SLIAC Weekly Release - Nov. 20th

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

SLIAC Game of the Week: Westminster at Loras (November 19, 2013)
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Game of the Week is a weekly feature that highlights a key match-up or event in the conference. This week's SLIAC Game of the Week is the Westminster College men's soccer game against Loras College.....MORE

Cinderella Store for Westminster, Advance to Sweet 16 (November 18, 2013)
The Westminster men's soccer team is heading to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16 after a 1-0 shutout over Gustavus Adolphus College in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon. The Westminster Blue Jays are writing program history as the first team to make it to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament......MORE

SLIAC Announces 2013 Fall All-Academic Team (November 14, 2013)
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has announced the members of the 2013 Fall All-Academic team. A total of 155 student-athletes were named to the team, which consisted of members from cross country, soccer and volleyball teams.....MORE

SLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The SLIAC Players of the Week are honored for their performances during the week. The first basketball Players of the Week for the 2013-14 season will be announced beginning Nov. 18. Click on the sport link below to see the full list of 2013-14 Players of the Week.

Men's Basketball l Women's Basketball

SLIAC STANDINGS

AROUND THE SLIAC

The Blackburn men's basketball team tested themselves early this season, playing #5 ranked Wheaton College in their season opener last weekend. The Beavers fell 78-46 to their nationally ranked foe. The Beavers were led by Chris Davis with 21 points.

Eureka women's basketball Head Coach Victoria Jones picked up her first win as the Red Devils head coach with a 51-48 win over Lawrence. Jones is the 10th head coach in program history and joins Eureka after serving the previous five years as an assistant coach at Murray State University.

The Fontbonne women's basketball team got off to a strong start this season with a 64-59 win over Illinois College. Nicole Joerger led the Griffins with 17 points while freshman Lauren Willis tallied double figures in scoring with 11 points in her collegiate debut.

The Greenville men's basketball team notched their first win of the season with a 71-66 win over Elmhurst last weekend. Greenville jumped out to an early lead and held a 34-19 edge at halftime. They were led by Ron Harris' 14 point, 5 rebound and 3 steal performance.

The Tigers women's basketball team picked up a 66-59 win over Waldorf in their season opener. The Tigers were led by Karla Vietinghoff's 21 points. Vietinghoff went 8-of-11 from the field, missing just three three point field goals while adding six rebounds.

MacMurray men's basketball players Brady Slagle and Dylan Burton were named to the Cavallo Tipoff Classic All-Tournament team with Slagle also earning Tournament MVP honors. Slagle averaged 24.5 points and 12 rebounds in two games. Burton shot 63-percent from the field in the tournament, averaging 10 points.

Principia men's basketball player Kenny Sydness is off to an oustanding start to the season. Syndess scored 42 points while adding six rebounds, seven assists, three blocked shots and four steals in a loss to Knox College. The night before he recorded 23 points and eight rebounds in a loss to Illinois College.

The Spalding women's basketball team wasted no time in jumping into strong competition this season, facing #2 ranked Washington University-St. Louis in their opener, falling 88-57. The Golden Eagles jumped out to a 13-8 lead but were unable to hold on,. Kerstin Hayes                                led the Golden Eagles with 18 points and four assists.

Webster men's basketball player Kevin Miller had a strong return to the program. Miller averaged 16.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in guiding his team during the Cavallo Tipoff Classic. For his efforts Miller earned All-Tournament honors.

The Westminster men's soccer team continued their post-season run with wins in each of the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Blue Jays topped Carleton and Gustavus Adolphus by identical 1-0 scores to advance to the Sweet 16. They are the first SLIAC member to advance to the third round of the tournament since 1991.

THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE

To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE

KEEP UP WITH THE SLIAC ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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! This week's question was name the last SLIAC member to advance to the third round of the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament? Answer: MacMurray in the 1991 season.

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 Getting to Know Dakota Flesner (Iowa Wesleyan College) Check it out HERE