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Date Opponent

Score

No. Name

No. Name

Date Opponent

Score

Aug 31

at Defiance

W, 3-0

00

Ian McReynolds

0

Heidi Koehl

Aug 31

at Defiance

T, 1-1

Sep 1

vs Alma

W, 1-0

0

Zach Wetzel

1

Annie Childerson

Sep 1

Brockport St.

L, 1-0

Sep 5

Rose-Hulman

W, 2-0

1

Thomas Crown

2

Lexi Baysinger

Sep 5

Rose-Hulman

Sep 11

Iowa Wesleyan

W, 3-2

2

Ryan Haas

3

Mallory Prygon

Sep 11

Iowa Wesleyan

Sep 14

Austin

L, 2-1

3

Fernando Torres

4

Natalie Henneberry

Sep 13

Milikin

Sep 15

Lindenwood (IL)

L, 2-1

4

Dusty Knoll

5

Kayla Henneberry

Sep 15

Lindenwood (IL)

Sep 18

Washington (Mo.)

L, 1-0

5

Robert Wright

6

Allie Rueter

Sep 21

at Covenant

Sep 21

at Covenant

L, 3-2

7

Jacob Krisher

7

Katelyn Reckert

Sep 22

at Tenn. Temple

W, 1-0

8

Spencer Pulliam

8

Jeana Brandmeyer

Sep 26

at Culver-Stockton

Mark Ward

at Spalding

W, 3-1

Sep 22

at Sewanee

L, 2-0 W, 9-1 L, 1-0 W, 1-0 L, 4-0 W, 6-1 L, 4-1

Sep 29

at Spalding

T, 1-1

9

9

Jennifer Williams

Sep 29

Oct 1

at Benedictine-Springfield

L, 2-1

11

Jordan York

10

Kelsey Panzau

Oct 1

at Benedictine-Springfield

W, 3-0

Oct 6

Blackburn

W, 4-0

12

Matt Schuster

11

Heather Wein

Oct 6

Blackburn

W, 2-0

W, 3-2

13

Nathan Mayberry

12

Chelsea Kirkley

Oct 9

at Fontbonne

T, 1-1

14

Emily Wright

Oct 13

Principia

W, 2-0

15

Justin Mulholland

14

Kayla Panzau

Oct 20

Westminster (MO)

W, 2-0

W, 1-0

16

Davis Dossett

15

Amanda Herr

Oct 23

at MacMurray

W, 5-0

Sean McFarland

Rachel Stewart

Oct 24

at Eureka

W, 5-2

18

Claire ConwellVargas

Oct 27

Webster

L, 2-0

Oct 31

at Principia

W, 1-0

19

Haley Thatche

Nov 2

at Webster

L, 1-0

20

Carolyn Fairbanks

21

Maureen Murphy

23

Jen Brakenhoff

24

Kieley Leach

31

Amy Pointer

36

Kency Lopez

Oct 9

at Fontbonne

Oct 13

Principia

Oct 20

Westminster (MO)

Oct 23

at MacMurray

Aaron Mulholland

Oct 27

Webster

T, 2-2

17

Oct 29

at Eureka

W, 3-0

18

Matt Cowman

Nov 1

Westminster (MO)

L, 1-0

19

Michael Carlisle

Name Ross Baker Ben Barber Tony Briscoe Joel Burroughs Gabe Buttram Josh Dees Ethan Ford Ray Hingson Peter Huston Spencer Jaquet Cory Martin Bryant Simpson Taylor Smith Trevor Thompson Ramsey Woolard Nathan Young

