Stephen Conner Recognized By Drury University

stephen-Conner-Edsel-winner

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

Chris Dinwiddie

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

matt-hutchison-drury-panthers

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, [...]

Drury Panthers Men’s Soccer Announce Spring Schedule

drurypanthers290

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 [...]

Bradley and Creighton Receive NCAA Bids

bradley-braves-missouri-state-andy-cooper

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

Missouri-State-Bears-at-SLU-2011

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

heath-melugin-gerard-barbero-III-at-SLU

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

miaa-ncaa-soccer-logo

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?

3890883119_943a095960_o

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

living-our-legacy-missouri-state-2011

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

heath-melugin-gerard-barbero-III-at-SLU

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 [...]

Arens And Collier Face Missouri State Thursday

Aren-Collier-MissouriSandT

On the way to St Louis today (I’m officially a former resident of Springfield) I stopped by my alma mater in Rolla to catch the early evening practice for the Miner’s. The squad, led by GLVC Coach of the Year Joe Ahearn, visits Springfield on Thursday evening for an exhibition match against the Missouri State [...]

Ger Coppinger Added To Missouri State Bears Soccer Staff

Ger Coppinger

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri State men’s soccer head coach Jon Leamy announced today the hiring of Ger Coppinger as the team’s new assistant coach. Coppinger takes over for David Stockton who accepted a similar position at Cal State Monterey Bay this spring. “Ger is a great addition to the Missouri State soccer program,” stated Leamy. [...]

Jesse Miech Named Head Coach at Illinois-Springfield

Jesse Miech, Missouri State (2006)

From the State-Register Journal in Springfield, IL comes news that Jesse Miech has been named the men’s head soccer coach at the University of Illinois Springfield. UIS is a D2 program that competes in the Great Lakes Valley Conference which will bring Jesse to Springfield, MO every other year. He is the second former regional [...]

Drury Hosts Missouri State, Benedictine and Crowder Saturday

You can catch four Men’s college games on Saturday at Harrison Stadium, home of the Drury Panthers. The Benedictine Ravens, an NAIA program that competes in the Heartland of America Conference (Evangel, Wm Jewell) visits as does Crowder College, the NJCAA program in Neosho that features a number of local players. Drury and Missouri State [...]