Thursday, February 2, 2012

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Bulldog goalkeeper Baker named to Scholar All-South Team

By on January 7, 2012

Georgia junior goalkeeper Ashley Baker has been named to the 2011 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Women’s Scholar second team for the All-South Region, the NSCAA announced Friday. Baker was previously named second team CoSIDA Academic All-District for her performance in the classroom in 2011, to go along with third team All-South Region honors [...]

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Soccer’s Buckley to return for redshirt senior season

By on January 4, 2012

Georgia defender Jenna Buckley this week confirmed her plans to use her final year of eligibility and return in 2012 as a redshirt senior, according to an announcement by soccer head coach Steve Holeman. Buckley – who took a redshirt as a freshman as she rehabbed a knee injury suffered in high school – battled [...]

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Four Bulldogs earn NCAA soccer regional honors

By on December 9, 2011

Four members of the Georgia soccer team were named to the 2011 NCAA Women’s Division I All-South Team, according to an announcement by the National Soccer Coaches Association on Dec. 7, the most selections in one season in UGA program history. Sophomore attacker Alexa Newfield was named to the first team, while senior midfielder Jamie [...]

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Soccer falls 3-1 to Duke in NCAA Tournament

By on November 19, 2011

What started out as an misfortunate own goal against Duke actually represented the struggles that the Georgia women’s soccer team would have all night in keeping the Blue Devils offensive attack at bay. Duke (19-3-1) on a cold, windy Friday night in Durham, N.C., proved first hand why they are one of the best teams [...]

Nicole Locandro and the Lady Dogs believe they can beat top seeded Duke. FILE PHOTO

Bulldogs have ‘nothing to lose’ against top-seeded Duke in second round

By on November 17, 2011

On Friday night, the Georgia women’s soccer team will face Duke in the second round of the NCAA tournament, a team ranked third in the nation and a No. 1 seed in the tournament. That doesn’t mean the Bulldogs are worried. “Duke’s a great team, but this is why we play the game,” head coach [...]

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Sports Notebook: Bulldog goalkeeper Baker named to community service team; Baseball, golf add recruits

By on November 16, 2011

For the second consecutive year Georgia soccer goalkeeper Ashley Baker has been named to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. The SEC sponsors service teams for all 20 league-sponsored sports. The team seeks to highlight a student-athlete from each member institution who gives back to his or her community [...]

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Dogs advance past Kansas 2-0, think they ‘can beat’ top-seed Duke in round of 32

By on November 13, 2011

The Bulldogs ended their scoring drought, beating Kansas (11-9-1) 2-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. With this win, Georgia (13-6-2) will advance to the second round of the tournament, where they will face No. 1 seed Duke on Nov. 18. “If anyone had any questions that we deserved to be in the [...]

Alexa Newfield and the Georgia soccer team got their ticket punched to the NCAA Tournament Monday evening. SEAN TAYLOR/Staff

Georgia soccer earns bid to NCAA Tournament, ‘ready to make it far’

By on November 7, 2011

The Georgia women’s soccer team suffered through several tense minutes of the NCAA selection show before finding out they had made it into the 2011 tournament. “It’s amazing,” junior midfielder Suzannah Dennis said. “Getting in is the best possible thing and I think we’re ready to play and make it far.” Georgia (12-6-2, 6-3-2) was [...]

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Four Bulldogs named to soccer CoSIDA Academic All-District

By on November 7, 2011

Four members of the Georgia soccer team were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team for their performances on the field and in the classroom during the 2011 season, the organization announced Friday. Senior defender Jenna Buckley and sophomore defender Torri Allen were named to the first team for District 4 and automatically advance to [...]

Alexa Newfield has 15 goals on the season. AJ REYNOLDS/Staff

Star soccer forward always ‘loved it’

By on November 4, 2011

Alexa Newfield was yanked at halftime during the first soccer match she ever played. At 4 years old, dressed in her first soccer jersey, Alexa put one tiny foot in front of the other, navigated the 15-by-30 yard field and found the back of the net. A lot. But the other tykes on the field [...]