Women's Soccer Gets Past UC 2-1

(Philippi, WV) --- The Lady Battlers of Alderson-Broaddus continued in the right direction in their second ever season as they knocked off the University of Charleston 2-1 in recent home action. This was the first conference victory for A-B in conference play and they improved to 3-2-1 overall.

In the 20th minute Brooke Hunsaker launched a shot from 22 yards out that hit the top shelf left corner to give A-B the early 1-0 lead. Gwen Brand and Taylor Bryant were credited with the assists. The lead held up until the 40th minute when Holli Dalton of UC netted a pass from Sharon Lapinsky to even things up at 1-1 going into the half. This was the only first half goal given up by the Lady Battlers on the season.

It didn’t take A-B long in the second half to retake the lead as Taylor Bryant scored her first goal of the season to give the lead back, just four minutes and 10 seconds in. The Lady Battlers’ defense held strong for the duration of the match, as they wouldn’t allow a single shot on goal in the 2^nd Half.

Kate Laird would pick up the victory in between the pipes for A-B. Alderson-Broaddus peppered UC goalie Whitney Sharp, outshooting the Lady Golden Eagles 17-5. The Lady Battlers also held the advantage on shots on goal 6-1.

The next game for A-B will come in a road trip to Rio Grande on September 30. A-B defeated Rio Grande 2-1 in exhibition play earlier in the season. Read more on this article...

A-B Earns National Statistical Ranking

The women’s soccer program at A-B has cracked the top 100 in several prominent categories in the nation in only their second full season as a program.

Their highest team ranking comes in shutout percentages as they are currently ranked a respective 26. In save percentage the Lady Battlers are sitting at 30 in the nation and also are ranked 46 in goals against and finally are ranked 53 in scoring offense.

Kate Laird has had an impressive freshman campaign as goalkeeper and has garnished a WVIAC player of the week award. Also she is ranked 29 in the nation in save percentage and 79 in goals against average. Fellow freshman Kasie Shoemaker is ranked 59 in goals per game and 72 in points per game.

Currently the Lady Battlers are 3-2-1 in the early goings of their season and continue to take steps forward in building a WVIAC top competitor. Read more on this article...

WVIAC Soccer Rewind 9/14-20

WVIAC Soccer Rewind (Games of 9/14-20)
9/20/2009

Men's
Sunday, 9/20:
Rob Vincent and Darko Karamatic scored goals to lead Charleston past Pitt Johnstown 2-0...Paul Silvestrone found the back of the net twice in a three-minute span of the second half to lead Wheeling Jesuit past homestanding Urbana 2-1.

Saturday, 9/19:
Josh Wentz and Derik Swope had the goals as Pitt Johnstown opened up a road swing with a 2-1 win at Concord...Davis & Elkins owned a 32-1 edge in shots in a 7-0 whitewashing of 10-man Salem International...Alderson-Broaddus slipped past WVU-Tech 1-0 in overtime...Jon DeLuca had ten saves in Seton Hill's 3-0 victory against Shepherd...West Virginia Wesleyan battled to a road, non-league 1-1 deadlock with Lake Erie despite playing two men down for the final nine minutes and one man down for almost 83 minutes.

Thursday, 9/17:
Varney Vincent tallied the game-winner in the 89th minute as Concord rallied for a 2-1 win against visiting Ohio Valley.

Wednesday, 9/16:
Billy Wilson scored on a header after playing a ball from Hans Moses to give Wheeling Jesuit a tense 2-1 double-overtime win at West Virginia Wesleyan...Davis & Elkins had a 10-4 advantage in shots on goal, but visiting Gannon left Elkins with a 3-1 Atlantic Region victory...Charleston outshot #15 Slippery Rock 13-7, but couldn't find the back of the net in a 1-0 road setback.

Tuesday, 9/15:
Division I Marshall posted a pair of goals in the final 25 minutes to pull away from Ohio Valley 3-0...Seton Hill scored six in the opening half and cruised to a 9-0 win over Salem International...Shepherd had a 12-6 shots advantage, but couldn't convert in a 2-0 setback at the hands of Bloomsburg...Concord jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead, but dropped a 3-2 decision to King...Pitt Johnstown's Derik Swope struck in the 20th minute, however Lake Erie took a 3-1 decision.

Women's
Saturday, 9/19:
Davis & Elkins pushed their win streak to six with a pair of second half goals in a 2-0 win over Pitt Johnstown...Kara Houston gave Wheeling Jesuit an early lead, but Urbana scored the final three goals in a 3-1 victory...Alderson-Broaddus blanked former WVIAC member WVU Tech 2-0...Briana Hines netted both Shepherd goals in a 2-2 deadlock with Lake Erie...Sharon Lapinsky found the back of the net twice, but Charleston fell 3-2 at Ohio Dominican.

