Arens And Collier Face Missouri State Thursday

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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 [...]

Katelyn Fredrickson Chasing National Title With JB Marine

Katelyn Fredrickson, Missouri State Bears

Missouri State’s Katelyn Fredrickson and her JB Marine squad are playing Sparta United WSC (UT) in the Title Game on Sunday in the United States Adult Soccer Association national championships in Bowling Green, KY. The team won 2-0 over ASA Chesapeake Charge (MD) in the semifinal Friday. The Post-Dispatch talked to Head Coach Denny Bozesky [...]

Drew Fitzgerald Named Assistant At Missouri State

Drew Fitzgerald, Missouri State Bears

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri State women’s soccer head coach Rob Brewer announced today the addition of Drew Fitzgerald to his coaching staff for 2011. Fitzgerald was a volunteer assistant coach with the team last fall and takes the place of former assistant Josh Ganson. “Drew has great attention to detail both on and off the [...]

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. [...]

Drury Women’s Soccer Completes Five-Member Recruiting Class

Emily Cline, Glendale Falcons (2011)

Drury women’s soccer coach Alf Bilbao has announced the completion of a five-member recruiting class for the 2011-12 season – including three Springfield prep standouts – for the Panthers. Joining the DU program this fall are: Emily Cline – Forward from Springfield’s Glendale High School who plans to play both soccer and basketball at Drury. [...]

Ladies Soccer Grabs Bear Cup Award

Jordan Reppell, Missouri State Bears (2011)

SPRINGFIELD — For the second straight year, the Missouri State women’s soccer team took home the top prize of the night, and 25 individual student-athletes were recognized as part of ceremonies Monday (May 2) at the second annual Bears’ All-Sports Showcase at JQH Arena. Coach Rob Brewer’s squad was the top point collector in the [...]

Chris Cissell Named Women’s Coach For UMKC Kangaroos

Chris Cissell and Jefferson Roblee flank Megan Garrad (Glendale 2008)

Kansas City, Mo. — UMKC Director of Athletics Tim Hall announced that Chris Cissell has been hired as the new head coach for the UMKC women’s soccer program. “We are so thrilled to have Chris join our extended family as the new head coach for the UMKC women’s soccer program,” said Director of Athletics Tim [...]

Bailes, Teahan, Reppell Named To Regional Academic Team

Tara Bailes, Missouri State Bears (2012)

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Missouri State women’s soccer players Tara Bailes, Jordan Reppell and Jessica Teahan were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Scholar All-Central Region teams. Reppell was named to the first team, Teahan to the second team and Bailes earned honorable mention accolades. Reppell, a senior, holds a 3.61 [...]

Missouri State Lady Bears Host MSSU Next Tuesday

Tara Bailes, Missouri State Bears (2012)

UPDATE – SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Due to weather concerns, the Missouri State women’s soccer spring exhibition match against Missouri Southern scheduled for tonight has been postponed. The game will be made up next Tuesday, April 26 at 7:00 p.m. The game has also been moved to the Cooper Park, field 1 on Pythian Ave. in [...]

Tax deadline a reminder to file FAFSA

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A timely reminder from Ozark Technical Community College for all parents and students! For those students planning to attend OTC or their parents, it is a good idea to keep your just-completed income tax returns out for a day or two before you file them away. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, [...]

Drury Hosts Missouri Southern Wednesday

Missouri Southern Lions, Randi Russell (2012)

The Missouri Southern Lions, who play D2 soccer in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Conference, visit the Drury Panthers, a D2 program in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC). The exhibition game will be played at Harrison Stadium at 7:00 pm. Free Admission.

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 [...]

Missouri State Hosts SBU Bearcats and Drury Panthers Saturday

Lindsey Sprouse battles Tamara Hollis

The Missouri State Bears will play a pair of games on Saturday at Plaster Stadium. They will host the Southwest Baptist Bearcats for an afternoon game and the Drury Panthers later that evening. No charge for the games. Drury and SBU faced off last Sunday with the Panthers surprising the Bearcats with a 4-0 win. [...]

Drury Panthers Signing Class for 2011

Mike Lee, CBC (2011)

Drury men’s soccer coach Ryan Swan has announced a nine-player recruiting class of incoming Panthers for the 2011 season. The Panthers are coming off an 11-7-0 campaign in 2010 that included a 9-5 record in Great Lakes Valley Conference competition, but lost 12 graduating seniors off that squad. The new Drury players for the upcoming [...]