2009 Men's Soccer Team Notes (Through Games of Oct. 31)

	Clayton State (10-5-1, 5-2-1) -- The Clayton State Lakers ended the 2009 regular season with a tough 1-0 setback at rival Lander on Saturday. Clayton State lost despite out-shooting Lander 13-7... The defeat puts the Lakers as the third seed in this week's Peach Belt Conference Tournament. Clayton State will play host to sixth-seeded UNC Pembroke at 5 p.m... Clayton State senior goalkeeper David Cristofoli leads the Peach Belt in shutouts with nine, and is ranked second in goals-against average at 0.92... Sophomore forward Leighton Fredericks is fifth in the PBC in goals scored with eight, while senior midfielder Kyle Timm is tied for sixth in assists with six... Clayton State is 10-8-1 all-time in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament, winning the championship in 2000, 2005 and 2007... Clayton State head coach Pete Petersen is 68-31-15 overall in his sixth season at the Laker helm.
	Flagler (12-5-1, 7-1) -- Flagler went 2-0 for the week and earned the Peach Belt Conference regular season title after defeating a Francis Marion team which came in riding a seven-match unbeaten streak. The Saints learned of their fate earlier in the day when Lander edged Clayton State which forced Flagler to defeat Francis Marion to claim the title in its first season. Pol Berenguer scored the first goal on a penalty kick and Johan Bergfeld scored the eventual game winner early in the second half on a superb one-touch shot. Greg Taafe supplied the insurrance goal with a header. The Saints also posted a 2-0 road victory against Georgia Southwestern. Flagler hosts North Georgia on Tuesday in the quarterfinal round of the PBC Men's Soccer Championships.
	Francis Marion (11-4-3, 4-2-2) -- FMU went 1-1 last week to close out its regular season. The Patriots finished fifth in the PBC standings. FMU has lost only twice in its last 15 PBC matches.....Junior F Juan Rivas assisted on both goals in a 2-0 win over Catawba....Senior MF Kyle Clinton scored once vs Catawba, and has 7 goals and 4 assists this season, and 29 career goals in 73 matches, including eight match-winning scores.....Junior MF Chris Foltanski scored once in a road loss to Flagler, and has 6 goals and 3 assists in 2009.....Junior GK Clark Richeson leads the PBC in GAA (0.81), save percentage (.866), and saves per game (5.39). He has six complete-match shutouts in 2009 and 12 in his career. Going back to last season, he has played all but 55 minutes of the past 40 matches.....FMU has allowed only five scores in the first half this season.... FMU played seven of its opening nine matches on the road ....The Patriots were picked as the co-favorites in the preseason PBC coaches’ poll.....Over the past six seasons, 23 of FMU’s last 52 losses have been by one goal....The Patriots play at Montevallo on Nov. 3 in a first-round match of the PBC Tournament.
	Georgia Southwestern (2-16, 0-8) -- The Hurricanes dropped a pair of home matches last week to complete the 2009 season, falling 2-0 to Flagler on Wednesday afternoon, before suffering a 3-2 2OT defeat against Spring Hill on Saturday. Flagler and the Hurricanes played a scoreless opening 52 minutes, before the Saints scored at the 52:23 mark and again in the 70th minute. On Saturday, Spring Hill converted a loose ball off a corner kick with one second left in the second overtime to escape with a win on Southwestern’s Senior Day. GSW seniors Jesse Davis, Michael Moses and Derek Schicker were recognized before the match. Hurricane goalkeeper David Porley saved four in the finale and, in the process, broke the school individual record for saves in a season with 89. Porley made eight saves last week and finished second in the PBC in saves during the regular season. Porley also finished second in the PBC in saves per game (5.24).