20

Daniel Ruder

21

Parker Wray

22

Garrett Holmes

23

Elliot Thompson

24

Sean McQuillan

26

Dillon Czech

79

Jorge Madera Lopez

13

17

Date Opponent Aug 31

at Washington-St. Louis

Sep 7

St. Louis Forest Park X C Festival

Sep 14

St. Illinois Intercollegiate Championships

L, 2-0 L, 2-1

Score 23/32 2/3 17/29

Sep 29

Rhodes Invitational

6/18

Oct 13

Illinois College Cross Country Invitational

3/13

Oct 27

SLIAC Championships

Nov 2

Panther Trials

Nov 10

NCAA Midwest Regionals

28/39

Nov 17

NCAA National Championships

DNQ

4/8 No Score

Sports The Vista | 35

No. Name

No. Name

No. Name

Date

Opponent

1

Josh Frewin

33

Cole Smith

65

Dominique Henderson

Sep 1

Milikin

Score

2

Tyler Mickles

34

Tanner Volkman

66

Keith Williams

Sep 15

at St. Scholastica

3

Immanuel Gamble

35

Matt Edler

67

Josh Burton

Sep 22

at Minnesota-Morris

4

Blake Bateaste

36

Justin Honeycutt

68

Hunter Rone

Sep 29

Crown

W, 49-18

Oct 6

MacMurray

W, 34-27

L, 17-50 L, 3-45 W, 49-24

5

Cody Lopez

37

Jacob Bronars

69

Nicholas Wolosz

6

Greg Schimke

38

Jacob Stull

70

Nathan Propst

Oct 13

at Martin Luther

W, 46-39

7

Brendan Chambers

39

Nicholas Newton

72

Ethan White

Oct 20

Eureka

W, 42-35

8

Luke Moore

40

Jacob Thompson

74

Joe Schoepf

Oct 27

at Westminster (MO)

W, 34-22

at Northwestern (MN)

W, 27-16

Northwestern (MN) [NCAA Victory Bowl]

W, 28-27 (OT)

9

Riley O’Regan

41

Clay Buhler

75

Aleksei Von Disterlo

Nov 3

10

Joseph Coffey

42

Kirk Pearce

76

Deonte King

Nov 17

11

Jace Sloan

43

Trey Sanderfer

77

Payton Reed

12

Manny Cano

44

Anthony Osuna

78

Kenneth Wade

13

Anthony Gonzalez

45

Darian Moore

79

Seth Marshall

14

T.J. Meredith

46

Jonathan Uperesa

80

Jamal McDaniel

15

Nathan Butler

47

Scott Boutwell

82

Brandon Butler

16

Don Smith Jr.

48

Robert Deering

83

Andrew Perkett

17

Corey Light

49

Cole Hagen

85

Joey Sousan

18

Seth Stanton

50

Joseph Hubbs

86

Antoine Geter

19

Joey Plank

51

LaRoy Ruffin Jr.

87

Marian Brammeier

Name

Josiane Muniania

20

Cody Hutchin

52

Jesse Tyrrell

88

Bryan Waugh

Valerie Akers

Rosie Nelson

21

Steven Glover

53

Darius Golden

89

Chase Willison

Sydney Bennett

Ali Potthast

22

Shawn McKnight

54

Jeremy Burrows

90

Cameron Byrd

Taylor Brunner

Jessica Przybylski

23

Bryce Wright

55

K.C. Gilbert

91

Dominic Tillmon

Iyeesha Deberry

Rachel Renshaw

24

Tremil Okoebor

56

Nicholas Cisneros

92

Cody Brumfield

Haley Fahnstrom

Rose Sanders

25

Erik Eisenbeis

57

Matt Schuman

93

Dajuan Johnson

Suzanne Ford

Aubree Schreder

26

Bobby Hughley

58

Caleb Coello

94

Isaac Barber

Michaela Harris

Erica Siddle

27

Troy Smith

59

Justice Goeken

95

Josh Enloe

Sylvia Haygood

Maggie Tarr

28

Ralph Regalado

60

Joshua Pritchett

96

Cody Killgore

Abigail Hill

Taylor Thomas

29

Anthony Moore

61

Trendon Amuzie

97

James Hudson

Bailey Keim

Shani Weiss

30

Jake Mennemeier

62

Chris Brooksher

98

Alonso Ellis

Imari Mason

Carisa Wilson

31

Anthony Everett

63

Jonathan Cook Jr.

