2003 Miracle Yearbook

Freshman Nicole James plays aggresively and scores seven goals throughout the season. Cedarville University Women's soccer went 10-8-2 in the 2002 campaign and made it to the NCCAA Midwest Regional championship game. To get there,they had to beat Grace,a team they had lost to 4-2 earlier in the season. Down at halftime 1-0,the Lady Jackets came back with two goals oftheir own offthe foot of Nicole James within 3 minutes ofeach other to pull offthe win. In the final game, Cedarville lost 2-1 in a hard fought, close battle against the top-seeded Spring Arbor. The Jackets held the shot advantage 15-10 but could only manage one goal by Emily Arimura late in the game. The women's team played the first game ever under the lights at the new soccer field. They lost late in the game 2-0 to Ohio Dominican. Cedarville also played in three double overtime games,winning one at Wittenberg 2-1 with goals from Alicia Anderson and Katie Thompson. The other two overtime games that ended in ties came against Taylor and Shawnee State. Seven ofthe women's ten wins were shutouts,and six oftheir losses were within two goals. Nicole James led the team in both goals and assists with 21 total points. Two-year team captain Danielle Davidson was named to the 11 member All-NCCAA Midwest Region Team. She broke Cedarville records for most games played and most games started with a total of76. She never missed a game in her 4-year career at Cedarville. Thirteen ofthe twenty-four players on the team were freshmen and sophomores, so the future looks positive for the Lady Jackets. The team lost three seniors but anticipates a good season next year. Junior goalie Melissa Fawcett summed up the season,saying,"Even though our record doesn't necessarily show it; we had a good year,and we have made memo- ries that will last forever. I'm very excited to see what we can do next year. With more experience and more team unity, I think our record will definitely improve." SCORING OFTEN A IIILLTICS 143