http://www.d3sports.com RSS Feed for www.d3sports.com en-us D3sports.com RSS Software 1.1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:00:00 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/26/go-east-young-men.html Breaking out of the wide open spaces of the Far-West Region, No. 8 Redlands kicks off their 2008 season with a trip East to take on No. 17 Stevens Institute on Saturday, Aug. 30. Stevens Institute will prove to be a tough opponent for the Bulldogs – Stevens has made five straight appearances in the post-season and returns eight starters this season, including captains Craig Moquin, scoring threat Todd Sheridan and Jason Nachman. Adding to the challenge is Stevens' outstanding sophomore goalie Zach Carr. Redlands is coming off a 2007 campaign that produced a 20-4 overall record, a seventh-straight SCIAC Championship, and an Elite-8 appearance. Head Coach Ralph Perez starts his third season with the Bulldogs and is looking forward to the potential return of three All-SCIAC First Team players. Of the team's 11 starters from 2007, six are returning for the 2008 season, including former SCIAC Player of the Year Ross Schunk. This match could very well give us a glimpse of what this year's post-season may hold, but will certainly be a good example of the quality of play coming out of the West and the East for the 2008 season. The match is scheduled for an 11:00 am start at SIT's DeBaun Athletic Complex. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:20:44 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/26/go-east-young-men.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/20/scac-preview-will-it-be-number-7-for-trinity-.html After coming within a penalty kick of the National Championship in last season, Trinity looks poised to contend for its seventh consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title. The Tigers look to return a majority of players from their 2007 side including All-American midfielder Tyrone Petrakis. 2007 NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year Paul McGinlay will return for his 18th at the helm in San Antonio, within reach of his 300th career coaching win. While McGinlay will be returning, another well-known SCAC coach will not be. Long considered the Dean of the SCAC, Paige Cotton hung up his clipboard after 39 years at the helm of DePauw. Although no longer coaching, Cotton will remain in his role as Athletics Director. Taking the helm of the Tigers will be DePauw alum, Brad Hauter. Hauter moves to Greencastle after spending seven years at former SCAC member Rose-Hulman as the men and women's coach. Other contenders for the SCAC crown include Trinity's in-state rival Southwestern. Head Coach Don Gregory returns nineteen players including All-Region striker David Lozano and goalkeeper Ryan Tasin. Centre, DePauw and Colorado College, all of whom tied for third place last year, also intend to make a run at the championship. Centre added 13 players during the off-season and will return four seniors and 15 juniors in 2008. Meanwhile, Colorado College will test its players early with opponents Ripon, Cal Tech, MIT and Rensselaer. The Tigers had a respectable maiden voyage in the SCAC last season and hope to improve on that by returning a possible 11 seniors in 2008. The Dark Horse awards of the conference go to Hendrix and Sewanee. Sewanee will add 13 players to their roster this year to go along with a possible 12 upperclassman. The Tigers are one of the last two teams to hold the SCAC title other than Trinity,winning it all, along with DePauw, in 2001. Sewanee, who finished 2007 at 5-14 have now had a full season to adjust to head coach Dave Poggi's system. The team Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:45:27 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/20/scac-preview-will-it-be-number-7-for-trinity-.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/07/3-weeks-and-counting.html It seems like a long time ago that Middlebury captured the 2007 national title. But capture the title they did and in three weeks that same title will once again be up for grabs. To kick off our 2008 soccer coverage, we thought we'd look in on the 2007 Final Four teams and see how they plan on kicking off their season. While Middlebury begins their season on the 10th of September with a match at Castleton State, Trinity, Messiah and Loras all begin play on Friday, Aug. 29. Trinity travels to the Southwest Tourney with a match against University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, while Loras kicks things off with a match against cross-town rival Clarke College in the Rock Bowl. Messiah puts on the miles with a trip to the Chicago area and the Baptista Invitational at Wheaton. The Falcons will begin play against the University of Chicago on Friday and and wrap up the weekend against Wheaton on Saturday. So if you're in the mood for some good tournament action to begin the school year, Chicago and Austin look like the place to be. As part of D3soccer.com's inaugural year, we'll be covering those matches and much more in the coming weeks as the countdown to the 2008 season continues. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:43:45 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/07/3-weeks-and-counting.