Wednesday, November 29, 2006

TUSCULUM LISTED IN FINAL NCAA WOMEN'S SOCCER STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS --- Tusculum College goalkeeper Whitney Wardrop is listed fifth in national save percentage according to the final 2006 NCAA Division II women's soccer statistics, announced College officials Wednesday.

Wardrop, a senior from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, posted a.883 save percentage as she recorded 106 saves which are the fifth most in a TC single-season. Wardrop was also listed 23^rd with her 0.69 goals against average, the second lowest in school history. Wardrop was named to the Daktronics All-Southeast Region and All-South Atlantic Conference First Teams.

Tusculum also ended the season listed in four team statistical categories. TC finished fifth in team save percentage (.884), seventh in shutout percentage (0.65), 23^rd in goals against average (0.68) and 24^th in won-lost-tied percentage (.775).

Tusculum enjoyed one of its best seasons in school history, ending the year ranked eighth in NCAA II. The Pioneers posted a 14-3-3 record, won the NCAA II Southeast Region Championship and advanced to the national quarterfinals for the first time in the 17-year history of the program.

The Pioneers advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season and third time in the last four years. Tusculum posted consecutive 1-0 decisions over Armstrong Atlantic State and Carson-Newman in the Southeast Region Tournament, before falling to Tampa in the NCAA Elite Eight.

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which is comprised of nine colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

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