Oct. 24 - Carroll 2, Grinnell 1
Oct. 24 - Lawrence 5, Illinois C. 1
Oct. 24 - St. Norbert 6, Monmouth 2
Oct. 24 - Ripon 4, Knox 0
Oct. 23 - Grinnell 10, Ripon 0
Oct. 23 - Carroll 8, Knox 1
Oct. 23 - Lawrence 4, Monmouth 2
Oct. 23 - St. Norbert 5, Illinois C. 0
Oct. 20 - Lawrence 6, Beloit 1
Oct. 19 - St. Norbert 10, Ripon 0
Oct. 17 - Monmouth 2, Beloit 0
Oct. 17 - Lake Forest 5, Illinois C. 0
Oct. 16 - Beloit 1, Illinois C. 1 (2OT)
Oct. 16 - Lake Forest 4, Monmouth 2
Oct. 16 - St. Norbert 2, Lawrence 1
Oct. 15 - Carroll 4, St. Norbert 0
Oct. 13 - Beloit 5, Ripon 2
Oct. 10 - Grinnell 5, Monmouth 1
Oct. 9 - Lawrence 9, Ripon 1
Oct. 9 - Grinnell 4, Illinois C. 0
Oct. 9 - Lake Forest 3, Carroll 2
Oct. 7 - Monmouth 8, Knox 0
Oct. 5 - Carroll 1, Beloit 0
Oct. 3 - Carroll 4, Illinois C. 0
Oct. 3 - Grinnell 1, Lawrence 0 (OT)
Oct. 3 - St. Norbert 6, Knox 0
Oct. 3 - Monmouth 6, Ripon 1
Oct. 2 - Monmouth 2, Carroll 2 (2OT)
Oct. 2 - Lawrence 9, Knox 1
Oct. 2 - Grinnell 4, St. Norbert 0
Oct. 2 - Illinois C. 2, Ripon 1
Sept. 26 - Lake Forest 3, Beloit 0
Sept. 25 - Beloit 4, Knox 1
Sept. 25 - Lake Forest 2, Grinnell 1 (2OT)
Sept. 25 - Monmouth 6, Illinois C. 0
Sept. 21 - Grinnell 10, Knox 0
Sept. 21 - Carroll 2, Lawrence 1
Sept. 18 - Lake Forest 2, Lawrence 1
Sept. 18 - Carroll 9, Ripon 0
Sept. 18 - Grinnell 6, Beloit 0
Sept. 15 - Illinois C. 1, Knox 0 (2OT)
Sept. 12 - Lake Forest 7, Ripon 0
Sept. 11 - Lake Forest 9, Knox 1
Sept. 11 - St. Norbert 6, Beloit 0
Sept. 4 - Lake Forest 1, St. Norbert 0

Oct. 23 - Lake Forest 1, UW-Whitewater 0
Oct. 20 - Upper Iowa 10, Knox 1
Oct. 19 - Illinois C. 2, Central Methodist 0
Oct. 17 - Grinnell 0, Gustavus Adolphus 0 (2OT)
Oct. 17 - UW-Oshkosh 2, Carroll 0
Oct. 12 - Carroll 6, Concordia (WI) 3
Oct. 12 - Illinois C. 12, Lincoln Christian 0
Oct. 12 - Monmouth 2, Coe 1
Oct. 12 - UW-Oshkosh 2, Lawrence 0
Oct. 10 - Clarke 4, Knox 2
Oct. 10 - St. Scholastica 3, St. Norbert 2
Oct. 8 - UW-Stout 4, Beloit 0
Oct. 6 - Greenville 1, Illinois C. 0 (OT)
Oct. 5 - Lake Forest 7, Concordia (IL) 0
Oct. 3 - Aurora 2, Beloit 0
Oct. 2 - Carthage 1, Lake Forest 0

Grinnell (12-5-1, MWC 7-2-0) received six of nine possible first-place votes to take top honors in the 2005 Midwest Conference Women’s Soccer Preseason Poll. The poll was voted on by head coaches at participating member institutions. Lake Forest (14-3-0, 9-0-0), who finished second, had four less first-place nods than the Pioneers, but fell only three votes shy of the top spot. Carroll (13-3-1, 7-1-1) and St. Norbert (11-7-0, 6-3-0) finished third and fourth, respectively, after splitting the final two first-place tallies. Lawrence (6-10-0, 5-4-0) finished fifth, one vote ahead of Monmouth (7-8-1, 4-4-1), who finished in the #6 slot. Beloit (3-9-2, 2-6-1), Illinois College (4-10-2, 2-6-1), Ripon (3-13-0, 1-8-0) and Knox (1-14-0, 0-9-0) rounded out the poll.

