Weekend Preview

The new soccer stadium hosts its first SoCon match Saturday

The Friday, Sept. 30 edition of Samford Sports Today previews a busy weekend in Bulldog athletics. With reports from Jonathan Bailey and Chenelle Terry...

Spotlight Samford Sports



Junior Goalkeeper
Alyssa Whitehead
named SOCON
player of the week







Leading Story this week is Samford Women's Soccer as the WVSU sports staff, Anthony Bolus and Jordan Gotfredson, interviews players from the soccer team who are on a winning streak and keep you updated on other Samford sports from the past week (Samford football, volleyball and men's golf).



Fan Fest: Bob Roller

Samford director of athletics Bob Roller talks with Mike Grace about the new soccer/track and field facility now under construction.

Fan Fest: Todd Yelton

Samford soccer coach Todd Yelton talks with Mike Grace, live from Fan Fest. The Bulldogs play their home opener Friday at 7 pm, vs. Mercer.

NorthStar Soccer

WVSU's report on the NorthStar Soccer program is a finalist in the National Student Production Awards as best radio documentary. The segment was written and produced for Spotlight Samford by junior journalism and mass communication major Lauren Womack, along with reporters Jordan Gotfredson (sophomore-JMC and soccer) and Anthony Bolus (pharmacy).

The NorthStar Soccer Club is directed by Samford alumna and former soccer player Val Kikkert, and is a component of NorthStar Youth Ministries. The current SU soccer team frequently volunteers in working with the children.

Here is the report, from Nov. 2009:



A new season of NorthStar soccer begins Monday. For more information on how you can support the program, please visit NorthStar Youth Ministries.

A new season of Spotlight Samford returns in September.

Samford Sports Weekly: Soccer

SU goalkeeper Alyssa Whitehead
led the nation in goals-against in
2009, with just 0.31 goals per game.

The Samford Sports Network's Jordan Gotfredson talks with four members of the Samford soccer team: junior forward Sarah Wilkinson, junior goalkeeper Alyssa Whitehead, sophomore defender Sabbath McKiernan-Allen, and freshman midfielder Shanika Thomas.

(from Aug. 18 Samford Sports Weekly):