 3-1 on Saturday…With the loss, the Pacers missed an opportunity at winning their first-ever Peach Belt title and fell into a three-way tie for second…As he has done so often lately, junior Kofi Akyere provided the offense for USCA, scoring early in the second half to cut into the Braves’ 2-0 lead…Akyere has scored the Pacers’ last five goals and eight of their last 10…He is currently second in the PBC in goals (12) and third in points (27)…The Pacers head into the PBC Tourney as the fourth seed and for the second-straight season will host North Georgia in the first round…USCA defeated the Saints 2-1 in double overtime last season in the tournament and in the same fashion earlier this season.

2007 Men's Soccer Team Notes (Through Games of Oct. 28)