Jags goalie named Gatorade Player of Year
HOOVER
— Spain Park’s Lauren Arnold became the second goalkeeper to ever be named
Gatorade Player of the Year in Alabama when the award was announced Tuesday.
Arnold found out about the honor at Tuesday night’s sports banquet.
“I was so excited,” Arnold said. “Not a lot of juniors get it. I didn’t
think I was going to get it this year. I was surprised.”
Arnold collected 11 shutouts this season to help lead Spain Park to the
Class 6A girls’ soccer championship May 9. One of the games that helped set
her apart from the rest of the players in the state was a 3-0 shutout of No.
2 Grissom in the state semifinal May 1. Arnold considers the win the closest
thing she has had to a perfect game, as she collected eight saves, including
two that she tipped over the crossbar.
“What helps her stand out above all of the other keepers is her ability
to make the big saves,” Spain Park head coach Jonathan Weimer said. “She’s
definitely a big part of the reason we are state champions.”
Arnold said defending the Jaguars’ goal this season was easy because of
the defense she had to work with and called the team the best to ever go
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Auburn High shuts out Northview in sub-state
Auburn
High’s girls rarely gave the Northview defense time to breathe Tuesday
night.
The Tigers were in a seemingly constant attack mode in their 3-0 win over
the Cougars in the first round of the AHSAA soccer playoffs at Duck Samford
Stadium.
Auburn (16-3-1) outshot Northview 25-3 on the night.
“This is as good of attacking soccer as I’ve ever seen them play,” coach
Mac Matthews said. “Because I give Northview credit. They were an organized
team in what they were doing and they were hard to break down. I was very
pleased with that.”
The Tigers shook off a relatively slow start and got on the board in the
20th minute. Christine Schwartz found Kristin Boydston at the top of the
Cougars’ box and the senior rifled it in off the crossbar.
Auburn added another goal three minutes later, with Briana Hunsberger
finding the upper left corner of the net on a corner kick to send the Tigers
into the half up 2-0. more
Auburn Goes 2-1 At Orange Beach To Close
Out Spring Exhibition Season
AUBURN,
Ala. - The Auburn soccer team closed out its spring exhibition season with a
pair of wins, defeating Columbus State and South Alabama by identical 3-0
scores in 45-minute matches on Sunday. The team also fell to LSU, 2-1, on
Saturday in a full 90-minute exhibition match to finish its spring
exhibition season, 4-2-0.
Katy Frierson collected a pair of assists in the win over Columbus State on
Sunday, serving a corner kick to Julie King in the 22nd minute and then
hitting Stephanie Fransoso in the 36th minute. In between it was Chelsea
Yauch finishing after Columbus State was unable to clear a corner kick.
Rebecca Howell picked up a goal and an assist in the win over South Alabama,
feeding Lizzie Hamersly for a header off of a corner for the first goal of
the match and then taking a pass from Caitlin King at the top of the 18 to
put Auburn up, 2-0. Frierson then connected with Caitlin King for the day's
final score, playing the ball in behind a 1v1 for the finish.
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Alabama Adds Shannon Lathrop
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - University of Alabama head soccer coach
Todd Bramble has added Shannon Lathrop of Birmingham's Oak Mountain High
School to the Crimson Tide roster for the 2008 season. Lathrop, a 5-7
midfielder, was a 2007 First Team All-Metro selection and was voted Mountain
Brook's Offensive Most Valuable Player as a senior.
"Being able to add a play of Shannon's quality at this late date is
exciting," Bramble said. "Her comfort level on the ball and her tactical
feel for the game make Shannon a perfect fit for our style of play. I see
her competing for playing time right away."
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Auburn Soccer
Signs Eight To NLIs on Wednesday
The
Auburn soccer team has received signed National Letters of Intent from eight
high school seniors on Wednesday, head coach
Karen Hoppa announced. The eight signees will bring a wealth of ODP
experience with them when they join the Auburn soccer program this summer.
The signees are Maddie Barnes (McDonough, Ga./Woodward Academy), Ana Cate
(Lithia, Fla./Joe E. Newsome), Mary Coffed (Atlanta, Ga./Marist School), Amy
Howard (Mandeville, La./Mandeville), Jessica Rightmer (Austin, Texas/Manor),
Christine Schweer (Birmingham/Oak Mountain), Caitlin Torie (Atlanta, Ga./The
Lovett School) and Tasia Williams (Marietta, Ga./Carlton Kell).
"This 2009 class makes us better in every
position. The quality and depth that this class adds to our program is going
to significantly improve our already talented team. They all come to Auburn
with terrific youth soccer resumes and are clearly one of the top classes in
the Southeast Region," Hoppa said.
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Bramble Inks 10 on National Signing Day
TUSCALOOSA,
Ala. - University of Alabama head soccer coach Todd Bramble announced that
10 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play soccer
for the Crimson Tide. The class is the first true signing class for coach
Bramble as he enters his second year at the helm of the Tide soccer program.
"Having graduated eight players - six of whom were starters - this class
comes in with big shoes to fill," head coach Todd Bramble said.
"Fortunately, through the efforts of our coaching staff and current
student-athletes, we have attracted a talented group to the Capstone that is
capable of continuing to move this program forward. Of particular interest
in this class is that four of the 10 signees hail from the far west region.
Not only are we excited to be adding such a talented group to our team,
these players must be awfully excited about the opportunity they have to
make such significant contributions so early in their playing career."
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