This year's AAC individual awards have been released and Montreat's Men's and Women's teams both garnered many honors as a result of outstanding regular season play. Follow the link to read a complete listing.
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The Montreat women’s soccer season has come to a halt, though it had some tremendous highlights, including an 11-4-2 final record; scoring 5 or more goals in 7 of their games; Amanda Solesbee breaking the career assist and scoring records; two AAC and one Region Player of the Week honor; and Solesbee’s number two spot in the NAIA record books with the second most assists ever in one game, which ultimately earned her a spot in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd. “I am so blessed to have been a part of this season,” said Head Coach Dan Woerner, “we really had a wonderful group of ladies this year.” The Lady Cavs' 2007 season came to an end yesterday as they lost a heartbreaker to Union College after two tough overtime periods. Union’s goalie was able to defend Hannah Davidson’s penalty kick which gave Union the lead as they capitalized on all of their PK’s. The game did not lack any Montreat heroics however, as Coach Woerner was certain this game would be decided by small miscues, “We were two identical teams. It came down to who made the fewest errors.”
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Montreat sent Cumberland University home behind Brittnye Scott's second hat trick of the season. With this win the Lady Cavaliers finish the regular season with an 11-4-1 record and 5-1 in the AAC. Montreat secured the fourth place seed in the first round of the AAC tournament. "This was a great win," said Coach Woerner, "Olson and Scott played very well today." Coach Woerner blamed CU's first goal to an early goalie miscue; however, it didn't take long for Shannon Olson to tie the game at one a piece as she scored within the next five minutes.
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Fittingly, in her final home game of the regular season, Senior Night, Amanda Solesbee hit the game winning goal within two minutes of overtime to defeat the Lady Bulldogs of Union College. That goal was her 49th of her career as a Lady Cavalier and will now be the benchmark for any Montreat lady soccer player to attempt in order to take down the new all-time scoring record. “Both teams knew how important it was to win this game. The winner would clinch home field advantage in the first round of the conference tournament. We talked about how important it would be to play in front of our home crowd,” said Head Coach Dan Woerner, “this win guarantees us the fourth spot in the AAC and home field advantage. We actually will play Union again at home in hopes of advancing in the conference tournament.” Montreat fell behind early in the game when Union capitalized on a defensive miscue.
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Today's issue of the Asheville Citizen-Times ran a tremendous article on Amanda Solesbee's record breaking performances, Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd honor, and her sincere passion on working with children. Solesbee opens up to C-T's Tyler Norris-Goode by sharing her personal challenges and why she has a passion for teaching. Be sure to click on the link to read the article in its entirety. (Photo Credit: John Fletcher, Citizen-Times)
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The Lady Cavs found their road-winning formula for this Saturday’s matchup against Spalding University as they won 3-0 and earned their 9th victory of the season. Along the way, Amanda Solesbee earned her name at the top of the Montreat record books by becoming the Lady Cavalier’s all-time scoring leader when her header found the back of the net around the 18th minute of the game. Heather Hable was credited with the assist that gave Solesbee her 47th career goal. “Today was another great win especially coming off of our loss at Cumberland this Thursday,” said Coach Woerner, “but the highlight has to be Amanda’s record-breaking goal. She has worked really hard all four years… it’s great to see her enjoy the rewards of her work.” Solesbee also netted her 48th goal later in the first half.
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The Lady Cavaliers of Montreat lost their 4th game of the season to the University of Cumberlands, 0-4. “Today’s loss was to a very good Cumberland team,” said Coach Woerner, “we lost a couple of great chances to score early in the game, but they made it very difficult for us to do much offensively.” Cumberland entered the game with an 11-2 record and fourth place ranking in Region XI. Montreat continues to struggle on the road as three out of their four losses have been road games. Montreat also entered the game ranked fourth in Region XII. The Lady Cavs will attempt to find that road-winning formula as they travel to Spalding University in Louisville, KY this Saturday; game time is scheduled for 1:00pm.
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After her record breaking performance against Taccoa Falls College, Sports Illustrated has selected Amanda Solesbee as one of this weeks Faces in the Crowd. You can read all about it at Sports Illustrated's website. Simply click on this article for the link.
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Brittnye Scott's three goals against Bryan College earned her the NAIA Region XII Player of the Week for women's soccer in the offensive category. Scott managed to spoil Bryan's homecoming game with her hat trick that propelled Montreat to a 4-0 victory. "This is a great honor for Brittnye and the Montreat women's soccer team," said Head Coach Dan Woerner, "the great thing about the Bryan game was that it was a whole team effort. Everyone played their part very well. I think Bryan put a lot of attention on Amanda Solesbee, and overlooked Brittnye's potential. That's the great thing about having two great scorers, if one is covered, the other may be more open and they both have the talent to attack."
