2014 UNC Asheville Women's Soccer Guide

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Bulldog Quick FactsHead Coach..............................................................................Michelle Demko

.................................................................................................... (Maryland, 1996)

Overall/years ..............................................................................16-56-3/4 years

at Asheville ..................................................................................16-56-3/4 years

Assistant Coach/Alma Mater ................................ Joey Sasvari/Florida, 2007

2013 Team Information2013 Record ............................................................................................... 6-11-2

2013 Big South Record/Finish ........................................................... 2-7-2/9th

Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................................ 8/3

Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................................................................... 14/7

Top Returners: Amanda Dailor (MF), Kaitlyn Eckert (F), Megan Foster (MF),

Kennedy Garrett (F), Abby Holt (D), Eve Kirkendall (D), Rachel Kish (D), Maddi

Meglic (MF), Heather Muller (GK), Kelsey Palmer (D), Bethany Spano (F), Alex

Stradford (D), Paige Trent (F), Suzie Zigante (GK) Top Newcomers: Keller Dixon

(GK), Caroline Houser (F), Emma Houser (D), Brooke Miller (F), Courtney

Naber (MF), Annasophia Roberts (MF), Jenna Sharrits (D), Katie Tuorto (D).

Support StaffAthletic Trainer.... Jim Wallace, ATC/828-251-6480/[email protected]

Athletics Communication .. Mike Gore/828-251-6923/[email protected]

Greenwood FieldCapacity/Surface .............................................................................. 1,000/Grass

Press Table Phone ......................................................................(828) 575-6649

Message To MediaThis edition of the 2014 UNC Asheville Women’s Soccer Media Guide

has been prepared for you as you cover the Bulldogs during the season.

For additional information, photographs, interviews with players and

coaches, please contact Mike Gore ([email protected]) or Matt Pellegrin

([email protected]) in the Athletics Communication Offi ce.

CreditsDesigner: Matt Pellegrin Editor: Mike Gore

Photographers: Adrian Etheridge, Blake Madden

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Services: The UNC Asheville Offi ce of Athletics Communication will provide programs, notes and updated statistics at every soccer match. After the contest, each media member will receive a box score of the game.

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Champions in Athletics, Leaders for LifeUNC Asheville Athletics exists to provide our University with an exemplary NCAA Division I Athletics Program that champions the University’s Mission and Strategic Plan, which creates an environment where student-athletes can pursue their academic, athletic and lifelong goals, and that connects our internal and external constituents and communities.

Core ValuesUNC Asheville student athletes are positioned to lead in life and wins by: Demonstrating Integrity – Bulldogs do what is right;Being Servant Leaders – Bulldogs care about and help others achieve their dreams;Being Creative and Working Hard – Bulldogs succeed with less; andFostering a Culture of Respect – Bulldogs honor, uphold, and promote sportsmanship, citizenship, equity, and inclusiveness.

UNC ASHEVILLE ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT

General InformationMedia Information .............................................................................................. 3

PlayersAmanda Dailor/Kaitlyn Eckert .......................................................................... 4

Megan Foster/Heather Muller ........................................................................... 5

Kennedy Garrett/Kelsey Palmer ....................................................................... 6

Alex Stradford/Paige Trent ................................................................................. 7

Abby Holt/Eve Kirkendall ................................................................................... 8

Rachel Kish/Maddi Meglic ................................................................................... 9

Bethany Spano ....................................................................................................10

Newcomers ..................................................................................................10-12

Coaching StaffHead Coach Michelle Demko .........................................................................13

Assistant Coach Joey Sasvari ...........................................................................14

Records Section2013 Season Overview ..............................................................................16-17

2012 Big South Final Standings ......................................................................18

Big South Tournament History ......................................................................19

Records ..........................................................................................................20-23

All-Time Letterwinners ....................................................................................24

Year-by-Year Results ....................................................................................25-27

Hall of Fame ........................................................................................................27

UNC AshevilleThe University of North Carolina Asheville .........................................28-32

Asheville, N.C. ...............................................................................................33-34

UNC Asheville By The Numbers ....................................................................35

Facilities ..........................................................................................................36-38

Janet R. Cone, Director of Athletics ........................................................39-40

Support Staff ................................................................................................41-42

Head Coaches .....................................................................................................43

The Bulldog Athletics Association .................................................................44

The Big South Conference ...............................................................................45

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2AMANDA DAILOR • SR • MIDFIELDER

Overview: One of the top midfi elders in the Big South…has played and started in every match for the Bulldogs in her career…will compete for All-Conference honors as a senior…fi rst player from California on Bulldog roster since 1999.

2013: One of two players to start and play in all 19 of Ashe-ville’s games…scored fi rst goal of the season in 2-1 win over Eastern Kentucky (8-23)…had assist in 2-0 victory vs. USC Upstate (8-29)…led team in shots taken with 51 with 27 on target…had six shots vs. PC (9-28) and fi ve shots in three other matches.

2012: Fourth on team in scoring with fi ve goals and 12 points…one of fi ve players to start and play in all 19 of the Bulldogs games…had two assists in 4-2 victory vs. VMI (9-27)…scored fi rst goal of season vs. ETSU (9-19) and season-high nine shots…tallied goal vs. Albany (8-26)…also scored at Campbell (10-4), vs. Winthrop (10-20) and at Pres-byterian (10-23)…second on team in shots taken with 57.

2011: One of fi ve players to start and play in all 20 matches for the Bulldogs...scored one goal and added two assists...fi red 44 shots with 19 on goal...tallied fi rst career goal in fi rst collegiate match vs. Davidson (8-20)...picked up an as-sist vs. Presbyterian College (9-18) and Charleston South-ern (10-15).

Before UNC Asheville: Played prep soccer at West Ranch HS in Stevenson Ranch, Calif....high school coach was Cami Hid-ding...named Rookie of the Year freshman season...earned top Offensive Player as a freshman, sophomore and junior...team MVP sophomore year...made fi rst team All-Conference as a sophomore and second team as a junior...U18 club team won Far West Regionals...U17 squad reached San Diego Surf Cups Finals of the Super Group...U15 team won Cal South National Cup...U10-U18 club team ranked top 20 nationally.

4KAITLYN ECKERT • SR • FORWARD

Overview: Exciting player who will be healthy in 2014 and should be ready to have a big season…one of the best strikers in the Big South…gifted scorer who only played three years of high school soccer before joining UNC Asheville program in January 2011 af-ter graduating early from Knightdale HS in Knightdale, N.C...en-ters 2014 season seventh all-time in goals scored at Asheville with 18 and ninth in points with 48.

2013: Only played in three matches before getting injured at Ap-palachian State (9-5) and missing the rest of the year…scored in fi rst game she played in win over USC Upstate (8-29) which marked the 10th game in a row that she recorded a point and set a school record.

2012: Enjoyed a sensational sophomore year…earned second team All-Conference honors and was named to All-State team...fi nished the year as the Bulldogs leading scorer with 11 goals, nine assists and 31 points…nine assists set a single-season school re-cord…ended the year with a point in nine straight games tying a school record held by Hilary McKay…second in the conference in goals, assists and points…scored two game-winning goals…tallied the game-winner in victory at USC Upstate (8-30) and vs. Wof-ford (9-9)…top offensive game was fi nal contest of the season when she scored two goals, added three assists in 6-3 victory at Presbyterian College (9-23)…had goal and assist in three different contests…tallied one goal in four consecutive games, vs. Radford (9-29), at Campbell (10-4), at High Point (10-6) and Coastal Caro-lina (10-11)…led team in shots taken with 59…one of fi ve players to start and play in all 19 of the Bulldogs games.

2011: Enjoyed an excellent rookie season with the Bulldogs and earned a spot on Big South All-Freshman team...Asheville’s sec-ond-leading scorer with six goals and 15 points...tied for the team lead in goals with Amanda Knapp (6)...second on team in assists (3)...scored fi rst career goal on PK vs. Tennessee Tech (8-28)...tal-lied goal in fi rst win of the year over South Carolina State (9-18)...scored the game-winning goal in Big South 3-1 road victory at VMI (9-29)...also scored vs. Presbyterian College (10-4), at Campbell (10-6) and against Radford in Big South Tournament (11-3)....tied for team lead in shots taken with 56...had assist vs. Georgia State (9-16), VMI (9-29) and Gardner-Webb (10-20).

Before UNC Asheville: Completed her three-year career at Knightdale with an amazing 105 goals...junior season compiled 63 goals and 32 assists, the eighth-highest scoring total in state history...earned All-State, All-Region and All-Conference honors...averaged three goals per game...helped lead team to third round of state playoffs.



15MEGAN FOSTER • SR • DEFENDER

Overview: Senior midfi elder who is a real leader for the Bulldogs…solid player who has improved with each season.

2013: Played in all 19 matches and earned 17 starts…picked up assist at Gardner-Webb (10-29) in fi nal match of the year…took fi ve shots.

2012: Played in 13 matches and earned fi ve starts...had one shot on goal during the year.

2011: Played in eight matches and earned one start...took three shots during the year wtih two on target.

Before UNC Asheville: Attended Gainesville HS and was the region’s leading goal scorer as a senior with 29 goals and eight assists...named to All-Conference and All-Area team.

0HEATHER MULLER • SR • GOALKEEPER

Overview: Has started every match as goalkeeper for the Bulldogs during her career…started 58 consecutive match-es for the Blue & White…became Asheville’s all-time leader in saves midway through the year and now has 357… ex-cellent student who was named to Big South All-Academic team for the past two seasons…three-time member of Big South Presidential Honor Roll and six times has earned spot on Athletic Director’s 3.0 & Above Club.

2013: Started all 19 matches for the Bulldogs…fi nished sec-ond in the Big South and 21st nationally in total saves with 112…produced fi ve shutouts on the year…top game was 12 saves in 0-0 shutout against eventual Big South champ Liberty (10-2)…had 11 saves in 1-1 tie vs. High Point (10-16) and at Winthrop (10-9)…registered 10 saves at Wofford (9-1)…also had shutout vs. USC Upstate (8-29), Mars Hill (9-11), Campbell (9-26) and at VMI (10-23).

2012: Started and played every minute of every match in goal for the Bulldogs…tied a single-season record for saves in a season with 125…the 125 saves was second best in the Big South and 10th nationally…made 11 saves in overtime loss vs. ETSU (8-19) and at High Point (10-6)…also had 10 saves at UNC Greensboro (8-26)…posted shutout with seven saves vs. Wofford (9-9)…earned an assist on goal by Amanda Knapp in victory vs. Wofford (9-9).

2011: Started in goal for every one of Asheville’s 20 match-es and was there for every minute of the season...posted shutouts vs. PC (10-4) and Charleston Southern (10-15)...made 120 saves for the year...played very well in Big South Tournament and helped Asheville take eventual champion Radford to PKs...named to All-Tournament team

Before UNC Asheville: Enjoyed a standout prep career for head coach Kevin Todd at Apex...senior year posted seven shutouts and allowed just 14 goals...helped lead Apex to 15-3-1 overall record...named fi rst team All-Conference follow-ing senior season...was team MVP as a junior and senior...ju-nior year had six shutouts...played in prestigious East-West High School All-Star game in Greensboro in July 2011...also lettered in basketball at Apex.



7KENNEDY GARRETT • JR • FORWARD

Overview: Terrifi c striker who really blossomed in 2013 to become Asheville’s leading scorer…should be even more dangerous as a junior and compete for Big South All-Con-ference honors in 2014.

2013: Started and played in 18 games…led Asheville in goals scored with four and points with 10…tied for team in as-sists with two…opened the season with assists in wins over Eastern Kentucky (8-23) and USC Upstate (8-29)…scored fi rst goal of the year at Chattanooga (9-8)…tallied goal in road win at Alabama State (9-12)…tapped in goal in 1-1 tie vs. High Point (9-16)…scored game-winner in road triumph over VMI (9-23)…third on team in shots taken with 36, 16 on target.

2012: Played in 18 contests and earned one start…tallied three goals and one assist…fi rst career point came in victo-ry at USC Upstate when she earned an assist…fi rst career goal was a game-winner in 4-2 victory over VMI (9-27)…also scored vs. Radford (9-29) and at Charleston Southern (10-13)…fi red 28 shots.

Before UNC Asheville: Attended Panther Creek HS in Cary...named to All-Conference team following senior sea-son...served as team captain...played club soccer for CASL.

8KELSEY PALMER • JR • DEFENDER

Overview: Versatile player who can play anywhere on the fi eld… enjoyed great prep and club career at Lake Norman HS and Lake Norman Soccer Club...graduated from Lake Norman early and entered school in January 2012.

2013: Moved into starting line-up and played in 17 games with 17 starts…earned assist in 2-0 victory vs. USC Upstate (8-29)…took 15 shots on the year with seven on target.

2012: Played in 12 matches and earned seven starts...took six shots on the year...earned two assists...fi rst career assist came vs. Wofford (9-9)...second assist came in victory over VMI (9-27)...took two shots vs. ETSU and had one shot in four other matches.

Before UNC Asheville: Named to All-Region and All-Con-ference team as a junior at Lake Norman HS...earned spot on Region III ODP team in 2011...was invited to the U19 National ODP Camp in 2011...ran track at Lake Norman and was regional qualifi er in the 200.



5ALEX STRADFORD • JR • DEFENDER

Overview: Junior defender who did a great job for the Bull-dogs in the back as a sophomore…should be a leader in the back in 2014.

2013: Played in 16 matches and started 14 times…took four shots during the season…part of a defense that produced fi ve shutouts.

2012: Played in 16 matches and earned 12 starts...took four shots on the season.

Before UNC Asheville: Played for CASL, one of the top club teams in the country...earned a spot with ODP program...team captain at Wakefi eld where she earned All-State and All-Conference honors as a senior.

19PAIGE TRENT • JR • FORWARD

Overview: Was off to great start in 2013 before injuring her knee in the second game of the year and missing the rest of the season…should be one of the Big South’s most danger-ous scorers in 2014.

2013: Started and played in fi rst two games of the season before getting hurt…scored her only goal of the year and it was a game-winner in 2-1 opening day triumph over Eastern Kentucky (8-23)…had four shots against EKU with three on target.

