2010 USC Aiken Women's Soccer Schedule

AIKEN, S.C. – University of South Carolina Aiken women's soccer head coach Sue Vodicka officially unveiled the 2010 Pacer women's soccer schedule on Tuesday, June 8, 2010.
 
Coming off a season that saw the Pacers become one of the top 20 most improved teams in all of NCAA Division II women's soccer, the 2010 Pacer campaign features 10 home games and a full Peach Belt Conference slate at the “Pacer Pit.” The schedule also includes a neutral site contest against Palm Beach Atlantic at Atlanta Silverbacks Park.
 
USC Aiken will commence its 2010 regular season with a home game for the first time since the beginning of the 2007 season against Belmont Abbey at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8. It will be the fifth all-time meeting between the Pacers and the Crusaders.
 
The Pacers will hit the road for the first time later that weekend for its first Peach Belt Conference game of the year against North Georgia in Dahlonega, Ga. The 1 p.m. tilt on Saturday, Sept. 11 marks the second straight season that the Pacers have undertaken league action against the Saints. Last year, USC Aiken dropped a heartbreaking 2-1 decision to North Georgia, who owns a slight 3-2-2 all-time series advantage over USC Aiken.
 
The North Georgia game is the beginning of a season-long three-game road swing for the Pacers, who will next travel to Brevard, N.C. to square off with the Tornados of Brevard for the first time in program history. The match is scheduled to get underway at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15. USC Aiken will then close out its tough road stretch with a game in Salisbury, N.C. against Catawba at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18. It will be the first meeting between the two programs since 2005.
 
The Pacers return to the “Pacer Pit” for a home match against St. Andrews after tangling with Catawba. The match against the Knights is the first of three games in five days on the week for the Pacers. The Pacers, who are 3-1-1 all-time against the Knights, will hit the pitch against St. Andrews at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18.  
 
Just two days after squaring off with St. Andrews, USC Aiken will travel just up the road to Atlanta to take on Palm Beach Atlantic for the first time in program history at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23 at Atlanta Silverbacks Park. The Pacers will close out the extremely brutal week with a home match against Peach Belt Conference power Columbus State at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25.
 
The Pacers will conclude the month of September and open their second month of the 2010 season next with road dates against Armstrong Atlantic State (Sept. 29 – 5 p.m.) and Flagler (Oct. 2 – 1 p.m.). 
 
USC Aiken will then return home for the first contest of a season-high three-match homestand that begins with a league contest against UNC Pembroke at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6. USC Aiken will then welcome Montevallo to the “Pacer Pit” for a 5 p.m. contest on Saturday, Oct. 9. USC Aiken's homestand will then conclude with a home game against league and proximity rival Lander at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13.
 
The Pacers will then square off against Peach Belt Conference foe Clayton State in Morrow, Ga. (Oct. 16 – 7:30 p.m.) before returning home for two non-conference games. The Pacers will first welcome Anderson for a 7 p.m. match on Monday, Oct. 18. The Pacers own a commanding 5-1 all-time series lead over the Trojans. Two days later, Newberry will visit the “Pacer Pit” for a 5 p.m. match on Wednesday, Oct. 20.
 
USC Aiken will close out its regular season road games on Saturday, Oct. 23 with a road game against Georgia Southwestern in Americus, Ga. Kick-off in the game is slated for 1 p.m. The Pacers are 4-0-1 all-time against the Hurricanes. 
 
The Pacers' regular season will close with two home games at the “Pacer Pit.” The season-ending homestand begins with a contest against Coker at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 25. The contest comes in a little over a year after the Pacers obtained the largest win of the Vodicka era with an 8-1 win over Coker in Hartsville, S.C. during the 2009 season. The Pacers own the all-time series over Coker at 5-2.
 
USC Aiken's regular season and 2010 Peach Belt Conference campaign will end with a 7 p.m. home game against league rival Georgia College & State on Wednesday, Oct. 27. The regular season finale will serve as senior day for the Pacer women's soccer program.
 
The 2009 USC Aiken women's soccer campaign ended with the Pacers owning a 6-11 record overall. USC Aiken finished the season winning four of its final five games. The Pacers concluded the 2009 Peach Belt Conference season with a 2-8 record.

In a season full of close contests for the Pacer women, USC Aiken ended its 2009 Peach Belt Conference slate having been on the losing side of three overtime games in PBC action. In total, USC Aiken finished its 2009 season with nine one-goal losses. The Pacers lost six of their eight games in PBC play by just one goal.

USC Aiken's defensive unit had a tremendous season-ending stretch of not allowing a goal. The Pacer defense had not given up a goal in just over 501 minutes before surrendering the first goal of the match to GCSU in their season finale. The Pacers had played the entire 90 minutes of the previous four matches without surrendering a goal.