Women’s soccer team makes history
by Bob Berghaus (Asheville Citizen Times)
ASHEVILLE — The UNC Asheville women’s soccer team made school history Sunday by winning the Big South Conference tournament and earning a bid to the NCAA tournament.
After battling Liberty to a scoreless tie through 90 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime, the Bulldogs won on penalty kicks 4-2 in a game played on the campus of Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C.
The NCAA berth is the first for a UNCA women’s sports team. Tournament pairings will be announced between 3 and 4 p.m. today on ESPNews. The Bulldogs will watch the telecast during a party at Wild Wing Cafe.
“It really feels amazing,” said UNCA senior midfielder Ashleigh Carter, who was named the tournament’s most valuable player. “We’ve waited so long to win this. But today’s win makes every single minute of the last four years worth it.”
This will be the third time a UNCA team will play in a NCAA tournament. The men’s basketball team participated in the 2003 national tournament.
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