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ewsma azine stuclent living november 6-12, 2002 PÉsp6i$f:is1äMestern Caro fina University student publication. Of Sportss images; news and features articles arefrom •leotlection:of sources. including staff writers; contributorsand. Catamount Sports.eom,; the. Officiat athletic: site for: Western Carolina UniverSity Athieticsfeaturingæimages. by. Mark Haskett$ WCU (Students are encouraged .to share. news with. others by submitting: news by, for and about WCU student* NEXT WEEK: BATTLE FOR TTHE JUG omen'ssoecåt; Road Warriors Return Home First Ever Senior Send-Off for Women's Soccer Record Breaking Defense Led by Seniors Mandi Tinsley and Jamie Pawlik Cullowhee, N.C. - In the fall of 1999, a group of 14 freshmen women helped begin an NCAA division I soccer program at Western Carolina University. Eight of those original freshmen, along with a standout transfer, will play their last home game on Charles W. Schrader Field on Monday afternoon. Senior recogniotion is set to begin at 2:45 pm, while the kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 pm as the Lady Cats take on mountain rival UNC-Asheville for the first senior day in program history. The UNCA encounter additionally marks the last regular season match of the 2002 campaign for Western. The Catamounts will seek to earn their first NCAA bid by winning the Southern Conference Tournament, which is set to begin on Thursday at UNC-Greensboro. Western, now 10-5-2 overall, enter as the second seed behind regular season champion Furman, and will play the seventh-seeded Wofford Terriers in first round action Thursday evening. The Catamounts won their last four conference games on the road to secure the number two seed. "We knew if we won out, that we would have the second seed," said head coach Debbie Hensley. "ETSU, App and Chattanooga are not easy places to play. We had to scrap for one-goal victories in each case. While we like playing at home, I think this team has developed a mentality and confidence to win anywhere." That certainly appears to be the case. The 2002 Catamounts finished with a winning percentage of .800 (7-1-2), tying their mark from last year. But this year's squad went undefeated on the road in league action with a clip of 5-0-1. Last year, they were 2-2 in conference road games. "It's nice to have another streak to talk about now," Hensley said. "It was our turn to play six on the road. We knew if we wanted to be in the thick of things, that we had to produce away from home this season. Before the season started, we all saw that stretch of road games at the end of the schedule, not to mention a weekend trip to Greensboro and Davidson. We knew we were going to have to be strong, and battle through it. I am very proud of this team that we found a way to finish in the top two in the conference again. This gives us a solid chance to make it to the final, and bring home an NCAA bid." The Cats were a perfect 10-0 last year in Cullowhee. On October 13th, they saw their 17 game home unbeaten streak come to an end at the hands of Furman. The Paladins, who were unbeaten in SoCon play, edged the Catamounts 2-1 in double overtime that day. That ended up being Furman's tightest conference match of the season. While the Lady Cats were sad to see the streak come to an end, they still love playing at home. Seniors Kelly Barker, Kyla Deon, Meghan Doherty, Morgan Foresman, Christel Kirkpatrick, Nardia Moore, Jamie Pawlik, Sarah Rice and Mandi Tinsley will be lacing them up one last time for a home game in a Western uniform. They are not looking forward to saying good-bye to Schrader Field. "l don't even want to think about it," said senior captain Kelly Barker. "l don't know how I'm going to be able to function when they are announcing us for the last time. I'm sure my teammates and I will eventually settle down, and have some fun in our last game here. But right now, it just seems like a lot of sadness is going to be there. We love playing here." Among the many highlights this group of seniors has produced over the four year Western has had women's soccer include: never having a losing season, defeating each SOCon team at least once, having a 17-match home unbeaten streak, having a current unbeaten streak of seven SoCon road games, earning the second seed in this year's SoCon Championship, finishing second in last year's SoCon Championship and winning SoCon regular-season championship in 2001. Seniors Tinsley and Pawlik Lead Record Breaking Defense The Western Carolina Women's Soccer team has been winning games the hard Way if you ask Head Coach Debbie Hensley. "We have somehow found a way to win many close, low-scoring games this season. If not for the resiliency of this team, and our ability to prevent the opponent from scoring, our record would not be very good right now." When asked to expand on the Catamounts' apparent good fortune, the fourth year coach said, "I don't think the sun has been shining any differently this season. Simply put, we have struggled