99

Cortez Cogshell

Maggie McMurtrey

Molly Works

32

Joey Silva

Amanda Muehlberg

Emily Wright

36 | The Vista Sports

No. Name

Date Opponent

00

Tevin Rollins

Nov 1

at SIUE

02

Alex Mumphard

Nov 16

03 04

Score

Date Opponent

Score

No. Name

L, 84-50

Nov 16

vs Rhodes

L, 73-46

10

Jamie Schollenbruch

vs Rhodes

W, 70-69

Nov 17

vs Hendrix

W, 86-50

13

Ieisha Adams

Brian Ehresman

Nov 17

vs Hendrix

W, 100-80

Nov 20

Lincoln Christian

W, 68-46

15

Emily Gundy

MarQuel Jones

Nov 20

Lincoln Christian

W, 101-67

Nov 27

at St. Louis Pharmacy

W, 73-29

20

Laura Hobbie

05

Andy Anderson

Nov 27

at St. Louis Pharmacy

W119-80

Nov 29

at Principia

W, 65-38

21

Coley Baker

06

Austin Potts

Nov 29

at Principia

W, 92-78

Dec 1

Webster

W, 74-72

22

Lauren Schwaar

11

Daniel Anderson

Dec 1

Webster

L, 91-61

Dec 4

Hannibal-La Grange

L, 69-47

24

Spencer Portell

12

Jay Mercer

Dec 5

St. Louis Christian

W, 111-40

Dec 7

St. Mary-Woods

W, 88-79

30

Cati Funderbuck

13

Austin Welz

Dec 7

Mid-Continent

L, 105-80

Dec 8

Robert Morris-S’fiel

L, 70-69

33

Kayla Hyde

14

Alex Corrington

Dec 8

Mo. Baptist

L, 80-76

Dec 14

Iowa Wesleyan

L, 65-54

34

Fadra Coates

15

Eligha Brooks

Jan 2

at Dominican (IL)

L, 85-74

Jan 5

at MacMurray

20

Trey Adams

Jan 5

at MacMurray

L, 94-75

Jan 8

Blackburn

21

Ben Giertz

Jan 8

Blackburn

W, 100-48

Jan 12

22

Anthony Metzler

Jan 9

at Western IL

L, 95-48

23

Seth Martin

Jan 12

Eureka

24

Ryan Carter

Jan 15

25

Tyler Mitchell

30 31 33

L, 73-47

35

Tayler Myers

W, 59-47

40

Missy Deal

Eureka

L, 67-63

42

Stephanie Franco

Jan 15

at Spalding

L, 82-47

55

Katelyn Wise

L, 77-76

Jan 17

Westminster (MO)

L, 51-42

97

Morgan Johnson

at Spalding

L, 76-58

Jan 19

Fontbonne

W, 63-57

98

Stevie Holdinghausen

Jan 17

Westminster (MO)

L, 79-76

Jan 23

Lindenwood (IL)

W, 67-64

99

Cheyenne Weber

Tim Daniel

Jan 19

Fontbonne

L, 78-72

Jan 26

at Blackburn

W, 69-65

Simon Martin

Jan 26

at Blackburn

W, 78-66

Jan 30

at Eureka

L, 71-49

Todd Albertson

Jan 30

at Eureka

L, 75-60

Feb 2

at Webster

L, 65-48

34

Jordan Smith

Feb 2

at Webster

L, 81-76

Feb 6

at Westminster (MO)

L, 58-52

42

Dan Mays

Feb 9

at Westminster (MO)

L, 87-62

Feb 9

Spalding

L, 57-53

44

Kyle Martin

Feb 12

Spalding

L, 81-61

Feb 12

Principia

W, 73-46

54

Reed Durley

Feb 16

MacMurray

L, 85-64

Feb 16

MacMurray

W, 63-46

97

Jerrid Halmer

Feb 19

at Fontbonne

L, 90-74

Feb 19

at Fontbonne

W, 62-42

98

Caleb Miller

99

Will Ramos

Name Sydney Bennett Suzanne Ford Sylvia Haygood

Date Opponent at Washington-St. Louis

Sep 7

St. Louis Forest Park X C Festival

Sep 14

St. Illinois Intercollegiate Championships

17/24

Sep 29

Rhodes Invitational

11/16

Oct 13

Illinois College Cross Country Invitational

Oct 27

SLIAC Championships

Nov 2

Panther Trials

Nov 10

NCAA Midwest Regionals

33/40

Nov 17

NCAA National Championships

DNQ

Bailey Keim Rosie Nelson Jessica Przybylski Aubree Schreder Erica Siddle Taylor Thomas Carisa Wilson

