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Women's Soccer
2003 News and Game Stories
12-16-03 Jessica Upchurch Named GC's 1st All American
12-12-03 Kelly, Upchurch, Jones & McGlaughlin Named NSCAA All-Region
12-02-03 Kelly, Maher and McGlaughlin Earn NCCSIA All-State Honors
11-25-03 2003 GC Women's Soccer Season Review
11-15-03 Pride Falls to W&L in PKs, 1-0
11-09-03 GC women's Soccer to Play at W&L in NCAAs
11-08-03 2003 USA South Tournament Page
11-08-03 Greensboro 2, CNU 1 (PKs), USA South Championship Match 
   Natalie Henderson's (Southwest Guilford HS) overtime shoot-out goal was the game-winner as Greensboro College defeated Christopher Newport, 2-1, in the USA South Tournament championship game at Pride Field on Saturday. Henderson was the last of 10 shoot-out shooters. 
   With the win, GC advances to the NCAA tournament for the second straight season. 
   The score was 1-1 after 90 minutes. The teams could not decide the match in 20 minutes of OT play, which forced the penalty kick shoot-out. 
   After a scoreless first half, CNU scored in the 56th minute. Shannon Crane tallied on a Captain counter attack that was assisted by Ashleigh Dota. 
   The Pride countered 11 minutes later. Kym Maher headed the ball past CNU keeper Kasey Davenport (6 saves). Randi Brown earned the assist. 
   The Captains had a great opportunity to win the match in the 84th minute, but Brown made a sliding save on a Captain shot. 
   Pride goalkeeper Keri Wells made 9 saves. She was named the tournament MVP. 
The 2003 USA Women's Soccer Tournament team: Lisa Knieremen, Chowan; Monica Gerth, Methodist; Christina Gipson, Methodist; Kasey Davenport, GK, CNU; Liz Thuma, CNU; Heidi Taylor, CNU; Ashleigh Dota, CNU; Kym Maher, GC; Shannon Kelly, GC; Jessica Upchurch, GC; Yvette Jones, GC; Keri Wells, GK, GC, MVP.
11-07-03 Greensboro 3, Chowan 1 
   Jessica Upchurch scored two goals to lead Greensboro College (13-3-2) to a 3-1 win over Chowan (9-10) in a USA South semifinal match. 
   The Pride hosts CNU in the USA South Championship match on Saturday at 2 p.m. The winner advances to the NCAA tournament. 
   The Pride built a 2-0 lead at halftime, but the Braves scored in the 60th minute to put a scare on the host team. Upchurch's second tally in the 87th minute sealed the win. 
   GC's Kym Maher scored in the 6th minute to give The Pride a 1-0 lead. Amanda McGlaughlin earned the assist. The home team made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute when Natalie Henderson assisted Upchurch. GC controlled first half action and out-shot the Braves, 9-1, in the first 45 minutes. 
   Chowan got on the board in the 60th minute. Ashley Holt headed in a corner kick from Lisa Knieriemen, who earned the assist. 
   Chowan's Christine Horne had 9 saves. GC's Keri Wells played the first 45 minutes and earned the victory. Kristen McGuire played the second half. Neither Pride keeper was credited with a save. 
   The Pride, which set a new program high for wins with 13, faces CNU in the USA South championship game on Saturday. Kickoff is 2 p.m. at Pride Field. 
GC record 13-3-2; Streak W5; Up next at USA South Tournament, TBD, 11-8 
11-06-03 Pride Earns 8 USA South Awards
10-31-03 GC 4, Chowan 0
   Jessica Upchurch scored two goals and passed for one assist to lead Greensboro College (12-3-2, 7-1 USA South) to a 4-0 win over Chowan (8-9, 5-3) at Pride Field on Friday. 
   With the victory, The Pride earned at least a share of the conference championship. GC also matched program bests for wins (12) and shut outs (9)--both set in the 2001 season.
   Upchurch scored in the 24th minute after placing a Brave turnover into the goal. She tallied a little more than one minute later off a corner kick. Shannon Kelly got her first of two assists on the play. The Braves trailed, 2-0, at halftime.
