11/05/05–
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JAGUARS' SEASON COMES TO AN END IN THE 2005
SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 2-0 DEFEAT BY NORTH
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MOBILE,
Ala. –
The University of South Alabama women’s soccer season came
to an end in the 2005 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship
Game on Saturday at “The Cage.” Top-seeded North Texas
won its second-straight conference championship with a 2-0 victory
over the Jaguars. USA finishes the season with a 12-5-1 mark and
North Texas improves to 16-3-2.
The game opened
as both teams looked shaky from the start. Midway through the first
half the teams settled down and began to make some plays. The Jaguars
had a couple of opportunities midway through the half, but a couple
of offside calls negated the scoring chances. Senior Tanya Allegretti
beat Mean Green goalkeeper Kandice Ellis and put the ball in the
net, but she was offside.
North Texas’
Heather Hutyra showed why she was the Player of the Year in the
conference as she found the back of the net for the game winner
at the 42:39 mark in the first half. It was her third goal of the
tournament.
The half ended
with the score 1-0. UNT out-shot the Jaguars 7-2 in the opening
half.
UNT’s
Julie Radford iced the game for the Mean Green when she knocked
in a goal in the 76th minute.
After the game,
USA was presented with the 2005 Sun Belt Conference Runner-Up Trophy
and had three players named to the 2005 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament
Team. Senior Rebecca Kahn, freshman goalkeeper Kelsie Langford and
sophomore Kelly Tarrant all made the team. Hutyra was named Most
Outstanding Player.
The three players
named to the all-tournament team was the largest number in school
history. USA had two players named to the team in 2000 and 2002.
Kahn was named to the team in 2002. The rest of the team includes,
Alicia Dalby from Western Kentucky, Jenna Silverburg from Western
Kentucky, Rebecca Rodriguez from Middle Tennessee, Claire Ward from
Middle Tennessee, Kandice Ellis from North Texas, Hutyra from North
Texas, Radford from North Texas and Dani Slavonic from North Texas.
For the season,
USA set or tied a number of school records. The Jaguars tied the
school record for wins at home with nine. Langford set the school
record for goals against average with a 0.92 average. The previous
best was 0.99 set last year by Amber Angermeirer. USA also set the
school record for the fewest goals allowed in a season with 17.
USA allowed 19 last year, which was the previous school best.
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