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1 Week IV (0-0-0 BSC) 8/20 at Clemson L, 0-4 8/22 NAVY T, 2-2 2OT 8/27 at Wofford L, 0-1 OT 9/3 NORTH FLORIDA W, 1-0 2OT 9/5 FURMAN L, 0-4 College of Charleston Tournament 9/10 vs Davidson 5 pm 9/12 at Coll. of Charleston 2:30 pm 9/17 at Eastern Kentucky 5 pm 9/21 ERSKINE 7 pm 9/24 FRANCIS MARION 7 pm 10/1 VMI * 7 pm 10/3 RADFORD * 1 pm 10/9 UNC ASHEVILLE * 7 pm 10/16 at Coastal Carolina * 7 pm 10/18 at Charleston Southern * 4 pm 10/22 GARDNER-WEBB * 7 pm 10/24 WINTHROP * 2 pm 10/27 at High Point * 7 pm 10/29 at Liberty * 7 pm Quick facts Location Ashland Ave.,...Clinton, S.C Enrollment...1,200 Founded Colors... Garnet, Blue & White Nickname...Blue Hose National Affiliation... NCAA Division I Conference...Big South President... Dr. John V. Griffith AD... Brian Reese Sr. Assoc. AD...Mike Smith Asst. AD/SWA...Dee Nichols Sports Medicine Dir...Nelson Jones SID/Game Ops Dir...Brent C. Hager Women s Soccer SID...AJ Henderson SID Office Phone Cell Phone Athletic Department Fax Head Soccer Coach...Brian Purcell Alma Mater...PC, 87 Assistant Coach...Samar Azem Alma Mater...Campbell, 2007 Athletic Trainer... Caroline Spearman Facility (Capacity) Edens Field at Martin Stadium (500) Turf... Natural Grass 2009 Record Conference Record Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 15/6 Starters Returning/Lost... 7/4 WOMEN S SOCCER this week s Matches We re in the SoCon This Week This weekend, PC faces a pair of southern conference opponents for the season s fourth weekend. PC is all-time against Davidson and against the College of Charleston. Tori Lopez Opens Scoring Account Freshman Tori Lopez opened her career goalscoring account against North Florida with an overtime game-winner in the 109th minute of play. Big First Half vs Clemson The Blue Hose came out strong in the season opener against Clemson. PC matched the lauded Tigers in shots in the first period while keeping the hosts scoreless for the first 45-mintues. PC had eight shots in the first period but it was Kate Baker s effort which hit both the crossbar and upright that rattled the Blue Hose hearts. Her shot deflected off the woodwork twice before landing on the goal line and being smothered by the Clemson keeper who nearly bumbled the ball into the net. Double Dueces... Head Coach Brian Purcell enters his 22nd year at the helm of the Blue Hose. He is the only head coach in the history of PC women s soccer. His tenure has yielded a career record. PC (1-3-1) vs Davidson (2-3-0) Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 (4 p.m.) Patriot s Point Stadium Series: Fourth Meeting (1-2-0) PC (1-3-1) at College of Charleston (2-3-0) Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010 (2:30 p.m.) Patriot s Point Stadium Series: Second Meeting (0-2-0) Good On Second Look PC s first goal of the season, initially given as an own goal against Navy, was changed after a look at video replay demonstrated that a Navy defender did not chest the ball into the net as previously believed. Martin s goal is the first of her career after she posted two assists in In JUST Four Decades... Another fact to think about regarding Purcell s career is that he has coached in four separate decades after the start of the 2010 season. LIVE on the Big South Network Fans that can t make the trip to Clinton have a new opportunity to watch PC soccer matches. This year, seven matces will be broadcast on the Big South Network online video streaming service. Fans can purchase individual matches for $4.95 or a season pass and watch all streamed matches for $ We re Freshmen Not Newcomers This year s squad features eight newcomers freshmen that will open their collegiate careers this season. Three armbands please The Blue Hose are captained by seniors Renee Ballew, Katie Hunter and junior Sarah Beth Anderson. 1 // 2010 Presbyterian College Women s Soccer Match Notes //

2 More goals In 2009, PC scored just 13 total goals with Kate Baker leading the team with three tallies. This year, PC will look to add to its goal tally for the first time in D-I school history. We Must Protect This House The win over North Florida extended PC s unbeaten streak at home to three games before it was ended against Furman. The Blue Hose are at Martin Stadium in Even With the Champs In 2009, PC finished the season with a hard-fought 0-0 draw with Big South Regular Season Champion Liberty Flames. The season finale point meant that the Blue Hose finished with a positive result for the third consecutive season. Next TIme You See Us... The season is Presbyterian College s final season in the transition to full D-I membership. Next year ( ) PC will be fully eligible for postseason play. Currently, the Blue Hose factor in the standings but are not eligible for the Big South Championship in any sport other than men s tennis or softball. Just call us PC When writing about Presbyterian College, please use the full name on first reference. Subsequent