Coaching Staff: Brian Patton, Tarra Grant, Bryson Taylor

Molly Works

Score

Aug 31

15/40 2/3

7/12 5/6 No Score

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Date Opponent Aug 31

vs Coe

Aug 31

at Augustana (IL)

Sep 1

Score

No. Name

Name

Date

Opponent

Jonathan Allen

Feb 23

at Principia

Demetrius Bush

Feb 26

at Illinois College

Alex Dowley

Mar 11

vs. Messiah (HHI)

Ryan Haas

Mar 11

vs. Gordon (HHI)

Andrew Herlein

Mar 12

vs. Heidelberg (HHI)

Ryan Mulholland

Mar 13

vs. Edgewood (HHI)

Code Power

Mar 15

vs. Mt. Union (HHI)

Mason Tennell

Mar 20

at Fontbonne [Principia]

Jordan Tingle

Mar 23

Judson (IL)

Jon Urshan

Mar 27

at Eureka

Jon Wilson

Apr 4

Webster

Apr 5

at Oakland City

Apr 10

Westminster (MO)

Apr 12

at Rose-Hulman

Apr 13

at Franklin

Apr 16

at Principia

Apr 19, 20

Concordia Tournament (STL)

Apr 26, 27

at SLIAC Tournament (STL)

W, 3-1

1

Haley Dodd

L, 3-2

3

Tracia Gall

vs Loras

W, 3-1

4

Olivia Snyder

Sep 1

vs. Knox

W, 3-0

5

Holi Meredith

Sep 5

Rose-Hulman

L, 3-1

6

Ansley DeVrieze

Sep 7

vs. Lakeland

L, 3-1

7

Joelle Scholten

Sep 7

at Dominican (IL)

L, 3-0

8

Lauren Sheline

Sep 8

vs Wilamette

L, 3-0

9

Marissa Lovell

Sep 8

vs Lakeland

L, 3-0

10

Jamie Schollenbruch

Sep 11

MacMurray

W, 3-0

11

Kara Strathman

Sep 15

at Principia

W, 3-1

12

Hannah Groves

Sep 15

vs Webster

W, 3-0

13

Emily Ward

Sep 18

Lincoln Christian

L, 3-1

14

Paige Jaworski-Jurgens

Sep 22

at Spalding

W, 3-1

15

Amanda Muehlberg

Sep 22

vs Eureka

W, 3-0

16

Corinne Coon

Sep 25

Fontbonne

W, 3-0

17

Janelle James

Sep 29

at MacMurray

W, 3-0

19

Ashley Hall

Name

Sep 29

vs Eureka

W, 3-0

20

Nicole Schaeffer

Lexi Baysinger

Oct 6

Blackburn

W, 3-0

22

Mary Beth Merten

Chelsie Evans

Oct 6

Fontbonne

W, 3-0

23

Marie Kendrick

Jamie Harling

Oct 9

at Webster

L, 3-0

24

Ellen Lueking

Kat Kennedy

Oct 13

vs. Spalding

W, 3-1

25

Marissa Erwin

Kristin Lynch

Oct 13

at Westminster (MO)

W, 3-0

29

Hayle Gibson

Abby Maurer

Oct 16

Benedictine-Springfield

W, 3-0

Kristin Minshall

Oct 17

at Lincoln Christian

W, 3-1

Emily Rauch

Oct 19

Westminster (MO)

W, 3-0

Jenna Rients

Oct 23

Principia

Oct 27

at Milikin

Oct 27 Oct 30

Date

Opponent

Mar 7

vs. Fontbonne [Principia]

Mar 11

vs. Fairmont St. (HHI)

Mar 12

vs. Heidelberg (HHI)

Mar 13

vs Edgewood (HHI)

Mar 13

vs Baldwin Wallace (HHI)