2012: Third leading scorer for Bulldogs with fi ve goals and 13 points...scored three goals on three shots in 5-1 victory at USC Upstate (8-30)...scored game-winner in overtime win over Gardner-Webb (10-18).

Before UNC Asheville: Led Mount Tabor as a senior with 11 goals and was second in assists...four-year starter...se-nior year named to All-State and All-Region team...served as team captain.



10ABBY HOLT • SO • DEFENDER

Overview: Sophomore defender who did nice job for the Bulldogs as a freshman in the back…should be a key player for the Bulldogs in 2014… joined Asheville program after excellent prep career at Wakefi ed HS in Raleigh and great club career for Triangle FC.

2013: Started in seven matches and played in 17 games…part of a backline that produced fi ve shutouts during the year.

Before UNC Asheville: Named to All-Conference team as a senior at Wakfi eld...scored one goal and had four assists from defender position...helped lead Wakefi eld to a confer-ence championship as a sophomore...led club team to sec-ond place in region in 2012 plus a trip to semifi nals of state cup the same year...Super Y U-16 team won national cham-pionship in 2012.

9EVE KIRKENDALL • SO • DEFENDER

Overview: Stepped in as a freshman and did a nice job as a defender…will be a leader for the Bulldogs in the back as a sophomore.

2013: Started in 14 matches and played in 17 games…part of a defense that had fi ve shutouts…took one shot during the season and that came at Presbyterian College (9-28).

Before UNC Asheville: Played at Revere HS in Richfi eld, Ohio…helped lead Revere to two straight conference championships as a junior and senior…Revere went 13-3-1 senior season…named to All-Conference and All-District team junior and senior year.



20RACHEL KISH • SO • DEFENDER

Overview: Red-shirted in 2012 and battled through some injuries in 2013…talented defender who will compete for playing time in the back in 2014.

2013: Played in nine matches and came off the bench to give the Bulldogs some real energy.

2012: Played in two games early in the season before missing the rest of the year due to injuries.

Before UNC Asheville: Earned All-Conference and All-Re-gion honors her senior year at Reagan...played for NC Fu-sion Elite club program.

11MADDI MEGLIC • SO • MIDFIELDER

Overview: Sophomore midfi elder who really helped the Bulldogs last year both off the bench and as a starter…should compete for a starting job in 2014…comes to Ashe-ville via Eastside HS in Taylors, S.C.

2013: Played in 15 matches and earned seven starts…scored her fi rst goal of her collegiate career in 3-2 win at Alabama State (9-12)…took fi ve shots with two on goal.

Before UNC Asheville: Enjoyed excellent prep career at East-side where she helped lead team to 23-3-1 overall record as a senior…tallied eight goals and eight assists as a senior…guided club to Upper State Championship in both 2012 and 2013…earned spot on All-Region team as a senior…select-ed for North-South All-Star game…made All-Tournament team at Lady Bearcat Invitational…junior year scored four goals with seven assists.

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12BETHANY SPANO • SO • FORWARD

Overview: Has struggled with injuries her entire career and has not played yet…if healthy will compete for playing time up front… played at Southlake Christian Academy in Hunt-ersville.

2013: Did not play due to injuries.

2012: Did not play due to injuries.

Before UNC Asheville: Earned All-State and All-Conference honors senior season at Southlake...led team in scoring and was named team MVP.

18KELLER DIXON • FR • GOALKEEPER

Overview: Freshman goalkeeper who joined the Bulldog program in Janu-ary after graduating early from Ragsdale HS in Jamestown.

Before UNCA Asheville: Selected to All-Conference, All-Region and All-State teams in 2013 while playing goalkeeper at Ragsdale…named as the Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year as a junior…played club soccer Fusion’s Elite team where she won the state tournament in her junior year as she did not give up a goal the entire tournament.

6CAROLINE HOUSER • FR • FORWARD

Overview: Exciting freshman striker who enjoyed an incredible prep ca-reer at Carrboro HS in Chapel Hill...sister Emma Houser will join her on Bulldog roster this season...played in the Clash of the Carolinas in Charleston this past June and scored game-winning goal for North Car-olina in 2-1 win...also played in East-West All-Star in Greensboro in July for East squad.

Before UNC Asheville: Scored 31 goals and added 15 assists senior year for Carrboro...was named All-Conference, All-Region, All-South and All-State senior year along with begin named Offensive Conference Player of the Year...junior season led Carrboro to state championship with 20 goals and 12 assists...was named All-Conference, All-Region and All-State as a junior...played her club soccer for NC Alliance and helped team win Dis-ney Showcase, two state championships and the Super Y League Cham-pionship.

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3EMMA HOUSER • FR • DEFENDER

Overview: Talented freshman defender who could make an impact right away...played with her sister Caroline at Carrboro HS in Chapel Hill...played in East-West High School All-Star game in July with Caroline for East squad...also played for North Carolina in the Clash of Carolinas in Charleston, S.C.

Before UNC Asheville: Named the Defensive Conference Player of the Year senior season...earned All-Conference, All-Region, All-State and All-South honors following senior campaign...scored 10 goals and added fi ve assists as a senior...junior year helped lead Carrboro to state championship...was awarded All-State, All-Region and All-Conference honors while also winning the Conference Player of the year award following junior season...played her club soccer for NC Alliance where she helped team win Disney Showcase, two state championships, and the Super Y League Championship...also won Golden Boot award for the Super Y league.

22COURTNEY NABER • FR • MIDFIELDER

Overview: Ohio product who will search for playing time as a midfi elder during her freshman year.

Before UNC Asheville: Played prep soccer at Mount Notre Dame in Reading, Ohio…senior season scored two goals and added one assist as she helped lead team to 6-5-6 overall record…played volleyball as a freshman.

23BROOKE MILLER • FR • FORWARD

Overview: Freshman forward who could make an impact as a rookie up front in 2014…comes to Asheville via Lake Norman HS in Mooresville, N.C.

Before UNC Asheville: Helped lead Lake Norman to conference champi-onships in 2013 and 2014…was caption of the team as a senior…named Athlete of the Week once during senior season…scholar-athlete all four years she played…also lettered in softball and track and fi eld.

21ANNASOPHIA ROBERTS • FR • MIDFIELDER

Overview: Rookie midfi elder who becomes the second player to play for the Blue & White from the state of Alaska…played at West Anchorage HS in Anchorage…can also played the cello.

Before UNC Asheville: Earned second team All-Conference honors as senior as she led team to 7-5-2 overall record…junior year helped West Anchorage to fourth-place fi nish in state and fi rst team All-Conference honors as a utility player…led team in assists both junior and senior year…excellent athlete who also participated in track and fi eld and fl ag football during her prep career.



13JENNA SHARRITS • FR • DEFENDER

Overview: Freshman midfi elder who enjoyed a great prep career at near-by West Henderson HS in Hendersonville…selected to play in East-West All-Star game in Greensboro in July.

Before UNC Asheville: Earned All-Conference and All-Region honors as sophomore, junior and senior…named to Asheville Citizen-Times All-Ar-ea team as a junior and senior…also placed on Hendersonville Times-News All-Area team as a sophomore, junior and senior…tallied fi ve goals with two assists senior year and had four goals and four assists junior campaign…made Powerade State Games in 2012 and 2013…named to ODP Region Camp in 2011 and 2012…played club soccer for Highland Football Club.

24KATIE TUORTO • FR • DEFENDER

Overview: Freshman defender from New York who will compete for play-ing time.

Before UNC Asheville: Attended Kings Park HS in Kings Park, N.Y….helped lead team to 9-4-2 record as senior, while earning All-County hon-ors…named Rookie of the Year in 20111 and helped lead Kings Point to conference title.



HCMICHELLE DEMKO • 5TH SEASON

Michelle Demko is in her fi fth year as head coach of the UNC Asheville women’s soccer program.

The former University of Maryland star is steadily re-building the Bulldog program and is determined to get it back to the top of the Big South Conference.

In 2013, Asheville won six matches, the most wins for the program since the 2006 campaign. The Bulldogs went 2-0-2 in overtime matches and earned a tie with eventual BSC champion Liberty.

After winning only one match in her fi rst season as head coach in 2010, Asheville was the most improved team in the Big South in 2011. The Bulldogs won four matches and qualifi ed for the Big South Tournament for the fi rst time in three seasons. Asheville took eventual Big South champion and NCAA participant Radford to a shootout before falling to the Highlanders in the quarterfi nals of the league tourney.

That improvement continued in 2012 as the Bulldogs posted fi ve wins and played their best soccer at the end of the year as they won three of their fi nal fi ve matches.

In the spring of 2013, Demko was selected to serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team when it played in a four-nation tournament in LaMan-ga, Spain. The U.S. won the tournament with victories over England, Norway and Sweden.

This was Demko’s second coaching appointment on the international stage. In 2012, the Bulldogs’ head coach was in California, training the Under-20 U.S. Women’s Na-tional Team as it began preparations for the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup.

Demko came to Asheville after serving as an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska.

She replaced Michele Cornish, the Big South’s and UNC Asheville’s all-time winningest coach.

“When we began to look at the applicants for this po-sition, we were determined to fi nd a Champion in Athletics and a Leader in Life,” declared Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone upon Demko’s hiring. “Michelle fi t our vision perfectly. She has been a champion on the fi eld both collegiately and professionally. Michelle has also coached at two outstanding universities. We believe she will do an exemplary job leading our women’s soccer program.”

Demko had been at Nebraska for three years and served as the Huskers’ recruiting coordinator. Nebraska posted three straight winning seasons and improved its win total each year.

Before coming to Nebraska, Demko spent four years with North Carolina State, helping to improve the Pack from a record of 9-9-1 in 2003 to 11-9-1 in 2006.

Before her stint at N.C. State, Demko played profes-sionally with the Philadelphia Charge. She was selected in the eighth round (63rd overall) by the Charge and played two seasons in the WUSA, leading Philadelphia into the WUSA Founders Cup semifi nals twice.



ACJOEY SASVARI • SECOND SEASON

Joey Sasvari is in his second year as an assistant coach with the UNC Asheville women’s soccer program.

“Joey has immediately contributed to the growth of this program since his arrival. He has a higher level of thinking tactically which has been great for discussions on and off the fi eld with regard to the program’s future,” stated Bulldog coach Michelle Demko.

Sasvari has been a staff coach at the International Soccer Academy in Florida for the eight years. He trained and worked with female regional and national team players from all over the world. In addition, Sasvari was the head coach for the girls’ soccer team at Buchholz HS in Gainesville last year. He also coached the U6-U12 girls’ teams of the Gainesville Soccer Alliance.

“He has head coaching experience, is highly motivated and has a great passion for the game, all of which has made this a seamless transition,” added Demko. “Joey was exactly what I was looking for when searching for an assistant. I am thrilled he decided to join us. I feel like our staff is complete, and the Bulldog future is brighter than it has ever been. We found the missing piece of our puzzle and that is exciting.”

Sasvari is a 2007 graduate of the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. He earned his masters of science degree from the Hough Graduate School of Busi-ness from Florida in 2009.

Demko also had a successful professional career over-seas, spending three years in Germany in the competitive Frauen Bundesliga for the SC Klinge Seckah, FSV Frankfurt and Bayern Munich.

She was a starter for all three teams and led Bayern Mu-nich to a league championship. In addition, Demko captured a national title while playing with the W-League’s Maryland Pride from 1994 to 1996.

Demko, who played soccer at Maryland under former U.S. National Team Coach April Heinrichs, was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 50th Anniversary Women’s Soc-cer Team. While playing at Maryland, she served as a two-year captain and was voted MVP by her team. She also earned fi rst-team All-ACC honors.

Demko played in three Olympic Festivals (1994-96), as well as being called into national team training camps in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Demko also owns a cap with the U.S. Wom-en’s National Team while playing against Germany in 1997.

A native of Largo, Fla., Demko received a bachelor’s de-gree of science-kinesiology from Maryland in 1996. Prior to her arrival at Maryland, she played soccer at Barry University in Miami, Fla. She helped lead Barry to the 1992 NCAA Divi-sion II national title as she scored in the championship match against Adelphi.

What People Are Saying About Michelle Demko

“Michelle Demko is one of the brightest and best female head coaches I have observed coaching. She is passionate about the game, cares about her players and is a fabulous role model for all. Student-Athletes will push themselves and each other while playing for Michelle at UNC Asheville.”

-April HeinrichsFormer Head Coach at Maryland/Former United States Na-tional Team Coach

“Michelle will do a terrifi c job at UNC Asheville. She brings incredible experience as a former professional player, and during her tenure at Nebraska proved herself to be an ex-cellent recruiter, a creative and disciplined coach. Most of all, she brings her outstanding character and passion, which will become the foundation of her program at UNC Asheville.”