   Freshman Stephanie Keough scored Kelly in the 48th minute. Natalie Henderson (Southwest Guilford HS) recorded the game's final score in the 77th minute. Amanda McGlaughlin and Upchurch earned assists on the play.
   GC's Keri Wells (one save) and Kristen McGuire shared the shutout. Chowan's Emily Warthan stopped 10 shots. The Pride out-shot CC, 20-3.
   GC record 12-3-2, 7-1 USA South; Streak W4; Up next at USA South tournament, 11-7, TBA
10-29-03 GC 5, Peace 0
   Freshman Stephanie Keough recorded a hat trick to lead Greensboro College to a 5-0 win at Peace College in Raleigh on Tuesday. Keough scored GC's first, fourth and fifth tallies in the USA South match.
   Shannon Kelly and Kym Maher also scored for The Pride, which out-shot Peace, 21-2. Maher, Brooke DeWitt and Natalie Henderson passed for assists for GC. The visitors led, 2-0, at halftime.
   Kristen McGuire and Keri Wells shared the shutout for Greensboro. Each keeper had one save.
GC record 11-3-2, 6-1 USA South; Streak W3; Up next 10-31, vs. Chowan, 3 p.m.
10-28-03 Stephanie Keough Earns USA South Weekly Award (more...)
10-25-03 GC 3, Sewanee 2
   Senior Kym Maher scored in the first minute of  overtime as Greensboro College beat the University of the South, 3-2, at Pride field on Saturday. Stephanie Keough assisted on the game winner.
   GC sent the match to extra time in stunning fashion as Keough tied the game at 2-2 with just one second left in regulation play. 
   Keough also had the game's first score 56 seconds into the match. Fellow freshman Randi Brown earned the assist. Yet Sewanee tallied in the 11th and 13th minute to take a 2-1 lead. 
   GC goalkeeper Keri Wells (1 save), however, shut out the Tigers in the second half and overtime and earned the victory. Kristen McGuire played the first 45 minutes, allowed 2 goals and grabbed 2 saves.
GC record 10-3-2, 5-1 USA South; Streak W2; Up next 10-28, at Peace, 3 p.m.
10-23-03 GC 8, Ferrum 0
   Six different GC players scored goals as The Pride won a USA South road match at Ferrum, 8-0, on Thursday. 
   Shannon Kelly and Jessica Upchurch both had 2 goals and 1 assist. Other GC scoring: Stephanie Keough 1-1; Natalie Henderson 0-2; Amanda McGlaughlin 1-0; Kim Maher 1-0; Megan Nutt 1-0; Meredith Carroll 0-1. 
   Kristen McGuire played the entire 90 minutes, faced one shot, and earned the shutout. GC led 5-0 at halftime. 
GC record 9-3-2, 5-1 USA South; Streak W1; Up next vs. Sewanee, 10-25, 1 p.m.
10-18-03 CNU 2, GC 1 (2OT)
   Leigh Leavitt scored in the 103rd minute to lift CNU to a 2-1 double overtime win at Pride Field on Saturday. Ashley Glover and Shelley Rusnak assisted on the game-winning tally.
   The Pride scored 15 minutes into the match when Justina Sharkey recorded her first goal of the season. Sharkey scored on a rebound after CNU keeper Kasey Davenport (7 saves) made a save on a shot by Amanda McGlaughlin.
   GC was seconds away from a win--and control of the USA South women's soccer race--until the Captains scored with at the 89:40 mark. CNU's Liz Thuma put back a rebound after Keri Wells (2 saves) made a fine save on a previous shot.
   The Pride loss means that four teams--GC, Methodist, CNU and Chowan--all have one defeat in conference play. Greensboro has remaining matches at Ferrum, at Peace and against Chowan at Pride Field. 
GC record 8-3-2, 4-1 USA South; Streak L1; Up next at Ferrum 10-23
10-15-03 Pride Women's Soccer Still 7th in South (more...)
10-12-03 Natalie Henderson Wins USA South Honor (more...)
10-12-03 GC 3, Maryville, TN 0
   Visiting Greensboro College beat Maryville, 3-0, on Sunday and snapped a four-game Lady Scots’ unbeaten streak. The win was The Pride's second straight.