Friday, 9/18:
Four different West Virginia Wesleyan players scored in a 4-0 blanking of Seton Hill...Katie Cuviello and Gemma Nortcliffe both tallied a pair of goals in Concord's 8-0 win at Ohio Valley.

Wednesday, 9/16:
Casey Coles accounted for the match's lone score during a 1-0 Shepherd win over Shenandoah...Megan Beal scored off a Luci Legaspi pass in the 80th minute as Davis & Elkins slipped past local rival Alderson-Broaddus 1-0...Kara Houston led the way with a hat trick and an assist in Wheeling Jesuit's 7-0 success at Ohio Valley.

Tuesday, 9/15:
Bethany slipped past Seton Hill 2-1 despite Alysha Alaimo's 77th minute score for the Griffins...King snapped a scoreless tie in the 119th mintue to get by Concord 1-0.

Monday, 9/14:
Kara Houston accounted for both Cardinal scores as Wheeling Jesuit upset #24 Kutztown 2-1. Read more on this article...

Lady Battlers Fall to Davis & Elkins 1-0

(Elkins, WV) --- The A-B Women's Soccer team suffered another tough loss yesterday afternoon, a 1-0 setback to the host Lady Senators of Davis and Elkins College. With the loss the Lady Battlers fall to 1-2-1 Overall and 0-2-1 in WVIAC play.

D&E Midfielder Megan Beal broke a scoreless tie with a perfectly placed outside shot in the 80th minute. Beal would take a pass on the left side from Midfield Luci Legaspi, turn and place a left footed shot into the upper right corner for the game winner.

Excluding the goal, the game was a tightly contested battle between the two teams. D&E held a 12-7 advantage on shots and place three shots on goal compared to the two from A-B.

The Lady Battlers got their best chance in the final minutes of the opening half as they got back to back corner kicks, but they were unable to put a solid shot on frame.

Then with time running down Midfielder Gwen Brand (Fr., Kingwood, WV) just narrowly missed with her header off a Lizzy Turner (Fr., Fairmont, WV) cross from the left corner.

Alderson - Broaddus has a short layoff as they play host to non conference foe WVU - Tech on Saturday. This will be a doubleheader with both the Men's and Women's teams taking on WVU-T. The Women's match is slated to kickoff at 1pm, with the men schedule to start at 3pm. Read more on this article...

AB's Kate Laird Named WVIAC Player of the Week

From WVIAC.org

This is the first ever weekly award for the Alderson-Broaddus College Women's Soccer Team.

WVIAC Women's Soccer Players of the Week:
---Kate Laird, Alderson-Broaddus, Fr., G, Morgantown, WV/Cole Dant, Davis & Elkins, Jr., F, Elkton, MD: Laird, a former Morgantown HS standout, recorded nine saves as Alderson-Broaddus recorded a 0-0 tie at defending WVIAC champion West Virginia Wesleyan...The tie marked the first WVIAC standings point taken from WVWC in a Bobcat home contest since 2007...Dant exploded for three goals and two assists in two Davis & Elkins victories...She notched a hat trick during a 7-2 win over Wheeling Jesuit and added an assist in Sunday's victory versus Lake Erie.

Other nominees: Charleston's Sharon Lapinsky (two goals in 2-2 tie with Shepherd), Shepherd's Erin Quinn (two goals in 1-0-1 week), and West Virginia Wesleyan's Laura Dalton (goal in 1-0-1 week).

2009 winners: 8/31-Kara Houston (Wheeling Jesuit), 9/7-Gemma Nortcliffe (Concord)/Kim Brown (Davis & Elkins), 9/14-Cole Dant (Davis & Elkins)/Kate Laird (Alderson-Broaddus).

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AB Women's Soccer Drops a Heartbreaker to Concord, 3-2

(Philippi, WV) --- The A-B College Women's Soccer Team had a huge upset slip through their fingers in the final minutes on Friday evening as they fell to perennial WVIAC power Concord (3-1, 1-0) 3-2 in overtime.

The Lady Battlers (1-1, 0-1) would strike first as Gwen Brand (Fr., Kingwood, WV) would chip the CU Goalie from 30 yards out to gain the 1-0 lead just 7 minutes in. Both teams would have a couple of good scoring chances in the opening half, but A-B would take the 1-0 lead into the break.

The score would stay that way until the 57th minute, as 1st Team All WVIAC Forward Gemma Nortcliffe would break free from the A-B back four and beat GK Kate Laird (Fr., Morgantown, WV) to knot the game at 1-1.

Forward Kasie Shoemaker would give the Battlers the lead in the 78th minute as she would race down the right wing and then float a perfect ball just inside the left post for her third goal of the season, giving AB a 2-1 lead.

Then with 1:10 left to go, Forward Lindsey DeVaughn would come off the bench for CU to send the game into overtime with a chip over the GK Laird into the left side netting.