-John WalkerNebraska Head Women’s Soccer Coach



2013 Overall Statistics

SHOTSNo. Player GP-GS G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att

7 GARRETT, Kennedy 18-18 4 2 10 36 .111 16 .444 1 0-0

17 LEHHART, Shenny 17-15 3 2 8 48 .062 27 .562 2 0-0

6 KNAPP, Amanda 16-14 2 1 5 29 .069 13 .448 2 0-0

2 DAILOR, Amanda 19-19 1 1 3 51 .020 15 .294 0 0-0

4 ECKERT, Kaitlyn 3-1 1 0 2 7 .143 4 .571 0 0-0

11 MEGLIC, Maddi 15-7 1 0 2 5 .200 2 .400 0 0-0

19 TRENT, Paige 2-2 1 0 2 4 .250 3 .750 1 0-0

8 PALMER, Kelsey 17-17 0 1 1 15 .000 7 .467 0 0-0

3 COFFELT, Katie 18-14 0 1 1 9 .000 6 .667 0 0-0

15 FOSTER, Megan 19-17 0 1 1 5 .000 2 .400 0 0-0

24 LAWSON, Kristen 18-14 0 0 0 17 .000 6 .353 0 0-0

23 FEINSTEIN, Gabby 16-1 0 0 0 6 .000 3 .500 0 0-0

5 STRADFORD, Alex 16-14 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-0

22 WHEELER, Emily 16-6 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0-0

13 JACOBIUS, Allie 18-9 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

9 KIRKENDALL, Eve 17-14 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

20 KISH, Rachel 9-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

18 TATE, Tarrah 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

10 HOLT, Abby 17-7 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

0 MULLER, Heather 19-19 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

00 ZIGANTE, Suzie 5-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

Total 19 13 9 35 240 .054 107 .446 6 0-0

Opponents 19 30 25 85 312 .096 147 .471 11 1-2

Overall: 6-11-2 Big South: 2-7-2 Home: 4-3-2 Away: 2-8-0 Neut: 0-0-0

GOAL AVERAGE SAVES RECORD Shut- ## Player GP-GS Minutes GA GaAvg Saves SavePct W L T outs

0 MULLER, Heather 19-18 1590:38 26 1.47 112 .812 6 9 2 4.1

00 ZIGANTE, Suzie 5-0 170:14 4 2.11 4 .500 0 0 0 0.1

TM Team 0-0 0:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 0 0 0 1.0

Total 19 1760:52 30 1.53 117 .796 6 9 2 5

Opponents 19 1760:52 13 0.66 94 .879 9 6 2 10

2013 Goalkeeper Statistics



2013 Team StatisticsGOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total UNC Asheville 8 3 2 0 13 Opponents 12 18 0 0 30

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total UNC Asheville 115 119 3 3 240 Opponents 128 167 3 14 312

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total UNC Asheville 44 65 2 6 117 Opponents 44 49 0 1 94

CORNERS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total UNC Asheville 21 20 0 0 41 Opponents 50 49 3 4 106

FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total UNC Asheville 63 76 2 0 141 Opponents 64 83 1 2 150

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY UNCAVL OPP Total 1970 1796 Dates/Avg Per Date 9/219 10/180 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

## POINTS GP G A Pts Shots 7 GARRETT, Kennedy 18 4 2 10 36 17 LEHHART, Shenny 17 3 2 8 48 6 KNAPP, Amanda 16 2 1 5 29 2 DAILOR, Amanda 19 1 1 3 51 4 ECKERT, Kaitlyn 3 1 0 2 7 11 MEGLIC, Maddi 15 1 0 2 5 19 TRENT, Paige 2 1 0 2 4 8 PALMER, Kelsey 17 0 1 1 15 3 COFFELT, Katie 18 0 1 1 9 15 FOSTER, Megan 19 0 1 1 5

## GOALS GP G A Pts Shots 7 GARRETT, Kennedy 18 4 2 10 36 17 LEHHART, Shenny 17 3 2 8 48 6 KNAPP, Amanda 16 2 1 5 29 4 ECKERT, Kaitlyn 3 1 0 2 7 2 DAILOR, Amanda 19 1 1 3 51 11 MEGLIC, Maddi 15 1 0 2 5 19 TRENT, Paige 2 1 0 2 4

## ASSISTS GP G A Pts Shots 17 LEHHART, Shenny 17 3 2 8 48 7 GARRETT, Kennedy 18 4 2 10 36 15 FOSTER, Megan 19 0 1 1 5 6 KNAPP, Amanda 16 2 1 5 29 3 COFFELT, Katie 18 0 1 1 9 8 PALMER, Kelsey 17 0 1 1 15 2 DAILOR, Amanda 19 1 1 3 51 ## SHOTS GP G A Shots Shot% 2 DAILOR, Amanda 19 1 1 51 .020 17 LEHHART, Shenny 17 3 2 48 .062 7 GARRETT, Kennedy 18 4 2 36 .111 6 KNAPP, Amanda 16 2 1 29 .069 24 LAWSON, Kristen 18 0 0 17 .000 8 PALMER, Kelsey 17 0 1 15 .000 3 COFFELT, Katie 18 0 1 9 .000 4 ECKERT, Kaitlyn 3 1 0 7 .143 23 FEINSTEIN, Gabby 16 0 0 6 .000 15 FOSTER, Megan 19 0 1 5 .000

## SHOTS ON GOAL G A Shots SOG SOG% 17 LEHHART, Shenny 3 2 48 27 .562 7 GARRETT, Kennedy 4 2 36 16 .444 2 DAILOR, Amanda 1 1 51 15 .294 6 KNAPP, Amanda 2 1 29 13 .448 8 PALMER, Kelsey 0 1 15 7 .467 24 LAWSON, Kristen 0 0 17 6 .353 3 COFFELT, Katie 0 1 9 6 .667 4 ECKERT, Kaitlyn 1 0 7 4 .571 23 FEINSTEIN, Gabby 0 0 6 3 .500 19 TRENT, Paige 1 0 4 3 .750 ## GAME WINNING GOALS GP No. 6 KNAPP, Amanda 16 2 17 LEHHART, Shenny 17 2 7 GARRETT, Kennedy 18 1 19 TRENT, Paige 2 1

2013 Team Leaders

Overall: 6-11-2 • Big South: 2-7-2

Aug 23 EKU W 2-1

Aug 29 USC UPSTATE W 2-0

Sep 01 at Wofford L 0-1

Sep 05 at Appalachian State L 0-2

Sep 08 at Chattanooga L 1-2

Sep 11 MARS HILL W 1-0 OT

Sep 12 at Alabama State Soccer W 3-2 OT

Sep 17 at South Carolina State L 0-1

*Sep 26 CAMPBELL W 1-0

*Sep 28 PRESBYERIAN COLLEGE L 0-1

*Oct 02 LIBERTY T 0-0 O2

*Oct 05 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L 0-3

*Oct 09 at Winthrop L 0-1

*Oct 12 at Radford L 0-4

*Oct 16 HIGH POINT T 1-1 O2

*Oct 18 at Coastal Carolina L 0-5

*Oct 23 at VMI W 1-0

*Oct 26 LONGWOOD L 0-4

*10/29/13 at Gardner-Webb L 1-2

*Big South Matches

2013 Results



2013 Big South Conference StandingsFINAL B S S . C : N B

2013 BIG SOUTH WOMEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS

Big South Overall

Team W L T Pts Pct W L T Pct. Home Road Neu L10 StreakRadford 10 1 0 30 .909 15 3 2 .800 9-0-0 6-2-1 0-1-1 7-2-1 L1Liberty 8 2 1 25 .773 16 6 1 .717 8-1-0 6-5-1 2-0-0 8-2-0 L1Longwood 8 3 0 24 .727 9 9 2 .500 3-5-1 5-4-1 1-0-0 6-4-0 L2 Winthrop 7 4 0 21 .636 11 5 3 .658 6-2-1 5-3-1 0-0-1 5-3-2 U2 Coastal Carolina 7 4 0 21 .636 10 8 2 .550 6-3-0 4-4-2 0-1-0 6-3-1 U2High Point 6 4 1 19 .591 9 10 1 .475 6-3-0 3-6-1 0-1-0 5-4-1 L1Presbyterian College 6 5 0 18 .545 9 9 0 .500 3-5-0 6-4-0 0-0-0 5-5-0 L1Charleston Southern 4 7 0 12 .364 7 12 1 .375 6-3-0 1-9-1 0-0-0 4-6-0 L2Campbell 3 8 0 9 .273 7 11 0 .389 4-3-0 2-7-0 1-1-0 3-7-0 L1UNC Asheville 2 7 2 8 .273 6 11 2 .368 4-3-2 2-8-0 0-0-0 1-7-2 L2 Gardner-Webb 2 9 0 6 .182 4 14 1 .237 2-7-1 1-7-0 1-0-0 2-8-0 W1VMI 1 10 0 3 .091 3 15 0 .167 3-5-0 0-10-0 0-0-0 1-9-0 L6

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE

YEARLY HONORS

First Team All-Conference Kelsey Pardue, F, Sr., LongwoodKrystyna Freda, F, Jr., WinthropTori Lopez, F, Sr., Presbyterian CollegeSara Simpson, F, Sr, Presbyterian CollegeJulie Ruh’e, MF, Sr., RadfordFia Jonsson, MF, So., Coastal CarolinaTaylor Parker, MF, Sr., High PointBrittany Aanderud, MF, So., LibertySydney Golden, D, Sr., RadfordCasey Norris, D, Sr., LibertyRylie Johnson, D, Jr., Coastal CarolinaMegan Pritts, D, Sr., WinthropChe’ Brown, GK, Sr., Radford

Second Team All-Conference Kacey Kelley, F, Jr., Coastal CarolinaKelli Joline, F, Sr., High PointToni Lashley, F, Sr., Charleston SouthernGina D’Orazio, F, Fr., LongwoodBecca Hemby, MF, Sr., High PointRachel Conway, MF, Sr., RadfordAmanda Spencer, MF, Fr., LongwoodAllison Lewis, MF, Sr., Charleston So.Maddie Boone, D, Jr., LibertyStephanie Allen, D, Sr., Presbyterian Hillary Gupton, D, Sr., CampbellAlyssa Clark, D, Sr., Coastal CarolinaHolly Van Noord, GK, R-Fr., Liberty

Honorable Mention All-Conference Alana Mackey, MF, So., LongwoodOkina Crawley, MF, Sr., WinthropSahar Afl aki, F, Sr., RadfordShelby Hooe, F, So., Gardner-WebbCaitlin Annear, D, Jr., Radford

All-Freshman TeamMelanie Priestley, F, RadfordHolly Van Noord, GK, LibertyAmanda Spencer, MF, LongwoodSam Patterson, MF, Coastal CarolinaKelsey Parrell, F, High PointBritney Kendall, F, RadfordEmily McCord, D, Presbyterian CollegeMacey Bosley, D, WinthropGina D’Orazio, F, LongwoodBrianna Panico, F, Coastal CarolinaJulia Delgatti, F, Liberty

All-Academic TeamMichelle Procaccini, CampbellAllison Lewis, Charleston SouthernMadison Phillips, Coastal CarolinaShelby Hooe, Gardner-WebbBecca Hemby, High PointMaddie Boone, LibertyKelsey McDonald, LongwoodEmily Boggus, Presbyterian CollegeRachel Conway, RadfordHeather Muller, UNC AshevilleKillian Buckley, VMIMegan Pritts, Winthrop

Attacking Player of the YearKrystyna Freda, F, Jr., Winthrop

Defensive Player of the YearChe’ Brown, GK, Sr., Radford

Freshman of the YearAmanda Spencer, MF, Longwood

Scholar-Athlete of the YearBecca Hemby, High Point

Coach of the YearBen Sohrabi, Radford

BIG SOUTH SEMIFINALS AND FINAL

Friday, Nov. 8 (at Coastal Carolina)#1 RADFORD 1 ....................................#4 WINTHROP 1

Radford Advanced 5-4 on Pentalty Kicks#2 LIBERTY 4 ....................................# 6 HIGH POINT 1

Sunday, Nov. 10 (at Coastal Carolina) - ESPN3#2 LIBERTY 5 ....................................... #1 RADFORD 0

All-Tournament TeamBrittany Aanderud, Liberty (MVP)

Alanna Dunkle, LibertyGeena Swentick, Liberty

Casey Norris, LibertyStephanie Herb, RadfordSydney Golden, Radford

Julie Ruh’e, RadfordTaylor Parker, High Point

Jenny Marshall, High PointMegan Pritts, Winthrop

Okina Crawley, WinthropSydney Fontenot, Presbyterian College

Rylie Johnson, Coastal CarolinaKelsey Pardue, Longwood

Allie Lewis, Charleston Southern

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, Nov. 16at North Carolina 4, LIBERTY 0



Big South Conference Women’s Soccer Records

Big South tournament Record By Round

Win Loss Tie PctQuarterfi nals 5 6 3 .435Semifi nals 6 3 1 .650Finals 1 3 3 .357

Big South Tournament Record By Opponent

Win Loss Tie .PctBirmingham-Southern 1 0 0 1.000Charleston Southern 4 1 1 .750Elon 0 0 2 .500High Point 0 2 1 .200Liberty 0 2 2 .250Radford 0 5 0 .000South Alabama 0 1 0 .000UMBC 2 1 0 .667UNC Greensboro 1 0 1 .750Winthrop 4 0 0 1.000

Big South Tournament Results

Year Opponent Round Score W/L Site1992 UMBC Quarterfi nals 0-7 L Baltimore, Md1994 Radford Quarterfi nals 0-1 L Baltimore, Md.1995 UMBC Semifi nals 3-0 W Greensboro, N.C.1995 UNC Greensboro Finals 1-0 W Greensboro, N.C.1996 UMBC Semifi nals 3-0 W Greensboro, N.C.1996 UNC Greensboro Finals 1-1 (3-4, PK’s) L Greensboro, N.C.1997 Charleston Southern Quarterfi nals 3-0 W Radford, Va.1997 South Alabama Semifi nals 1-2 L Radford, Va.1998 Charleston Southern Semifi nals 2-1 (OT) W Lynchburg, Va.1998 Radford Finals 0-1 L Lynchburg, Va.1999 Elon Quarterfi nals 0-0 (4-5, PK’s) L Lynchburg, Va.2000 Liberty Quarterfi nals 1-3 L Radford, Va.2001 Charleston Southern Quarterfi nals 0-2 L Charleston, S.C.2002 Elon Quarterfi nals 1-1 (4-3, PK’s) W Charleston, S.C.2002 Liberty Semifi nals 1-1 (4-2, PK’s) W Charleston, S.C.2002 Radford Finals 0-2 L Charleston, S.C.2003 Winthrop Quarterfi nals 2-1 W High Point, N.C.2003 Charleston Southern Semifi nals 3-0 W High Point, N.C.2003 High Point Finals 0-0 (2-3, PK’s) L High Point, N.C.2004 Winthrop Quarterfi nals 1-0 W Charleston, S.C.2004 High Point Semifi nals 1-3 L Charleston, S.C.2005 Winthrop Quarterfi nals 1-0 W Rock Hill, S.C.2005 Charleston Southern Semifi nals 3-1 W Rock Hill, S.C.2005 Liberty Finals 0-3 L Rock Hill, S.C.2006 Birmingham-Southern Quarterfi nals 1-0 (2 OT) W Conway, S.C.2006 Winthrop Semifi nals 2-1 W Conway, S.C.2006 Liberty Finals 0-0 (4-2, PK’s) W Conway, S.C.2007 Charleston Southern Quarterfi nals 1-1 (4-2, PK’s) W Charleston, S.C.2007 High Point Semifi nals 0-1 L Charleston, S.C.2008 Radford Quarterfi nals 1-2 (OT) L High Point, N.C.2011 Radford Quarterfi nals 1-1 (3-2, PK’S) L Charleston, S.C.

