Whorton Sets Drury Panthers Points Record

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Ole

Brett Murray, Drury Panthers (2014)

Drury Panthers – 5
KY Wesleyan Panthers – 1
Senior forward Micah Whorton scored three goals – setting a Drury career mark for points and moving closer to becoming its all-time goals leader – and the Panthers posted a 5-1 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan in Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s soccer Sunday afternoon at Harrison Stadium.

Whorton scored twice in the first half and then added a third just two minutes into the second half before retiring for the day as the Panthers moved to 8-4-0 overall and 7-3-0 in the GLVC with their third straight victory.

Whorton now has eight goals on the season and 33 for his career, moving past Jarrett Wagner (32 goals from 1993-96) into third place on the all-time DU charts. Whorton now trails only John Pedroli (37 from 1999-2002) and Steve Wilczewski (35 from 2006-09) in career goals at Drury.

With six points on his three goals Sunday, Whorton also became DU’s career leader in points with 90, surpassing the previous mark of 85 set by Wilczewski last season. Whorton’s 2nd goal can be seen below, assist by freshman Mike Yuede.

“I was very happy with the result today,” said Drury coach Ryan Swan, after his Panthers posted their third straight victory. “I thought the guys played very well. It was also great to see Micah set the all-time points record. “He has been an outstanding performer for us over his career and to establish the record with a hat trick today is extra special.”

Whorton tallied first off an assist from senior Ben Taylor just seven minutes into the contest for a 1-0 Drury lead that grew to 3-0 by halftime on goals by Whorton at 23:35 (Michael Yuede assist) and senior David Emnett at 37:27 (Danny Collins assist).

Whorton scored at 47:38 just after the half from five yards out on Yuede’s second assist of the day. Wesleyan (2-11, 0-11 in the GLVC) got on the board with a goal from Jordan Sosh against DU backup keeper Andrew Klump at 57:09 before Collins finished the scoring with a goal from eight yards out at 77:46 off an assist by freshman Matt Baker.

The Panthers outshot Wesleyan 24-2 in the contest and a 13-0 advantage in corner kicks.

Drury is on the GLVC road next weekend for matches Friday at Indianapolis and Sunday at Northern Kentucky, the latter pitting the top two teams in the league’s preseason poll.

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Steve Wilczewski, Drury Panthers (2010)

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Ole

Steve Wilczewski after scoring game-winner in GLVC Final, 11/8/2009

Wrapping up our retrospective on the record setting forward from Springfield, I have interviews with Steve’s two college coaches, Alf Bilbao who was responsible for bringing Steve to Drury and Ryan Swan, who took over the men’s program two years ago after joining as an assistant the year that Steve came to Drury.

Alf Bilbao, on Recruiting and Coaching Steve

Ryan Swan, on Coaching Steve and the final word

: Steve Wilczewski after scoring game-winner in GLVC Final, 11/8/2009

Drury Scoring Records

Most Goals in a Season
20 – Marco Cherisma 2007
17 -Steve Wilczewski 2009
16 -Josh Keisker 1996
15 -Micah Whorton 2009
15 -Chad Jaeger 1993
14 -Chad Jaeger 1992
13 -Steve Wilczewski 2008

Most Points in a Season
45 Micah Whorton 2009
44 Marco Cherisma 2007
40 Josh Keisker 1996
39 Steve Wilczewski 2009
37 Chad Jaeger 1993
32 Steve Wilczewski 2008
32 Chad Jaeger 1992

Most Goals in a Career
37 John Pedroli 1999-2002
35 Steve Wilczewski 2006-09
32 Jarrett Wagner 1993-96
31 Marco Cherisma 2007-08
30 Josh Keisker 1995-98
29 Chad Jaeger 1992-93

Most Assists in a Career
22 Micah Whorton 2007-present
19 Ben Taylor 2007-present
18 Andrew Bordelon 2007-present
15 Steve Wilczewski 2006-09
15 Tom Hoff 1999-2002
14 Josh Keisker 1995-98
14 Jason Price 1991-95
14 Jarrett Wagner 1993-96|
13 Ryan Ferguson 1998-00
12 John Pedroli 1999-2002
11 Chad Jaeger 1992-93

Most Points in a Career
85 Steve Wilczewski 2006-09
80 John Pedroli 1999-2002
78 Jarrett Wagner 1993-96
74 Josh Keisker 1995-98
72 Micah Whorton 2007-present
70 Marco Cherisma 2007-08
69 Chad Jaeger 1992-93

Most Goals Scored By Class: (eligibility)
Freshman: 10, Jarrett Wagner 1993
Sophomore: 16, Josh Keisker 1996
Junior: 20, Marco Cherisma, 2007
Senior: 17, Steve Wilczewski 2009

Drury Team Records
Most Wins/Season: 21, 2009
Most Consecutive Wins: 13, 2009
Home Winning Streak: 12, 2008-09
Most Ties/Season: 5, 2006
Most Shutouts (For): 14, 2009
Most Goals/Season: 63, 2009
Most Points/Season: 180, 2009
Fewest Goals Allowed: 11 2009
Most Assists/Season: 54, 2009

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Steve Wilczewski, Glendale Falcons (2006)

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Ole

Steve Wilczewski, Glendale Falcons, 2005 District Final vs Rolla

With today’s Drury Alumni game (5:00 pm at Harrison Stadium) I took some time this month to chat with a few folks who know the record-setting Drury Panther player well. Today we look back to his High School career in conversations with his Coaches, Jeff Rogers and Josh Keisker. Keisker is also a Drury alum and owns a few records of his own playing for the Panthers.

