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Sept. 4, 2008
Western Carolina Announces 10th Anniversary Team
Top 10 Moments from Western Carolina Women's Soccer First 10 Years
Cullowhee, N.C. - In a year where Western Carolina University celebrates its 75th anniversary of the Catamount moniker, the WCU women's soccer team is celebrating its 10th season of intercollegiate competition. As a part of the celebration this year, the Catamount Athletic Department will announce a 10th Anniversary team, as well as the "Top 10 Moments from the First 10 Years" ahead of Homecoming 2008 festivities.
WCU is scheduled to honor its WCU women's soccer alum in two matches that bookend Homecoming Weekend, 2008. Western hosts Wofford on Friday, Oct. 3 at 6:00 pm in Cullowhee in a match that will be followed by Spirit Night activities. And then, on Sunday, Oct. 5, WCU will recognize its Anniversary Team at halftime of the match against Furman at 2:00 pm.
Founded in 1998 under head coach Debbie Hensley, the Catamounts first took the pitch in 1999 and quickly became a program with which to contend with in the Southern Conference. WCU earned it's first-ever victory at Troy State, 2-0, on Sept. 4, 1999, and claimed its first-ever home victory over Limestone 12 days later on Sept. 16.
Hensley garnered 2001 SoCon Coach of the Year honors as her squad posted a then-school-record 16 victories and claimed WCU's only regular season conference championship to date in just its third year of existence. The Catamounts advanced to the SoCon finals in '01, falling in double-overtime to UNC Greensboro, 2-1, at the tournament in Greenville, S.C.
Four years later, with the tournament again being held at Furman's Stone Soccer Stadium in Greenville and under the direction of first-year head coach Tammy DeCesare, WCU earned an overtime victory over the College of Charleston before blanking both Davidson and Furman to win the '05 SoCon Tournament Championship. The team won a school-best 18 matches in '05. The Catamounts made the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance, falling to second-seeded North Carolina, 2-0, in Chapel Hill.
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Again, to help commemorate, the Catamount Athletic Department will announce a 10th Anniversary team, as well as the "Top 10 Moments from the First 10 Years" ahead of Homecoming 2008 festivities scheduled for Oct. 3-5 in Cullowhee. WCU will honor its WCU women's soccer alum in two matches that bookend that weekend. Western hosts Wofford on Friday, Oct. 3 at 6:00 pm in Cullowhee in a match that will be followed by Spirit Night activities.
On Saturday, the Catamount football team hosts SoCon-newcomer, Samford, at 1:00 pm with a special recognition scheduled during the game for the women's soccer alum. And then, on Sunday, Oct. 5, WCU will recognize its Anniversary Team at halftime of the match against Furman at 2:00 pm.
More information about the 10th Anniversary of Western Carolina Women's Soccer will be made available closer to the date.
SPECIAL NOTE:
If you are a former women's soccer player at WCU and plan on attending the festivities Oct. 3-5, please send an E-mail with your name and years played in Cullowhee to Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations, Daniel Hooker, at dhooker@email.wcu.edu. Below is a list of former Catamounts who are planning on being in attendance during Homecoming 2008.
Lauren Atkinson (2004-07)
Lauren Bramlett (2000-03)
Megan Chambers (2002-05)
Casey Davis (2002-05)
Kristen Deon (McNicholas) (2000-03)
Jordan Howell (Dunn) (2000-03)
Nardia Moore (1999-2002)
Natasha Moore (2002-05)
Natalie Turgeon (2002-05)
Felicia Wilson (2000-03)