Regular Season Championships

2004, 2005Tournament Championships

1995, 2006Tournament Runners-Up

1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005

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u 2006 Big South Champions When the 2006 season started for the UNC Asheville women’s soccer team, Michele Cornish’s club would not carry the role of favorite for the fi rst time in two seasons.

The Bulldogs were coming off back-to-back regular season championships in 2006. The 2004 and 2005 teams had been expected to be good and accomplished a great deal with their titles. Only one thing was missing from those teams and that was a Big South Conference tournament championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.

There wasn’t much hope that the Bulldogs would be able to get that tournament title and trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2006. UNC Asheville was a preseason pick to fi nish in fi fth place and had graduated the core of its championship teams. There were some key players returning but a lot of younger players were going to have to step up for the Bulldogs to have a winning season.

Asheville entered the Big South Conference Tournament as the fi fth seed and without the pressure of being the top seed from the previous two seasons. The Bulldogs were 8-6-2 and had a nice year considering they lost their starting goalkeeper early in the season and at times were struggling to score goals.

The fi rst game in the tournament would be a tough one as fourth-seeded Birmingham-Southern would be the opponent. The Panthers were in their fi nal year of Division I and wanted to go out a winner. They had beaten the Bulldogs, 1-0 early in the season at Greenwood Field.

A strong Asheville defense led by senior Sara Pahl and junior Kate Barrow kept the Panthers at bay. But the Panthers’ defense was tough as well and kept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard. The match moved into a second overtime period and it looked like penalty kicks would decide the match. However, Robyn Busha had other ideas. She took a pass from Juliana Duncan and headed the ball into the back of the goal in the 107th minute to send the Bulldogs to the semifi nals for the fi fth straight year.

The semifi nals would be a match with top-seeded Winthrop. The Lady Eagles were gunning for revenge against Asheville. The Bulldogs had ended Winthrop’s season the past three years and it had never beaten UNC Asheville. The regular-season champs scored early and began to dominate the match in the fi rst half before settling for a 1-0 lead.

But again Asheville’s defense would tighten up and keep Winthrop off the scoreboard. The Bulldogs began to play better and then got a big break to tie the game early in the second half. On a corner kick, the ball was knocked into the goal by an Eagle player to knot the match at 1-1.

The Bulldogs were then able to strike again late. Busha sent a perfect pass to Joy Haynes. The junior forward used her speed to get loose for a breakaway. She was able to push the ball into the back of the net and suddenly the Bulldogs led 2-1 with four minutes left. Asheville was able to hold off one more Winthrop charge and the Bulldogs were in the title game for the second straight year and fourth time in the last fi ve seasons.

The Big South Championship match had been a real source of frustration for Cornish and the Bulldog program. This was the sixth time Asheville had advanced to the title game and only had one victory to show. The Bulldogs would face Liberty once again for the title and once again Asheville’s defense was up to the task. The Flames would control play but could not get a shot past Lazar. The match would go through regulation tied at 0-0 before heading to overtime.

It would stay scoreless as each team’s defense would not allow a goal. The Bulldogs’ dream of a trip to the NCAA Tournament would come down to Penalty Kicks.

Lazar stopped two of the Flames tries, while Duncan, Carter and Busha gave Asheville a 3-2 lead. The freshman goalkeeper stopped one more Liberty attempt and now the Bulldogs were one made PK away from a championship. Freshman Meagan Bradham would be the Asheville player to take the kick. She buried it into the back of the goal for a 4-2 PK win and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.

The MVP of the tournament was midfi elder Ashleigh Carter. She was the heart and soul of the Bulldogs. Carter had a solid freshman year but had been sidelined for much of the next two years with injuries. She was never close to 100 percent during her senior season but played on and helped get the Bulldogs a championship.

Also making the all-tournament team were defenders Sara Pahl and Kate Barrow plus midfi elder Juliana Duncan. The Bulldogs’ defense allowed just one goal in 307 minutes of play in the tournament.

Asheville then wondered who it would play in its fi rst NCAA Tournament appearance. The Bulldogs found out the next day that they would take on eventual national champion and national power UNC Chapel Hill later in the week.

The 2006 Big South Conference Champions



u UNC ASHEVILLE CAREER RECORDSGame RecordsGoals: 4, Kristi Cummings vs. Charleston (1993) 4, Lynae King vs. UNC Wilmington (1995)Assists: 4, Megan Harris vs. SC State (2000) 4, Olivia Korman vs. The Citadel (2001)Points: 9, Kristi Cummings vs. Charleston (1993) 9, Lynae King vs. UNC Wilmington (1995)Shots: 10, Kristi Cummings vs. Charleston (1993)Saves: 20, Tracy Brainard vs. UMBC (1992)

Season RecordsGoals: 21, Hilary McKay (2001)GW Goals: 4, Emily Langill (2004)Assists: 9, Kaitlyn Eckert (2012)Points: 48, Hilary McKay (2003)Shots: 96, Hilary McKay (2005)Saves: 125, Tracy Brianard (1992) 125, Heather Muller (2012)Shutouts: 12, Jill Young (1995)

Career RecordsGoals: 53, Hilary McKay (2002-05)GW Goals: 13, Hilary McKay (2002-05) Assists: 22, Hilary McKay (2002-05)Points: 128, Hilary McKay (2002-05)Shots: 302, Hilary McKay (2002-05)Saves: 357, Heather Muller (2011-)Shutouts: 25, Jill Young (1993-96)

Season Top 10Goals:1. Hilary McKay 21 20032. Hilary McKay 17 20053. Mackenzie Miller 13 19954. Robyn Busha 12 20055. Kaitlyn Ecert 11 20126. Kristi Cummings 10 1993 Mackenzie Miller 10 19978. Mackenzie Miller 9 1998 Kelsey Dawson 9 2002 Hilary McKay 9 2002

Assists:1. Kaitlyn Eckert 9 20122. Amanda Wilkinson 8 2000 Megan Harris 8 2000 Kelsey Dawson 8 20025. Hilary McKay 7 2005 Robyn Busha 7 20057. Mackenzie Miller 6 1995 Lynae King 6 1995 Alison Gehringer 6 1996 Alison Gehringer 6 1997 Hilary McKay 6 2003 Kelsey Dawson 6 2003 Stephanie Feltis 6 2005

Points:1. Hilary McKay 48 20032. Hilary McKay 41 20053. Mackenzie Miller 32 19954. Robyn Busha 31 2005 Kaitlyn Eckert 31 2012 6. Kelsey Dawson 26 20027. Mackenzie Miller 25 19978. Kristi Cummings 23 19939. Alison Gehringer 22 199610. Mackenzie Miller 21 1998 Robyn Busha 21 2006Saves:1. Tracy Brainard 125 1992 Heather Muller 125 20123. Heather Muller 120 20114. Caroline Jacobsen 119 20005. Christine Geske 113 19996. Jill Young 112 19947. Veronica Lazar 111 20088. Michelle Mattos 88 20029. Megan Dent 84 201010. Veronica Lazar 82 2006

Career Top 10Goals:1. Hilary McKay 53 2002-052. Mackenzie Miller 39 1995-983. Kelsey Dawson 36 2000-03 Kristi Cummings 36 1993-964. Robyn Busha 35 2005-085. Ashley Hart 20 1995-986. Lynae King 19 1993-96 Alison Gehringer 19 1995-977. Kaitlyn Eckert 18 2011-8. Joy Haynes 16 2004-079. Ellen Sims 14 2001-0210. Leilani Halkiotis 11 2008-11

Assists:1. Hilary McKay 22 2002-052. Kelsey Dawson 18 2000-03 Lynae King 18 1993-963. Amanda Wilkinson 17 1997-2000 Alison Gehringer 17 1995-97 Mackenzie Miller 17 1995-984. Ashley Hart 13 1995-985. Kaitlyn Eckert 12 2011-6. Robyn Busha 11 2005-087. McKenna Stockhausen 9 2006-09 Juliana Duncan 9 2005-08 Amanda Knapp 9 2010-1310. Megan Harris 8 2000

Points:1. Hilary McKay 122 2002-052. Mackenzie Miller 95 1995-983. Kelsey Dawson 90 2000-034. Robyn Busha 85 2005-085. Kristi Cummings 83 1993-966. Lynae King 56 1993-967. Alison Gehringer 55 1995-978. Ashley Hart 53 1995-989. Kaitlyn Eckert 48 2011-10. Joy Haynes 39 2004-07



u UNC ASHEVILLE CAREER RECORDSSaves:1. Heather Muller 357 2011-2. Jill Young 297 1993-963. Michelle Matos 292 2002-054. Veronica Lazar 267 2006-095. Christine Geske 238 1996-996. Tracy Brainard 125 1992-937. Caroline Jacobsen 119 20008 Megan Dent 84 20109. Mary Scherger 59 2001-0210. Dawn McDonald 49 1993

Shutouts:1. Jill Young 25 1993-962. Michelle Matos 20 2002-053. Christine Geske 16 1996-994. Veronica Lazar 10 2006-095. Rebecca Bostian 5 2001-04

Team RecordsGoalsGame: 11, vs. Lenior-Rhyne, Oct. 14, 1996

Season: 60, 2010

Assists

Game: 11, vs. Lenior-Rhyne, Oct. 14, 1996

Season: 42, 1995

Points


Season: 144, 1995

Shots


Wins

Season: 16, 1995

Consecutive: 6, 1996, 2005

Conference: 6, 2004, 2005

Consecutive: 5, 2005

Losses

Season: 16, 2010


Conference: 9, 2010


Ties

3, 1999, 2003, 2006

Season Winning Percentage

.762, (16-5) 1995

Fewest Goals Allowed

Season: 16, 1995 and 1996

Most Goals Allowed

Game: 9, vs. Clemson, 1999

Season: 62, 2012

Miscellaneous Records

Shutouts in a Season

12, 1995

Largest Margin of Victory

11, vs. Lenior-Rhyne, Oct. 14, 1996

Largest Margin of Defeat

0-9, vs. Clemson, 1999

Fastest Goal Scored

:05, Kristi Cummings, vs. Furman, 1995 Consecutive Shutout Minutes

530, Michelle Mattos, 9/18- 10/9, 2004

Longest Unbeaten Streak

7, 1996, 2004

Most Consecutive Home Wins

9, 1995-97

Most Consecutive Conference Wins

4, 11/26-10/9, 2004

Most Consecutive Shutouts

5, 1995 and 2004

Most Improved Win-Loss Record

7-10-2 in 1994 to 16-5-0 in 1995

Best Goals Against Average

0.75, 1995

Most Overtime Games Played

5, 1997, 1998, and 2008

Most Overtime Wins

4, 1998

Most Overtime Losses

2, 1997 and 2008

Record in Penalty Kicks

3 wins, 5 losses

Last Penalty Kick Win

Nov. 9, 2007 4-2 at Charleston Southern (BSC quarters)

Last Penalty Kick Loss

Nov. 3, 2011, 2-3, vs. Radford (BSC Quarterfi nal)

GoalKeeper Records

Season

Most Minutes: 1,840, Heather Muller, 2011

Most Shots Faced: 308, Heather Muller, 2011

Most Saves: 125, Traci Brainard, 1992, Heather Muller, 2012

Best Goals Against Avg.: 0.75, Jill Young, 1995

Most Shutouts: 12, Jill Young, 1995

Career

Most Minutes: 5,957, Michelle Mattos (2002-05)

Most Shots Faced: 570, Jill Young (1993-96)

Most Saves: 357, Heather Muller (2011-)

Best Goals Against Avg.: 1.19, Michelle Mattos (2002-05)

Most Shutouts: 25, Jill Young (1993-96)



Year By Year Leaders

Year Goals Assists Points Saves1992 Candi Enneking (2) Candi Enneking (4) Tracy Brainard (125)

1993 Kristi Cummings (10) Kristi Cummings (3) Kristi Cummings (23) Dawn McDonald (49)

1994 Becky Frankwicz (8) Jodi Winterton (4) Becky Franwicz (19) Jill Young (112)

1995 Mackenzie Miller (13) Mackenzie Miller (6) Mackenzie Miller (32) Jill Young (77)

Lynae King (6)

1996 Alison Gehringer (8) Alison Gehringer (6) Alison Gehringer (22) Jill Young (60)

1997 Mackenzie Miller (10) Alison Gehringer (6) Mackenzie Miller (25) Christine Geske (58)

1998 Mackenzie Miller (9) Kara Strehle (5) Mackenzie Miller (21) Christine Geske (61)

1999 Joanna Stocking (5) Amanda Wilkinson (5) Joanna Stocking (10) Christine Geske (113)

2000 Kelsey Dawson (8) Amanda Wilkinson (8) Kelsey Dawson (19) Caroline Jacobsen (119)

2001 Kelsey Dawson (8) Olivia Korman (4) Kelsey Dawson (17) Mary Scherger (59)

Ellen Sims (8) Ellen Sims (17)

2002 Kelsey Dawson (9) Kelsey Dawson (8) Kelsey Dawson (26) Mich Mattos (88)

Hilary McKay (9)

2003 Hilary McKay (21) Hilary McKay (6) Hilary McKay (48) Mich Mattos (48)

Kelsey Dawson (6)


Emily Langill (6)


Robyn Busha (7)

2006 Robyn Busha (8) Robyn Busha (5) Robyn Busha (21) Veronica Lazar (82)

2007 Robyn Busha (8) Robyn Busha (3) Robyn Busha (19) Veronica Lazar (74)

2008 Robyn Busha (8) Juliana Duncan (5) Robyn Busha (14) Vernoica Lazar (111)

McKenna Stockhausen (5)

