Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Piedmont Women's Soccer Team Set To Kick Off 2005 Season

The Piedmont College women’s soccer team will look to continue their winning ways under first-year head coach Jimmy Stephens and improve upon their 11-9-1 mark from a year ago. The Lady Lions finished 5-1 in the conference play and runner-up in the Great South Athletic Conference Tournament championship game.

The four returning senior starters, Michelle Shelton, Katie Wood, Brooke Bourgeois, and Ashley Parker will anchor the Lady Lions in 2005. Haley Boyce (pictured) at forward and Bergdis Gudnadottir at midfielder accompany the four seniors as returning starters for Piedmont. There will be ten knew faces, eight of which enter the program as freshman and look to help lead the Lady Lions to a Great South championship.

The 2005 schedule for the women’s soccer team will feature 18 of 19 games against NCAA Division-III South Region representatives, and will include trips outside the state to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. The Lady Lions will play at home nine times, and compete in a total of 14 Great South Athletic Conference matches.

Piedmont opens the 2005 season on Thursday when the Lady Lions host Southern Wesleyan University at 5:00.