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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgc.edu

SGC men headed to play-offs, women’s season ends

The SGC soccer season is over for the Lady Tigers, while the men’s team is preparing for the first round of the play-offs. Last Tuesday, the men’s team defeated Georgia Military 9-0. The women had a good week, going 1-1 with a win over Georgia Military and a loss to Oxford Emory University.

Felipe Nascimento led the way for the Tigers against Georgia Military with four goals, adding to his region-leading total of 21 goals for the year. He also had two assists. Lawrence Anuforo added two goals and had an assist. Keeper Daniel Williams earned his third shutout on the year. Coach Ken Kirsch brought only freshmen to the game to get a glimpse of the future.

The Tigers finished their season Sunday against Middle Georgia with a 3-1 loss to the Warriors. Nascimento had an assist, and finished the season with the conference scoring title. SGC ended the season 8-7-1 and were sixth in the nation in scoring. Today, they play their first-round play-off game against the Young Harris Mountain Lions in Young Harris. “I like our chances up at Young Harris. We played them strong when we played them up there last time. losing 2-3. As long as we bring a strong work ethic and limit our mistakes, I think we can go up there and get a win and head to the Final Four next weekend,” said Coach Kirsch.

The Lady Tigers defeated Georgia Military 1-0 on a Jody Bethune goal for SGC’s fourth win of the season. The following day, the Lady Tigers lost 3-0 to Oxford Emory University. Ellie Schultz played a phenomenal game, but a lack of depth hurt SGC. The women wrapped their season against Middle Georgia last Sunday with a 1-0 loss. The Lady Tigers finished with a 4-9 record and did not make the play-offs.
 

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