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Game Notes: MSOC heads to Montreat for 2011 season opener
By Matt Green
Hawks (0-0) @ Montreat (0-0)
Saturday, Aug. 27, 5 pm, Montreat, N.C.
MONTREAT, N.C. -- The Shorter University men's soccer team kicks off the 2011 season on Saturday, Aug. 27 when it heads to Montreat, N.C., for a non-conference tilt with Montreat College beginning at 5 pm. The Hawks, owners of two consecutive double digit win seasons, are led by head coach Josh Severns, who enters his seventh season at the helm of Shorter's men's program.
ALL-TIME
SERIES
Shorter leads the all-time series between the schools 1-0. The
Hawks beat Montreat to open the 2009 season by a score of 4-1 in a
game played in Rome on Aug. 22. Current Shorter senior captain Garry Perks scored
the first goal of his Shorter career in that victory.
STARTING
STRONG
Shorter has won three straight season openers dating back to a 2-1
victory over SCAD Savannah on Aug. 27, 2008.
UPWARD
TREND
The Hawks have established themselves as one of the best in the
Southern States Athletic Conference over the past three seasons, a
run that began with a regular season conference championship in
2008. Over the past three years, Shorter is 15-5-2 in conference
games and have posted back-to-back seasons of double digit wins in
2009 and 2010.
PERKED UP
Senior striker Garry Perks enters 2011 as Shorter's third all-time
leading scorer with 18 goals in two seasons on the Hill. Perks
notched a career-best 12 goals on his way to All-SSAC honors in
2010 and tied Shorter's single-game goals record with four tallies
in a win over Truett-McConnell. He needs just four goals to move
into second place on Shorter's all-time goal scoring list.
YOUNG AND
RESTLESS
Shorter will once again unleash a youthful roster in 2011 packed
with 11 newcomers and two players that enrolled last spring. The
Hawks have four seniors, but will more than likely feature a lineup
that oftentimes contains three, four, or even five freshmen.