Jeff Rogers, Glendale Falcons Head Coach

The goal referenced by Coach Rogers, the game winner against Kickapoo in the Sectionals, 2005

How about that hard tackle by Alex Palmer, now a teammate. Here’s a partial list of players in this game who played college ball for Glendale: Stephen Conners (GK), Ben Hamilton, Andrew Parsons, Jared Dusha, Shawn Campbell, Danny Collins and for Kickapoo: Tyler Williams, Heath Melugin, Alex Palmer, Luke Prater, Zach Hay, Bryan Simpson, Adam Legg (GK)

Josh Keisker, Glendale Falcons Assistant Coach & Drury Panther soccer record holder

Glendale Falcons – Leading Assists Per Season
Name Position Grade Year Assists
Devon Newport Forward Senior 2008 23 (SLU Billikens)
Steve Wilczewski Forward Senior 2005 19
Ryan McGee Midfield Senior 1997 18
Chris Robinson Midfield Junior 2000 15 (Missouri State Bears)
Jared Jaeger Midfield Senior 1994 15 (Drury Panthers)

Drury Panthers Alumni Game Saturday

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Ole

The Panther’s mens team will wrap up their Spring season with alumni functions, including a game, on Saturday. It will be your last chance to see Glendale product Steve Wilczewski in a Panther’s uniform, even a competitive match if he’s able to walk away from the game as he noted the other evening at Lake Country Soccer. He’ll be joined by seniors Jake Allison, Andrew Bordelon and Ben Nabers in their final college game. Bordelon returns in the Fall as Head Coach Ryan Swan’s new Graduate Assistant.

Here are a couple of videos for you.

Steve Wilczewski scoring against Kickapoo during the Fall of 2004 when he was a junior.

Here’s an early Drury game, from August 2005 against Missouri Southern. I wonder how many of those boys we’ll see?

Vote For Stevie!

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Ole

I was getting caught up on the activity over at the Drury Panther’s website and noticed that they have a Poll on the site that is asking the question – Who would you consider Drury’s “Fall Athlete Of The Year?”

Turns out its a tight race between our local hero (Glendale 2006) and a tennis player. A tennis player?!!

Completely unacceptable folks. Take a minute and click on this link, scroll to the bottom of the page and vote for Steve Wilczewski for 2009 Fall Athlete of the Drury Panthers. NOW!

UPDATE – well done folks. The poll has been closed and Stevie outdistanced his peers taking 44% of the ovrall vote. The tennis player finished at 35%. Here’s the final results.

Sunday GLVC Soccer Report

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Ole

Drury Panthers – 2 (OT)
Bellarmine Knights – 1
The Panther’s battle back from a deficit for the second straight game. Jack Binns’ 62nd minute goal gave the Bellarmine Men’s Soccer Team a 1-0 lead on No. 6 Drury University, but the Panthers rallied for a pair of goals in a 2-1 overtime decision on Sunday afternoon. Binns connected from ten yards out off a Ross Hopkins cross from the left side. The Panthers were led by Micah Whorton, who scored the equalizer in the 72nd minute off an Andrew Borderlon cross. Whorton then found Steve Wilczewski down the left side of the field in the 96th minute for the sudden death game-winner.

NKU Norse –
Rockhurst Hawks –

Currently ranked #15 nationally, the NKU will visit Springfield on Friday for a 1:00 pm game against #6-ranked Drury.

Missouri S&T Miners – 5
Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers – 0
Missouri S&T exploded in the second half with a four-goal outburst, leading it to a 5-0 win at Kentucky Wesleyan and vaulting the Miners into fourth place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings with four games to play. The Miners posted their biggest goal output in a game since beating the Panthers 5-1 late in the 2003 season, allowing them to post their fourth straight victory. The current four-game winning streak is S&T’s longest since a six-game run to open the 2000 season. Zack Hay, Kickapoo 2008, added an assist in the game as he played in his 10th game of the season.

S&T will host Bellarmine – the team immediately behind it in the standings — Friday at 5 p.m., before Northern Kentucky pays a visit to the S&T Soccer Field next Sunday.