2009 Chloe McCleary-Small (4) Meagan Bradham (2) Chloe McCleary-Small (9) Veronica Lazar (59)

2010 Leilani Halkiotis (4) Leilani Halkiotis (3) Leilani Halkiotis (11) Megan Dent (84)

2011 Amanda Knapp (6) Amanda Knapp (4) Amanda Knapp (16) Heather Muller (120)

Kaitlyn Eckert (6)

2012 Kaitlyn Eckert (11) Kaitlyn Eckert (9) Kaitlyn Eckert (31) Heather Muller (125)

2013 Kennedy Garrett (4) Kennedy Garrett (2) Kennedy Garrett (10) Heather Muller (112)

Shenny Lenhart (2)

Big South All-Conference Performers

First Team

Kristi Cummings (1995, 1996)

Kelsey Dawson (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

Alison Gehringer (1995, 1996, 1997)

Christine Geske (1998, 1999)

Amanda Hutson (1997)

Kirstin Kiphardt (1999)

Mary Milligan (1994, 1996)

Mackenzie Miller (1998)

Joanna Stocking (1999)

Jill Young (1994, 1995, 1996)

Hilary McKay (2002, 2003, 2005)

Robyn Busha (2005, 2008)

Emily Langill (2005)

Michelle Mattos (2005)

Sara Pahl (2006)

Ashleigh Carter (2006)

Leilani Halkiotis (2011)

Second Team

Katrin Casey (1997, 1998)

Kristi Cummings (1993, 1994)

Sandi Dror (1993)

Kerry Gaschler (1998)

Christine Geske (1997)

Megan Harris (2000)

Ashley Hart (1995, 1998)

Caroline Jacobsen (2000)

Emily Langill (2002, 2003)

Lynae King (1996)

Dawn McDonald (1993)

Mary Milligan (1993, 1995)

Mackenzie Miller (1996, 1997)

Brita Nordgren (2003)

Kelly Ratterman (1999)

Sharon Sawdowski (1997)

Jodi Winterton (1995)


Sara Pahl (2005)

Robyn Busha (2006, 2007)

Veronica Lazar (2006)

Kate Barrow (2007)

McKenna Stockhausen (2008)

Chloe McCleary-Small (2009)

Mary Kate Tucker (2009)

Kaitlyn Eckert (2012)

All-Freshman (Big South)


Keri Skelton (2006)

Mary Kate Tucker (2008)

Hannah Jeske (2009)

Kaitlyn Eckert (2011)

All-Tournament (Big South)

Kristi Cummings (1995)

Jodi Winterton (1995)

Jill Young (1995)

Kerry Gaschler (1995, 1996, 1998)

Alison Gehringer (1995, 1996, 1997)

Mackenzie Miller (1995, 1996, 1997)

Ashley Hart (1995)

Mary Milligan (1995)

Amanda Hutson (1998)


Christine Geske (1999)

Keri Caneveri (2000)

Mary Sparks (2001)

Emily Langill (2002, 2003, 2005)

Erin Trigonoplos (2002)

Michelle Mattos (2002)

Kate Barrow (2003, 2006, 2007)

Hilary McKay (2003)

Shoshana Fried (2005)

Sara Pahl (2005, 2006)


Juliana Duncan (2006)


Robyn Busha (2008)

Heather Muller (2011)

Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year

Alison Gehringer (1997)

Mackenzie Miller (1998)

Big South Coach of the Year

Michele Cornish (1995, 2005)

Big South Tournament MVP

Alison Gehringer, Jill Young (1995)


Big South Rookie of the Year

Hilary McKay (2002)

Big South Player of the Year

Emily Langill (2004)

Hilary McKay (2005)



u UNC ASHEVILLE All- Time LetterwinnersA

Sally Averett, 2000

B

Kate Barrow, 2003-07

Mary Beale, 2009-12

Christina Beam, 1993

Katy Beeler, 2007-10

Gina Beer, 2010-11

Rebecca Bostian, 2001-04

Cindi Bradford, 1992

Lindsey Bragg, 2007-08

Meagan Bradham, 2006-09

Traci Brainard, 1992-94

Shanna Brown, 2005-07

Robyn Busha, 2005-08

C

Becky Call, 2002-03

Keri Caneveri, 2000

Ashleigh Carter, 2003-06

Katrin Casey, 1995-98

Ceclia Chan, 1992

Chesa Cofi ni, 1993-96

Shannon Constello, 2000

Dawn Cothran, 1993-94

Natasha Creticos, 2002-05

D

Amanda Dailor, 2011-

Lauren Danielik 1997

Amelia Davis, 2005-08

Kelsey Dawson, 2000-03

Megan Dent, 2009-10

Jennifer Donish, 1994

Sandi Dror, 1993-97

Adriane Dufty, 2000-03

Juliana Duncan, 2005-08

E

Kaitlyn Eckert, 2011-

Emily Elliot, 2009

Evin Ellis, 1998-01

Emily Elstrom, 2006-

Candi Enneking, 1992-94

F

Stephanie Feltis, 2001-05

Samia Fercha, 1998-01

Megan Foster, 2011-

Susan Fletcher, 1994

Kersten Flink, 1997

Becky Frankwicz, 1993-94

Shoshana Fried, 2004-07

G

Heather Gallagher, 1998-99

Kennedy Garrett, 2012-

Kerry Gaschler, 1995-98

Alison Gerhlinger, 1995-97

Christine Geske, 1996-99

Bridget Goss, 1999-2002

Sharon Goss, 2002

Erin Graham, 2005

Ashley Gray, 2003

Mary Guerrero, 1992

Pamela Gutbier, 1993-96

H

Leilani Halkiotis, 2008-11

Kelly Hall, 2006-07

Megan Harris, 2000

Melissa Harris, 2009-10

Ashley Hart, 1995-98

Joy Haynes, 2004-07

Sara Marie Holland, 2005-09

Abby Holt, 2013-

Meredith Horne, 1994

Amanda Hutson, 1995-98

J

Caroline Jacobsen, 2000

Hannah Jeske, 2009-12

Erin Jordan, 1997-98

K

Erin Kelly, 1992

Elizabeth Keil, 2009-12

Lynae King, 1993-96

Kirsin Kiphardt, 1996-99

Eve Kirkendall, 2013-

Rachel Kish, 2012-

Amanda Knapp, 2010-13

Olivia Korman, 2001-04

L

Emily Langill, 2002-05

Jenny Larson, 1992

Kristen Lawson, 2010-13

Veronica Lazar, 2006-09

Hannah Lee, 1999-00

Shenny Lenhart, 2011-13

Katie Lilley, 2006-08

Heather Lynch, 1993-94

M

Kim Maddox, 1993

Christine Martin, 2000

Tanell Martin, 1993

Nicole Matters, 1995-96

Michelle Mattos, 2002-05

Chloe McCleary-Small, 2009

Mary Ashley McCullough, 2004-07

Dawn McDonald, 1993

Hilary McKay, 2002-05

Maddi Meglic, 2013-

Mackenzie Miller, 1995-98

Meredith Miller, 1992

Mary Milligan, 1993-96

Kristini Montuori, 2006-09

Heather Muller, 2011-

N

Laura Nagle, 1992

Brita Nordgren, 2002-05

O

Carolyn O’Brien, 2008-11

P

Sara Pahl, 2003-06

Kelsey Palmer, 2012-

Emily Pifer, 1993

R

Kelly Ratterman, 1996-99

Ferriss Roberts, 2009-12

Cecily Rogers, 2000-2002

Erin Ryan, 2010-12

S

Sharon Sawdowski, 1997

Mary Elizabeth Scherger, 1999, 2001-02

Tracy Schmidt, 1998-99

Bailey Schultz, 2000-03

Emma Sell-Goodhand, 2010-11

Ellen Sims, 2001-2002

Janet Singletary, 1992

Keri Skelton, 2006-09

Angelina Smith, 2006

Amber Snipes, 1998

Mary Sparks, 1999-2002

Dana Sroka, 2007-10

Francis Staelin, 2010-11

Joann Stephenson, 2003

McKenna Stockhausen, 2006

Jessica Stocking, 1997

Joanna Stocking, 1997-00

Alex Stradford, 2013-

Kara Strehle, 1995-98

Jennifer Supko, 2003

Allison Svenstrup, 2009

T

Tarrah Tate, 2010-11

Bethany Teague, 2008-10

Sara Thorp, 2001

Paige Trent, 2011-

Mary Kate Tucker, 2008-11

Lauren Turnburke, 2006-10

Erin Trigonoplos, 2001-04

V

Sara Vank, 1995-98

W

Diane Walton, 1992

Emily Weld, 1998-01

Carly West, 2006

Amanda Wilkinson, 1997-00

Lauren Wingo, 2003-06

Jodi Winterton, 1993-96

Elsa Wright, 1992

Y

Jill Young, 1993-96

Z

Suzie Zigante, 2013

Current players in Bold



u UNC ASHEVILLE YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS1993 • Overall: 6-12-0 Big South: 2-4-09/4 Charleston W 5-2 OT9/5 at Radford* L 1-2 OT9/7 Catawba L 0-29/10 at UMBC* L 0-49/11 at Towson State* L 0-49/14 at Lenoir-Rhyne L 0-29/18 at Campbell* L 1-59/21 at Virginia Tech W 2-19/24 at Tusculum W 4-09/26 Vanderbilt L 0-39/28 UNC Greensboro L 0-310/2 Charleston Sou.* W 2-110/5 Davidson L 0-410/9 at Mercer L 1-510/10 vs. Centenary L 0-210/14 Georgia Southern W 4-010/20 Liberty* W 2-1 OT10/23 Kentucky L 0-3*Big South Matches

1994 • Overall: 7-10-2 Big South: 2-4-09/3 at Louisville T 1-1 OT9/4 at Kentucky L 0-19/6 South Alabama L 1-2 OT9/10 St. Francis W 5-09/11 UNC Charlotte T 1-1 OT9/16 at Charleston Sou.* L 2-49/18 at UNC Wilmington W 6-09/20 at Furman W 4-19/24 Towson State* W 1-09/25 UMBC* W 1-09/28 at UNCG* L 0-410/1 at Davidson L 0-410/4 at Clemson L 0-510/11 at Charleston W 3-010/15 at Liberty* L 0-110/18 at Georgia Southern L 1-310/22 Appalachian State W 3-010/23 Radford* L 2-310/28 vs. Radford^ L 0-1*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

1995 • Overall: 16-5-0 Big South: 4-1-0 • Big South Champions •9/2 UNC Wilmington W 5-09/3 Davidson W 2-19/7 Furman W 5-09/9 at Wake Forest L 0-29/12 Catawba W 1-09/15 at Lenoir-Rhyne W 9-09/19 Wofford W 3-09/23 Liberty* W 2-09/26 UNC Greensboro* L 2-39/29 at Radford* W 2-09/30 vs. Louisville W 3-010/7 Charleston Sou.* W 3-110/11 at Appalachian St. W 2-010/14 at UMBC* W 3-210/15 at American L 0-110/17 at Clemson L 0-510/20 at Wofford W 3-010/26 at UNC Charlotte L 0-310/28 Charleston W 3-111 vs. UMBC^ W 3-011 vs. UNCG^ W 1-0*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

1996 • Overall: 10-3-1 Big South: 4-1-0 • Big South Runner-Up •9/1 at Clemson L 1-49/13 Radford* W 3-2 (OT)9/21 UMBC* W 1-09/24 at UNC Greensboro* L 2-49/29 Appalachian State W 5-010/5 at Charleston Sou.* W 2-1 (OT)10/9 at Tennessee L 1-210/12 at Liberty* W 2-010/14 Lenoir-Rhyne W 11-010/18 at Davidson W 2-110/26 Wofford W 3-110/29 Wake Forest W 2-011/8 vs. UMBC^ W 3-011/10 vs. UNCG^ T 1-1 (PK)*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

1997 • Overall: 9-8-2 Big South: 2-3-0 • Big South Runner-Up •9/5 at South Carolina L 1-29/7 at Georgia Southern T 1-1 (OT)9/13 at Tennessee Tech W 4-09/16 East Tennessee St. W 5-09/20 at Richmond L 0-29/21 at East Carolina L 1-2 (OT)9/27 Liberty* W 2-09/28 Davidson L 0-210/3 at Appalachian State W 2-110/4 Middle Tennessee W 5-010/8 at Elon W 1-0 (OT)10/11 at UMBC* L 2-3 (OT)10/12 at Howard W 4-010/17 South Alabama* L 0-210/22 at Wofford T 1-1 (OT)10/25 Charleston Southern* W 6-111/1 at Radford* L 1-311/6 Charleston Sou.̂ W 3-011/7 South Alabama^ L 1-2*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

1998 • Overall 11-7-1 Big South 3-1-1 • Big South Runner-Up •9/2 Appalachian State W 1-0 (OT)9/4 Mars Hill W 7-09/11 Tennessee Tech W 2-09/13 Howard* W 4-19/18 Tennessee L 1-89/22 Richmond L 0-29/26 Radford* W 1-010/3 at Charleston Sou.* T 1-1 (OT)10/4 at South Carolina L 1-610/8 at Wofford L 0-310/10 at Clemson L 0-510/17 Elon W 2-1 (OT)10/20 High Point W 3-110/24 at Liberty* W 3-010/27 at East Tennessee St. W 5-010/29 at Davidson W 2-1 (OT)11/1 at South Alabama* L 0-111/6 vs. Charleston Sou.̂ W 2-1 (OT)11/7 vs. Radford^ L 0-1*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

1999 • Overall 5-10-3 Big South: 2-4-08/27 at Clemson L 0-99/1 Western Carolina W 3-09/4 Liberty* L 0-19/7 East Tennessee State W 1-09/11 Davidson L 0-29/13 Tusculum W 3-09/17 vs. Xavier L 0-59/22 Wofford L 2-39/25 at Elon* L 0-29/28 at Tennessee L 0-610/2 vs. VCU T 0-0 (OT)10/3 at Richmond L 0-410/9 at Radford* L 1-2 (OT)10/12 at High Point* W 1-010/16 at Charleston Sou.* W 2-110/27 at Appalachian State T 0-0 (OT)10/29 at Howard L 0-111/4 vs. Elon^ T 0-0 (PK)*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

