SLIAC Weekly Release - Oct. 8
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
Pair of SLIAC Teams in
NFCA All-Academic Team Top Ten (October 2, 2014)
Iowa Wesleyan and Fontbonne finished in the top ten of the 2013-14
NFCA All-Academic team while a total of 37 SLIAC student-athletes
earned All-America Scholar Athlete honors.....MORE
SLIAC Game of the
Week: Spalding vs. Webster (October 7, 2014)
This week's SLIAC Game of the Week features the top two scoring
teams in SLIAC Women's Soccer as Spalding and Webster will step on
the field against each other....MORE
SLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
The SLIAC Players of the Week are honored for their performances during the week. Click on the sport link below to see the full list of 2014-15 Players of the Week. For this week's Player of the Week release - HERE
Men's Soccer (Offensive)- Dzani Delic, Webster University
Men's Soccer (Defensive)- Daryl Doran, Westminster College
Women's Soccer (Offensive)- Kayla Dye, Webster University
Women's Soccer (Defensive)- Nicole Kelly, Blackburn College
Volleyball (Offensive)- Kayla Reeg, Westminster College
Volleyball (Defensive)- Summer Switzer, Principia College
Men's Cross Country- Nathan Mark, Spalding University
Women's Cross Country- Sarah Litwiller, Principia College
Men's Soccer l Women's Soccer l Volleyball l Men's Cross Country l Women's Cross Country
SLIAC STANDINGS
| Men's
Soccer |
Women's Soccer |
Volleyball |
| School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall |
| Westminster | 2-0 | 4-6 | Fontbonne | 2-0 | 10-2-1 | Greenville | 10-0 | 15-6 |
| Webster | 2-0 | 4-8-1 | Webster | 2-0 | 5-4-3 | Westminster | 9-1 | 11-8 |
| Principia | 2-0 | 4-8 | Spalding | 2-0 | 4-5 | Webster |
8-2 | 12-8 |
| Fontbonne | 2-0 | 3-9 | Principia | 2-0 | 3-7 | Spalding | 4-4 | 6-14 |
| Spalding | 1-1 | 7-4 | Westminster | 1-0-1 | 4-4-1 | MacMurray | 5-6 | 9-9 |
| Greenville |
1-1 | 5-6-1 | Greenville | 0-1-1 | 0-9-2 | Principia | 4-5 | 7-13 |
| Blackburn | 0-2 | 4-8 | Blackburn | 0-2 | 5-7 | Fontbonne |
4-7 | 9-13 |
| MacMurray |
0-2 | 1-9 | MacMurray | 0-2 | 1-8 |
Eureka | 2-7 | 3-12 |
| Iowa Wesleyan |
0-2 | 0-7 | Eureka |
0-2 | 1-9 | Iowa Wesleyan |
2-8 | 3-17 |
| Eureka | 0-2 | 0-9 | Iowa Wesleyan |
0-2 | 0-6-1 | Blackburn |
1-9 | 2-17 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
Blackburn's Nicole Kelly was named this week's SLIAC Women's
Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. Kelly, a freshman from St.
Louis, Mo., earned the honors after a standout performance in her
team's 1-0 loss to first-place Fontbonne. Kelly limited the
Griffins to just one goal while stopping 21 shots. |
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The Greenville volleyball team remained undefeated with wins over
Fontbonne and Iowa Wesleyan last weekend. The Panthers swept both
teams but had their eight match winning streak snapped in a 3-2
non-conference loss to Rose-Hulman. The Panthers return to
conference play this weekend with a match against Iowa Wesleyan
before going back out of conference to face
Benedictine-Springfield. |
A pair of Tigers rank among the conference leaders in several
volleyball statistical categories. Cierra Howard ranks third in
total digs with 363, averaging 5.85 per set which is good for
second in the SLIAC. Her teammate Lexa Mahr is fourth in the SLIAC
in assists per set with 6.68 per set. |
The MacMurray volleyball team is on a roll, winning three
consecutive matches; the second longest active win streak in the
SLIAC. The Highlanders have rolled off wins against Blackburn,
Illinois-Springfield, and Iowa Wesleyan to improve their overall
record to 9-9 this season. |
A pair of Panthers earned SLIAC Player of the Week honors this
week. Summer Switzer was named Volleyball Defensive Player of the
Week after averaging 5.67 digs per set including a career high 39
digs against Webster. Sarah Litwiller picked up Women's Cross
Country weekly honors after a 7th place finish at the Wisconsin
Lutheran meet. |
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The Webster volleyball team won their fifth straight conference
match with a 3-0 sweep of Blackburn. The Gorloks won 25-23, 25-15,
and 25-14. Three Gorloks reached double digits in kills with Sam
Kersting leading the way with 14 kills. Allie and Katie O'Toole
combined for 30 assists as the Gorloks hit .363 as a team in the
match. |
Blue Jays Kayla Reeg and Daryl Doran earned SLIAC Player of the
Week honors this week. Reeg was Volleyball Offensive Player of the
Week after averaging 10.85 assists per set in helping her team
sweep three of four contests on the week. Doran was Men's Soccer
Defensive Player of the Week after anchoring the Blue Jay defense
that blanked Greenville in a 1-0 conference win. |
In their final non-conference tune-up before eight straight SLIAC
matches the Red Devils picked up a 3-0 sweep of Robert
Morris-Springfield winning 25-22, 25-20, and 25-16. Michaela
Balducci led Eureka with 10 kills while Meagan Hanney added 23
assists.
The Fontonne volleyball team snapped their three game losing
streak with a 3-1 win over Lincoln Christian. After dropping the
first set of the match the Griffins rallied back to win 25-21,
25-20, and 25-16. Kersten McDonough led the way with 25 kills while
Lynsey Wehrenberg totaled 22 assists.
Spalding picked up a 3-0 win over Franklin and have now won two of
their last three matches. The Golden Eagles took the match 25-22,
25-23, and 25-18. Elisa Burkman led Spalding with 11 kills while
Jessica Diehl added nine kills. Katelyn Cosgrove finished with 18
assists with Casey Wilkerson recording 22 digs.THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE
To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE
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Friday's in the SLIAC are Feature Friday's where we will get to know our current SLIAC Student-Athletes and members through a series of video interviews. This week's SLIAC Feature Friday was an interview with new SLIAC Commissioner Angie Morenz. You can watch the interview HERE
