OCT. 22, 2014 • VOL. I • NO. IX
LORAS WOMEN’S SOCCER 1450 ALTA VISTA, DUBUQUE, IA 52001 // WWW.DUHAWKS.COM
2014 SCHEDULE
JIM NAPRSTEK, WOMEN’S SOCCER SID • JAMES.NAPRSTEK@LORAS.EDU • OFFICE: 563.588.7407
QUICK HITS
OVERALL: 10-6 (HOME: 5-4, AWAY: 5-2, NEUTRAL: 0-0) IIAC: 4-1 (HOME: 3-1, AWAY: 1-0)
A LOOK AT THE KNIGHTS...
AUG 29 @ #19 UW-WHITEWATER
W, 1-0 The Wartburg College Knights come to town on Saturday looking to solidify
AUG 31 VS. #4 WASH.- ST. LOUIS
L, 2-0 Their recent form has not been very promising, registering just one victory and
SEP 2 @ CARROLL
W, 2-0
SEP 5 VS. AUGSBURG
L, 2-1 Last Saturday, the Knights took Dubuque to overtime, but fell 1-0, conceding the
SEP 7 @ AUGUSTANA
W, 2-1
SEP 10 @ CARTHAGE
L, 3-1 assists for 23 points. The junior has scored three game-winning goals, but has
SEP 13 @ ST. OLAF
W, 3-0
SEP 14 @ ST. BENEDICT’S
L, 3-1 In goal, Beth Crow handles the duties between the pipes and has kept opponents
SEP 20 VS. #4/#3 WHEATON
L, 2-0 five shutouts.
SEP 24 VS. UW-PLATTEVILLE
W, 2-0
SEP 27 VS. CENTRAL*
W, 2-1
OCT 1 VS. DUBUQUE*
L, 3-2 (2OT)
OCT 4 VS. BUENA VISTA* OCT 11 @ SIMPSON* OCT 18 @ LUTHER*
one of the remaining two spots in the upcoming Iowa Conference Tournament. recording two draws and two losses.
game-winning goal in the 94th minute.
Brittany Frush leads the Knights on offense, totaling 10 goals and adding three been kept off the scoresheet since September 28.
in check, posting a 0.81 Goals Against Average, an .862 save percentage and
ABOUT THE DUHAWKS...
The difficult schedule appears to be paying off for the Duhawks as they now have rattled off four straight victories and four consecutive shutouts.
According to Massey Ratings, the Duhawks have a SOS rating of 73, while W, 6-0 University of Dubuque has a rating of 147 and Luther has a rating of 208. The Duhawks will need some help if they hope to win their fifth straight IIAC title as W, 5-0 they are tied with Dubuque atop the table. The Spartans own the tie-breaker if the teams finish with identical records at the end of the season. W, 1-0
OCT 25 VS. WARTBURG*
Senior goalkeeper Hannah Wilson was named Iowa Conference Defender of the Week following her eight-save shutout performance against Luther last Saturday. Entering the day, Luther had averaged 2.64 goals per game. The shutout loss 5:00 PM was only the second time this season that the Norse had been blanked.
OCT 28 VS. COE*
5:00 PM
OCT 20 VS. #12 CONCORDIA- MOORHEAD SENIOR NIGHT
IOWA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
NOV 1 FIRST ROUND NOV 5 SEMIFINALS NOV 8 CHAMPIONSHIP
W, 1-0
Saturday marks the final home contest of the 2014 season for Loras and therefore the Class of 2015 will be honored at halftime. This group has posted a TBA total record of 65-18-2 and has won the Iowa Conference three straight seasons TBA TBA and has earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament all three years.
NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
NOV 14-16 NOV 21-23 DEC 5-6 FINAL FOUR
HONORING THE CLASS OF 2015...
REGIONALS TBA SECTIONALS TBA TBA
Shannon Ditsch Harvard, Ill./Harvard Alexa Eggert Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew Kristina Everding Sumner, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock Jill Leibforth Evergreen Park, Ill./Mother McAuley Claire Murphy Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew Shelby Perkins Davenport, Iowa/Davenport North Sarah Small Peoria, Ill./Richwoods Michelle Vonachen Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West Danielle Vujovic Elmhurst, Ill/York Hannah Wilson Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee