Sept. 22, 2004

Columbia, S.C. – The accolades keep coming in for South Carolina senior defender Sarah Lentz, who was named to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week on Wednesday afternoon. Lentz also earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Monday following USC women’s soccer team’s wins over No. 7 Clemson and Charlotte last weekend. Lentz scored game-winning goals for USC in both matches. This is also the second time in her career to be named to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team. Lentz earned the honors last year following a sweep over Georgia Southern and Liberty at the UGA/Nike Invitational.

The game-winning goal for Lentz vs. Clemson helped give South Carolina its first win against a ranked opponent since 1998 and the squad’s first win versus Clemson since 1996. Her golden goal in the second overtime vs. Charlotte came with just 33 seconds remaining in the match. All three goals on the year for Lentz have been game-winning goals. She is one of only three players to have started all nine matches for Carolina this year.

South Carolina women’s soccer opens up conference play with a 6-3 overall record on Friday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. ET at Auburn with a Sunday afternoon match on Sept. 26 at Alabama with kickoff set for 2 p.m. ET. USC returns home on Friday, Oct. 1 when the Gamecocks host Georgia.