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/22/new-coach-for-rose-hulman.html Rose-Hulman's search for a new men's soccer coach has ended with the announcement today that Sean Helliwel will accept the position, effective July 28th. Helliwel takes over for Brad Hauter, who left for DePauw University earlier this year. Helliwell spent the past two seasons as assistant coach at Division I Western Kentucky University. Prior to coaching at WKU, Helliwell served as the head coach at Greenwood H.S. in Bowling Green. Helliwel ran up a 155-56-17 record and captured nine district, four regional and two sectional championships. His 2004 team placed second in the Kentucky State Tournament. During his college years, Helliwell played 4 seasons and served as team captain for 3 years at the University of Southern Indiana, prior to earning his bachelor's degree in 1995. Helliwell is actively involved in the Olympic Development Program in Region 2 and will serve as the assistant coach for the Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:04:22 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/22/new-coach-for-rose-hulman.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/20/njcu-coach-leads-on-and-off-the-field.html When student-athletes in NCAA promos talk about going pro in something other than sports, they're not alone. In many cases, Division III soccer coaches are living two lives, one in sports and another in a job that pays the mortgage. For Rob Bielan, women's soccer coach at New Jersey City University, that second job has a little more urgency attached to it – that as a Bayonne, N.J., firefighter. In June 2007, Bielan was driving near exit 98 on the Garden State Parkway on his way to a training session at the Lakehurst Naval Base, when he noticed an accident had occurred in the opposite lanes. A van carrying six passengers had slammed into the guard rail in the median and overturned. Bielan pulled off the road and quickly moved to stabilize the vehicle. He then helped three passengers escape the vehicle, prying open the mangled doors with a crow Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:37:52 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/20/njcu-coach-leads-on-and-off-the-field.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/05/mcmurry-s-westbrook-has-national-team-hopes.html McMurry freshman Bobby Westbrook was selected by the U.S. Adult Soccer Association to try out for the men's U-23 Amateur National Team. The try outs are being held in San Bernardino, California in July. Westbrook only scored one goal as a freshman in 2007, but head coach Tim Grove thinks that Westbrook has only begun to scratch the surface of his potential. Bobby was a very raw player when he came in last year, but had an unparalleled work ethic and was very coachable, said Grove. He is twice the player he was a year ago and will continue to improve due to these qualities and willingness to learn. The USASA Elite Players Program was formerly known as the Select Teams Program and works to identify players that exhibit skillful qualities with the intent of becoming a part of the USASA National Select Team Player Pool. Formers players in the program include Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:11:32 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/08/05/mcmurry-s-westbrook-has-national-team-hopes.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/07/09/johns-hopkins-men-s-soccer-coach-retires.html Johns Hopkins athletic director Tom Calder announced the retirement of Matt Smith, head men's soccer coach at the school. Smith, who served in the position for 15 seasons (1993-2007), cited personal reasons. Hopkins earned its 11th NCAA Tournament appearance this past season on the way to an 18-4-0 record, one win shy of the program record. Johns Hopkins lost to North Carolina Wesleyan in the second round of the tournament, 2-0. The Blue Jays had a 240-45-19 (.821) record in Smith's 15 seasons at Johns Hopkins. In that period, the Blue Jays captured seven Centennial Conference championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament nine times. Johns Hopkins finished as the national runner-up in 1994 and advanced to the national quarterfinals in 1998 and 2006. A national search for Smith's replacement will begin immediately. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:55:16 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/07/09/johns-hopkins-men-s-soccer-coach-retires.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/07/09/stevens-will-test-40-game-home-unbeaten-streak.html Stevens, which has the longest active home unbeaten streak in Division III women's soccer, will face two of last year's final four teams in 2008. The Ducks are coming off a 15-4-2 showing in 2007 in which they placed second in the Empire 8 during the regular season before winning their first-ever Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro Championship. Following exhibition matches against New Jersey Tech on Aug. 21 and New York University on Aug. 26, Stevens will officially kick off the 2008 campaign when it takes on Moravian on August 30 as part of the Swat Kick Classic at Swarthmore. Last year, the Greyhounds went 15-6-1 and qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship. This will be the first-ever meeting between Stevens and Moravian. On Aug. 31, the Ducks will continue the Swat Kick Classic with their second of five games this year against a 2007 NCAA Tournament team when they face Farmingdale Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:56:22 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/07/09/stevens-will-test-40-game-home-unbeaten-streak.