Head Women’s Soccer Coach Stephen Andrew collected yet another accomplishment Saturday when his Lady Lions’ 7-0 shutout of Mary Baldwin gave him his 100th career victory as a head coach with all but four of those coming as the leader of the Green and Gold.
Staunton, VA – The Piedmont College women’s soccer team rolled to a 7-0 shutout of USA South member Mary Baldwin College Saturday to move to 5-1-1 in league action going 2-0 in conference contests over their weekend trip through the Carolinas. The icing on the cake came for Head Coach Stephen Andrew who picked up his 100th career victory with the win today cementing his place in the Green and Gold history now as a coach after doing so first as a collegiate player with the Lions.
Piedmont’s first three goals on the afternoon were mirror images as Kalyn Dumanowsky was the goal scorer on each with Savannah Castles tabbing the first three assists of the day as well. Dumanowsky’s hat-trick puts her now at eight goals scored this season, tied for 7th best in the league and the most amongst the Lady Lions in 2014.
The sophomore also now has four game-winning goals on the year, tied for the most in the league along with Ferrum’s Morgan Funck. Piedmont would go on to hold a 6-0 lead a the half after Castles got a goal for herself in the 21st minute while Whitney Lambert and Kristen Newstrom would also add scores to the sheet before the intermission.
The Lady Lions’ 4-0 lead before 21 minutes had elapsed more than sealed the deal in Staunton, but a 7th goal by Piedmont’s Haley Hall just six minutes into the 2nd half stamped the exclamation point on a 7-0 shutout over the Fighting Squirrels. Hall’s goal made her the 11th different Lady Lion to score this season as PC is averaging nearly two goals per game while allowing a goals against average of just 0.79, the best such mark of any team in the USA South.
Junior Michaela Gardner and freshman Ashlie Gonzalez combined for the shutout in goal playing a half each as Gardner lowered her own goals against average to within .08 of the league individual leader while Gonzalez has not allowed a goal in her first four games seeing action for PC, including a 90 minute shutout of local rival Toccoa Falls last weekend.
Gardner got the win as the starter as PC improved to 9-4-1 overall and picked up another three points on the road to move to 5-1-1 in league action, good enough for 3rd place on the table.
For Andrew, the win was his 100th career victory as a head coach as he moves his overall record to now 100-46-6 while sporting an incredible .749 winning percentage as the leader of the Green and Gold in just about six and a half seasons.
Coming into the 2014 season, Andrew entered the record books in the top 52 amongst active Division III coaches across the country with a .678 winning percentage joining the ranks of the elite coaches in the nation. Andrew’s 100th win came in his 152nd game coached, just 33 games behind Ohio Wesleyan’s Bob Barnes as one of the fastest ever to 100 wins.
Piedmont will stay in league play for its next contest, a Wednesday night matchup against long-time conference rival Maryville College who comes to Demorest three points ahead of PC in the league standings in 2nd place. Last season, the Scots took a 2-1 decision from the Lady Lions in Tennessee that edged Piedmont out of a share of the USA South Regular Season title.
Kickoff in the October 15 mid-week match is set for 6:00 pm at Walker Athletic Complex, and the match will be aired live on the Mane Event Broadcasting Network.
