Fall Sports Recap The Piedmont athletic department provided another successful fall season. The men’s soccer team posted its third consecutive 11-win season and finished runner up in the Great South Athletic Conference regular season and in the championship tournament. The Lions placed five players on the All-Conference Team and a pair on the All-Freshman team, highlighted by junior Jorge Pradilla being named the GSAC Player of the Year. Pradilla finished as the NCAA DivisionIII leader in points per game (3.11) and goals per game (1.37) in the year’s final statistics. The women’s soccer team finished with an overall record of 13-6, an eight game improvement from the previous season. Under the direction of first-year head coach Stephen Andrew (’04, M’07) the Lady Lions placed five players on the Great South All-Conference Team, highlighted by Justine Clay being named the Freshman of the Year. The men’s golf team claimed three tournament titles, winning the 3rd Annual Piedmont College Fall Invitational, the 6th Annual The Orchard Fall Invitational, and the 1st Annual Georgia Mountains Trophy. Junior Clifton Barton anchored the team with a scoring average of 72.8 and finished in the top-5 in five tournaments. Barton also hoisted the individual title at the Georgia Mountains Trophy, finishing three strokes ahead of the field. On the women’s side, the Lady Lions
were crowned champions of the Hollins University Fall Invitational. Senior Lynne Laseter led the team with a scoring average of 82.9 and posted a pair of top-5 finishes. The women also rewrote the record books at the 6th Annual The Orchard Fall Invitational, where they carded a single round score of 350, the best team total in the five-year program history. In cross country the Lions were highlighted by Michael Fidero claiming the Great South Athletic Conference individual championship. Fidero finished nearly one full minute ahead of the field. In addition to his conference championship, Fidero also took the individual trophy at the Maryville College Pre-Conference Invitational, becoming the first runner in school history to accomplish the feat. The volleyball team finished in second place behind Maryville College in both the regular season and the tournament championships. PC finished the 2008 season with an overall record of 25-7. Tyler Baldonado, Nikki Cole, Katie Tucker and Meghann Clark were all named to the All-Conference team. Baldonado led the conference in assists per game (9.05). Junior Cole was third in the conference in kills per game (2.59), followed by Clark who was sixth in kills per game (2.02). Rachel Powell was named to the league’s AllFreshman team. The middle hitter posted 63 kills and 39 total blocks in her first year with the squad. s
Jorge Pradilla, GSAC Pla Year, led all of the NCAA yer of the D-III with 26 goals in 2008.
Senior Alan Creasy of Snellville scored the lone goal in the Lions 1-0 win over LaGrange College.
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