SLIAC Weekly Release - Oct. 29
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 Men's Soccer
Remain Undefeated (October 21, 2014)
The Webster University men's soccer team remained unbeaten, at
5-0-1, in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a
1-0 win at Westminster College.....MORE
Feature Friday: Get to
Know Claire Becker (October 24, 2014)
This week's Feature Friday was with Claire Becker, a
women's cross country runner from Fontbonne University. Get to Know
Claire and see how she started her running career.....MORE
SLIAC Cross Country
Championship Preview (October 27, 2014)
This weekend the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
will hold its 2014 Cross Country Championship at Forest Park in St.
Louis, Mo.....MORE
SLIAC Game of the
Week: Fontbonne vs. Webster (October 28, 2014)
This week's SLIAC Game of the Week puts the 2014 SLIAC women's
soccer regular season title and an undefeated record on the line.....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)- Aden Abdirahman, Spalding
University
Men's Soccer (Defensive)- Raul Belman Romero, Westminster
College
Women's Soccer (Offensive)- Tiffany Hazelwonder, MacMurray
College
Women's Soccer (Defensive)- Maddie Redohl, Fontbonne
University
Volleyball (Offensive)- Elisa Burkman, Spalding University
Volleyball (Defensive)- Jamie Schollenbruch, Greenville
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 |
| Webster | 7-0-1 | 9-8-2 | Webster | 8-0 | 11-4-3 | Greenville | 14-1 | 20-7 |
| Westminster | 6-1-1 | 8-7-1 | Fontbonne | 7-0-1 | 15-2-2 | Webster | 14-2 | 19-11 |
| Fontbonne | 6-2 | 7-12 | Westminster | 4-2-2 | 7-6-2 | Westminster |
13-3 | 15-10 |
| Spalding | 4-2-1 | 10-5-1 | Principia | 4-2-1 | 5-9-1 | Spalding | 11-5 | 14-15 |
| Greenville | 5-3 | 9-8-1 | Spalding | 4-3 | 6-9 | Principia | 10-6 | 13-15 |
| Principia |
3-3-1 | 5-10-1 | Blackburn | 3-4-1 | 8-9-1 | Fontbonne | 7-10 | 13-17 |
| MacMurray | 3-5 | 4-12 | Greenville | 2-3-3 | 3-11-4 | MacMurray |
6-11 | 11-15 |
| Blackburn |
2-6 | 6-12 | MacMurray | 2-6 | 3-12 |
Iowa Wesleyan |
4-13 | 6-23 |
| Iowa Wesleyan |
0-7 | 0-12 | Eureka |
0-7 | 2-14 | Eureka |
2-15 | 3-20 |
| Eureka | 0-7 | 0-15 | Iowa Wesleyan |
0-7 | 0-11-1 | Blackburn |
1-16 | 3-28 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
The Blackburn women's soccer team edged out MacMurray in overtime
for a 2-1 win this week, recording their third conference victory
of the season. Blackburn got on the board first when Meghan Sykora
scored in the first-half. Sykora then set up Kristin Naples game
winning goal seven-minutes into the first overtime frame. |
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The Panther volleyball team notched their 20th win of the season
on Tuesday night with a 3-0 sweep of Blackburn. This marks the
fifth consecutive year the Panthers have reached the 20 win
plateau. The are currently 20-7 overall and in first place in the
SLIAC with a 14-1 record. |
The Iowa Wesleyan soccer teams will close out their 2014 season
with a pair of home SLIAC double headers. The Tigers will play host
to Eureka on Wednesday afternoon and then close the books on the
season on Saturday when they welcome Principia College. |
The MacMurray men's soccer team picked up their third straight win
with a 3-2 victory over Blackburn this week. The wins were the
Highlanders first conference wins of the 2014 season and put their
SLIAC record at 3-5. Zac Bozarth continued his recent scoring
streak when he added two goals in his teams win over Blackburn,
giving him a goal in each of his last three games. |
The Principia volleyball team picked up their fifth consecutive
win with a 3-2 victory over Fontbonne. Of the five wins, four have
come on the road. Tess Rountree led the way against Fontbonne with
19 kills while Jessica Bushong and Lily Richards added 13 kills.
Summer Switzer finished with 20 digs while Savanna Sprague added 42
assists. |
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The Webster men's soccer team is the lone undefeated team
remaining in the SLIAC. A 1-0 win over Greenville put the Gorloks
conference record at 7-0-1, securing at least a share of the SLIAC
regular season title and clinching the top spot and hosting rights
to the SLIAC Tournament. |
The Westminster men's soccer team is hoping for deja vu. A late
push last year propelled the Blue Jays on a deep post-season run.
This year the Blue Jays are 6-3-1 in their last ten games and have
two straight after a 2-0 victory over Fontbonne on Tuesday that
pushed them into second place in the SLIAC standings. |
The Eureka soccer teams will close out the 2014 season this week
with one road game and one home game. The Red Devils head to Iowa
Wesleyan on Wednesday for a SLIAC double header. They will close
out the season with a home contest on Saturday against
Greenville.
The Fontbonne women's soccer team will face Webster on Saturday
with first place and the SLIAC regular season title on the line.
Fontbonne is currently 7-0-1 after tying Westminster 1-1 on Tuesday
night. The Griffins are currently 15-2-2 overall, tying the program
record for wins in a season.
The Spalding volleyball team has made a late push for the SLIAC
Tournament having won their last four matches and nine of their
last ten. The Golden Eagles are 11-5 in the SLIAC and in fourth
place in the standings. They close out the regular season against
Greenville and Principia on Saturday.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
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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 Claire Becker, a women's cross country runner from Fontbonne University. You can watch the interview HERE
