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SBU Bearcats Open NCAA Play Today

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SBU Bearcats at Lindenwood Lions, Nov 2013

MIAA regular season champion Central Missouri and MIAA tournament champion Southwest Baptist have each earned bids to the NCAA Division II Central Regional.

The Tournament will be hosted by top seed Minnesota State-Mankato and second seeded Minnesota-Duluth. UCM has earned the fourth seed and will face Southwest Minnesota State in the opening round. SBU has earned the sixth seed and will face Winona State in the opening round of the tournament.

Central Missouri will play at 1 p.m. from Mankato, Minn. on Nov. 15 with Southwest Baptist playing at 1 p.m. in Duluth, Minn.

PHOTO GALLERY – SBU Bearcats at Lindenwood Lions

The winner of the WSU/SBU match will take on the #2 seeded Minnesota Duluth on Sunday, November 16, with the winner of that match advancing NCAA Division II Super Regional Championship.

SBU enters the NCAA tournament with a 14-5-2 record, winning 7 straight, and 9 of their last 10 games.

PHOTO GALLERY – SBU Bearcats vs Quincy Hawks, Parkway Showcase 2013

Southwest Baptist defeated Central Oklahoma 3-2 in the first overtime to win the MIAA Women’s Soccer Championship and the automatic NCAA Tournament bid.

Southwest Baptist got the scoring underway in the first half as Ali Skogrand headed in a corner kick from Elin Hammer in the 8th minute. Ashley Creason added the Bearcats second goal in the 39th minute heading in a Brittany Marino pass for her 10th goal of the year.

Central Oklahoma came out strong in the second half with Emily Hahn scoring in the 57th minute to cut the lead to one. Quinn Tookey then scored off a Miranda Thorne pass in the 76th minute to square the game up.

Caroline Karlsson scored the game winner 6:47 into overtime as Ashley Creason directed a pass her way. Paige Hemphill made eight saves to hold on for the victory in goal.

MIAA Soccer Tournament Opens for MSSU and SBU

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The opening round pairings have been announced for the MIAA Women’s Soccer Championships to be played on campus sites. Central Missouri who won the regular season championship on Saturday night enters the weekend at the tournaments top seed. All first round games will be played on Oct. 30 at the site of the higher seeded team.

As the top seed they will host an opening round match-up with #8 Southwest Baptist at 7 p.m. from Warrensburg, Mo. The Bearcats (7-9-2, 4-6-2 MIAA) played a tough game against Central Missouri on September 28, losing the contest 2-1. Read more

Central Oklahoma earned the #2 seed in the tournament and will host #7 Missouri Southern at 3 p.m. from Edmond, Okla. The Central Oklahoma Bronchos (14-1-3, 9-0-3 MIAA) defeated the Lions (5-9-3, 5-5-2 MIAA) 1-0 in a hard fought game in Edmond, Okla. on Sept. 14. Read more

#3 Truman will play host to #6 Fort Hays State at 2 p.m. in Kirksville, Mo. #4 Northeastern State will face #5 Northwest Missouri at 7 p.m. from Tahlequah, Okla.

Following the first round games the semi-finals and championship will be held at the home field of the highest remaining seed on Nov. 2 & 4 at times which are to be determined.

Missouri Southern Wins Big at Lindenwood

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Via MSSULions.com – The Missouri Southern Lions soccer team exploded for six goals on offense to pick up its third win of the year at Lindenwood this afternoon beating the Lady Lions 6-3.

The Lions (3-6-1, 3-3 MIAA) were led offensively by senior forward Megan Stueve who had two goals on the day, her sixth and seventh of the year. With Lindenwood getting on the board first with a goal in the sixth minute of action, the Lions quickly responded when junior midfielder Tiffany Laughlin notched her first goal of the season in the 13th minute tying the game at one.

Photo Gallery – Missouri Southern Lions at Lindenwood Lions, MIAA Conference match

Southern took a 2-1 lead into halftime when senior midfielder Candis Clark notched her second goal of the year in the 28th minute. With the Lady Lions tying the game at two in the 55th minute, Southern responded with four goals in a nine minute stretch in the second half to make the game 6-2 and put the game out of reach for Lindenwood.

With an assist from Clark, senior forward Cortney Sanders notched her first goal of the year to make the game 3-2 in the 63rd minute. Stueve then recorded her two goals on the day within 1:32 of each other to make the game 5-2 in the 67th minute. With sophomore forward Katelyn Roberson substituting in for Stueve in the 71st minute , Roberson quickly got in on the action scoring her first goal of the year off a corner kick from Sanders in the 72nd minute to give Southern their sixth goal of the day. Lindenwood would tack on a goal in the 80th minute to make the final 6-3.