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/05/07/former-bridgewater-coach-returns-to-d-iii.html Ian Spooner has been named the new head women's soccer coach at Greensboro, Pride athletics director Kim Strable announced. Spooner has been employed by the Greensboro Soccer Association since 2006 as its director of player development/assistant director of coaching. A native of Oxford, England Spooner played intercollegiate soccer at Division I Radford where he was a four-time first team all-conference player. He was also named Big South Conference MVP in his final two seasons. After graduation, he played professionally for six years in the United Soccer League. Spooner was selected as the first-ever head women's soccer coach at NCAA Division III Bridgewater (Va.) and in two seasons of competition recorded an impressive 21-11-1, a 64% winning percentage. He also simultaneously coached the Bridgewater men's soccer team for two years before returning to his alma mater in 2001 to become the first assistant for the Highlander women's soccer program. He became the technical director Wed, 07 May 2008 13:58:57 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/05/07/former-bridgewater-coach-returns-to-d-iii.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/pnac-settles-on-a-new-name.html Commissioner Amy Frankenstein-Friedman announced that the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PnAC) will be changing its name to the Colonial States Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2008. With the new name comes a massive rebranding effort that aims to change the identity of the conference. "This is an exciting time for the conference," Frankenstein-Friedman said. "The new name recognizes that we have member schools that are not in Pennsylvania. And, after years of being confused with other conferences that are similarly named, we will be able to create a new identity and really stand out from the crowd." The conference was the second PAC in Division III, following the Presidents' Athletic Conference, which has a longer history. The PnAC's Marketing and Re-branding Committee, composed of administrators and student-athletes from member institutions, conducted two surveys to obtain feedback on what features were important in a conference name. More than 1,200 visitors looked at the surveys, and more Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/pnac-settles-on-a-new-name.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/st-mary-s-minn--assistant-promoted.html Eric Zimmerman got a taste of collegiate soccer life a year ago, serving as an assistant under St. Mary's (Minn.) women's soccer coach Chris Dembiec. And it made him hungry for more. So, when Dembiec — who added the women's team to his workload when Tony Guinn resigned right before the start of the 2007 season — stepped down to focus all his attention on the Cardinal men's team, Zimmerman leaped at the opportunity, and Thursday, was named the Cardinals new head women's coach. "I'm very excited for the opportunity to coach the SMU women's soccer program," said Zimmerman. "I look forward to building off a solid foundation that has already been established." "We are pleased to have coach Zimmerman join our staff," said SMU athletic director Nikki Fennern. "His enthusiasm for soccer and his knowledge of our team, our university, and our conference will help make the transition in coaches seamless. "I've been Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/st-mary-s-minn--assistant-promoted.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/albion-assistant-named-adrian-head-women-s-coach.html Adrian athletic director Mike Duffy has announced the hiring of Ali Alamdari as head women's soccer coach. Alamdari replaces Jenny Jorgensen who accepted a job as in the athletic department at Miami (Ohio). Jorgensen was 10-25-2 in two seasons with the Bulldogs. "We were very pleased with the pool of candidates as we searched for a replacement to lead our women's soccer program," said Duffy. "After everything was examined, Ali was the person who we believe will take our program to the next level. He has a very successful background both in soccer and as a professional in the business world. He is a bright guy with a passion for life." Alamdari most recently had been coaching in the collegiate ranks at Albion. He served as the assistant coach for the Briton women's soccer program and helped the team to a 25-7-6 record in the past two seasons. The team made a turnaround Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/albion-assistant-named-adrian-head-women-s-coach.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/st-mary-s-ind-gets-first-ft-coach.html St. Mary's (Ind.) has hired Ryan Crabbe as the head coach of the Belles soccer program. Crabbe is the first full-time soccer coach at Saint Mary's. Crabbe takes over the program from Caryn MacKenzie who served as the head coach the past four seasons, compiling a 33-26-9 record. "We are very excited to hire Ryan as our full-time soccer coach," athletics director Lynn Kachmarik said. "His knowledge, energy and passion for soccer are great characteristics that will help Ryan as he looks to build our program into a competitive NCAA Division III team." Crabbe had been an assistant coach at Columbus State since 2005. During his three years with the Cougars he helped guide them to consecutive Peach Belt tournament championships in 2006 and 2007. In addition to their postseason success, Columbus State won the league's regular season title during all three seasons he served on coach Jay Entlich's staff. Columbus State qualified for Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/st-mary-s-ind-gets-first-ft-coach.