   The non-conference loss drops Maryville’s record to 6-7 overall this season. The Pride improved to 8-2-2.
   Greensboro took the early 1-0 advantage with an Amanda McGlaughlin header off a Shannon Kelly corner kick at the 19:52 mark of the opening half. Then, just less than five minutes later, Natalie Henderson (Colfax, NC/Southwest Guilford) scored on a penalty kick after a foul was called in the box to give The Pride a 2-0 lead heading into halftime.
  Stephanie Keough headed in a Justina Sharkey pass with 22:25 remaining in the contest to finish off the scoring for the visitors.
GC record 8-2-2, 4-0 USA South; Streak W2; Up next vs. CNU, 10-18, 1 p.m. 
10-08-03 GC 10, Averett 0
   The Pride led 6-0 at the break. GC Scoring: Natalie Henderson 2g, 2a: Kym Maher 2-0; Amanda McGlaughlin 0-2; Meredith Carroll 2-0; Jessica Upchruch 1-1; Shannon O'York 1-1; Stephanie Keough 1-0; Randi Brown 1-0.
GC record: 7-2-2, 4-0-0; Streak W1; Up next at Maryville, 10-12
10-04-03 W&L 2, GC 0
   Fourteenth ranked Washington & Lee University defeated Greensboro College, 2-0, in women's soccer match at Pride Field on Saturday.
   GC out shot visiting W&L, 7-5 and in the first half, 4-1. Yet the Generals only first half shot resulted in goal. Anne Wiltshire scored in the 23rd minute on a breakaway and pass from Kelley Zagol.
  The match's final tally came in the 76th minute. General Fontaine Marcoux headed the ball past GC keeper Keri Wells (2 saves) for the score. Blair Haws assisted on the scoring play. 
   The Pride had 4 corner kicks to none for W&L. Emily Barker had 1 save for the visitors.
GC record: 5-2-2; Streak L1; Up next at Averett, 10-8, 4 p.m. 
10-02-03 GC 6, NC Wesleyan 2
   Natalie Henderson scored two goals and passed for one assist as visiting Greensboro College (6-1-2, 3-0) beat North Carolina Wesleyan, 6-2, in a USA South match on Thursday. The Southwest Guilford High School graduate tallied The Pride’s fourth and sixth goals. She also assisted Shannon O’York on the game-winning goal in the 38th minute.
   Amanda McGlaughlin also scored two times for Greensboro. Her goals were the first two for The Pride, which led 4-0 at halftime. Megan Nutt had GC’s other score. Stephanie Keough, Jessica Upchurch and Shannon Kelly all had assists for the green and white.
   Keri Wells played the first half in goal for GC and earned the win. Lauren Lewendowski minded the net for the last 45 minutes and allowed two goals. Neither Pride keeper made a save. GC out-shot NCWC (1-9, 1-1), 31-5.   The win was GC’s fourth straight and ran The Pride's unbeaten string to five games.
   GC record: 6-1-2, 3-0.; Streak W4: Up next vs. Washington & Lee; 10-4, 2:30 p.m
09-29-03 Stephanie Keough Wins USA South Honor (more...)
09-28-03 GC 7, Shenandoah 0
GC'S McGLAUGHLIN SCORES 6 POINTS IN 7-0 WIN OVER SU
   Seven Greensboro college players scored points as The Pride (5-1-2, 2-0 USA South) beat Shenandoah (4-4, 0-2), 7-0, on Sunday afternoon. The win extended The Pride's unbeaten streak to 4 matches.
   Freshman Stephanie Keough led The Pride with 2 goals and 1 assist. Fellow frosh Meredith Carroll came off the bench to score 2 goals. Amanda McGlaughlin scored one goal and passed for 2 assists. Shannon Kelly added two assists for the home team. Kym Maher and Yvette Jones added goals, and Randi Brown recorded one assist.
   Kristen McGuire played the first 14 minutes and earned the win in goal. Fellow freshman Lauren Lewendowski played the remaining 76 minutes and collected GC's only save. Megan Ross had 7 saves for the Hornets, who were out-shot, 27-2.
