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Sixth-ranked Tennessee pulled the upset of the opening round
of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Orange Beach, AL, with a
2-1 win over #3 Auburn. Tennessee took a 2-0 lead on goals by Tanya Emerson and Mick Imgram. Auburn pulled one goal back on a penalty kick by Jenn Johnson at the 61:35 mark, but could not score the equalizer. LSU got the game-winner from Brittany Lowe at the 66:22 minute mark, heading in the game-winner that started with a throw-in. Kellie Murphy had given LSU a 1-0 lead early in the second half, but Christine Breaux tied the game two minutes later. Top-seeded Florida rallied for two second half goals to give the Gators a 2-1 win over Alabama, which had taken a 1-0 halftime lead on a goal by Kailey Corken. Megan Kerns tied the game midway through the second half and Ashlee Elliott got the game-winner with less than two minutes left in the game. The Gators will play Georgia in the other semifinal game. The Bulldogs put up two first-half goals and made them standup for a 2-1 win over South Carolina. Alex Hooker and Megan Tomlinson scored for Georgia, while Blakely Mattern got USC’s only goal in the 81st minute of play. Top of PageLincoln Memorial Drops D-2 Title Game Less than two minutes to go! That little more than a television
commercial break. Tennessee Well Represented Tennessee intercollegiate soccer was well represented in
the NCAA D-II tournament. Tusculum and Carson-Newman squared off in the
men’s first round with C-N winning 3-1. LMU beat Carson Newman 2-1
in the second round of play. Top of PageETSU Picks Calabrese To Coach Men’s Team Scott Calabrese, former assistant coach at Clemson University, has been named the first men’s head soccer coach at East Tennessee State University. For it’s first season, the ETSU men will have no scholarships, but in 2008 it will become a scholarship program and will compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. East Tennessee has had a women’s team since 1997. “It is truly an honor to be named the first head men’s soccer
coach in the history of ETSU,” Calabrese said. “The vision
of the university, East Tennessee becomes only the second Division I men’s soccer program in Tennessee. The University of Memphis is the other. “It is my goal to build the men’s soccer program at ETSU
into a ETSU has an recently completed soccer facility. Construction was finalized for on-campus competition and practice fields in October. A 1994 graduate of Bryant College, Calabrese has spent the past four
seasons helping guide the Clemson Tigers to the top of the national rankings,
including a trip to the NCAA Final Four in 2005 and a No. 1 national ranking
midway through the season. Top of PageCondone Replaces Sanchez As Tennessee DOC Manny Sanchez has resigned as Executive
Director and Director of Coaching for the Tennessee State Soccer Association
to become the Director of Coaching for the Wings Soccer Club in Minnesota. Top of Page
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