	Lander (10-5-1, 6-1-1) -- Lander secured the No. 2 seed in this week's Peach Belt tournament when the Bearcats defeated rival Clayton State, 1-0, on Saturday. The victory over Clayton State gave Lander a 9-5-3 lead in the series, which consists of 10 games decided by one goal. Earlier in the week, Lander lost to Montevallo, 2-1. Lander's 10 wins is the 11th straight time the Bearcats have won at least 10 games in a season. Jamie Ramm scored the game-winning goal against Clayton State on an assist from Craig Hughes, while reigning PBC Player of the Year Aaron Brittain scored Lander's lone goal against Montevallo on an assist from Andy Ludewig. In PBC statistics, Adam Arthur is tied for first in assists (7) and game-winning goals, second in total points (31), points per game (1.94), goals scored (12), goals per game (0.75), and third in assists per game (0.44); Aaron Brittain is third in goals scored (11), fourth in points (23), points per game (1.44), and goals per game (0.69); and Matthew Atkinson is third in goals against average (.1.04), shutouts (5), and save percentage (.776).
	Montevallo (9-6-1, 5-3) -- The Falcons went 0-1 this past week as they lost a match on the road to Shorter College 3-1... UM qualified for the PBC Tournament with the fourth seed and will be hosting Francis Marion University in the first round on Tuesday... The Falcons continue to be led by junior Nathaniel Foster who has 10 goals and five assists... Foster ranks third in the conference in points and fourth in goals... Phil Jackson and Milan Pualic continue to be tied for the conference lead in assists with seven.
	North Georgia (5-10-1, 1-6-1) -- The Saints suffered a loss and battled to a tie to end the regular season as North Georgia enters the 2009 PBC Tournament. North Georgia started the week against the #1 team in the country as the Saints traveled to Lees-McRae and gave up an early goal as the Bobcats held for the 1-0 shutout. The loss at LMC was North Georgia’s second top ranked opponent this season after hosting and falling to Tampa University earlier in the season when the Spartans held the top spot in the poll. After a tough road defeat, the Saints came home and battled UNC Pembroke to a 1-1 deadlock over two overtimes. The Saints finally tied the game in the 63rd minute as Ben Tayi struck for his first collegiate goal. The unassisted goal knotted the score at a goal apiece. Both teams had numerous chances to break the tie at the end of regulation and in both overtimes, but North Georgia’s Tanaskovic and UNC Pembroke’s Horatio Bynes made a series of miraculous saves in goal down the stretch to preserve the 1-1 tie. North Georgia will travel to St. Augustine for the first round of the Peach Belt Conference Tournament as the Saints will battle PBC Regular Season Champion Flagler for the right to advance to the "PBC Final Four" in Augusta next weekend. In a physical contest just a week ago that featured five yellow cards and a pair of ejections, Flagler emerged victorious, but North Georgia is looking to deny the new league member their first PBC Tournament victory, while the Saints will be looking to win their first round tournament game for the third straight season.
	UNC Pembroke (8-7-2, 3-4-1) -- Notes not submitted.
	USC Aiken (7-10-1, 2-6) -- USC Aiken was a perfect 2-0 last week … USC Aiken opened the week by easily besting St. Andrews, 4-0, in Laurinburg, N.C. … The Pacers finished their week by acquiring a huge 3-2 win over 13th-ranked Anderson … The Pacers overall concluded the 2009 regular season with three consecutive wins ... USC Aiken with the win over nationally-ranked Anderson finished the 2009 regular season with a 7-10-1 record … The Pacers were 2-6 in the PBC during the regular season … Scott Newby (Leicestershire, UK/Wreake Valley) led the Pacers last week … Coming off the bench in both games last week, Newby first opened the week by scoring a match-high two goals in USC Aiken’s 4-0 win over St. Andrews … In USC Aiken’s win over nationally-ranked Anderson, Newby assisted on Kennis Paul’s (Guoyave, Grenada/T.A. Marryshaw College) match-winning goal with six seconds left in the first half of the Anderson game … The Pacers learned Saturday evening that they will travel up to the road to Greenwood, S.C. to take on league rival Lander in the quarterfinals of the 2009 PBC Men's Soccer Championships … The seventh-seeded Pacers will take on the second-seeded Bearcats at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 … The Pacers will be vying to advance to the final four of the PBC Men's Soccer Championship, which will be contested Nov. 6-8 at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Ga.