The Lions return home next weekend when they continue MIAA play hosting Central Missouri Friday evening at 7 p.m. and Southwest Baptist on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Missouri S&T Lady Miners Open With A Pair of Wins

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(Springfield, Mo.) – Kendra Wood’s (Rolla, Mo./Rolla) goal in the 108th minute (pictured) gave the Missouri S&T Lady Miners a 2-1 double OT win over Washburn on Sunday in Springfield, Mo. It’s the first time the Lady Miners have started a season 2-0 since 2003 when they opened with three straight wins. Wood’s goal came directly from a corner kick as her teammate Jr Kelsey Salzman challenged the goal keeper, and the ball deflected into the goal. You can see my photo of the celebration on the Miner’s website.

PHOTO GALLERY – Missouri S&T Miners vs Washburn

It came after Friday’s win over Wayne State. Kelsey Salzman (Blue Springs, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion)’s breakaway goal in the 87th minute proved to be the difference in Missouri S&T’s season opening win over Wayne State (Neb.) 1-0 on a rainy Friday evening. It was the first season opening win for S&T since 2008 when it defeated Ashland 3-1 on the road.

I talked to Head Coach Joe McCauley after the game. Check out his comments.

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NCAA D2 Men’s Soccer In the Ozarks

matt-hutchison-drury-panthersThe Drury Panthers are hosting the Drury Invitational with four games for the men this weekend. Coach Ryan Swan’s squad finished last fall with a flurry, knocking off top-seed, regular season champion and nationally fourth-ranked Northern Kentucky 2-1 in Highland Heights to kick off a scintillating run in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, one that wasn’t halted until the Panthers fell 2-1 in two overtimes to Quincy in the title match in Kansas City.

That allowed the Panthers to finish with a 13-8-0 overall mark after victories in six of their final nine matches, all done with a squad that featured freshmen and sophomores in the majority of starting slots.

Drury_MensSoccer_LogoSaturday Sep 1, 7:30 pm: Drury vs Southern Nazerene
Monday Sep 3, 2:30 pm: Drury vs Southwest Baptist
Games are at Harrison Stadium/The Curry Sports Complex
The Panthers must find a replacement for their three-year starter in goal, graduated senior Stephen Conner, as priority one. Conner left DU as the record-holder in nearly every career and many single-season keeper categories, and now serves as the volunteer keepers coach. Freshman Blake Andrews is likely to get first crack at the job, with senior Andrew Klump and sophomore Logan Ponche also in heavy competition for minutes in goal.

Everywhere else, the Panthers are simply plugging in rotations and minutes for depth purposes, with starters back at nearly every position. That includes the top two goal-scorers from a year ago in junior forward Matt Hutchison (6 goals, 3 assists) and sophomore All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Third Team midfielder Jack Mathis (4 goals, 6 assists). Read more

Saturday Sep 1: SBU vs. Delta State, 5:00 p.m. at Drury
Monday Sept. 3: SBU vs. Drury, 2:30 p.m.
The SBU Bearcats will open the season in Springfield, participating in the Drury Invitational. The Bearcats will fit into an MIAA conference which includes Fort Hays, Lindenwood, Northeastern State, Truman State, Upper Iowa, Harding, and Southern Nazarene, as the Bearcats look to contend for an MIAA Championship this season. The Bearcats were selected to finish 8th in the pre-season MIAA poll, but the players are looking forward for the opportunity to bring SBU Men’s Soccer back to Bolivar. The Bearcat captains are Nathan Fraley (Rolla) and Bradley Stillwagon (Bolivar).

Saturday Sep 1 5:00 pm: Missouri S&T vs Lindenwood at Quincy
Sunday Sep 2 5:00 pm: Missouri S&T vs Truman State at Quincy
The Missouri S&T Miners are participating in the Quincy Soccer Bowl and will face a pair of MIAA squads in Lindenwood and Truman State. The games have been moved to Flinn Stadium (4400 Maine St.), which has an artificial turf field, due to relentless rains in the Quincy area this weekend.

The Miner’s qualified for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament for the fourth straight year in 2011, finishing at 10-6-2. They have been picked to finish in one of the playoff spots again this fall as the Miners were tabbed for a seventh place finish in the 16-team league by its coaches.

The Miners were 8-5-2 in the highly competitive GLVC, which had the NCAA Division II national champion two years ago and a team that reached the national quarterfinals last fall. Missouri S&T does enter the season with its top four scorers back from last year’s squad, but lost All-America goalkeeper Pat McNamee (Fenton, Mo./Vianney ), who set the school record for career shutouts with 26. Read more

My coverage list includes the Drury Panthers (D2, Great Lakes Valley Conference), Missouri S&T Miners (D2, GLVC) and Southwest Baptist Wildcats (D2, MIAA) I’ve added College Men to the Calendar I maintain, you can find it in the right sidebar.