Concord would end any hopes of an upset as Nortcliffe would out muscle Defender Megan Johnson (Fr., Charleston, WV) and bury the game winner just under 7 minutes into the first overtime.

Both teams would finish with 15 shots, while CU would hold a 11-9 advantage on shots on goal. Each team would have six corner kicks a piece.

Laird would come up big with eight saves, while her counter part Kacey HIldebrand would stop seven battler scoring opportunities.

The Lady Battlers will look to rebound as they travel to Buckhannon, WV this Thursday to take on Back to Back WVIAC Champions WV Wesleyan. Kickoff is set for 7pm. Read more on this article...

2009 Women's Soccer Roster

No. Name (First Last) Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Previous School
0 Sarah Holmes Fr. GK 5’7” Baltimore, MD/Eastern Tech H.S.
00 Kate Laird Fr. GK 5’7” Morgantown, WV/Morgantown H.S.
1 Brooke Logston Fr. For/Mid 5’2” Parkersburg, WV/Parkersburg H.S.
2 Gwen Brand Fr. Mid 5’2” Kingwod, WV/Preston Co. H.S.
3 Jenny Perry Fr. For 5’1” Harpers Ferrry, WV/Jefferson H.S.
4 Tessa Beitzel So. Def/Mid 5’4” Grantsville, MD/Garrett Junior College
5 Lizzy Turner Fr. For/Mid 5’6” Fairmont, WV/Fairmont Sr. H.S.
6 Megan Smith So. Mid/Def 5”2” Huntington, WV/Spring Valley H.S.
9 Taylor Bryant Fr. For/Mid 5’3” Parkersburg, WV/Parkersburg H.S.
10 Christina Russo So Def 5’5” Cumberland, MD/Alleghany H.S.
11 Sarah Talbott So. Def/Mid 5”4” Inwood, WV/Musselman H.S.
12 Kasie Shoemaker Fr. For 5’3” Hyndman, PA/Hyndman H.S.
13 Megan Johnson Fr. Def 5”9” Charleston, WV/George Wash.H.S.
14 Kaitlin Marple So. Def 5”2” Glendale, WV/John Marshall H.S.
15 Amber Kling Fr. Def/Mid 5”7” Grantsville, MD/Northern H.S.
16 Kaitlyn Mahoney So. For/Mid 5’7” Charlestown, WV/Jefferson H.S.
17 Katie Perry Fr. Def 5’1” Harpers Ferry, WV/Jefferson H.S.
18 Taylor Michael So. Def 5’9” Fairmont, WV/East Fairmont H.S.
19 Brittany Messer Fr. For/Mid 5’8” Prichard, WV/Spring Valley H.S.
20 Shannon Stewart Fr. Def/Mid 5’2” Titusville, PA/Maplewood H.S.
21 Chelsea Gilliam Fr. Def 5”7” Cross Lanes, WV/ Nitro H.S.
22 Brooke Hunsaker Fr. Mid 5’6” Murrieta, CA/Vista Murrieta H.S.
23 Jill Wellman So. Def 5’6” Hungtington, WV/Spring Valley H.S.
24 Mackenzie Bourgeois Fr. Def 5’8” Parkersburg, WV/Parkersburg So. H.S. Read more on this article...

AB Men's Soccer Falls to UC, 4-1

(Philippi, WV) -- The A-B College Men's Soccer team dropped a WVIAC battle to the visiting Golden Eagles of Charleston by a score of 4-1 this afternoon.

The Battlers would start off on the right foot as Sophomore Juan Arobleda would notch his 1st career goal just 1 minute and 43 seconds into the contest. Heiko Voss would beat the keeper around the left side of the goal and then tap it back across for the easy tap in goal.

However, just two minutes later UC would answer right back as Rob Vincent would drill a shot from the right side of the box just passed the outstretch arms of GK Neil Wright-Elliot and squeeze it inside the left post.

Charleston's Darko Karamatic would put the Golden Eagles in the lead for good in the 25th minute as he would beat Wright-Elliot with a blast in the upper right corner after getting around the Battlers' central defenders.

Vincent would make it 3-1 on his second goal in the 44th minute as he would slot the perfectly played square pass Karamatic into the left side from 8 yards out.

Drew DeAngelo would cap the scoring in the 89th minute as a UC shot would be saved off the line by right back Jacob Hill and land right to DeAngelo who wasted no time burying it into the far right side netting.

For the game Charleston out shot the host Battlers 20-8. The teams were even with five corner kicks a piece.

A-B College returns to action this Sunday and Monday as they travel to Johnstown, PA. Kick off is at 2pm Sunday as they take on Columbia Union. Then on Monday they will take on Holy Family at Noon. Both games will be played on the campus of the University of Pitt-Johnstown. Read more on this article...