to find a consistent attack this year, and therefore, the goals are harder to come by. We have been lucky at times and unlucky at others. Credit this bunch of young women with still finding ways to win. Winning over a period of time is not luck. The consistency of Mandi Tinsley at goalkeeper and Jamie Pawlik at sweeper throughout the season has kept us is every game, and led to victory more times than not. This whole team deserves to be proud of the season we have turned in, and we are confident going in to the conference tournament." Tinsley, a four-year starting goalkeeper of High Point, is registering her best season yet. She has broken several of her own records and is on track to break more by season's end. She leads the Southern Conference's fulltime netminders in goals against average, considered the most important statistic for a goalkeeper, for the second consecutive year. She is currently allowing 0.85 goals per game, bettering her own program record of 0.99 set in the 2001 campaign. The next best in the conference is 1.22. Perhaps even more impressive is that her SoCon leading save percentage of 89% is set to break both the Southern Conference mark and the WCU one, and would make any keeper in the nation jealous considering the number of shot she has faced. She leads the conference in total saves this season with 115 and only needs two more saves to break her program record of 116 for saves in a season. Tinsley has had five shutouts this season which ranks second in the conference. Due to a new NCAA rule on recording shutouts, her contributions to shutting out two other opponents this season are not tabulated in her individual shutouts, as it would have been in the past. She broke her own single game saves mark for the program when she recorded 19 against Tennessee on September 13th. "l really don't think there is a better keeper in the conference," said second year WCU goalkeeper coach Jerrod Roh. "Mandi's numbers speak for themselves. In that Tennessee match, she saved 19 out of 22 shots on goal. The strikers on that Tennessee team are in the United States and Canadian National Team programs. I would say that is not too shabby. "Before I arrived here, Mandi was a pure shot-stopper with the ability to make the great save. She also was excellent with her goal kicks and punts in distribution. We have worked on her mental part of the game; preventing goal-scoring opportunities before they happen, recognizing when they are happening, and then positioning herself and using solid footwork to make an easier save. She has also improved her distribution this season in recognizing how quickly and with what method she should start the attack, and has become more knowledgeable on her roles out there in the unit of 11 players. I think we are seeing a more complete goalkeeper this season. Certainly, Mandi deserves full credit for working hard to improve this late in her playing career. Without her consistently excellent play this season, our team would not be in the position we are in." Tinsley has received plenty of help in leading the Catamounts to a conference leading team goals against average of 0.74 goals given up per game. The Cats have only given up 14 goals this season. The next best in the conference is 20. Defenders Casey Davis, Kyla Deon, Meghan Doherty, Jamie Pawlik, Emily Pierce and Sarah Rice have given opponents fits all season. None has been more important to the defensive effort than senior sweeper Pawlik. "l would not trade Jamie for any defender in the conference," Hensley said. "In my opinion, Jamie could be starting at any SEC or ACC school right now. She is that good. We are very thankful that she chose to transfer here a couple years ago." Pawlik assumed the starting sweeper role during the 2001 preseason camp after transferring from the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Originally from Houston, Pawlik is no stranger to being on successful teams. At one point her high school team was ranked number one in the nation. She was a starting midfielder back then. She has been a major reason for the success the Cats have enjoyed over the last two seasons. Opponents have not exactly been thrilled about Pawlik's arrival in Cullowhee. "She just always seems to be in the right place," said Furman head coach Brian Lee. "It's frustrating when your team has done everything correctly to break the defense down, but then a gifted player like Jamie is there to ruin it. We won't be sad to see her finish her eligibility this year." While opponents will be thrilled to see Tinsley and Pawlik and the rest of the Catamount seniors move on with their adult lives, it is certain that they will be missed by the Westem soccer program and fans. "We will have to find a different way to win next season without Mandi and Jamie back there," Hensley said. 'They will be extremely difficult to replace. Hopefully, we can send them out with another championship:

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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