SLIAC Weekly Release - Oct. 9th
This week in the SLIAC is a weekly review of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It recaps the prior weeks results and highlights upcoming events. You can also find the latest standings, statistics, schedules and awards.
HEADLINES
Webster Women's Soccer
Team Goes Pink In October (October 3, 2013)
The Webster women's soccer team joined in the fight against breast
cancer by declaring October "Pink Month".....MORE
SLIAC Game of the
Week: Principia at Spalding - Men's Soccer (October 8,
2013)
The SLIAC Game of the Week is a weekly feature during conference
play that highlights an upcoming scheduled event for the week....MORE
D3 News Releases
2013-14 Men's Basketball Preseason Publication (October 8,
2013)
D3 News, one of the leading publications for NCAA Division III
Basketball coverage, released their 2013-14 Preseason Publication.
In it they highlight teams to watch for each conference, including
the SLIAC, and list Preseason All-Americans which featured
MacMurray's Clayton Whitlock....MORE
SLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
The SLIAC Players of the Week are honored for their performances during the week of Oct. 1-7. Click on the sport link below to see the full list of 2013 Players of the Week.
Men's Cross Country - Wylie Mangelsdorf (Principia)
Women's Cross Country - Sarah Litwiller (Principia)
Men's Soccer Offensive - Josh Papes (Webster)
Men's Soccer Defensive - Tyler Thomas (Webster)
Women's Soccer Offensive - Eileen Koppy (Westminster)
Women's Soccer Defensive - Ellen Woolsey (Westminster)
Volleyball Offensive - Tess Roundtree (Principia)
Volleyball Defensive - Sam Kersting (Webster)
Full Release for Oct. 7- Players of the Week...HERE
Men's Cross Country l Women's Cross Country l Men's Soccer l Women's Soccer l Volleyball
SLIAC STANDINGS
Men's Soccer | Women's Soccer | Volleyball |
School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall |
Webster | 2-0 | 7-2-3 | Webster | 2-0 | 10-2 | Greenville | 8-0 | 15-4 |
Fontbonne | 2-0 | 7-5-1 | Fontbonne | 2-0 | 6-2-3 | Webster | 9-1 | 15-4 |
Westminster | 2-0 | 3-6-1 | Principia | 2-0 | 4-5-1 | Principia | 6-2 | 13-6 |
Spalding | 2-1 | 7-6 | Spalding | 2-1 | 4-4-1 | Westminster | 5-4 | 8-6 |
Blackburn | 1-1 | 5-4-1 | Blackburn | 1-1 | 6-5 | Iowa Wesleyan |
5-5 | 9-16 |
Principia | 1-1 | 3-5-2 | Westminster | 1-1 | 3-8-1 | Fontbonne |
3-3 | 5-9 |
Greenville | 1-1 | 2-7-3 | Greenville | 1-1 | 2-8 | Spalding | 3-4 | 8-9 |
MacMurray | 0-2 | 1-10 | MacMurray | 0-2 | 4-7 | MacMurray | 1-6 | 5-14 |
Eureka | 0-2 | 0-8 | Eureka | 0-2 | 3-7 | Eureka | 0-7 | 0-13 |
Iowa Wesleyan | 0-3 | 0-10 | Iowa Wesleyan |
0-3 | 1-7 | Blackburn | 0-8 | 1-14 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
Blackburn College Women's Soccer player Alexis Richie currently
leads the SLIAC in goals with 15. Her 15 goals also rank her 5th in
all of NCAA Division III. The nations leader, Katie Vanden Avond
from St. Norbert, has 22 goals. In addition Richie's teammate
Allison Guerra is 1st in the nation in assists with 11. |
Jenna Brooks netted just the 11th hat trick in women's soccer program history in a 9-0 win over Robert Morris-Peoria. Her four goals set a new school record for goals in a game also helping set a new program mark for team goals in a game. |
The Fontbonne women's soccer team is on a four game winning streak having topped Buena Vista, Oakland City, Iowa Wesleyan and MacMurray in consecutive games. They put that streak on the line this week with a game in the Wydown Showdown when they face #3 ranked Washington University-St. Louis. |
Greenville's Corinne Coon recorded her 1,000th career kill in a
3-1 win over Lincoln Christian College. Coon currently has 195
kills this season, averaging 3.68 per set. She is a three time
All-Conference performer and was the SLIAC Player of the Year in
2011. |
On the heels of winning the Waldorf Invitational, Iowa Wesleyan's
Blake Mitchell was named the USCAA Golfer of the Week. At the
tournament Mitchell shot a round of 70 to win the tournament by one
stroke. |
The Highlander volleyball team picked up back to back wins for the
first time this season with 3-0 sweeps over Harris-Stowe State
University and Robert Morris University-Springfield. The
Highlanders have now won three of their last four matches and
return to conference play this weekend. |
The Principia volleyball team extended their winning streak to
four matches with wins over MacMurray, Iowa Wesleyan,
Hannibal-LaGrange and Eureka. The Panthers are looking to solidify
their spot in the SLIAC standings where they are currently in third
place with a 6-2 record. |
Spalding sophomore golfer Hunt Lenz took home the top spot in the
Dan Salisbury Invitational last weekend. Lenz shot a one over 145
in the tournament, helping his team to a fourth place finish. |
The Gorlok volleyball team is keeping pace for the top spot in the
conference after picking up two more conference victories last
week. They defeated Spalding and Fontbonne by identical 3-0 scores
and sit in second place in the conference with a 9-1 mark. |
The Westminster men's soccer team is showing the importance of
when you win. Although they have just a 3-6-1 overall record the
Blue Jays are 2-0 in conference play and are just one of three
undefeated teams in SLIAC play. |
THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE
To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE
KEEP UP WITH THE SLIAC
Be sure to keep up with the SLIAC using various social media tools. You can follow us on Twitter (@sliac) HERE or Facebook (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) HERE
Be sure to participate in our Social Media fun each week with Trivia Tuesday, Throwback Thursday and Feature Friday.
Each Tuesday on Twitter we will ask a SLIAC trivia question where the first person to respond with correct answer wins SLIAC gear!
On Thursday's you can reminisce by looking at old photographs when we remember prior SLIAC Student-Athletes.
Friday's are Feature Friday's where we will get to know our current SLIAC Student-Athletes through a series of video interviews. This past week's Feature Friday video was SLIAC Spotlight with Jacob Ayers (Iowa Wesleyan College) Check it out HERE