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Two coaches in the Lawrence University Department of Athletics are taking on new challenges. Director of Athletics Kim Tatro announced Thursday that Moira Ruhly and Blake Johnson have worked with her to restructure their duties. All changes are effective immediately.

Ruhly, who is the women’s soccer coach and assistant track and field coach, takes over as head coach of men’s and women’s cross country and men’s and women’s track and field. Johnson, who is the men’s soccer coach, will now coach both men’s and women’s soccer and take on the title of director of soccer.

In addition to the restructuring, Carl Gardner, who has been an assistant men’s soccer coach for four seasons, has been named associate head coach for both teams. Two assistant coaches will be added to help with the men’s and women’s soccer teams.

Ruhly has been the women’s soccer coach since 1999 and led the Vikings to the 2000 Midwest Conference (MWC) championship. Under her guidance, Lawrence won MWC Tournament titles and made NCAA Division III Tournament appearances in 2000 and 2001. Ruhly, who has a career record of 49-50-5, gave Lawrence its first NCAA Tournament win when the Vikings defeated Aurora University in 2001. Ruhly’s background as a runner is impressive, as she was a two-time All-American in track and an All-American in cross country while a student at Providence College.

Johnson takes over the women’s soccer team after leading the men’s squad to back-to-back appearances in the MWC Tournament in 2003 and 2004. Johnson took over the men’s soccer program in 2000 and faced a major rebuilding job. The last two seasons have seen the fruits of that rebuilding effort, as the Vikings have compiled a 16-13-5 mark, including a 10-5-3 record in conference play. Johnson believes the consolidation of the men’s and women’s soccer teams under one umbrella of coaches also will have benefits. (LU Sports Info)

Grinnell College senior forward Sarah Evans (Huntsville, Ala.) has been named to the 2004 NSCAA/adidas College Women Scholar All-Central Region Third Team.

Evans, a 2004 NSCAA/adidas All-Central Region Second Team selection, achieved a 3.48 grade point average in biology and was one of only three NCAA Division III players to make the all-region team.

Adidas and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America recently released their All-Central Region and All-American Women’s Soccer Teams and Lake Forest College senior sweeper Mei-Yun Gibson (Denver, CO/Eaglecrest) was a Second Team All-American and First Team All-Region selection.

MWC Defensive Player of the Year Mei-Yun Gibson of Lake Forest was named to the 2004 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) / Adidas NCAA Division III All-Central Region First Team. The senior defender for the Foresters was the only first team pick out of seven total MWC honorees.

Junior forward Melissa Stevenson, a three-time First Team All-MWC selection for Lake Forest, headed up the All-Central Region Second Team along with junior midfielder Jamie Lawrence from Carroll and Grinnell seniors Dana Price, a defender, and forward Sarah Evans who was selected as the Co-Offensive Player of the Year in the league..

Third team recipients were St. Norbert's Sara Gross, a senior, and junior Julia Bell, a forward from Carroll.

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Grinnell, the 2003 MWC Champion, finished first in the recent coaches pre-season predictions with eight first place votes. Lake Forest narrowly came in second place in voting, garnering a first place vote of their own. Following close behind, St. Norbert came in third place and Carroll placed fourth rounding out the predicted field for the 2004 MWC Tournament.

Lawrence placed fifth and came within a fraction of the Pioneers for the fourth spot. Monmouth entered in at the sixth spot, just missing out on fifth. Beloit followed the Fighting Scots for the seventh postition while Ripon, Illinois C., and Knox completed the predicted order for the 2004 campaign.

The MWC Champion is the winner of the regular season schedule and the MWC Tournament is a four team, single elimination event to determine the winner of the NCAA automatic bid. The 2004 MWC Tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31, and will be hosted by the MWC Champion.

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