Tuesday,
February 10, 2004
PURCELL SIGNS THREE PLAYERS TO WOMEN’S SOCCER PROGRAM
CLINTON,
S.C. — Maggie Carruth,
Millie Green, and Erin
Sinkuler have signed national letter of intents to play
women’s soccer at Presbyterian College announced today by head
coach Brian Purcell.
Carruth,
a 5-5 versatile field player, is a native of Roswell, Georgia
where she plays for Roswell High School and head coach Bob
Rumble. This past season she helped lead Roswell to a 12-6-0
record and a semifinal appearance in the 5-A state playoffs.
During
the club season she plays for the Roswell Santos club team and
head coach Chad Liddle.
Carruth was a captain last season for the Santos while playing
center midfield, forward, and defender. She tallied 31 total
points on 12 goals and seven assists while leading the team to a
5-3-1 mark and a second place finish at the Charleston Showcase
Tournament.
"
Maggie is a very versatile and experienced player,” said
Purcell. “She could play almost any position on the field.”
Green,
a 5-6 midfielder/defender, is a native of Columbia, South
Carolina where she plays for Dutch Fork High School and head
coach Justin Jones. She is a four-year starter for the Silver Foxes and
helped lead the team to a 21-2 overall record, a #2 national
ranking for the majority of season during her junior year while
earning all-region honors. As a freshman, she led the team in
assists and a quarterfinal appearance in the state playoffs.
Green has 21 career goals and 16 career assists to her credit
entering her senior season this spring.
She
is also a member of the South Carolina Olympic Development Team
and currently plays for the James Island Trident 18 team and
head coaches Jim Himley
and former Blue Hose women’s soccer standout, Heather
Frederick.
“Millie
is a hard working left midfielder or forward who adds an
attacking dimension as a left-footed player,” said Purcell.
“She crosses the ball extremely well.
Sinkuler,
a 5-8 goalkeeper, is a native of Roswell, Georgia where she
plays for Centennial High School and head coach John
Drummond. Sinkuler helped lead Centennial to a 10-6 mark as
a junior and helped the team this past spring to the subregion
championship. During club season, Sinkuler plays for Roswell
Santos and with fellow signee Carruth and coach Liddle.
“Erin
fills a huge recruiting need for us,”
said Purcell. “She has the ability to come in and
compete to start right away.”
Carruth,
Green, and Sinkuler become the first signees of the 2004 Blue
Hose women’s soccer recruiting class. “We are excited about
the nucleus that this class will form for the future and what
they can contribute to an otherwise very experienced team next
year.”
The
Blue Hose are coming off another successful season which saw
them post a 14-6-0 overall and 5-2-0 record in the South
Atlantic Conference regular season, good for second place tie
with Catawba College. PC finished runner-up for the Food
Lion/SAC Tournament championship and received an at-large bid to
the NCAA Division II National Tournament. The bid was the fifth
for the Blue Hose since the 1994 season.