MARTINEZ, Ga. - Armstrong Atlantic State University head women's soccer coach Eric Faulconer has been named the 2010 Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year, announced Friday at the league's annual awards banquet in Martinez, Ga. In addition to Faulconer's first PBC Coach of the Year honor, six Armstrong players earned All-Conference honors and the team was awarded its PBC Championship trophy for finishing first in the regular season standings.
In his sixth season since founding the Armstrong women's soccer program, coach Faulconer has guided the Pirates to a 13-2-2 overall record and a 9-1 mark in the PBC this season. The Pirates captured the school's first PBC Tournament title in 2009 as well as its first NCAA Championship victory, but in 2010 Armstrong has continued to achieve new highs including the school's highest NSCAA Top 25 ranking (No. 3) as well as a new high for league wins in a season with nine.
Four Armstrong players earned first-team All-Conference honors on Friday - senior defender Carey Patterson, junior defender Kelli Bahr, sophomore midfielder Morgan Mitchell and sophomore forward Kristina Pascutti. Patterson and Mitchell earn all-PBC honors for a second straight year while Bahr and Pascutti earn their first all-PBC honors.
Sophomore forward Nadima Skeff and sophomore midfielder Courtney Cawley were named second-team All-Conference on Friday, each in their first season with the Pirates.
The Pirates head into Friday evening's PBC Semifinals against North Georgia as the No. 1 seed in the PBC Tournament. Armstrong and North Georgia face off at 5:00 p.m. at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Ga., in one semifinal while Columbus State and UNC Pembroke face off in the other semifinal. The 2010 PBC Tournament Championship game will take place on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
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