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Chanticleers shock #1 ranked James Madison
Fans swarm the field and tear down a goalpost after Coastal upset No. 1-ranked James Madison 31-27. |
In the second game of its highly successful 2005 season, Coastal Carolina had an unforgettable win against top-ranked James Madison on Sept. 10. One goalpost came down in a wave of euphoria after the Chants rebounded with 14 unanswered points in the final six minutes of the game. The season also included huge wins against Mansfield (71-8), Savannah State (42-16), VMI (38-14), a triple-overtime victory over Liberty (27-21) and an overtime thriller against Gardner-Webb (34-31).
Coastal suffered only two losses during the season, one to Appalachian State a week after the James Madison game and the final heartbreaker against Charleston Southern in double overtime. The Chants (9-2, 3-1 Big South) finished as co-champions, with CSU, of the Big South Conference.
Fifteen Coastal football players were named to All-Big South squads, with seven players placed on the first team and eight on the second. The players are: (First team) Kelvin McIver, Jamar Leath, Maurice Simpkins, Quinton Teal, Josh Hoke, Antwon Trice, Brad Poston, (Second team) Robbie Wright, Brian Kepple, Patrick Hall, Aundres Perkins, Jerome Simpson, Adrain Grady, Sergio Geiger and Zack St. Clair.
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Volleyball team nearly reaches 20-win plateau
Jennifer Hampton |
Coastal Carolina's volleyball team fell just short of reaching 20 wins for the fourth consecutive year. The Chants finished 2005 at 19-12 after falling to UNC Asheville in the semifinals of the Big South Conference tournament.
Katherine Jensen-Spencer led the Chanticleers all year long and finished her career as the Big South Player of the Year and as the conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Head coach Kristen Bauer was named Big South Coach of the Year after leading the Chants to a 12-2 record during the regular season. Bauer also won the award in 2000.
Joining Jensen-Spencer on the all-conference first team was Jennifer Hampton. Freshman Brett Starbuck was named to the conference's All-Freshman team.
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Women's soccer team has record-breaking season
Blair Monroe |
Coastal Carolina women's soccer team (13-6, 5-3 Big South) enjoyed a record-breaking season in 2005. In the final NCAA rankings, the Lady Chanticleers were 13th in the country in scoring offense at 2.83 goals per game. The Lady Chants won a school-record 13 games, led the Big South in goals (52), assists (43) and points (147) and had four All-Big South Team honorees, including the Freshman of the Year in Blair Monroe.
Monroe played in all 19 games for the Lady Chanticleers. She led the team and tied for the Big South lead with 17 goals. The freshman also tied for 11th in the country in goals per game (0.89/g). She broke Coastal's single-season goals record on Oct. 2 against VMI when she scored her 12th tally. She is third all-time in CCU history for goals scored.
The women's soccer team had two players selected to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III University Women's Soccer Team. Senior Kristina Fisher was selected to the first team, while senior Bobbie Parsons was named to the third team.
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Men's soccer has great year
Coastal Carolina's men's soccer team celebrates its victory in the 2005 Big South Championship. |
Coastal Carolina's men's soccer team (11-9-1, 5-2 Big South) had a successful 2005 season, winning its third Big South Tournament title in a row and making its fifth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Senior standout Joseph Kabwe added to his Most Valuable Player awards as he was named the MVP of the Big South Tournament. This was the second time Kabwe had been named MVP of a tournament this season and fourth time this season he had been named to an All-Tournament team. Further, Kabwe was the third Chant in as many years to be named the MVP of the Big South Tournament. In 2003, Joseph Ngwenya was named the MVP and in 2004 Boyzzz Khumalo was named the MVP. Kabwe overall was the eighth Chanticleer to be named the MVP of the tournament since 1984.
Coastal Carolina had four players selected to the Big South All-Tournament team. Besides Kabwe, other Chants selected include senior Jordie Hughes, sophomore Patrick Robertson and freshman Kyle Russell. CCU has had 59 All-Tournament Selections in Big South Tournament play since 1984.
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Women's Cross Country leads pack for fifth straight title
Anne Marie Moutsinga |
Coastal Carolina's women's cross country team won its fifth straight New Balance Big South Women's Cross Country Championship on Oct. 29, 2005. At the award ceremony after the race, which was held at VMI, head coach Alan Connie earned Coach of the Year honors.
Senior Anne Marie Moutsinga won her third individual title, setting a new course record of 17:45. She became only the third Big South women's runner, joining former Coastal runners Catherine Condor (1994-1996) and Jolene Williams (1997-1998) to win three individual conference championship titles.
The freshmen of Coastal Carolina fared well in their first Big South Championship meet. All three earned All-Conference honors by placing in the top six. Finishing an impressive third in the conference at 18:15 was Saskia Janssen. She also was honored with the Rookie/Freshman of the Year award. This is now the fourth consecutive year and eighth year overall that the award has been given to a Chanticleer.
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Men's golf finishes fall in Top 25 of four national polls
Coastal Carolina University's men's golf team finished the fall season ranked in the top 25 in the four major national rankings. The defending Big South Conference champion Chanticleers, under the direction of head coach Allen Terrell, have accomplished this feat for the first time in the history of the program.
Coastal's highest ranking comes in the Golf World Men's Coaches' Poll, where the Chants debut at No. 21. Coastal is ranked 23rd by Golf Stat and 24th by both Golf Week and in the Golf Coaches Association of America/Bridgestone Coaches' Poll. Last season, the Chanticleers tied for 20th at the NCAA Championships in the school's and league's first-ever appearance.
"This is really about the young men that we have had in the program since I have been here," Terrell said. "They have worked hard to build the tradition that we have now and this is just another recognition of that work and another step forward from last year's appearance in the NCAA Championship. However, we still have to work hard to get ready for the spring season, as we still have to get it done on the course. We want to continue to make strides on the national level and put us in the position again to compete in the NCAA Championships."
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