FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11-12-07
This Week In Armstrong Atlantic State Athletics
Monday, November 12
No Events Scheduled
Tuesday, November 13
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Wednesday, November 14
No Events Scheduled
Thursday, November 15
No Events Scheduled
Friday, November 16
Women's Basketball vs. Alabama Huntsville, 5:30 p.m. (@ Valdosta, Ga.)
Men's Basketball vs. Coker, 6:00 p.m. (@ Florence, S.C.)
Saturday, November 17
Women's Basketball at Valdosta State, 4:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. St. Andrews, 6:00 p.m. (@ Florence, S.C.)
Sunday, November 18
No Events Scheduled
Soccer (14-5-1 Overall, 6-1-1 Peach Belt Conference, No. 24 NSCAA DII Top 25)
The Armstrong Atlantic State women's soccer squad hosted Lincoln Memorial in an NCAA Southeast Region first-round match on Friday, but could not overcome the SAC champion Railsplitters, falling 2-1.
Lincoln Memorial scored twice in the first 18 minutes to build an early 2-0 lead. The Pirates responded in the 36th minute on Kristin Burton’s 23rd goal of the season to push the match to 2-1 entering halftime. The Pirates outshot the Railsplitters, 12-9, in the second half but could not push through the tying goal.
AASU finishes the season with a 14-5-1 overall mark and with a second consecutive NCAA Championships berth in just three seasons of competition.
Volleyball (16-20 Overall, 5-5 Peach Belt Conference)
The Armstrong Atlantic State volleyball team suffered a first-round exit in the 2007 Peach Belt Conference Championships on Saturday in Greenwood, S.C., falling in five games to Augusta State, 30-26, 26-30, 30-20, 28-30, 15-13.
The Pirates were led by sophomore Gwen Clarke’s career-high 26 kills and .352 hitting percentage. Clarke was named to the PBC’s All-Conference team earlier in the week, AASU’s only representative on the all-league squad.
Senior Kassi Kixmiller contributed a career-high 13 kills in her final game as a Pirate. Nicole Yates, who set AASU’s single-season dig record this year, collected 22 digs.
Men’s Basketball
Head coach Jeff Burkhamer and the Armstrong Atlantic men’s basketball team opens up the 2007-08 season on Friday, November 16, by taking part in the Zaxby’s PBC/Carolinas Conference Challenge in Florence, S.C., on the campus of Francis Marion University. AASU faces Coker at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, then takes on St. Andrews on Saturday, November 17, at 6:00 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Head coach Roger Hodge and the AASU women’s basketball team begins its 2007-08 season this weekend as the Lady Pirates compete in Valdosta State’s tournament. The Lady Pirates take on Alabama-Huntsville on Friday at 5:30 p.m., then AASU faces host Valdosta State on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
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