   GC record 5-1-2, 2-0; Streak W3; Up next at NC Wesleyan, 20-2, 4 p.m.
09-26-03 GC 5,  Meredith 3
   Greensboro College bounced back from a 2-0 and 3-1 first half deficits to rally and upend visiting Meredith, 5-3, at Pride Field on Friday.
   Kim Maher and Shannon Kelly each tallied 2 goals for the home team. Jessica Upchurch scored the game tying (3-3 ) goal in the 49th minute. Amanda McGlaughlin passed for 2 assists and Stephanie Keough had one helper for GC.
   Keri Wells started in goal and had 4 saves. GC allowed just one shot and no shots on goal in the second half.  Kristen McGuire started the second half and earned the win. Lauren Lewendoski played the final 3:15.
   GC record: 4-1-2, 1-0 USA South; Streak W1; Ranked 7th regionally; Up next vs. Shenandoah, 9-28, 1 p.m
9-16-03 Pride Women's Soccer 7th in South (more...)
9-16-03 Kristen McGuire Earns 2nd USA South Weekly Honors (more...)
9-14-03 GC 0, Lynchburg 0 (2 OT)@ Roanoke Tournament
Greensboro College and Lynchburg played 110 minutes and neither team scored. For The Pride, the game was the first scoreless tie in four years. (GC and Virginia Wesleyan tied 0-0 on Oct. 9, 1999 in Virginia Beach, Va.) In a very even statistical game, Keri Wells made 2 saves and freshman Kristen McGuire stopped 6 Hornet shots. Earning All-Roanoke Tournament honors were GC's Shannon Kelly, Brooke DeWitt, and Justina Sharkey.
GC record: 2-1-2; Streak T1; Up next vs. Methodist, 9-18, 4 p.m.
9-13-03 Roanoke 4, GC 0 @ Roanoke Tournament
   The visiting Pride out shot Roanoke, 13-10, but could not score against Roanoke. The Maroons tallied 2 goals in each half. Keri Wells had 3 saves and allowed 2 goals. Kristen McGuire played the last 60 minutes, allowed 2 goals, and stopped 2 shots.
GC record 2-1-1; Streak L1; Up next vs. Lynchburg, @ Roanoke Tournament, 9-14, 3 p.m.
9-09-03 Jessica Upchurch and Kristen McGuire Win USA South Weekly Honors (more...)
9-09-03 Pride Women Move Up in Regional Rankings (more...)
9-06-03 GC 1, Muhlenberg 1 (2 OT) at Muhlenberg Invitational
   Jessica Upchruch scored in the 55th minute to tie the match. Keri Wells had 9 saves and allowed 1 goal.
GC record 2-0-1; Streak T1; Up next at Roanoke Tournament, 9-13
9-05-03 GC 2, Haverford 1 (OT) at Muhlenberg Invitational
   Jessica Upchruch scored 2 late goals to lift Greensboro College (2-0) to a 2-1 overtime win against Haverford at the Muhlenberg Tournament on Friday afternoon.
   The match was scoreless until HC scored in the 86th minute. Upchurch's first tally came in the 89th minute and was assisted by Shannon Kelly
   Four minutes into the OT, Natalie Henderson passed to Upchruch for the golden goal.
   Keri Wells stared in goal, had 2 saves and allowed no goals. Kristen McGuire played the 2nd half and overtime. She stopped 2 shots and gave up HC's only goal.
9-03-03 Pride Women Earn Regional Ranking (more...)
8-31-03 vs. Eastern Mennonite@ NCWC Tournament Rained Out
8-30-03 GC 2, Guilford College 1, @ NCWC Tournament  Box Score
Jessica Upchurch (unassisted) broke a 1-1 tie in the 77th minute to give The Pride the 2-1 win over Guilford. Amanda McGlaughlin scored the games first goal (unassisted) in the 14th minute. In the nets, Keri Wells played the first 45 minutes, allowed no goals, and had 6 saves. Kristen McGuire played the second half. She had 3 saves and allowed one goal.
8-25-03 GC Picked 1st in USA South Women's Soccer Polls (MORE)
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