2000 • Overall: 4-12-1 Big South: 1-4-18/30 at Davidson L 2-79/2 Union W 4-29/8 High Point* T 0-0 (OT)9/10 at Tennessee L 0-79/14 at Western Carolina L 1-29/20 at East Tennessee St. L 1-49/22 at Clemson L 0-59/23 vs. N.C. State L 1-39/27 Radford* W 2-19/30 S.C. State W 8-010/3 at Mars Hill W 10-110/7 Elon* L 0-110/9 at Coastal Carolina* L 0-210/14 at Liberty* L 0-210/21 at Charleston Sou.* L 0-110/24 Appalachian State L 1-210/26 vs. Liberty^ L 1-3*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

2001 • Overall: 5-11-0 Big South: 1-4-09/5 Western Carolina L 0-59/9 at Radford* L 2-49/18 at Appalachian State L 0-29/22 Liberty* L 1-29/25 East Tennessee State W 4-29/29 at Wofford W 3-110/3 Tennessee Tech W 2-1 (OT)10/6 at Elon* L 0-410/9 at Gardner-Webb L 0-110/12 Coastal Carolina* W 2-110/17 The Citadel W 10-210/20 Charleston Southern* L 0-210/24 at Clemson L 0-510/27 at Birmingham-Sou. L 0-211/3 at High Point* L 0-411/8 vs Charleston Sou.̂ L 0-2*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match



u UNC ASHEVILLE YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS2002 • Overall 7-8-3 Big South: 2-4-0 • Big South Runner-Up •9/2 at East Tennessee St. L 1-29/7 Campbell W 4-29/11 at Tennessee Tech L 0-79/20 at Coastal Carolina* L 0-29/22 at UNC Wilmington L 0-29/25 S.C. State W 5-19/28 High Point* W 2-010/2 Appalachian State W 3-210/5 Elon* L 1-210/9 Gardner-Webb W 2-110/12 at Liberty* L 1-210/23 at Charleston Sou.* W 3-2 (OT)10/26 Radford* L 0-111/2 Birmingham-Sou. W 5-311/4 at Western Carolina T 1-1 (OT)11/7 vs. Elon^ T 1-1 (PK)11/8 vs. Liberty^ T 1-1 (PK)11/9 vs. Radford^ L 0-2*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match

2003 • Overall: 11-6-3 Big South: 4-3-1 • Big South Runner-Up •8/31 Davidson L 1-29/2 at VCU L 0-79/6 at Gardner-Webb W 5-29/10 South Carolina State W 4-09/13 at Campbell W 3-29/15 East Tennessee State W 2-19/19 UNC Wilmington W 2-09/26 Coastal Carolina* L 1-310/1 at Appalachian State L 1-210/6 Western Carolina T 2-2 (OT)10/11 at Radford* T 2-2 (OT)10/12 at VMI* W 4-010/15 at High Point* W 2-010/20 Charleston Southern* W 3-010/24 Winthrop* W 3-010/27 Liberty* L 0-111/1 at Birmingham-Sou.* L 2-311/6 vs. Winthrop^ W 2-111/7 vs. Charleston Sou.̂ W 3-011/8 vs. High Point^ T 0-0 (PK)*Big South Matches^Big South Tournament Match

2004 • Overall: 11-6-2 Big South: 6-0-2 • Big South Regular Season Champs •8/27 vs. Kennesaw State L 0-28/29 at Tennessee Tech L 0-29/3 at Western Carolina W 3-09/6 at East Tennessee St. L 0-19/14 Gardner-Webb L 0-29/18 at Coastal Carolina* T 1-1 (OT)9/22 Appalachian State W 1-09/26 Birmingham-Sou.* W 1-09/29 at Davidson W 1-010/2 High Point* W 1-010/6 at Winthrop* W 1-010/9 at Charleston Sou.* W 3-110/12 at Clemson L 0-710/15 Radford* T 2-2 (OT)10/23 at Liberty* W 1-010/26 at S.C. State W 4-010/20 VMI* W 4-011/4 vs. Winthrop^ W 1-011/5 vs. High Point^ L 1-3*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match

2005 • Overall: 13-6-0 Big South: 6-2-0 • Big South Regular Season Champs •8/26 East Tennessee St. W 3-09/2 Tennessee Tech W 4-09/10 South Carolina State W 6-09/13 Western Carolina L 0-29/18 Coastal Carolina* W 4-09/20 at Appalachian State L 0-29/24 Charleston Southern* L 1-2 (OT)9/30 at Birmingham-Sou.* W 1-010/4 Winthrop* W 1-010/10 Liberty* W 4-110/15 at Radford* W 3-010/18 at Francis Marion W 3-110/22 at VMI* W 3-2 (OT)10/23 at Longwood L 1-310/26 at High Point* W 0-210/29 Campbell W 4-111/3 at Winthrop^ W 1-011/4 vs. Charleston Sou.̂ W 3-111/6 vs. Liberty^ L 0-3*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match

2006 • Overall: 10-7-3 Big South: 4-2-2 • Big South Champions •9/3 Austin Peay W 3-09/8 at Tennessee Tech L 0-29/14 Appalachian State W 2-19/16 Radford* W 2-09/20 at Winthrop* T 1-1 (OT)9/23 Longwood L 0-29/26 at Western Carolina L 0-39/30 at Liberty* T 0-0 (OT)10/2 Birmingham-Southern* L 0-110/6 High Point* W 1-010/15 VMI* W 4-010/18 at Furman L 1-310/21 at Coastal Carolina* L 0-110/25 at East Tennessee State W 2-110/28 at Charleston Southern* W 2-110/30 at Campbell W 2-011/2 vs. Birmingham-Sou.̂ W 1-0 (OT)11/3 vs. Winthrop^ W 2-111/5 vs. Liberty^ T 0-0 (PK)11/10 at North Carolina# L 0-7*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match#NCAA College Cup Matach

2007 • Overall: 3-14-1 Big South: 1-6-09/2 Tennessee Tech W 1-0 (OT)9/5 Western Carolina L 1-29/7 ar Gardner-Webb L 1-59/9 vs. Birmingham-Sou. L 1-39/11 at Appalachian State L 0-29/16 at Austin Peay L 0-29/20 Furman L 1-59/23 Chattanooga W 6-19/26 Francis Marion L 0-210/6 Coastal Carolina* L 0-210/13 at Radford* L 2-310/17 Winthrop* L 0-110/20 Charleston Southern* L 0-110/24 at High Point* L 0-210/28 at VMI* W 5-010/31 Liberty* L 1-211/9 vs. Charleston Sou.̂ T 1-1 (PK)11/10 vs. High Point^ L 0-1*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match

2008 • Overall: 5-13-1 Big South: 3-6-08/24 East Tennessee State L 0-18/31 at Clemson L 0-89/5 at Murray State L 0-39/7 vs. UT-Martin T 0-0 (OT)9/10 at Furman L 1-2 (OT)9/12 vs. Georgia State L 1-59/14 at Jacksonville W 3-2 (OT)9/17 Presbyterian* W 4-19/21 at Tennessee Tech W 2-19/23 Appalachian State L 0-29/27 at Winthrop* W 1-0 (OT)10/1 High Point* L 0-110/4 at Gardner-Webb* W 3-010/7 at Coastal Carolina* L 2-310/11 at Liberty* L 1-310/21 VMI* L 0-110/25 at Charleston Southern* L 0-311/1 Radford* L 2-311/6 vs. Radford^ L 1-2 (OT)*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match

2009 • Overall: 5-10-1 Big South: 2-7-08/30 at Appalachian State L 0-19/3 at Wofford W 1-09/6 at East Tennessee State W 1-09/9 Furman L 1-29/13 Tennessee Tech W 2-19/18 vs. Elon L 1-29?20 at Western Carolina T 0-0 (OT)10/2 at Radford* L 0-110/4 at VMI* L 0-210/10 Presbyterian* W 3-010/16 Charleston Southern* L 0-110/18 Coastal Carolina* L 0-210/23 at Winthrop* L 1-210/25 at Gardner-Webb* L 0-110/30 Liberty* L 0-111/1 High Point* W 1-0*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match

2010 • Overall: 1-16-0 Big South: 0-9-08/20 ETSU L 1-4 8/26 Western Carolina L 0-4 9/5 at Tennessee Tech L 1-3 9/09 at Elon L 0-3 9/10 Wofford College L 2-3 9/15 at Furman L 1-4 9/19 Francis Marion W 2-1 9/27 at South Carolina State L 1-3 10/1 Radford* L 0-2 10/3 VMI* L 2-3 10/9 at Presbyterian College* L 0-3 10/15 at Charleston Southern* L 0-8 10/18 at Coastal Carolina* L 1-4 10/22 Winthrop* L 0-4 10/24 Gardner-Webb* L 0-3 10/27 at Liberty* L 3-6 10/29 at High Point* L 1-2 (OT)

*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match



2011 • Overall: 4-15-1 Big South: 3-6-08/20 at Davidson L 1-8 8/28 Tennessee Tech L 1-4 9/02 Eastern Kentucky L 0-4 9/04 at Wofford L 0-5 9/09 at Western Carolina L 0-4 9/11 at Appalachian State L 0-1 9/16 Georgia State L 2-3 9/18 South Carolina State W 5-1 9/25 at ETSU L 0-3 9/29 at VMI* W 3-1 10/01 at Radford* L 0-1 10/04 Presbyterian College* W 3-0 10/06 at Campbell* L 1-2 10/13 Coastal Carolina* L 0-1 10/15 Charleston Southern* W 5-0 10/20 at Gardner-Webb* L OT 3-4 10/22 at Winthrop* L 1-3 10/27 High Point* L 0-4 10/29 Liberty* L 0-3

11/03 Radford* T OT3 1-1

*Big South Matches ^Big South Tournament Match

2012 • Overall: 5-14-0 Big South: 3-8-08/17 at Eastern Kentucky L 1-28/19 ETSU L OT2 1-2 8/26 at UNCG L 0-78/30 at USC Upstate W 5-19/2 Albany L 3-69/6 at Furman L 0-69/9 Wofford W 4-09/14 Appalachian State L 2-49/20 at Longwood* L 0-49/22 at Liberty* L 0-29/27 VMI* W 4-29/29 Radford* L 2-310/4 at Campbell* L 2-310/6 at High Point* L 1-510/11 Coastal Carolina* L 1-210/13 at Charleston Southern* L 2-510/18 Gardner-Webb* W OT 3-210/20 Winthrop* L 1-310/23 at Presbyterian* W 6-3*Big South Matches

2013 • Overall: 6-11-2 Big South: 2-7-28/23 Eastern Kentucky W 2-1 8/29 USC Upstate W 2-0 9/1 at Wofford L 0-1 9/5 at Appalachian State L 0-2 9/8 at Chattanooga L 1-2 9/11 Mars Hill W OT 1-0 9/12 at Alabama State W OT 3-2 9/17 at South Carolina State L 0-1 9/26 Campbell* W 1-0 9/28 Presbyterian* L 0-1 10/2 Liberty* T O2 0-0 10/5 Charleston Southern L 0-3 10/9 at Winthrop L 0-1 10/12 at Radford L 0-4 10/16 High Point* T O2 1-1 10/18 at Coastal Carolina L 0-5 10/23 at VMI* W 1-0 10/26 Longwood* L 0-4 10/29 at Gardner-Webb* L 1-2 *Big South Matches

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Asheville native Hilary McKay (2002-05) fi nished her career as the school’s and Big South’s all-time lead-er in goals scored with 53. She was the 2002 Big South Rookie of the Year and 2005 Player of the Year.


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u THE UNIVERSITY

With about 3,600 students from 37 states and territories, and 24 countries, UNC Asheville is one of

the nation’s top public liberal arts universities and one of the 17 institutions in the Univer-sity of North Carolina system. UNC Asheville offers more than 30 majors leading to the bachelor of arts, bachelor of science and mas-ter of liberal arts degrees.

Here are a few more facts and fi gures.

Academics

Average Lecture/Seminar Class Size: 20

Average Lab/Studio Class Size: 18

Most Popular Majors by Enrollment (Spring 2014): Psychology, Environmental Studies, Biology, Health and Wellness Promotion, Literature and Manage-ment

Fulbright Awards: 42 students and alumni have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarships

Undergraduate Research: More than 60 percent of students complete original research in their fi eld of study through the University’s nationally recognized Undergradu-ate Research Program. UNC Asheville founded the Nation-al Conference on Undergraduate Research more than 25 years ago.

Study Abroad and Study Away: 19 percent of students in the Class of 2013 took advantage of learning opportuni-ties in other countries while enrolled at UNC Asheville.

Faculty: 219 full-time faculty members, 85 percent with terminal degrees

COPLAC: UNC Asheville is the headquarters for the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, a 28-member orga-nization of state-supported liberal arts colleges that recog-nize the importance of liberal arts and sciences education for success in a complex global society.



Campus Life

Residence Halls: 40 percent of degree-seeking undergraduates live on campus, while another third live within a one-mile radius of campus.

Athletics: 15 NCAA Division 1 teams

Student Groups: More than 60 clubs and organizations, ranging from honor societies to intramural sports

Intercultural Center & Offi ce of Multicultural Student Programs: The Intercultural Center houses comfortable spaces for meetings, social events and programs involving such diverse groups as Alliance, Black Students Association, In-ternational Student Association, Asian Students in Asheville, Herman@s Orgullos@s en Las Americas (HOLA) and Hillel.

The Sherrill Center: Wilma M. Sherrill Center is the university’s largest facility, offering a range of academic and out-reach programs focused on healthy living and wellness promotion. The center is home to the Kimmel Arena and to the academic Department of Health and Wellness, with classrooms, dedicated space for undergraduate research, a high-tech teaching/demonstration kitchen, and research and learning labs.The Sherrill Center includes an expansive fi tness center, a biofeedback lab and meditation room, and the Wellness Café.

Kimmel Arena: The Kimmel Arena, which is part of the Sherrill Center, can seat up to 3,800 people for concerts, commencements, convocations, lectures, intercollegiate men’s and women’s basketball games, health fairs, and community events.



