Stephen Conner Recognized By Drury University

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Soccer standout Stephen Conner and women’s golf standout Katrina Choate were named the recipients of the annual Dr. Edsel Matthews Award at Wednesday night’s “Panther Pride” Awards Banquet held at the Findlay Student Center. The two seniors picked up the prestigious honors for their athletic and academic excellence over the course of their careers. Conner [...]

Chris Dinwiddie Named Head Coach at Southwest Baptist

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Southwest Baptist University announced the hiring of Chris Dinwiddie as the new men’s soccer head coach. Coach Dinwiddie will be the first head coach of men’s soccer since the sport was reinstated at Southwest Baptist University earlier this fall. Coach Dinwiddie has been the SBU men’s club soccer coach for the past six seasons, and [...]

Hutchison, Stiffler and Rivera Recognized by Drury Panthers

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The Drury Panthers reached the GLVC Championship match this season, losing to the Quincy Hawks in OT. Drury finished 13-8-0, as a young squad that coach Ryan Swan heralded as one of the best incoming groups in the league – with seven freshmen in the regular playing rotation – arrived a little ahead of schedule, [...]

Arkansas Faces SEMO Friday At Lake Country Soccer

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Arkansas’ soccer team closes its spring exhibition season with a pair of games on the road this weekend. The Razorbacks, under the direction of first-year head coach Colby Hale, play Southeast Missouri State on Friday and Saint Louis on Saturday. The SEMO game is Friday at 7 pm on Lake Country Soccer Field in the [...]

Drury Panthers Men’s Soccer Announce Spring Schedule

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The Panther’s will play a large slate of games this Spring. Here’s the local schedule: March 31st * MSU vs. MidAmerica – 1:00 pm (Plaster) * Drury vs. Benedictine – 2:00 pm (Harrison) * Drury vs. MidAmerica – 4:00 pm (Harrison) * MSU vs. Benedictine – 6:00 pm (Harrison) April 14th at Missouri State Plaster [...]

Missouri Southern Lions Add Six

From Missouri Southern Lions – Missouri Southern’s head soccer coach Alese Woolard announced the signing of six freshmen today that will join the team next season. “Adding this group of talented players to the roster makes us very eager to start the 2012 season. I believe their positive attitudes and work ethics will mesh well [...]

Brewer and Opfer Among 11 Who Sign With Missouri State Bears

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Before the details, a note – this is the broadest group I’ve seen enter the program in my 9 years of watching and covering the program. With players from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Nevada, Coach Brewer appears to have spread his web further than ever. I hope its the final step in getting them to [...]

Lou Opfer Named MVP Of College Club Soccer Open Championships

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Congratulations to Lou Opfer (Glendale) for being named the MVP of the recently concluded Club Soccer Championships in Phoenix. She was joined on the All-Tournament squad by five of her teammates, en route to winning the National Championship in the Open Category. Photos are from the Champions Facebook page. By the way, that’s Lou on [...]

Bradley and Creighton Receive NCAA Bids

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The Creighton Blue Jays are joined by the Bradley Braves today in receiving NCAA bids. The 48 team field was announced at 3:30 pm today via NCAA.com and includes the two Missouri Valley teams. Creighton received the overall #2 seed, behind North Carolina who won their Conference championship on Sunday over Boston College, who enter [...]

Bears Face Creighton in MVC Final – Today on Fox Midwest

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The top-seeded Missouri State men’s soccer team (9-7-2, 5-1-0 MVC) played its way into the 2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference championship match with a 2-0 shutout of Drake at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Neb., on Friday afternoon. With their second win in as many games over the Bulldogs, the Bears will now face No. [...]

Melugin and Maher Earn Top Honors for Missouri State in MVC

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ST. LOUIS – Creighton, the nation’s top-ranked team in the NCAA’s RPI report and the 2nd-ranked team in the NSCAA national rankings, has claimed the league’s top individual honor, with the Bluejays’ senior forward Ethan Finlay taking the league’s Player of the Year honors. Creighton’s Andrew Duran has been tabbed the Valley’s Defensive Player of [...]

Southwest Baptist Adding Men’s Soccer

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The MIAA has announced that it will add men’s soccer as a conference sport, effective with the 2012 fall season. Fort Hays State University, Lindenwood University, Northeastern State University, Southwest Baptist University and Truman State University will all field men’s soccer teams in 2012. Additionally the MIAA announced that is has extended invitations to Harding [...]

Where Does Heath Melugin Rank in Springfield Soccer History?

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I don’t know where I’ll rank in headline writing when my story is written, but I’ve got a three topics I want to cover today. Recruiting, Heath and finally, his final regular season home game scheduled for this Sunday. If you want to understand the first two, you owe it to yourself to attend the [...]

Missouri State Hosts SIUE Cougars Sunday October 30th

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HELP US BREAK THE ALL-TIME MISSOURI STATE MEN’S SOCCER ATTENDANCE RECORD • Final Regular Season Missouri Valley Conference match! SUNDAY, OCT. 30, 6 p.m. Plaster Sports Complex • Theme: “Soccer Salutes Service” • Pregame tribute to: EMT/First-Responders, Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Relief Workers • Commemorate 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001 • Commemorate rebuilding efforts in [...]

Missouri State Bears Defeat #4 ranked Creighton Blue Jays

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Congratulations to the Bears on their great win at home last night. Wish I didn’t have to leave Springfield for them to get over that hump! The historic win can be viewed on Mediacom, channel 22 on Friday, October 14 at 7 p.m., Sunday, October 16 at 1 p.m. and Tuesday, October 18 at 4 [...]