Although North Georgia had their shutout streak ended on the road against Alabama-Huntsville this afternoon, their own streak was impressive enough. Freshman goalkeeper Jessica English registered 405 consecutive minutes of shutout soccer, for those of you number enthusiasts that is 4.5 games or nine halves or 24,300 seconds or 6 hours and 45 minutes of scoreless soccer by the North Georgia defense. During the streak, English tied the freshman and school record for shutouts in a career, set a new record for consecutive shutouts to start the season at North Georgia, finished one shutout shy of tying the Peach Belt record for shutouts to start the season and she was named Peach Belt Defensive Player of the Week earlier this week.
During the streak, the Lady Saints went 4-0, their best start in school history, the NFL went through their exhibition season and started their regular season, Louisville played two football games to start the college football season and the Chicago Cubs took the lead in the National League Central after chasing the Milwaukee Brewers for most of the season.
The streak almost matched the impressive streak posted by Columbus State's Monica Sanchez at the beginning of last season. Sanchez posted 536 consecutive minutes of shutout soccer, losing the streak to Armstrong Atlantic State University. Ironically, the Lady Saints play Columbus State in their next match, opening the Peach Belt Conference portion of the season, on the road Wednesday night.
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