A trio of Piedmont soccer players were honored with spots on this week’s USA South Player of the Week listing including Chase Kane (left), Michaela Gardner (center) and Shayna Healy (right).
Fayetteville, NC – The USA South Athletic Conference has released its Player of the Week listing for the week ending October 19, 2014 with three Piedmont College student-athletes making the grade. Women’s soccer players Michaela Gardner and Shayna Healy along with men’s soccer player Chase Kane all made the list as the Lions and Lady Lions on the pitch went a combined 3-1 on the week in USA South action.
Kane’s big day of the week came on Saturday afternoon as the freshman phenom tallied two goals in a 2-0 shutout on the road of Huntingdon College where the Lions had to play 10-on-11 after a red card in the first five minutes. Despite playing short-handed for more than 85 minutes, Kane’s surge of a header less than 90 seconds after the saved Huntingdon PK and his second-half score put the Lions up two goals and solidified a key USA South road win for the Lions.
For Gardner, Wednesday’s shutout of Maryville was the Lady Lion goalkeeper’s 6th solo shutout of the season as her team defended for 90 minutes against one the league’s best attacks, the Scots of Marvyille College who lead the league in goals with nearly 20 more than the next in that column. Gardner’s performance comes as a part of a current shutout streak stretching more than 370 minutes in conference play as she last allowed a goal in a USA South contest back on October 1st in the waning moments of a 2-1 win at LaGrange.
Healy’s magic moment also came in Wednesday’s win over Maryville, the first victory for the Lady Lions over the long-time conference power since the 2001 GSAC final. The freshman from Sharpsburg, Georgia looped a
cross over the head of the Maryville keeper with less than five minutes to play to hand Piedmont the lead in the eventual 1-0 win over the Scots keeping PC in the running for a spot in the league’s top four and a possible home quarterfinal in the championship tournament.
Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams are back in action this weekend with Greensboro College coming to town for a Friday doubleheader starting at 2:00 pm with the men’s game while the Cougars of Averett University will visit the following day, again kicking off with the men’s game at 2:00 pm. All four games of this weekend’s USA South soccer action at Walker will be aired live on the Mane Event Broadcasting Network.