Kudos

UNC Asheville is named a “Best Buy,” along with UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University - the only North Carolina public universities to earn a place on this international ranking list refl ect-ing academic quality and affordability. For 11 consecutive years, UNC Asheville’s Environmental Studies Program has been named to the list of pre-professional programs with unusual strength in preparing students for careers. - The Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2015 Edition (July 2014)

UNC Asheville is among just 75 institutions nationwide noted as a “Best Value” public college - The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges: 2014 Edition (January 2014).

Asheville is named one of “America’s Best College Towns,” earning an eighth place national ranking with its outdoor recreation opportunities, concerts and restaurants cited as “the kind of everyman pleasures that appeal to students of UNC Asheville and visitors alike.” – Travel + Leisure magazine (November 2013)

UNC Asheville is one of the nation’s best values in public colleges, ranked fi fth among small public colleges nationally, with the sixth lowest total cost of attending for in-state students, and the eighth lowest average debt among graduates. - Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine (online, December 2013, with update in March, 2014)

UNC Asheville ranks seventh in the nation among Public Liberal Arts Colleges, and is the only North Carolina institution listed among National Liberal Arts Colleges whose stu-dents graduate with the least amount of debt. - U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2014” (September 2013).

UNC Asheville offers a “top-notch academic experience,” and, based on student survey responses, Asheville is ranked 14th in the nation on the “Town-Gown Relations are Great” list. Students “love the fact that they are nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains” and praised the university’s outdoors program, including rock-climbing, caving, hiking and kayaking. - The Princeton Review’s The Best 379 Colleges - 2015 Edition (August 2014)

UNC Asheville proudly maintains accreditation with AACSB International (Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business). We join more than 450 U.S. colleges and universities that have met this high standard of excellence. AACSB is the most recognized, rigorous, and prestigious international distinction afforded to programs in management and accountancy. AACSB praised UNC Asheville’s liberal arts mission, characterized by a unique interdisciplinary approach to undergraduate education, and commitment to lifelong learning.

Admissions

Mean SAT score for incoming freshmen: 1201 (Fall 2013)

Annual In-State Tuition and Fees: $6,241 (2013-14)

Annual Out-of-State Tuition and Fees: $20,063 (2013-14)

Average Annual Housing and Meal Plan Fees: $7,972 (2013-14)

Financial Aid: More than 68 percent of students receive fi nancial aid, with more than 73 percent of students’ fi nancial need met.



Stellar Programs

In addition to the tradition Liberal Arts

disciplines that encourage a broad-based

curriculum, UNC Asheville o6ers nationally

ranked programs in:

Chemistry

Biochemistry

Biology

Environmental Science

Computer Science

Mechatronics Engineering

Health and Wellness

New Media

Management

And Many Others

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Our Alumni

More than 17,500 alumni—12,000 live in the South, 6,000 live in WNC.

Within 10 years of graduation, 97 percent have been employed or have enrolled in graduate school.

He majored in literature, but it was

his history classes and the magic of

the mountains of nearby Madison

County that inspired Wiley Cash’s

first novel, “A Land More Kind Than

Home.”

Cash’s novel debuted on the New

York Times Best Seller list last

year and promptly won praise by

reviewers in USA Today, Vanity Fair

and O Magazine.

“My Appalachian history professor at

UNC Asheville, Dan Pierce, made the

mountains come alive for me, their

history, their people, culture and

mystery.”

Degrees from UNC Asheville have

launched thousands of successful

careers, like that of Wasim Al-Abed,

sales manager for FLS Energy of

Asheville, one of the nation’s fastest-

growing solar energy firms.

This rapidly evolving industry needs

employees who can think critically

and solve problems that have never

been encountered before. So when

FLS Energy needed a team leader

who could make the links between

economics, science, policy and

environmental impact, they turned

to this UNC Asheville business and

marketing graduate. That’s the power

of the liberal arts.

“At UNC Asheville,” says Al-Abed,

“I learned with students whose

creativity and passion were out of

this world.”

Jennifer Mayer ’04Wiley Cash ’04 Wasim Al-Abed ’01

As a businessperson, she’s a local

leader. As a philanthropist, she is a

force of nature. And Jennifer Mayer’s

achievements are far more inspiring

when you know her backstory.

By the age of 16, Mayer already had

lived a hard life. She was waitressing

double shifts to support herself, and

she could only read at the second-

grade level. But at the urging of a

close friend, she enrolled in a literacy

program and eventually earned a

high school GED.

Later, Mayer enrolled at UNC

Asheville where she pursued a

degree in psychology.

Today, she is the owner and CEO

of Charlotte Street Computers, one

of Asheville’s busiest independent

computer shops.



Asheville’s prime location in the spectacular

mountains of Western North Carolina and

the high quality of life enjoyed by residents

make it a place where lifestyle complements

business opportunity. The area shows consistent and

steady growth with approximately 244,000 people

in Buncombe County, The metro unemployment

rate at 8.4 percent is the third lowest of the 14 North

Carolina metros, following Durham-Chapel Hill and

Raleigh-Cary Metros. Average income—$59,943 in

the Asheville Metro area.

Culture and EnvironmentThe cultural accolades for Asheville complement

the dramatic scenery that sets the region apart.

Western North Carolina enjoys elevations ranging

from 1,500 feet in the valleys to 6,684 feet at Mount

Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi

River. The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway winds

along the Blue Ridge Mountains, through Asheville,

and enters the Great Smoky Mountains National

Park. The area’s mountain location doesn’t mean

that it isn’t accessible to many major cities.

Charlotte, N.C. is an hour and a half away and

Atlanta, Ga. is a about four hours from Asheville.

Downtown AshevilleArtists and street musicians, more than 30 galleries

and boutiques, fine dining, Art Deco architecture,

coWee shops and live music give Asheville a

vibrancy rarely found in a city of its size. Little

wonder Asheville, and its edgy energy, is one of the

South’s biggest tourist destinations.

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All About Asheville

Charlotte122 miles

Charleston259 miles

Wilmington318 miles

Atlanta188 miles

Nashville288 miles

Raleigh231 miles

Washington, D.C.471 miles

New York 690 miles

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u UNC Asheville Athletics

By The Numbers

Total Student-Athletes .................................................210

North Carolina Residents ...........................................135

Out of State Student-Athletes ......................................67

Minority Student-Athletes .............................................38

2013-14 Graduates ..........................................................32

International Student-Athletes .........................................8

NCAA-Allowed Full Scholarships ...............132.7

Total Equivalent Full Scholarships,

UNC Asheville Student-Athletes .....................80

Bulldogs in the Classroom:

u62% of student-athletes have GPA’s of 3.0 or higher.

u83 student-athletes made Dean’s/Chancellor’s list

uStudent-Athletes earned an overall cumulative

GPA of 3.038And the Community:

u Bulldog student-athletes contributed more than 2500 hours of Community Service, including:

Rotary & Manna Food bank bulk packaging Rocky’s Readers Breast Cancer Awareness / Coaches vs. Cancer / Cure vs. Cancer Asheville City Schools (tutoring/classroom assistant/special events) Ten Thousand Villages YMCA Santa Pal Mission Children’s Hospital Girls on the Run Manna Food Bank distribution center Boofest 2013 Asheville Half Marathon National Girls and Women in Sport Day Free Sport Clinics

Attendance Total Average

Men’s Basketball 23,342 1,796

Women’s Basketball 8,436 522

Volleyball 3,989 399

Men’s Soccer 2,825 282

Baseball 5690 258

Women’s Soccer 1,970 219

Total Attendance 46,252

2013-14 Total Ticket Sales Revenue: $133,544



Athletic Facilities

State of the art facilities including the $42 million Wilma Sherrill Center and Kimmel Arena. Kimmel Arena serves as the premier location for Division I NCAA basketball games (Big South

Men’s Basketball Championship and Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Championships).

The Justice Center is home to the UNC Asheville

Women’s volleyball team.

With a capacity of 1,100 this

is a great venue to cheer on

the women Bulldogs. The

facility was renovated in 2011

including a completely new

floor.

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The Justice Center Pool was completely renovated in June 2012 to welcome the return of the UNC Asheville women’s swim team. The six-lane 25-yard pool has been completely

outfitted to host home competitions.

Home to the UNC

Asheville men’s and

women’s tennis team, the

Asheville Racket Club Downtown is located just five minutes from campus.

With indoor and outdoor

courts, the ARC gives

the Bulldog teams one of

the best facilities in the

Southeast.

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Future Athletic Facilities

The 1,200-square-foot

Bulldog Strength Center is equipped with seven double sided

half racks fully equipped,

including 6'x8' oak

Olympic lifting platforms.

The room also includes

dumbbells ranging from

10-110 lbs, six glute-ham

machines, two lat pull

downs, a reverse hyper

machine and various

sizes of plyo boxes and

medicine balls.

Greenwood Baseball Field: Updates will include a press box

with seating dugouts, restrooms,

lights, field tarp, scoreboard

upgrades, seating for at least 500,

batting cages, and high speed

Internet with streaming video.

Greenwood Soccer Field: Our growing and successful men’s

and women’s soccer programs

will have a permanent soccer

stadium at Greenwood Field that

will include: lights, additional

seating, press box, ticket booth,

concessions and fencing.

The Karl Straus Track serves as the training and competition site for the UNC Asheville NCAA Division I men and women’s track

programs. Improvements to the facility will include grandstand

seating, restrooms, press box, concessions and upgrades to the

lighting. Resurfacing of the track has already been completed.



Janet R. Cone is in her 11th year as Director of Athletics at UNC Asheville. She also serves the school as Senior Administrator for University Enterprises.

In February, Janet was selected to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee starting Sept. 1, 2014. She becomes just the fourth woman to serve on this prestigious committee.

In June of 2013, she was one of just 28

Directors of Athletics to be named as Under Armour AD of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

More than 60 percent of UNC Asheville’s student-athletes have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or above the past three years.

The 2012-13 year was highlighted by the school reviving the women’s swimming program. It marked the fi rst time the athletics department had added a sport in 20 years.

Her leadership helped bring the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets) NBA basketball team to the Sherrill Center and Kimmel Arena for their fall training camp. The Bobcats trained at the Sherrill Center for the past two years and will be on the UNC Asheville campus once again in 2014.

The 2011-12 year was highlighted by the men’s basketball team’s winning the Big South Conference championship for the second year in a row. The Bulldogs set a school record for conference and overall wins. Asheville advanced to the NCAA Tournament where it nearly pulled off one of the greatest upsets in NCAA history when the 16th-seeded Bulldogs lost a close game to top-seeded Syracuse.

In addition, the school successfully hosted the Big South Conference men’s basketball tournament with a national television audience and sellout crowd watching the championship game in the school’s brand-new Kimmel Arena.

Cone oversaw the successful opening of the Wilma Sherrill Center which houses the Kimmel Arena. She worked to bring the top-ranked UNC Chapel Hill men’s basketball team to open Kimmel against the Bulldogs in a game that was nationally televised. That game was also sold out.

The Sherrill Center has had more than 300,000 visitors in its fi rst three years as its hosted various events from concerts to graduation.

Other successes included the men’s tennis team’s fi nishing in second place in the Big South Conference, its highest league fi nish ever, the volleyball team’s advancing to the semifi nals of the Big

South Tournament for the eighth time in the last nine years, and the women’s tennis, men’s tennis and women’s track and fi eld teams being honored for their work in the classroom. Cone guided the athletic department through a successful certifi cation process by the NCAA in 2012. In the 2010-11 year, Cone saw the UNC Asheville men’s basketball team win the Big South Conference championship and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In addition, the Bulldog women’s indoor track and fi eld squad fi nished in third place, the highest fi nish in school history. Senior sprinter Natalie Pearson made her second appearance in the NCAA National Outdoor Track and Field meet. Five years ago, then Chancellor Anne Ponder appointed Cone to the position of Senior Administrator for University Enterprises. In this position, Cone oversees the Sherrill Center, manages specifi c community relationships and serves as a member of UNC Asheville’s major gifts team. She is a member of the Chancellor’s Senior Staff. In 2009, Cone helped to create the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission to bring athletic events to the Asheville area. Her leadership helped secure the return of the Southern Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournament to Asheville starting in March of 2012. Student-Athletes have excelled in the classroom under Cone’s leadership. In 2004, she created the Athletic Director’s 3.0 + Club which recognize student-athletes who achieve a 3.0 or better grade-point average each semester. More than 1,100 student-athletes have made the club during Cone’s 10 years. During that same time period, more than 1000 student-athletes were named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll. Cone has overseen construction projects that have dramatically improved the facilities in which UNC Asheville’s Bulldog student-athletes compete and train. (1) The Wilma Sherrill Center/Kimmel Arena was completed in the spring of 2011. Funded partly through a $35 million state appropriation, Cone helped raise more than $7 million dollars in private funds to construct the Kimmel Arena, a major convocation space that accommodates larger group events than the campus has been able to host before. This has allowed the university to host its own graduation, attract major speakers and performances, and a new home for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. (2) Renovation and repairs to the Karl Straus Track began in the spring of 2009. Cone helped raised more than one million dollars in private funding for the track project. (3) Cone negotiated a partnership with Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resort for construction of a new Bulldog tennis facility which has indoor courts, composition courts and six hard courts that were completed in the fall of 2009. The facility has been the home of Bulldog men’s and women’s tennis for the past three seasons and in the spring of 2012 hosted the Big South Conference men’s and women’s tennis championships for the fi rst time in school history. Highlights of the 2007-08 year included the men’s basketball team being co-regular season champions of the Big South Conference and earning a bid to the National Invitational Tournament, making UNC Asheville the fi rst men’s basketball team in Big South history

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS - JANET CONE



to receive a bid to the NIT. Cone helped the department successfully host the Big South Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament and Women’s Basketball Tournament in back-to-back weekends.

In October of 2007, Cone was named the 2007 Division I-AAA Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators. Chancellor Ponder was delighted to see Cone receive the award. “Janet Cone’s inspirational leadership has set a very high standard for our student-athletes and our coaches, all of whom continue to be winners both on and off the fi eld,” stated Ponder. “We are thrilled that she is being recognized in this way for her vision, her energy, and her tenacity, qualities our University benefi t from each and every day.”

