2008 Women's Soccer Team Notes (Through Games of Nov. 4)

	Armstrong Atlantic State (10-5-3, 4-2-2) -- The Armstrong Atlantic State women's soccer squad defeated Lander, 2-0, on Saturday in its regular season finale ... The Pirates enter the PBC Tournament as the No. 5 seed and will travel to North Georgia for a Tuesday first-round match at 1 p.m. ... Brittany Carr and Erin Holt tallied the Pirates' two goals against the Bearcats in a four-minute span early in the second half ... Tracey Mitchell notched two saves and recorded her fifth shutout of the season ... AASU faces the Saints for a second straight year in PBC Tournament first-round action. Last year, the Pirates edged North Georgia, 1-0, on a Kristin Burton overtime goal to advance.
	Clayton State (1-13-2, 1-6-1) -- The Clayton State Laker women's soccer concluded the 2008 regular season 1-13-2 overall, and 1-6-1 in the Peach Belt Conference... The 13 defeats tie the school record for defeats in a season, shared by the inaugural 1995 Clayton State team... Clayton State head coach T.O. Totty is in his 11th season at Clayton State, the longest tenure of any women's head soccer coach in the Peach Belt Conference... Clayton State will be the eighth-seeded team in the 2008 Peach Belt Conference Tournament, and the Lakers will play at Columbus State on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
	Columbus State (16-3-1, 7-0-1) -- CSU captured its fourth straight PBC regular season championship last week in an 11-0 win over Georgia Southwestern; nine different players scored goals with Jessica Woodson and Rachel Walthall both scoring two goals in the blowout win...CSU and GCSU played to a double overtime scoreless tie on Saturday, snapping CSU's 27-game PBC regular season winning streak...CSU has posted 13 shutouts on the season...CSU (16-3-1, 7-0-1) enters the PBC tournament as the no. 1 seed and will host no. 8 seed Clayton State on Tuesday night at 7 PM...CSU is searching for its third straight PBC tournament title.
	GCSU (12-1-4, 5-1-2) -- The Bobcats picked up a win and a tie this week, beating North Georgia 2-0 Wednesday, and battling No. 4 Columbus State to a 0-0 lockdown ... The shutouts give the team a single-season school record of 12 on the year ... The Bobcats also set a school record with 46 shots against Georgia Southwestern Oct. 7 ... Georgia College made its way into the NSCAA National Rankings for the first time in program history this season, now standing at No. 21 ... The Bobcats host the second playoff game in program history today, when Lander comes to town for a 7 p.m. start ... The Bobcats are 1-4 all-time in the PBC Playoffs, and 2-1-2 all-time against Lander after the 1-0 win at home earlier this season. The Bobcats have never been beaten at home in the PBC Tournament.
	Georgia Southwestern (5-14-1, 0-7-1) -- The Lady Hurricanes went 0-2 last week, falling at No. 4 Columbus State 11-0 on Wednesday evening before dropping the season finale 8-0 at home on Saturday to North Georgia. The Lady Hurricanes were outshot 75-8 over the two contests and faced a 23-0 corner kick disadvantage. The team’s lone senior, goalkeeper Lindsey Richardson, had 20 saves. While it was a rough week, GSW finished 2008 with several highs, including the most wins (5), goals (23) and assists (14) in a season in the five-year history of the program.
	Lander (6-8-1, 1-5-1) -- The Lady Bearcats completed the regular season last week with identical 2-0 losses to Newberry College and Armstrong Atlantic State University. The sixth-seeded Bearcats will travel to third-seeded Georgia College & State University on Nov. 4 for the first round of the Peach Belt Conference tournament. Earlier in the season, Lander lost to the Bobcats, 1-0, in Milledgeville.
	UNC Pembroke (16-1-1, 6-1-1) -- After recording shutouts over Chowan (4-0) and USC Aiken (2-0), the Lady Braves secured a second place finish in the Peach Belt, its highest finish in program history. With a 16-1-1 record, the squad has broken or tied five school records with the possibility of toppling one more. The UNCP features a defense that ranked seventh in the nation in shutouts (13 of 18) and 13th in goals against average, rankings obtained due to the efforts of senior Whitney Beverly who has played every minute in the net this season. Melanie Cobb leads the Lady Braves in scoring with totals of 18 goals, 10 assists and 46 points on 100 shots, more than half of which have been on goal. Next, the Lady Braves look to storm the PBC Tournament Tuesday night when they host USC Aiken to Varsity Grounds.
	North Georgia (8-6-2, 5-3) -- The Lady Saints closed out their regular season in style, blanking Georgia Southwestern 8-0 to clinch a home game in the first-round of the PBC Tournament. North Georgia also dropped 2-0 decision to GCSU earlier in the week, setting up the must win on the road in the season finale. The Lady Saints scored five first-half goals against the Hurricanes Saturday afternoon as Lauren Schenk and Katie Turner scored two goals apiece and each added an assist. North Georgia will be the 4th seed heading into the PBC Tournament and will host 5th seed Armstrong Atlantic State University in what should be an exciting first-round match up.
	USC Aiken (3-14-2, 1-6-1) -- The Lady Pacers went 0-2 last week with losses at Belmont Abbey and a home loss to UNC Pembroke to end the regular season. USCA was held scoreless in both contests and have not scored a goal in any of the five games of their current losing streak. The Lady Pacers are the #7 seed for the PBC Tournament and will have to turn right around and face UNC Pembroke again, this time in North Carolina at 7:00.