High Point Panthers women's soccer

High Point Panthers women's soccer
Founded 1992
University High Point University
Head coach Marty Beall (9th season)
Conference Big South
Location High Point, NC
Stadium Vert Stadium
(Capacity: 1,100)
Nickname Panthers
Colors Purple and White[1]
         
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament appearances
2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014
Conference Tournament championships
2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014
Conference Regular Season championships
2010, 2012, 2016


The High Point Panthers women's soccer team is a NCAA Division I college soccer team representing High Point University as part of the Big South Conference. They play their home games at Vert Stadium in High Point, North Carolina.[2]

History

The team was founded in 1992 as an independent Division II program, and it had a few 10-win seasons from 1993-96, sandwiched by losing seasons in 1992 and 1997-98. In 1999, the Panthers jumped to NCAA Division I and the Big South Conference. The team struggled its first four years with 4- and 5-win seasons. The Panthers entered the 2003 Big South Tournament at 8-9 and the #6 seed, but surprised the conference by capturing the tournament title with a 0-0, 3-2 penalty-kick shootout win over UNC-Asheville to gain the first Division I NCAA tournament bid in High Point Panthers history.[3] In the NCAA tournament, High Point lost 8-0 to eventual champion North Carolina.[4] Forward Jen Evans, the career goals leader, paced the 2003 team with 10 scores, and also played a pivotal role on the 2007 squad that returned to the NCAA tournament. The Panthers once again ran into UNC in the 2007 tournament and lost 6-1, with senior Amy Anzovino providing the lone Panther score in the 55th minute.[5]

Current head coach Marty Beall took over in 2009. That year's team nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA tournament history. A long-shot to make the field in the first place, HPU entered the Big South tournament as the 7 seed at 5-14-1, but took home the conference title with a 0-0, 4-2 penalty kick shootout win over Winthrop.[6] The team was backstopped by senior goalkeeper Marisa Abbott, who brought a 527-minute shutout streak and a whopping 130 saves on the season to the first round of the NCAA tournament. On November 13, 2009, the Panthers (7-14-2) faced North Carolina (17-3-1). North Carolina outshot High Point 31-0. Abbott made 14 saves, a High Point single-game record, but the Tar Heels notched a single goal off a rebound in the 69th minute for a 1-0 win.[7] The 2009 UNC team sported several future U.S. women's national team players including Tobin Heath, and went on to win the national title.

High Point won Big South Conference regular-season titles in 2010, 2012, and 2016, with NCAA tournament appearances coming in 2010 and 2014. In the 2010 NCAA tournament, High Point took a lead over No. 4 Maryland off freshman forward Kelli Joline's goal in the 8th minute, but the Terrapins equalized 21 seconds later and won 4-1.[8] In 2014, High Point took the Big South conference tournament with a 2-2, 5-4 penalty-kick win over Liberty,[9] but fell 8-0 to Virginia.

Individual career records

Record Amount Player Years
Goals 30 Jen Evans
Kelli Joline 		2002-07
2010-13
Assists 23 Sara Rager 2007-10
Points 77 Jen Evans 2002-07
Shots 239 Jen Evans 2002-07
Saves 259 Marisa Abbott 2006-09
GAA 0.81 Alex Hank 2014-p
Wins 28 Alex Hank 2014-p
Shutouts 20.8 Alex Hank 2014-p

Individual single-season records

Record Amount Player Year
Goals 10 Kelli Joline
Becca Hemby 		2010
2012
Assists 9 Sara Rager 2010
Points 27 Jen Evans 2004
Shots 93 Jen Evans 2004
Saves 134 Marisa Abbott 2009
GAA 0.49 Alex Hank 2015
Wins 12 Alex Hank 2016
Shutouts 10 Alex Hank 2015, 2016

Seasons

Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
NAIA Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1992–1992)
1992 Woody Gibson 2-14-1
Dual membership: NCAA DII and NAIA Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1993–1994)
1993 Woody Gibson 12-5-1
1994 Woody Gibson 11-7-1
NCAA DII Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (1995–1996)
1995 Heather Puckett 12-6-2 7-3 T-4th
1996 Heather Puckett 10-9 7-2-1 3rd
NCAA DII Independent (1997–1998)
1997 Heather Puckett 3-12-2
1998 Heather Puckett 5-12-1
NCAA Division I Big South Conference (1999–Present)
1999 Traci Foels 5-12-2 1-5-1 7th
2000 Traci Foels 4-11-2 2-3-1 5th
2001 Traci Foels 4-12-1 2-4 T-5th
2002 Traci Foels 4-10-4 1-2-3 5th
2003 Traci Foels 10-10-1 3-4 6th NCAA First Round
2004 Traci Foels 11-8-1 4-4 5th
2005 Michelle Rayner 10-7-1 5-3 T-2nd
2006 Michelle Rayner 4-15 3-5 T-6th
2007 Michelle Rayner 11-8-3 5-2 T-2nd NCAA First Round
2008 Michelle Rayner 8-5-8 3-2-4 5th
2009 Marty Beall 7-15-2 4-4-1 7th NCAA First Round
2010 Marty Beall 11-11-1 6-2-1 T-1st NCAA First Round
2011 Marty Beall 8-10-3 6-2-2 4th
2012 Marty Beall 10-6-6 8-1-2 1st
2013 Marty Beall 9-10-1 6-4-1 6th
2014 Marty Beall 12-5-4 7-2-1 T-2nd NCAA First Round
2015 Marty Beall 12-5-4 6-3-1 4th
2016 Marty Beall 13-6-2 7-1-1 1st
Total: 208-231-54 (.477)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA tournament results

Year Round Opponent Result Highlights
2003 First Round North Carolina L 8-0
2007 First Round North Carolina L 6-1
2009 First Round North Carolina L 1-0 [10]
2010 First Round Maryland L 4-1
2014 First Round Virginia L 8-0 [11]

References

  1. ↑ "High Point Colors". Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  2. ↑ "High Point University Panthers - 2016_Women_s_Soccer_Prospectus.pdf" (PDF). High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Big South Champs: Women's Soccer Edges UNC Asheville In Shootout". High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Women's Soccer Falls To North Carolina In NCAA Tournament". High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Panthers Fall 6-1 at North Carolina in NCAA Tournament". High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Panthers win the Big South Championship on penalty kicks". High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Panthers lose 1-0 heartbreaker to No. 4 UNC in NCAA first round". High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ "High Point takes early lead but falls to No. 4 Maryland, 4-1". High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Women's soccer wins fifth Big South Championship". High Point Panthers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Women's Soccer Game Recap: UNC vs. High Point". Youtube. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Women's Soccer: High Point Highlights - NCAA". Youtube. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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