GLVC Announces Men’s All-Conference Soccer Teams

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Ole

Missouri S&T’s Pat McNamee (pictured against Indy in September) has been selected as the 2008 GLVC Freshman of the Year. McNamee, a goalkeeper for the Miners, posted 0.98 goals against average, a 0.846 save percentage and six shutouts in league play. He helped S&T to a 4-4-4 conference record and to a berth in the GLVC tournament. McNamee posted a 0.97 goals against average, 0.842 save percentage and seven shutouts overall this season.

Offensive Player of the Year: Steven Beattie, Northern Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year: Chad Becker, Rockhurst
Freshman of the Year: Pat McNamee, Missouri S&T
Coach of the Year: Tony Tocco, Rockhurst
The entire squad can be seen here.

Recognized on the ALL-GLVC SECOND TEAM were forwards Marco Cherisma, Sr. and Steve Wilczewski (Glendale 2006), Jr. from Drury as well as Midfielder Brian Fishback (Parkview 2005), Sr., Indianapolis

The ALL-GLVC THIRD TEAM includes Forward Nick Landon, Jr., Missouri S&T and Midfielder Peter Higgins, So., Drury and Back Andy Held, Jr., Missouri S&T.

Drury Panthers Drop Both Matches At Newman

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Ole

Newman University scored two goals in the final 11:18 of the match to stun No. 7 Drury with a 3-2 victory in a non-conference match in Wichita Friday night. The Panthers, who fell to 8-2-0, had pulled out of a 1-1 halftime tie with a goal by sophomore Micah Whorton (assists to Jake Allison and Steve Wilczewski) at 58:31 for a 2-1 advantage. But the host Jets (5-5-1) rallied with goals at 78:42 by Brian Alvarez to tie it, then took the lead for good when Ty Wisener scored four minutes later on a breakaway. Nick Pfeifer (Carthage 2005) came on as a substitute in the game for the Jets. He’s played in every game, starting 7 of them.

Newman University senior Jenna Streit scored the only goal in the Jets women’s soccer upset of Drury University, ranked No. 8 in the Midwest Region. It was a signature win for Newman (5-4-2) in the school’s first season as a full-fledged NCAA Division II member. Drury lost despite out-shooting Newman by a 9-4 count as the Panthers fell to 5-4-2 overall.

The Panther’s visit Rockhurst for a pair of games on Sunday afternoon.

KSPR Soccer Coverage

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Ole

If you aren’t watching KSPR-33 news (ABC) locally, then flip over to their Sports coverage tonight. Their Athlete of the Week tonight is a local prep soccer player. Update – congrats Tim. Oh, and here’s the video.

Mike Scott was also out to interview Steve Wilczewski and Marco Cherisma after last nights game against Missouri Southern (pictured). You can see the interviews as well as the first three goals by clicking on this link. Be patient, it’s at the end of the clip.

And keep an eye on MSSU – last night’s result was unusual and the team’s play was affected by injuries I’ve discovered.

Drury Panthers Dismantle MSSU Lions

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Ole

Micah Whorton scoring the final goal

Drury Panthers – 5
Missouri Southern Lions – 0
The Drury Panthers looked like a finally tuned sports car this evening as they faced their Western neighbors. The goals were all scored from inside the six yard box as the Panthers moved the ball with pace and urgency throughout the game. The first came in the 6th minute when Peter Higgins nodded a header past the keeper that was sent in by Ben Taylor. Marco Cherisma scored a pair, the first in the 13th minute from Taylor’s assist, the second in the 32nd from Steve Wilczewski.

The second goal was a classic, as the play started near the center circle as Higgin’s received a ball that he sent back to Taylor who was already beginning to move forward from his defensive position. Taylor’s give-and-go with Wilczewski 35 yards out was perfectly weighted and sent Taylor in unmarked on the left side. His run into the box allowed him to pick Cherisma out with a square ball that completely exposed the Lion’s defense.

With the #1 ranked University of Northern Kentucky Norsemen game on Friday, the Panther’s began looking to the bench early in the second half and the attack continued. The sense of urgency only seemed to increase as the competition for playing time on this squad is high. Micah Whorton was the primary beneficiary as he scored a brace in the second half, the first as he walked a ball into the net after the keeper went down and the second via header (pictured above) at the far post.

The Panther’s lost their final 4 conference games last year, including a 2-0 loss to NKU in their final home game, eliminating them from the GLVC playoffs. The string began after a 1-0 OT win at MSSU October 7th. While there is an obvious difference on the scoreboard, the key question is will not be ability. As I noted last year, it was not opportunity or ability that doomed the Panthers, it was a lack of discipline. Much like a players success in the transition from high school to college is defined not by athleticism or skill, but attitude, so will the Panther’s success this weekend be determined by their mental toughness.

And lest I forget, the Women will also have a challenge on their hands as the UNK Lady Norse are now ranked #3 in the Midwest Region, just behind Wisconsin-Parkside and ahead of #8 Drury. They just cracked the national rankings as well, at #20.

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