Clinton, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's soccer team gets their season underway on Thursday, August 24. The Blue Hose travel to face the Furman Paladins (2-0) at 7 p.m.
The Blue Hose women are coming off of a season in which they finished 3-14-0. PC will look to senior midfielder, Frances Whitesides, forwards, Sarah Yoss and Louise McGirt, and goalkeeper, Cadye Picklesimer to lead the Blue Hose to a successful 2017 campaign.
Whitesides is the leading returning scorer as she scored four goals and one assist in 2016. Yoss is the active leader in goals scored for the Blue Hose as she has eight goals and three assists for 19 points in her career. Yoss needs just one goal and four points to reach the top five in PC Division I history in those categories.
The PC Blue Hose and Furman Paladins have played 11 times in school history, with nine of those match-ups coming in the years since PC moved to Division I. Furman has won all 11 meetings.
Furman is coming off of a 13-5-1 season in 2016 and are off to a 2-0 start in 2017 with wins over USC Upstate, 6-1 and North Greenville, 6-0. The Paladins return a 25 point scorer from 2016 as Molly Dwyer (10 goals, five assists) returns for her senior season.
She has already scored one goal and recorded two assists in the first two games of 2017. Amanda Baker is off to a quick start in 2017 as she has already scored four goals in the first two games. Six Paladins have combined to score their 12 goals on the season.