Mar 14

vs. Richard Stockton (HHI)

Mar 23

vs. Blackburn [Principia]

W, 3-0

Mar 23

at Principia

L, 3-1

Mar 27

at Eureka

vs Franklin

W, 3-1

Apr 01

vs Lewis and Clark

at Blackburn

W, 3-0

Apr 02

at Webster

Apr 05

vs Rend Lake

Apr 06

vs Westminster

Apr 08

at Kaskaskia

Apr 10

at Maryville (MO)

Apr 12

at Fontbonne

Apr 13

vs Stephens [Principia]

Apr 15

at Missouri Baptist

Apr 17

at Lewis and Clark

Apr 19

SLIAC Tournament

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No. Name

Date

Opponent

Date

Opponent

No. Name

1

Cody Hinterscher

Mar 06

Dubuque DH

Mar 02

at Stephens DH

3

Darci Sample

2

Tyler Pilcher

Mar 07

Oklahoma Wesleyan DH

9

Reanna Weidner

Scott Voyles

Wisconsin - Platteville [Sauget, Ill.]

Mar 09

3

Mar 15

vs. York (NE) DH

10

Amy Sheets

Mar 16

vs. Culver-Stockton DH

12

Ashley Woodrome

Mar 22

at Fontbonne DH

13

Bryn Mckie

Mar 23

Beloit DH

14

Hannah Burger

Mar 26

Wisconsin - Platteville DH

16

Mattie Fairchild

4

Kenny Trager

5

Dylan Bone

6

Adam Wallace

7

Jonah Nunez

9

Jason Collingwood

10

Tyler Whitworth

11

Camden Stewart

12

Cole Lawson

Mar 11

vs. St. Norbert [Auburndale, Fla.] DH

Mar 13

vs. Albion [Winter Haven, Fla.]

Mar 14

vs. Massachusetts - Boston [Auburndale, Fla.]

Mar 15

vs. Augustana (IL) [Lakeland, Fla.] DH

Mar 29

at Washington - St. Louis DH

17

Andrea Martin

Mar 16

vs. Washington College [Winter Haven, Fla.]

Apr 03

at Millikin DH

18

Jessie Finke

Apr 05

Spalding DH

20

Ashley Sharp

Apr 06

at Principia DH

22

Danielle Helms Shannon Elbe

Mar 21

Fontbonne

13

Jesse Sneed

Mar 22

at MacMurray

Apr 09

Illinois College DH

23

14

Dathan Berning

Mar 23

at Illinois College

Apr 10

at Westminster (MO) DH

32

Whitney Newsom

15

Michael Wittmer

Mar 25

Millkin

Apr 12

Missouri Baptist DH

55

Jessica Laubecher

16

Travis Hawkins

Mar 27

Iowa Wesleyan DH

Apr 13

MacMurray DH

17

Mitchell Cernek

Mar 29

Blackburn

Apr 18

Webster DH

18

Jared Souhrada

Mar 30

Blackburn DH

Apr 20

at Eureka DH

19

Dalton McFarland

Apr 02

Fontbonne DH

Apr 23

at Rose-Hulman DH

20

Josh Wagemann

Apr 05

Spalding

Apr 26

Iowa Wesleyan DH

21

Derek Reckmann

Apr 06

Spalding DH

Apr 27

Blackburn [Senior Day] DH

22

Dylan Goldsmith

Apr 09

at Webster DH

Apr 30

at Grinnell DH

23

Ryan Smith

Apr 12

Westminster (MO)

May 02, 03, 04

SLIAC Tournament [Principia]