references can utilize PC and Blue Hose. Please refrain from calling our teams simply Presbyterian or Presby. Preseason Picks In the 2010 Big South women s soccer preseason poll, the Blue Hose were tipped to finish in 10th position by the Big South coaches. WHAT IS A BLUE HOSE? A Blue Hose is a fierce Scotch-Irish warrior. If you have ever seen the movie Braveheart, you have seen a true Blue Hose. Despite this depiction, it still has been asked many times where Presbyterian College received its Blue Hose nickname. Several rumors exist and Ray Frank in his book, What s In A Nickname delved into the subject. Frank discovered that there were many opinions. One story had it that the Presbyterian Scotch-Irish wore blue stockings in the Puritan beginnings of our country. Another said that a fierce war-like band of Scotch-Irish named the Hose painted their entire bodies blue before going into battle. Yet, probably the true story lies in a letter dated June 15, 1935, written by then PC athletic director Walter Johnson to an inquiring English professor in Virginia... (quoting from Walter Johnson s letter) It was about the second or third year, 1915, if I remember right. I think it happened this way: I changed uniform colors to blue, wearing blue stockings and jerseys, and some sports writer started calling in his articles the Presbyterian College teams the Blue Stockings.... in later years Stocking became abbreviated to the Hose, particularly in newspaper headlines, and was more or less officially adopted by the student body in the 1950 s. All the PC media guides since 1996 continued to elaborate on the issue, quoting an article by Ben Hay Hammet entitled The Spirt of PC. The piece by Hammet articulated that, Johnson always insisted on the fact that his players wear long blue socks similar to stockings (after all, there were White Sox and Red Sox in baseball). Coach Johnson s explanation may simply be coincidental to the fact that the phrase Blue Stocking Presbyterian goes back informally quite a few years in the denomination s history. Nevertheless, PC s athletic nickname was shortened to Blue Hose in Record when PC... Home Away Neutral Big South BSC Home BSC Away Day match Night match Scores first goal Conceding first goal Is shutout Scores one goal Scores two goals Scores 3+ goals Shuts out opponent Allows one goal Allows two goals Allows 3+ goals Goes to overtime Is in a one goal game Outscores opponent Is leading at halftime Is tied at halftime Is trailing at halftime Takes more shots Takes fewer shots Shots tied Takes more corners Takes fewer corners Corners tied Plays in South Carolina Plays in Georgia Plays in Virginia Plays in North Carolina Big South Standings Radford Charleston Southern Gardner-Webb Liberty Coastal Carolina Presbyterian High Point Winthrop UNC Asheville VMI // 2010 Presbyterian College Women s Soccer Match Notes //

3 PC GOALs Player (Assist) Opponent Time Martin (Whitson) NAVY 8 Baker (unassisted) NAVY 18 Lopez (Aaron) UNF 109 This Week In History On Sept. 10, 1608, John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia. On Sept. 10, 2002, Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations. On Sept. 11, 1997 Scots voted to create their own Parliament after 290 years of union with England. On Sept. 11, 2003, Country musician Johnny Cash died at age 71. On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy. On Sept. 13, 2007, The NFL fined New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and the team $250,000 for spying on the New York Jets during a game. On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface. On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of Blue hose 00 Jordan Broadway GK Fr. Chapin, S.C. (Chapin H.S.) 1 Sarah Beth Anderson GK Jr. Grayson, Ga. (Grayson H.S.) 2 Mariana Anderson D Fr. Anderson, S.C. (T.L. Hannah H.S.) 3 Renee Ballew D Sr. Greer, S.C. (Riverside H.S.) 4 Katie Hunter D/M Sr. Tucker, Ga. (Tucker H.S.) 5 Stephanie Allen D Fr. Augusta, Ga. (Lakeside H.S.) 6 Townley Cheek D So. Franklin, Tenn. (Franklin H.S.) 7 Emily Boggus M Fr. Conyers, Ga. (Salem H.S.) 8 Kate Baker F Sr. Forsyth, Ga. (Monroe Academy) 9 Kylie Mills F So. Aiken, S.C. (South Aiken H.S.) 10 Morgan Fragapane F Jr. Bradenton, Fla. (St. Stephens) 11 Rebecca Miller D Fr. Pauline, S.C. (Dorman H.S.) 12 Sara Simpson F Fr. Columbia, S.C. (Richland Northeast H.S.) 13 Abi Thompson M/F So. Charleston, S.C. (Bishop England H.S.) 14 Alice Blackwell M So. Marietta, S.C. (Travelers Rest H.S.) 15 Meghan Skinner M Sr. Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Wando H.S.) 16 Tori Lopez D Fr. Snellville, Ga. (Providence Christian) 17 Jessica Kramer D Jr. Acworth, Ga. (Harrison H.S.) 18 Melanie Martin D Sr. Simpsonville, S.C. (Hillcrest H.S.) 19 Brittany Whitson D Fr. Conyers, Ga. (Salem H.S.) 20 Stephanie Aaron M Sr. Clemson, S.C. (Appalachian State) 21 Lauren Snyder F So. North Augusta, S.C. (Westminster School) 28 Sarah Kustick M So. Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County H.S.) HC AC AT Brian Purcell Samar Azem Caroline Spearman Pronunciation Guide 2 Mariana Anderson Mary-ann-ă 7 Emily Boggus Bog-us 10 Morgan Fragapane Frag-ah-pah-knee 15 Meghan Skinner Megan AC Samar Azem Sah-mar Ă-zem 3 // 2010 Presbyterian College Women s Soccer Match Notes //

