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Chanticleers
go 10-1 in second season,
win Big South Championship
In just its second year of play, the Chanticleer football team posted
a 10-1 record overall and captured its first Big South Championship
with a perfect 4-0 mark in league play. The Chants were ranked in the
top 25 nationally by three major polls and received votes in a fourth
at the end of the regular season. The football program also earned three top Big South
honors for the year. Running back Patrick Hall was named Offensive
Player of the Year and David Bennett
received Coach of the Year honors, while Freshman of the Year honors were
bestowed on Jerome Simpson. They join 12 other Chanticleers in receiving
postseason
accolades after a league-record
10-1 season, including a 4-0 mark in the Big South.
Hall became the first CCU
player to ever record 1,000 rushing yards in a season, and was ranked
25th in the nation in rushing. Simpson was
Coastal’s leading
receiver, posting school records with 26 receptions,
419 yards and eight touchdowns, earning Freshman of the Week honors three
times. Bennett earned his first Big South Coach of the Year honor. This
is the fifth
time in his career that he has received top coaching honors, having won
South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year honors four times at Catawba
College.
In his nine years of head coaching experience, Bennett holds a 79-23 record
overall, including a
16-6 record at Coastal. Back
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Four inducted into Buddy Sasser Athletic Hall of Fame
Coastal Carolina
University inducted four new members into the George F. “Buddy” Sasser
Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2004 honorees were Jessica Falca, one of the
most outstanding softball student-athletes in Coastal’s history; Angela Murphy, who dominated Big
South Conference women’s cross country and track during her career;
Guy Norcott, a three-time All Big South soccer player; and
Edgar Dyer, (honorary), vice president for university relations
and the Chanticleers’ first women’s golf coach.
Falca,
who played softball at Coastal from 1996 to 1999, left
her mark on the NCAA Division I record book. She finished
her career with the
all-time national stolen base record (196 steals)
and career national rankings of 7th in hits, 15th
in batting average, and 12th in runs scored.
Murphy, of Cork, Ireland, who participated in track
and cross country from 1994 to 1998, won five league championships
and earned All Big South records
five times. She also represented Coastal on the national level with a
silver medal in the 3000M at the 1996 PENN Relays and earned
NCAA Championship
appearances in track and cross country.
Norcott,
a native of Liverpool, England, played soccer at CCU
from 1989 to 1992. The three-year captain started 75
games for the
Chanticleers and helped win 57 victories during that
time. He was
named the 1990 Big South Conference Player of the
Year and led the Chants to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen
in 1992.
A professor of politics, Dyer has been a member of
the Coastal faculty since 1976. He oversees six departments
in his vice presidential position,
and
he is the university’s counsel. Dyer was also the public address announcer
for women’s basketball games and has actively supported many athletic
projects including the establishment of intercollegiate football.
The Athletic Hall of Fame will be a significant feature
of a future Athletic Field House to be constructed near the
north end zone of
Brooks Stadium.
Until that structure is built, the Hall of Fame is temporarily
located in Brooks
Stadium. Back
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Campbell wins bronze at Olympic trials
Amber Campbell |
After a valiant
effort in the U.S. Olympic Trials in July, Coastal’s
star hammer thrower Amber Campbell missed going to
Athens by just 10 inches. She finished third in the trials
and had a personal-best throw
of 220-6.25 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif.,
winning a
bronze medal even though she ended short of her Olympic
goal. “What a thrilling moment to see Amber on the medal stand with a Coastal
Carolina uniform on in front of 20,000 people on a national stage,” said
Alan Connie, Coastal’s women’s track and field coach. “Amber
has been a once-in-a-lifetime athlete to coach, and I am so proud of her
accomplishments. ”
During
her last semester, Campbell earned her fifth All-American
certificate in the 2004 NCAA Indoor Track and Field
Championship in Fayetteville, Ark.,
with a fourth place finish in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of
21.99 meters (72-1.75). She helped the Lady Chants to an indoor Big South
title,
winning the weight throw with a mark of
21.96 meters (72-0.75). In the outdoor season, Campbell won the hammer
throw at the NCAA East Regional in Gainesville, Fla., with a mark of
67.21 meters (220-6). In the outdoor Big South Championships, Campbell
won the discus and hammer throw and finished second in the shot put,
helping the Chants to a team title and the Women’s Track “Triple
Crown” for the 2003-2004 season. She also was named the
Outstanding Field Performer at the Outdoor Championships. Back
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Soccer continues winning streak, win Big South title
Coastal’s men’s soccer squad made four straight NCAA Tournament
appearances by capturing the Big South’s Tournament title and
the league’s automatic berth into the postseason. CCU swept through
the tournament without giving up a goal, including defeating
top seed and host Birmingham-Southern, 4-0, in the title game.
The Chants had five players (Jordie Hughes, Mubarike
Chisoni, Boyzzz Khumalo, Itayi Pondwa and Dario Grassini)
earn First Team All-Big South accolades for
their play during the regular season, while goalkeeper Aaron Weant was named
to the All-Freshman Team. For the tournament title, Khumalo was named the
Tournament’s
Most Valuable Player, while Chisoni, Grassini and Hughes joined him on the
All-Tournament squad.
CCU took on #22 Duke in the first round of the NCAA
Championship.
The women’s soccer team fought through injuries throughout the season,
finishing with a 7-11-2 mark in 2004. CCU’s Bobbie Parsons was selected
to the All-Big South First Team as well as the Academic All-Big South Team,
while Leah Barrett was selected to the All-Big South Conference Second Team.
Normally a forward, Morgan Tolan earned All-Tournament team honors for her
goalkeeping performance for the Lady Chants against Birmingham-Southern. Back
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Women’s
Cross Country sets new conference record
Anne Marie Moutsinga |
Coastal’s women’s
cross country squad won its fourth straight Big South
Conference cross country title, setting a new Big South record. Head Coach Alan Connie was named Big South Coach
of the Year for the 10th time in his career at Coastal. Four
Lady Chants (Anne
Marie Moutsinga, Christina
Mohr, Kim Nemergut and Lindsey Kozlowski) were named All-Big South while
Mohr also earned Big South Freshman of the Year honors.Moutsinga
was CCU’s
top finisher, placing second and also finishing 19th at the NCAA Southeast
Regionals, leading Coastal to a ninth-place team finish.
CCU men’s cross country team capped off its 2004 season with a third-place
finish at the Big South Conference Championships. Terah Kipchiris earned
All-Big South Conference honors after finishing as the individual runner-up,
while
Doug Currie also earned All-Big South accolades with his 10th place finish. Back
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