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/alumnus-named-coach-at-etown.html Elizabethtown has named Bob Scotten as its head women's soccer coach, director of athletics Nancy Latimore has announced. Scotten, a 1978 Elizabethtown graduate, succeeds Barry Dohner, who stepped down in January after compiling a 189-85-19 record in 14 seasons as head coach of the Blue Jays. "We are fortunate to have an individual with Coach Scotten's experience and abilities assume leadership for our women's soccer program," said Latimore. "He has been highly successful throughout his coaching career, and, no doubt, will be extremely effective in leading our Blue Jay program as well." Since 2001, Scotten has been the head girls soccer coach at Conestoga Valley High School, leading the Buckskins to a 101-32-11 record, six section championships and the 2007 Lancaster-Lebanon League title. He was honored as L-L Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2005. Previously, Scotten served as head boys' soccer coach at Pequea Valley from 1979 to 1982 and was Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/alumnus-named-coach-at-etown.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/old-dominion-assistant-takes-cnu-job.html Christopher Newport athletic director C.J. Woollum announced the hiring of Ruth Keegan as the school's women's soccer coach. "We are thrilled to have Ruth join our staff," Woollum said. "Her vast experience and knowledge of the game assures us that our women's soccer program will remain among the elite in Division III." Keegan takes over the CNU program following the departure of Kwame Llloyd, who recently became head coach at Vermont. Lloyd led CNU to an overall record of 91-40-8 over the last seven seasons. His team reached the NCAA Tournament three times, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2004 when the Captains finished 16-4-3. Keegan's coaching experience has come at several levels. She served as an assistant at Old Dominion from 1996-2006, and was the head coach of the soccer squad at Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., last season. "I'm delighted to have the opportunity to lead the Christopher Newport women's soccer Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/old-dominion-assistant-takes-cnu-job.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/06/21/drive-for-d-iv-dies.html The movement to subdivide Division III or create a Division IV was halted after Division III members' survey responses reflected a lack of interest, according to an article in the NCAA News. Division III's anticipated growth, projected to be to 480 overall members by 2020, prompted a small group of Division III institutions to call for breaking the division in two. However, the movement apparently failed to draw enough interest. The full survey results will be announced April 9. However, the preliminary results were, according to the NCAA News piece, "consistent with the level of opposition that was expressed during an NCAA Convention discussion of the working group's proposal." The debate has featured a great deal of rhetoric, but lacked solid proposals. Southwestern University president Jake Schrumm wrote in a newspaper editorial in January: "Those of us who espouse the concept of Division III got here first, and this division was created for Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:27:41 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/06/21/drive-for-d-iv-dies.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/cuw-assistant-takes-cuc-top-job.html Concordia (Ill.) announced the appointment of Micah Middendorf as head coach for the men's soccer team, effective April 1. Middendorf takes over for Adam Nirenberg, who coached the Cougars to a 3-14-1 record in 2007. Middendorf played four years with the men's team at sister school Concordia (Wis.) and served as a graduate assistant for the Falcons' men's and women's soccer teams last season. The Falcons' women's team was coached by Middendorf's older brother Ryan, thus giving Micah a unique perspective about coaching. "I was very excited to coach under Ryan and learn from him this past year," states Middendorf, "but at the same time, I see this situation at Concordia Chicago as a great opportunity for me, a big step forward, and I am eager to get started." As a player, Middendorf was a member of the Lake Michigan Conference All-Freshmen team in 2001 and a three-time winner (2002-04) of the Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/cuw-assistant-takes-cuc-top-job.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/06/07/washington-university-hires-wartburg-coach.html Washington U. athletics director John Schael named Jim Conlon as the Bears' new women's soccer coach. Conlon spent eight seasons as the head women's and men's soccer coach at Wartburg and is the third women's soccer coach in Washington U. history. Conlon replaces Wendy Dillinger, who spent six years as the head coach at Wash U, before resigning to take the same position at Division I Iowa State. "I am excited to be a part of the next chapter of the Washington University women's soccer program," Conlon said. "Washington University is nationally recognized not only for its accomplishments on the field, but also for its academic endeavors, and I look forward to being able to graduate scholar champions. My family and I are excited about the move to the St. Louis area, and I hope to bring a women's soccer national championship to Washington University." The Bears advanced to the sectional semifinals this Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:32:10 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/06/07/washington-university-hires-wartburg-coach.