Lady Eagles Favored To Win SAC
Jan. 17, 2007
ROCK HILL, SC -- Carson-Newman College, which has advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the past two years, is the favorite to win the 2006 South Atlantic Conference women's soccer title.
The Lady Eagles received five first-place votes and 59 total points. Carson-Newman won the regular-season league title in 2003 and shared the title in 2004. The Lady Eagles advanced to the national semifinals, where they lost to Seattle Pacific, 3-2.
Carson-Newman returns plenty of standouts off that squad, placing a league-high five on the preseason All-Conference women's soccer team. Leading the way is 2004 SAC Women's Soccer Player of the Year and SAC Womens Athlete of the Year Rebecca Angus. Angus, a senior forward All-American, averaged .77 goals per match, a league-high .73 assists per match and 2.27 points per match last season. She is joined on the first team by teammates Claire Ramsdale and Erica Stegner at midfield. Angus, Ramsdale and Stegner combined for 34 of C-N's 73 goals in 2005.
Midfielder Brittany Moore and defender Stacy Thomas were named second team preseason All-Conference. Moore scored three goals and had 12 assists while Thomas was part of a solid defensive unit that held opponents to a mere 21 goals last season.
The Lady Eagles open the season August 24 at Milligan College.