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Montreat spoiled Bryan’s homecoming party this Saturday by winning 4-0 behind Brittnye Scott’s 3 goals. “Though Brittnye and Shannon Olson had some beautiful goals, our entire team had a great game. We played strong team defense and supported one another all over the field. Everyone contributed their part which made this game very satisfying and entertaining to watch,” said Head Coach Dan Woerner. Olson put Montreat on the board first with her goal in the 18th minute of the game. Olson’s first shot attempt was blocked by Bryan’s keeper, though it rebounded directly back to Olson at which point she calmly slotted the ball in the right corner. Two minutes later, Brittnye Scott begun her scoring spree with her first goal of the day, unassisted. Scott worked her way past her defender and pushed a low ball into the left corner. Possibly the best goal of the season came from Scott within three minutes into the second half, it was kicked from 20 yards out that went over the keeper’s head, but just below the cross bar. “Those shots are very difficult to save for any keeper,” added Woerner.
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Warren Wilson gave its homecoming crowd a great performance as they held off Montreat College to a 0-0, double overtime tie. “This was a much improved Warren Wilson team and they gave us all we could handle,” admitted Head Coach Dan Woerner. Montreat found very few chances to score against the Lady Owls. “The few chances we had to score, their goal keeper really stepped up with some great saves. We had a difficult time creating more chances at goal. The thing we didn’t want to do is to commit an error and give them an easy goal,” added Coach Woerner. After the double overtime tie, Montreat fell to an overall record of 7-3-1.
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The Lady Cavs have proven this season that they can score. Montreat has scored five or more goals in six of their seven wins; four of those wins have witnessed Montreat score seven times per game! The Lady Cavs are now averaging 4.3 goals per game, and that average continued to rise this Saturday as Montreat leveled Toccoa Falls College for the second time this season, 5-2. Assisting in that win was Amanda Solesbee used the TFC game to tie for first place with Crystal Bennett with 46 goals as the all-time Montreat scoring leader. With six more games in the season, Solesbee will undoubtedly finish her career as the leading female scorer who has ever garnered a Montreat soccer uniform. “It was a great game, specifically with Mandy tying the career goal record for Montreat,” said Head Coach Dan Woerner.
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The varsity soccer teams at Montreat College welcomed 50 children from the Asheville Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club to a soccer clinic Thursday afternoon. The children, ages six to thirteen, spent an hour meeting the players, practicing simple drills, and playing at the soccer field on Montreat’s Black Mountain campus.
Brian Guengerich, Unit Director for the Salvation Army’s Boys and Girls Club, organized the clinic with Montreat College’s Athletic Director, Jonathan Bennett. Guengerich hoped to give the kids an experience they normally wouldn’t have. “Letting people know we are here and really interacting with the community are big factors when we plan events for our kids. Ninety percent of our kids really don’t know what it’s like to experience getting together with a group of friends in a setting like this.
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Montreat defeated the Lady Buffaloes of Milligan College 6-3 in a highly anticipated AAC rematch. “The last few times we have played Milligan, they have beaten us pretty bad,” said Head Coach Dan Woerner, “today’s game was a great example of the focus, effort, and intensity we’ve been talking about demonstrating.” With no one to substitute in the second half, due to injuries, Montreat demonstrated great poise as they climbed to a 6-3 overall record and 2-3 in the AAC. “I think we played the best 45 minutes of soccer that I can remember,” added Woerner, “we moved the ball well… we got out to a great start.” With Milligan scoring in the first two minutes of the game, Coach Woerner may have seen flashbacks of the last few Milligan games. However the Lady Cavs took control of Milligan by scoring five unanswered goals in a span of 15 minutes.
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Hanging tough at 5-3 overall, the Lady Cavs find themselves 1-3 in AAC play after falling to King College this past Saturday in Bristol, TN. “King is a tough team, we have to give them credit for that,” said Head Coach Dan Woerner, “they are a deep squad and played very well organized soccer against us.” Playing one of the best conference teams on the road is always a tough challenge, especially when Montreat is dealing with costly injuries. “We had to shuffle the line-up a bit,” added Woerner, “we have several starters out with different issues. We did however play well for long stretches, but we gave up easy goals in the run of play, which normally means we lacked concentration in that particular moment.”
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In a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s conference match-up, Montreat once again fell to The Lady Bulldogs of Tennessee Wesleyan College, 5-1. “It was a terrible performance for the first 25 minutes,” said Head Coach Dan Woerner. “Some costly defensive mistakes in front of our goal proved to be the difference today. I have to give credit to TWC for capitalizing on our defensive miscues… they are a good team and they showed it today. We now know the work we have to do for our next game against King College,” added Woerner.