24

Brandon Cranford

Apr 13

Westminster (MO) DH

25

Tyler Mitchell

Apr 17

Webster

26

Tim Osborne

Apr 19

Washington - St. Louis

27

Nathan Garbe

Apr 20

at Washington - St. Louis DH

28

Rob Perrine

Apr 23

at Principia DH

30

CJ Opp

Apr 26

at Eureka

31

Patrick Winston

Apr 27

at Eureka DH

33

Matt Reinholz

Apr 30

Principia

35

Campbell Albert

May 01

at Millkin

36

Chavis Martin

May 02

MacMurray DH

39

Dillon Reel

May 09,10,11

SLIAC Tournament

42

Hunter Bryan

46

Nick Bifano

50

Robbie Campbell

Name Mason Akers

Bruce Gray

Jalen Scott

Ross Baker

Ray Hingson

Bryant Simpson

Ben Barber

Peter Huston

Jace Sloan

Nic Bergman

Spencer Jaquet

Joey Sousan

Tony Briscoe

Dejuan Johnson

Ryan St. Hill

Brandon Butler

Adam Kammler

Alex Staton

Gabe Buttram

Josh Kuusisto

Darnez Stokes

Josh Dees

Treyvon Manning

Trevor Thompson

Anthony Everett

Noah Marsh

Bryan Waugh

Ethan Ford

Cory Martin

Bobby Williams

Josh Garcia

Seth Martin

Coree Woltering

Vernon Gee

Ikeem Mattison

Ramsey Woolard

KC Gilbert

Nick Newton

Parker Wray

Steven Glover

Branden Niehaus

Anthony Yates

Darius Golden

Anthony Robinson

Nathan Young

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AgapeFest wouldn’t be AgapeFest if one day the rain decided to take a vacation on the first week of May, and this year was no exception. Four inches of rain couldn’t stop an estimated 4,000 people from stomping their way through foot deep mud pits to listen to their favorite bands play.

I had the opportunity to once again be the school’s photographer for AgapeFest and wanted to share some of my photographs with you.

L

ast month, the Blackroom Café started advertising for a contest. It was promoted as the Singer-Songwriter Contest. Anyone could enter, whether music major or not. It was a month long process of elimination, with three nights of performances, allowing the audience who attended to vote for their favorite performer.

After two weeks of performances, performers bringing both their own and other’s works to the stage, four musicians were left for the finals.

The audience would be the deciding factor, and the winner would receive not only a $150 gift card to Guitar Center, but also a chance to perform on the Slospeak stage during Agapefest. For a musician, this a wonderful opportunity, a chance to show off their talents and perform in front of hundreds of people, some coming from as far as Michigan to attend this annual christian music festival.

Musicians Jenna Jackley, Israel Wignall, Joshua Webb and Taylor Steele were the last four standing at the end of a long month of musical competition. That night, each contestant performed two of their own songs, bringing all that they had to the stage. The genres and talent varied as Greenville’s Blackroom Café was livened with beautiful music.

At the end of the night, the Blackroom staff tallied up the scores that had been submitted by the audience.

With Josh Webb as runner up, Jenna Jackley was called to the stage and announced the winner of the Blackroom Café’s first SingerSongwriter contest. Amid applause and cheers, the smiling Miss Jackley accepted her prize as first place winner from contest host Clayton Jones. Later on that week, Jenna performed live on the Slospeak stage at Agapefest. Both her friends from Greenville and festival comers from all over were graced with her music that Saturday morning on the festival grounds. Great job Jenna!

This years Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance, themed “A Black Tie Affair,” took place on May 10th at the Villa Marie Winery in Maryville, Illinois. Junior-Senior is put on every year by the officers of the junior class, this year’s junior class officers were President Andrew Maurer, Vice President Amanda Webb, Secretary Taylor Wright, Treasurer Tim Burch, and Chaplin Ben Linder.

Entertainment for the evening included performances by Devri Hughan playing the piano, Ryan Haines playing the bass guitar, and Clayton Jones singing and playing the guitar. Acting President Randy Bergen addressed the graduating seniors and Vice President for Advancement Walter Fenton presented the senior class with a gift of customized Greenville College tumblers. Another highlight of the night was a photo booth where students could put on costumes and take photos with their best friends and classmates. DJ Peter Huston and Ben Barber ended the evening by playing dance music.

Is your group not pictured here? The Vista staff would like to have a photo of every group, organization, or club in the every year in the spring editon. However, we need your help in order to make that happen. Please send a high quality photo of your group to the Vistual Editor of The Vista or Professor Jessa Wilcoxen. The Vista will also have a photo session where you can bring your group to get their picture taken. A dade for that will be sent out next spring.