2005 TranSouth Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Tournament Schedule
Monday, Oct. 31 - Semifinals
Noon Cumberland University def. Trevecca Nazarene University 4-1
2:30 p.m. Martin Methodist College def. Crichton College 8-0
Crichton and TNU eliminated from the tournament
Tuesday, Nov. 1 - Championship
2:30 p.m. No. 1 Martin Methodist College def. No. 2 Cumberland Unviersity 4-0
Martin Methodist College wins TSAC Tournament Championship
SEMI-FINAL REVIEW
No. 2 Cumberland 4, No. 3 Trevecca Nazarene 1
Stephanie Robell scored two goals to lead second-seed Cumberland University to a 4-1 victory over third-seed Trevecca Nazarene in the opening match of the 2005 TranSouth Athletic Confernce Women's Soccer Championship Tournament.
Robell netted her first goal in the 31st minute of play off an assist from Maylee Attin-Johnson to put CU on the board. Attin-Johnson later scored a penalty kick in the 36th minute to give CU a 2-0 lead at halftime.
In the second hald, Lauren Mayer assisted Robell's second goal in the 60th minute to put the Lady Bulldogs up 3-0, but Courtney Haas eliminated the chance for a shutout, when she netted TNU's goal in the 70th minute with an assist from Kelsey Shockey. Sarah Rienzo closed the scoring with a goal in the 73rd minute assisted by Attin-Johnson.
TNU senior goalkeeper Casey Thornton collected eight saves in her final TranSouth match of her collegiate career, while Leanna Rice collected two saves for Cumberland.
Cumberland (11-3-2) advances to Tuesday's TSAC Championship, as Trevecca Nazarene is eliminated at 8-10-1.
No. 1 Martin Methodist 8, No. 4 Crichton 0
Martin Methodist College defeated Crichton College 8-0 in the second match of the TranSouth Athletic Conference Championship Tournament.
Victoria Charnley scored first for MMC with a penalty kick in the 27th minute, as Crichton's goalkeeper, Sarah Harrison collected seven first-half saves to hold MMC to a 1-0 halftime lead.
Charnley converted a second penalty kick into a goal 52 seconds into the second half, to put MMC up 2-0. Amanda Johansson scored the next two goals in the 54th and 57th minutes, both off assists from Maria Sonnerborg.
Megan Finnegan netted a goal in the 65th minute with a double assist from Lisa Mann and Sara Perrigan, while Jessica White added an unassisted goal in the 68th minute. White later passed up a direct kick to assist Clare Sykes with a goal in the 74th minute, while Perrigan netted an unassisted goal after winning the ball from her defender in the 85th minute.
Harrison finished the match with 10 saves, while MMC keeper, Sarah Prendergast did not face a shot on goal. MMC collected 45 shots (18 on goal), as Crichton was held to five total shots.
Martin Methodist (17-1) advances to Tuesday's TSAC Championship to meet Cumberland University, while Crichton is eliminated at 4-9-2.
CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
No. 2 Cumberland University vs. No. 1 Martin Methodist College
Martin Methodist College, ranked third in the NAIA, prepares for their eigth contest of the season against an NAIA Top 25 opponent, as they meet Cumberland University, ranked 25th in the NAIA, in the 2005 TranSouth Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship Final Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 2:30 p.m.
MMC and CU meet in a rematch of last season's Championship Final, where the RedHawks defeated the Lady Bulldogs 7-0 to win their first-ever TSAC Tournament Championship. MMC will look to repeat this year, while Cumberland will look to pull off the upset for their first-ever TSAC Championship and to enter next week's NAIA Region XI Tournament as a No. 1 or No. 2 seed. The winner of the TSAC and MId-South Conference Tournaments receive the top two seeds in the Regional.
LAST MEETING Cumberland traveled to Martin Methodist College on October 5, 2005, losing 2-0 to the RedHawks, as Kelly Lewicki and Clare Sykes scored goals for MMC. The RedHawks' defense held CU to four shots, only one on goal.
MMC Defenders Maiko Higashiyama, Victoria Charnley and Johanna Botold will play a big factor in the match, as they have every match, limiting the number of shots on goal faced by All-Conference goalkeeper Sarah Prendergast. Offensively, the 2005 Freshman of the Year, Sara Perrigan will look to show why she led the conference in scoring this season, as Co-Player of the Year Sykes will look to serve up possible assits, or take it straight to the goal, as she did in the previous meeting this year, dribbling the ball 50-yards for the score.
CU defender Ciara Kinsella will be expected to show her All-Conference defensive skills to deny the RedHawks a solid look at the goal, as Maylee Attin-Johnson will look to capitalize off of her goal and two assist in the semi-finals to mount an offensive attack on MMC. Leanna Rice, one of the top goalkeepers in the conference, will face a challenge of keeping the ball out of the net, as she posted 14 saves against MMC in their first meeting this year.
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