In 2006-07, three different UNC Asheville teams won Big South Conference championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. In May 2006, the baseball team completed an amazing run with its fi rst ever championship and a trip to Clemson for the NCAA Regional. In the fall of 2006, the women’s soccer team became the fi rst women’s team in school history to qualify for the NCAA Tournament when the Bulldogs won the league title and earned a spot against topseed UNC Chapel Hill in the College Cup. In March 2007, the UNC Asheville women’s basketball team won its fi rst ever Big South Conference championship. Asheville advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst time where it took on Final Four-bound LSU.

The South Carolina native has promulgated a signifi cant increase in corporate sponsorships and Bulldog Athletic Association donations, critical to an organization that is not allowed to receive state funds of any kind. She has also overseen a new partnership with the Asheville City and Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Departments, an improved Athletics website, and the implementation of internet broadcasts and video-streaming for six different sports.

Cone has been tapped by the NCAA and the Big South Conference to serve on several key committees. In the Big South, she is on the committees for Budget, Compliance, Ad Hoc Committee on Publicity and Promotions, Baseball, Men’s and Women’s Basketball and Men’s Soccer and Tennis. In the spring of 2006, Cone was named to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Issues Committee. In September of 2008, she began a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council. In July 2006, the Summerville, S.C. native was one of just 14 female athletic administrators to be picked by the NCAA/NACWAA to attend The Institute of Athletics Executives in Denver.

Other highlights of Cone’s tenure include the development of a new Athletics Logo and a partnership with the Asheville City and Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Departments.

In the spring of 2006, she was named as an Outstanding Executive Manager by the Asheville-Buncombe Excellence in Public Service.

Cone is extremely active in the community, and in the summer of the 2006, she helped lead a group of community leaders to

bring the Big South Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament to UNC Asheville’s Justice Center in 2007 and 2008. Cone also initiated the “Our Turn to Play” women’s luncheon for local business, civic, and community leaders the past two years. In addition, Cone was recognized as one of 10 Women to Know in Western North Carolina.

Cone came to Asheville from Samford University where she served as the fi rst head women’s basketball coach beginning in 1996. She coached the Bulldogs for fi ve seasons and, in 1999-2000, the team posted a 19-10 record. Cone was named Assistant Athletics Director before being promoted to Associate Athletics Director in 2003.

Prior to Samford, Cone served as the fi rst full-time Assistant Athletics Director, and the head women’s basketball and volleyball coach at Saint Leo University in Florida. She also directed basketball programs at Western Carolina University and Mars Hill College. Cone began her career as a teacher and coach in Gilbert, South Carolina. She coached against UNC Asheville eight times in her career and had a 5-3 record against the Bulldogs.

Cone was born and raised in Summerville, S.C. She was a four-year letterwinner on the basketball team and was an all-conference performer at Summerville HS for two years. Cone was inducted into that school’s Hall of Fame in 2007. She graduated magna cum laude from Furman University in 1978 and was named Physical Education Student of the Year while lettering in basketball and fi eld hockey as an undergraduate. While earning her Master’s from the University of South Carolina in 1986, she completed her studies with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

A life-long learner, Cone is a 2003 graduate of the NACWAA/HERS Institute of Administrative Advancement. She is a member of NACDA, NACWAA, NCAA Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association, Women’s Sports Foundation, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR FOR UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES



TERRI BRNEASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS OF INTERNAL

AFFAIRS SENIOR WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR

Terri Brne is in her eighth year of service to the UNC Asheville Athletics Department. She serves as Associate Director of Athletics for Internal Affairs and as Director of Compliance and Sport Oversight. She joined the UNC Asheville Athletic Department in the fall of 2006. In the summer of 2011, Terri became the school’s Senior Woman Administrator.

Brne is responsible for the interpretation of rules by the NCAA and Big South Conference and is the department’s liaison with Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar and the Big South Conference. She educates UNC Asheville’s student-athletes and staff on all of the NCAA rules and regulations. Brne serves as the Game Administrator for men’s and women’s basketball. Terri also oversees men’s and women’s soccer plus baseball and assists with men’s and women’s basketball. In addition, she works with the Big South Conference whenever UNC Asheville hosts a league tournament.

This past year saw Brne help the athletic department pass its NCAA certifi cation and host both the men’s basketball and men’s and women’s tennis Big South tournaments.

The Illinois native was an assistant basketball coach at both South Dakota and St. Andrews Presbyterian College. While at St. Andrews, she assisted in NCAA Compliance for all sports.

Brne earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Illinois State. She earned her masters’s degree at Tarleton State in Exercise and Sports Studies and is currently completing a doctorate in Sports Administration.

MIKE GOREASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Mike Gore is in his 29th year of service to the UNC Asheville Athletics Department. He currently serves the school as an Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs. In his post, Gore is the liaison with the media, handling all media-related activities concerning the athletic department. He also assists with game management and sport oversight.

In 2004, Gore served as the school’s Interim Athletics Director for six months prior to the hiring of Janet Cone. He is the chairman of the school’s Athletics Department Hall of Fame and the Big South Conference Hall of Fame committee.

The Buffalo native has been a longtime contributor to the Asheville Citizen-Times , Hendersonville Times-News and has written for Blue Ribbon Basketball Magazine. For the past 13 years, Gore has been the offi cial scorer for the Class A Asheville Tourists baseball team. In 2005, Gore was honored with the fi rst ever Mike Gore Bulldog Service Award at UNC Asheville’s Athletics Banquet.

Gore is a 1984 graduate of Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s degree in communications. His wife Lisa is an Assistant District Attorney for the 28th Judicial District.



Judith BohanBusiness Manager

James WestfallAssistant

Athletic Trainer, ATC

Harmon TurnerTicket Manager

Tim WhiteHead


Lydee BenoitAssistant Volleyball

Coach

Betsy BloseAdvancement & Alumni

Engagement

Dr. Jeff WilcoxFaculty AthleticsRepresentative

Rebecca Nelms-KeilDirector of Student

Athlete Affairs

Erin Punter-SpenceDirector of Marketing

and Promotions

Matt PellegrinDirector of Athletics

Media Communications

Brett CareyAssistant Men’s

Basketball Coach

Pauline ThrashBusiness Assistant

Janell CraytonAssistant Women’s Basketball Coach

Joel WilliamsAssistant Track & Field

Coach

Adam PuettAssistant Cross Country Coach

Honey BrownAssistant Women’sBasketball Coach

Donna PeekAdministrative

Assistant

Bryan DillonInteractive Media

Director

Omar AhmadHead Strength &

Conditioning Coach

Heather MohlerAssistant


Jim WallaceAssistant


Joey SasvariAssistant Women’s

Soccer Coach

Josh PetersenAssistant Women’sBasketball Coach

UNC ASHEVILLE SUPPORT STAFF

Sean DixonAssistant Men’s

Basketball Coach

Rebecca WestfallAssistant Swimming

Coach



Brenda Mock KirkpatrickWomen’s Basketball

3rd year as head coach

Michele DemkoWomen’s Soccer

5th year as head coach

Matt KernMen’s Soccer


Scott FriedholmBaseball

1st year as head coach

Jesse NormanCross Country/Track


Elizabeth LykinsWomen’s Swimming

3rd year as head coach

Lise GregoryWomen’s Tennis


Nick McDevittMen’s Basketball

2nd year as head coach

Frederico SantosVolleyball


UNC ASHEVILLE HEAD COACHES

Tom HandMen’s Tennis

2nd year as head coach



The mission of the Bulldog Athletic Association is to provide the scholarship funds necessary to support UNC Asheville Athletics and annually fi ll our NCAA-allowed scholarships.

Bulldog Athletic Association Board Members 2013-14

Wilma Sherrill President Ron Payne Vice-President Bruce Goforth Treasurer Anne Payne Secretary

Mike Burke Juli Davie Darlene Davis Randy Davis Junius Grimes Ben Lewis Bill Newman Parker Spears Al Whitesides, Jr.

Student-Athlete RepresentativesJoey Cutting AJ Iiames

322 members | Total Revenue: $104,000 | Average Donation: $323

The Bulldog Athletic Association (BAA)

Bu

Mik Ran Bill

2013-14 BAA Special Events• BAA Golf Classic Honoring Eddie Biedenbach • BBQ, Beer & Bulldog Basketball • Our Turn To Play •

The Pink Game • Dream Getaway Scholarship Raffl e •

Total Revenue: $142,000



Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Conference has matured into a competitive leader in college athletics, actively pursuing excellence on the fi eld of play and in the classroom. The League’s growing presence as an NCAA Division I athletic conference is evident by athletic accomplishments on the national stage, innovative marketing and media partnerships, increased television packages, and quality athletic competition while intentionally fostering the academic, personal, social, athletic and leadership development of each student-athlete. This has evolved into the Conference’s mission of “Developing Leaders Through Athletics.”

The Big South Conference was formed on August 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwell and Augusta President George Christenberry began recruiting members into the Big South, receiving initial commitments from Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the League’s fi rst Commissioner and continued to solicit new members. His efforts led to the additions of Armstrong State, Radford and UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the required six members to constitute an offi cial conference. The Big South’s fi rst year of competition was in the Fall of 1984, and in September 1986, the Big South Conference was granted full-fl edged NCAA Division I status.

During its infancy and prior to securing automatic bids to NCAA Championships, the Big South made early strides in earning at-large berths in several national postseason events, including volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf. In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced the retiring Dr. Singleton as Commissioner, and in 1990, the League received its fi rst automatic bid -- receiving an automatic qualifi er to the NCAA Baseball Championship. Under Sasser’s seven years of leadership, the Conference implemented its public relations and compliance programs, and introduced its fi rst-ever men’s basketball television package, featuring the Big South competing among some of the fi nest teams in the nation.

In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced Sasser as the League’s third Commissioner, and in his 15 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallander has been instrumental in aggressively promoting the Conference to new heights. The Conference has enjoyed record levels in marketing revenue during the past several years, he has brought television coverage to Big South women’s basketball, baseball and softball for the fi rst time in Conference history, as well as increased national television exposure to the League as a whole through aggressive and unique television packages.

Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initiated its fi rst long-range strategic plan, re-affi rming the League’s vision as a distinctive athletic Conference committed to the quality of institutional life through athletic competition. He also spearheaded the efforts to add football as a championship sport, which came to fruition in 2002, and oversaw the additions of men’s and women’s indoor track & fi eld in 1997. The Conference’s 19th championship sport -- women’s lacrosse, will begin play in 2012-13 with seven members. At the same time, Kallander has solidifi ed Conference membership, as an all-time high 11 member institutions comprise the 28-year League in 2011-12. Recent additions include High Point, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian College, plus the return of charter member Campbell University this year. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technological advancements, as the Conference introduced its fi rst live event video streaming in 2005 and has since expanded its video offerings to more than 700 events annually through a partnership with the member institutions, as well as the creation of several online and social media platforms.

In the last 15 years alone, the Big South Conference has experienced monumental growth and success in nearly every sport. During this time, the Conference has had an individual National Champion six times, more than 240 All-Americans, has reached the “Sweet 16” in men’s soccer, women’s basketball and baseball, has received national Top 25 rankings in football, men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track & fi eld, and men’s golf, had an individual selected to play in the NCAA Singles Championship six times in addition to the fi rst men’s tennis doubles at-large selection, had the fi rst women’s golf program advance to the national fi nals, had the No. 1 ranked men’s golfer in the country, has had the nation’s top scoring men’s basketball team fi ve consecutive years as well as the national men’s basketball scoring leader twice,

received an at-large playoff berth in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2006, has had four NFL Draft picks, and had an institution fi nish fi fth in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships - the Conference’s highest-ever team fi nish in an NCAA event.

In 2006-07, the Big South was the only Conference nationwide to have an at-large participant in the football playoffs (Coastal Carolina), a team in the Second Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (Winthrop) and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Baseball Regionals (Coastal Carolina). In fact, Coastal Carolina’s baseball program has been a No. 1 seed four out of the last seven years - including a national seed for the fi rst time in 2010, while the Chanticleers’ FCS playoff berth in 2006 came in just the fi fth-year of the Big South’s football existence. The 2009-10 season saw Liberty’s Sam Chelanga win two NCAA National Championships (cross country, 10,000-meter run), Coastal Carolina’s baseball team reach the Super Regionals for the second time in three years as well as being ranked No. 1 in the national RPI and as high as No. 3 in the national polls; and three women’s basketball teams reach the postseason for the fi rst time in Conference history. Last season, Chelanga won two more NCAA National Championships (cross country, outdoor 5,000-meter run), the Big South had its fi rst automatic bid recipient in football (Coastal Carolina), UNC Asheville reached the Second Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Coastal Carolina’s women’s golf team was the fi rst in Conference history to advance to the NCAA Championship out of Regional play, and a League-record 18 baseball players were drafted in the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

Several former Big South student-athletes have also reached national prominence in recent years. Coastal Carolina’s Amber Campbell made the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team - one of fi ve former Big South athletes to compete in the Games; VMI’s Reggie Williams reached the NBA with the Golden State Warriors in 2010, UNC Asheville’s Ty Wigginton was named an American League All-Star in 2010, and Coastal Carolina’s Dustin Johnson has won four PGA Tour events since departing the Big South Conference in 2007 and tied for runner-up at the 2011 Open Championship.

The Conference’s tagline, “Developing Leaders Through Athletics” was unveiled in 2008-09 in conjunction with the Conference’s 25th Anniversary. The League also honored its heritage with the Top 25 “Best of the Best” moments in League history from 1983-2008, with Liberty University’s 10-year women’s basketball championship run from 1996-2007 being crowned the No. 1 moment in the Big South’s fi rst 25 years. The Conference’s on-fi eld accomplishments have been duplicated in the classroom. Annually, more than 40 percent of Conference student-athletes are named to the Big South’s Presidential Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average, and the League has had more than 95 Academic All-Americans in its 27 years of existence. Furthermore, the Big South has a record number of NCAA Public Recognition Awards for APR progress the last two years.

THE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE



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2014 UNC Asheville Women's Soccer Guide