BELMONT, N.C. -- The record-breaking season for the Anderson women's soccer team came to a disappointing end Saturday as top-seeded Belmont Abbey held off the third-seeded Trojans upset bid, 2-1, in the Conference Carolinas tournament championship Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field. All the scoring happened early and two quick goals proved costly for the Trojans as Belmont Abbey forwards Connie Axiotis and Erika Trivisonno scored first half goals in the first 13 minutes, while all-conference selection Jessica Kleinberg posted AU's lone goal at the 13:04 mark. The Abbey, which claimed its seventh Conference Carolinas title, moved to 14-5, while Anderson ended its season with a record of 12-9. With several new faces, the Trojans began the season slowly, but AU caught fire in mid-October, winning a school-record eight regular-season league contests in 2009 and posted a nine-match win streak, another school record. Axiotis put Crusaders ahead just 3:09 into the contest, as she ran down a long pass from Alana Ryczek, dribbled twice and lifted a shot past AU goalkeeper Kelli Whitfield for the goal. Nine minutes later, Trivisonno upped the lead to 2-0. After beating a defender, Trivisonno ripped a shot from 10 yards out that Whtifield caught, but was unable to control as she was cradling it to her chest, the ball spun out of her grasp backwards and trickled just inside the right goalpost. Less than one minute later, Anderson cut the lead in half as Ashley Cotton sent a long pass to Kleinberg, who dribbled down the right side and fired a shot past Kelsey Lovell for the goal. From there, both defenses took charge through the rest of the first half, but both teams had plenty of scoring chances in the second, the best coming by Nicole Voets, who was standing all alone in front of the goal, but Whitfield smothered it. The Abbey outshot Anderson 10-5 and took all three corner kicks in the match. Both teams were whistled for 15 fouls each. Whitfield made one save, while Lovell collected four. Anderson senior forward Larissa Fedorowich joined Kleinberg and Carrie Settle on the all-tournament team. Game Stats Season Stats
June 17, 2010
Trojan Women's Soccer Adds Nine for 2010
January 29, 2010
Women's Soccer Earns National Recognition
November 7, 2009
Top-Seeded Belmont Abbey Slips Past Trojans
November 6, 2009
Trojans Advance to Championship
November 5, 2009
Trojans Earn All-Conference Honors
November 4, 2009
Third-Seeded Anderson Tops Erskine
November 4, 2009
Kleinberg Named Conference Player of the Week
November 1, 2009
Women's Soccer Downs Mt. Olive - Claims 3rd Seed
October 28, 2009
Women's Soccer Downs Limestone
October 27, 2009
Cotton Earns Player of the Week Honors
October 26, 2009
Trojans Defeat North Greenville on Senior Night
October 24, 2009
Trojans Upend Coker
October 22, 2009
Trojans Continue Win Streak By Blanking Lees-McRae
October 21, 2009
Trojans Top Mars Hill - Win Second Straight
October 20, 2009
Trojans Top St. Andrews on Homecoming
October 15, 2009
Soccer Matches Rescheduled
October 14, 2009
Soccer Matches at Limestone Postponed
October 10, 2009
Soccer Matches Postponed
October 6, 2009
Kleinberg Named Player of the Week
October 5, 2009
Trojans Defeat Converse for Second Straight Win
October 5, 2009
Women's Soccer Drops Decision at North Georgia
September 30, 2009
Women's Soccer Outlasts Belmont Abbey
September 26, 2009
Trojans Stumble at Pfeiffer
September 24, 2009
Erskine Edges Trojans
September 22, 2009
Settle Earns Player of the Week Honors
September 19, 2009
Overtime Goal lifts Womens Soccer Past Barton
September 14, 2009
Womens Soccer Falls to Queens
September 9, 2009
Womens Soccer Postponed
September 5, 2009
Lander Holds Off Trojans
September 4, 2009
USC Aiken Slips Past Trojans in Home Opener
September 3, 2009
Womens Soccer Match Postponed
August 29, 2009
Womens Soccer Suffers Heartbreaker at Brevard
August 21, 2009
Womens Soccer Predicted to Finish Eighth