4 Th e Pu r c e l l File Ho m e t o w n Decatur, Ga. Fa m i l y Wife: Kim Children: Jay, Will Ed u c a t i o n Presbyterian College 87 Pl a y i n g Ex p e r i e n c e Presbyterian College Co a c h i n g Ex p e r i e n c e Presbyterian Coll. (M)(AC) 1988 Presbyterian College Women (HC) s s s s Career Br i a n Pu r c e l l Brian Purcell begins his 22nd year as the head coach of the Presbyterian College women s soccer program. Since he has been in charge, Purcell has posted an overall mark of since the program s inception in Purcell is an alumnus of PC. Purcell s 2009 squad finished the season winless in the BIg South Conference but recorded a pair of memorable draws against Big South teams. In the middle portion of the season, PC drew Coastal Carolina, 2-2 at home before taking points of Big South regular season champion Liberty on the final day of the season. His team took non-conference victories over South Carolina State, Wofford and The Citadel. In 2008, Purcell s team recorded its firstever win over a Big South Conference foe as a conference member, beating Gardner-Webb 2-0 on Oct. 1. The squad then shut out Francis Marion for its third straight shutout. Under Purcell s direction, defender Rachel Lamb garnered first-team all-conference accolades. Purcell has guided the team through many changes including the jump to Division I in The Blue Hose finished that year, beating their future league co-members High Point, Radford and VMI. PC retained the edge when playing at home with a record at Martin Stadium. PC left the Division II level with six Southern Atlantic Conference championships and two SAC tournament titles and made five trips to the NCAA Division II tournament (1994, 95, 97, 99, and 03). Purcell s 81 conference wins make him the SAC s all-time leader. He also ranks sixth all-time in Division II with 207 career wins. Under Purcell s guidance, the Blue Hose had their best year in the history of the program in The squad spent a week at No. 1 on the NSCAA/adidas rankings and finished eighth in the Coaches Poll. PC captured its sixth SAC title and hosted a first-round match of the Division II national tournament against Belmont Abbey. Purcell was recognized as the NSCAA/ adidas Southeast Region Coach of the Year and SAC Coach of the Year for his success with the team. Purcell is a seven-time SAC Coach of the Year winner and earned National NSCAA Coach of the Year accolades in 1994 after leading the Head Coach // 22nd Season Blue Hose to a 15-3 record. Before accepting the position as head coach of the women s team, Purcell spent one year as an assistant coach with PC s men s squad. He holds a USSF B coaching license and is a member of the USYSA Region III Olympic Development staff. Purcell also serves as codirector of the Presbyterian College soccer camps in the summer. The Decatur, Ga. native graduated from Presbyterian College in 1987 with a bachelor s degree in Education and Social Studies and earned his master s from the U.S. Sports Academy in Purcell resides in Clinton with his wife Kim and their two sons Jay (12) and Will (9). 4 // 2010 Presbyterian College Women s Soccer Match Notes //

5 2010 Presbyterian College Soccer Presbyterian College Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2010) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Aug 20 at Clemson L Aug 22 NAVY To Aug 27 at Wofford Lot Sep 03 NORTH FLORIDA Wo Sep 05 FURMAN L TEAM STATISTICS PC OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game GOAL BREAKDOWN Penalty 0 0 Unassisted 1 3 Overtime 1 1 CORNER KICKS PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Yellow cards 2 1 Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 3/341 2/480 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 8 BAKER, Kate MARTIN, Melanie LOPEZ, Tori AARON, Stephanie WHITSON, Brittany ALLEN, Stephanie SIMPSON, Sara FRAGAPANE, Morgan BOGGUS, Emily SNYDER, Lauren KRAMER, Jessica MILLS, Kylie MILLER, Rebecca BALLEW, Renee KUSTICK, Sarah SKINNER, Meghan BLACKWELL, Alice HUNTER, Katie ANDERSON, Mariana ANDERSON, Sarah Bet BROADWAY, Jordan Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 00 BROADWAY, Jordan 1 7: ANDERSON, Sarah Be 5 492: Total 5 499: Opponents 5 499: Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Presbyterian College Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Presbyterian College Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Presbyterian College Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Presbyterian College Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Presbyterian College Opponents // 2010 Presbyterian College Women s Soccer Match Notes //