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For the fourth time this season, The Lady Cavs of Montreat scored 7 goals, in a game that Coach Woerner described as, “fun to watch and a game where all players contributed.” With just 11 minutes into the game, Brittnye Scott delivered the first blow to the Lady Rams of Bluefield College as she sent an intended cross pass that was deflected by a Bluefield defender into their own goal. It was the first of 2 goals that was credited to Scott, the second coming late in the second half. Montreat’s second goal came with three minutes remaining in the half by Shannon Olson. Olson’s speed and agility took her past two defenders to earn her unassisted goal. Other standout performers were Amanda Solesbee who has recently been known more for her generous assists, took charge of the offensive strikes with 3 goals of her own and her season’s first hat trick. Lucy White completed the assault on Bluefield with the seventh goal of the game.
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A week after making the NAIA’s national news by nearly breaking the single-game assist record, Amanda Solesbee earned two more assists in helping the Montreat College Lady Cavs to their best season start in years. Solesbee, who earned 11 assists in last year’s entire season, has already reached 10 assists in her first five games of the year. It was Brittnye Scott, however, that put Montreat up on the scoreboard early in only the 13th minute of the game. Scott went on to earn her 7th goal of the season just two minutes after scoring her first goal of the evening. It didn’t take long for Montreat to cap off their victory against Brevard with the final goal coming in just the 17th minute of the first half; Solesbee earned the final goal of the night unassisted.
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Amanda Solesbee, a senior on the Montreat College women’s soccer team fed her teammates well on the field last week, nearly breaking the national NAIA record for assists in a single game as Montreat pounded Toccoa Falls College in a 7 – 1 victory. Head coach Dan Woerner knew Solesbee had a great game, but it wasn’t until he verified the stats the he realized her 6 assists blasted the previous Montreat school record and put Solesbee in the NAIA record books, tying Nicole Hanlon from Indiana Tech’s second place record. Jeana French from Hope International University in California holds the current record with 8 assists. The Lady Cavaliers are currently 3-1 on the season, scoring seven goals in each of their wins.
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Montreat's Lady Cavalier Soccer team once again put on an offensive clinic by beating Toccoa Falls College 7-1 at Montreat's first home game of the season. Highlighting the evening for the Lady Cavs were Shannon Olson and Brittnye Scott as they both found the back of the net twice. Other scorers for Montreat were Heather Hable, Lucy White, and Mandy Solesbee, with one goal each. Solesbee had a tremendous night for Montreat as she also earned six assists. "We may have to look at the record books to verify whether or not her six assists is a new Montreat single game record," says Head Coach Dan Woerner
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Coach Woerner’s Lady Cavaliers lost their first game of the season, but you wouldn’t know it by listening to his praise.
“We played great defense tonight. In the past four years, this has to be the best match we’ve ever played against a tough Covenant team. Our girls demonstrated outstanding support for each other, playing their hearts out, going after every loose ball. They left it all out there tonight,” praised Woerner of his new squad.
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Dan Woerner’s Lady Cavs were not hampered by the 75 minute rain delay on Friday as they shutout Atlanta Christian 7-0 in a shortened 70 minute soccer game.
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Every season brings a new opportunity to play and compete for a team championship. And with 11 solid, returning players from last year’s squad, Coach Dan Woerner is excited about the upcoming season for the Lady Cavs!
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(Montreat, NC)-November 1, 2006 ---- The Appalachian Athletic Conference has announced the 2006 Women's Soccer Awards. Montreat College is proud to announce two Lady Cavaliers have received awards.
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Montreat College loses to Virginia Intermont College in first round of AAC women's soccer tournament, 8-1.
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Montreat College lost to Virginia Intermont College, 8-1, in the first round of the AAC women's soccer tournament.
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Montreat College loses an Appalachain Athletic Conference game to Covenant College, 4-1, to finish the regular season.
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Montreat college women's soccer team loses to Coker College, 5-1.
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Montreat College women's soccer team loses an appalachian Athletic Conference game to Union College, 3-0.
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Montreat College women's soccer team beats AAC foe Covenant College, 5-0.
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Montreat College women's soccer team loses to AAC rival King College, 3-1.
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Montreat College beats Warren Wilson College 7-0.
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Montreat College women's soccer team beats Brevard College, 2-1 in a non conference game.
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Milligan College beats Montreat College at home, 7-0 in AAC game.
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Montreat women's soccer team. loses to ACC rival Virginia Intermont, 6-1
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Montreat women's soccer team beat Southern Wesleyan University 4-1.
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Montreat College Women's soccer beats Johnson Bible College
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Montreat women's soccer wins conference opener at Bluefield
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Lady Cavs shut out Emmanuel College, 11-0 in soccer win.
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