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/trinity-assistant-gets-top-job-at-luther.html Luther athletic director Joe Thompson announced that Chris Garcia-Prats has taken the men's soccer coaching job. Garcia-Prats succeeds Doug Mello, who served 18 years as both the men's and women's head soccer coach in the Luther athletic department. Mello resigned in January after accepting the head men's soccer coaching position at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Garcia-Prats joins the Luther athletic department after a successful playing and coaching career at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. For the past six years, he has been the assistant men's soccer coach and recruiting coordinator for one of the top NCAA Division III programs in the country. During this stretch, Trinity University made six NCAA Tournament appearances and three semifinal appearances, winning the national championship in 2003, and finishing second in 2007. Since 2004, Garcia-Prats has also been a head Coach for the Classics Elite Soccer Academy in San Antonio and an Olympic Development Program state coach Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/trinity-assistant-gets-top-job-at-luther.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/st-norbert-hires-local-high-school-coach.html St. Norbert athletics director Tim Bald announced the hiring of Andy Steger as men's soccer coach. Steger arrives at St. Norbert from Burlington High School, where he has spent the last five seasons as the boys' soccer coach and four seasons as the girls' soccer coach. Prior to his stint at Burlington, Steger was the boys' and girls' soccer coach for seven years at Green Bay Preble High School. "I am extremely excited that Andy Steger will take the reins of our men's soccer program," Bald said. "He is a proven leader and I am confident he will continue to build upon the success that was developed by former coaches Chad Johnson and Dale Rhodes. Andy is no stranger to this area and he has all of the qualities that we are looking for in a mentor to our men's soccer student-athletes." In 13 seasons as a head boys' high school coach, Steger Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/st-norbert-hires-local-high-school-coach.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/cnu-coach-takes-top-vermont-job.html Christopher Newport women's soccer and lacrosse coach Kwame Lloyd resigned to take the women's soccer head coaching position at Vermont. "We certainly hate to lose a coach of Kwame Lloyd's caliber," athletic director C.J. Woollum said. "He's done a magnificent job in both sports at Christopher Newport and is extremely popular on our campus. Kwame will be greatly missed, but we are very happy for this opportunity for him, and we know he'll continue to be successful." Lloyd has coached the Captains women's soccer squad for the past seven seasons, guiding the program to an overall record of 91-40-8. His team reached the NCAA Tournament three times, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2004 when the Captains finished 16-4-3. The women's lacrosse team compiled a 50-47 record under Lloyd over the last six years. His team reached the NCAA Tournament twice, including last spring when CNU went 12-5, the best season record in Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/cnu-coach-takes-top-vermont-job.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/hartwick-keeps-men-in-d-i.html Hartwick's board of trustees elected to ignore the school president's recommendation and tabled a proposal to transition its Division I men's soccer program to Division III. The proposal, which was said to have been able to save the school $550,000 a year, would have put men's soccer and women's water polo on a non-scholarship level, equal to the rest of Hartwick's programs, including women's soccer. The Hawks' women went 7-12 this past season. School president Richard Miller Jr., who is retiring at the end of the school year, said in a statement, "While I am disappointed with the decision, I understand it and completely support the desire of the trustees to take the time they deem necessary to consider something so important." According to the Oneonta Daily Star, a college spokesman said the school received nearly 50 e-mails and phone calls about the proposal when it became public. The calls came mainly Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/hartwick-keeps-men-in-d-i.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/hartwick-looking-at-d-iii-again.html After backing out of a similar change in 2004, the Hartwick College board of trustees is again considering moving the school's men's soccer program from Division I to Division III, according to a report in the Oneonta Daily Star. The board, which meets Saturday, Feb. 9, received a memo Monday from Hartwick president Richard Miller stating, in part: "The scholarship and program costs to maintain competitive Division I programs can now be reallocated to a range of investments benefiting our entire student body and campus. The culture of Division I athletics is inconsistent with our mission today, whereas this was not the case 25 years ago." Hartwick also grants scholarships in one women's sport: water polo. The change would take effect in the fall of 2009, though no scholarships would be awarded in the 2008 season. The Hawks would join the rest of their programs in the Empire 8. The annual savings Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/hartwick-looking-at-d-iii-again.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/wash-u-coach-gets-iowa-state-job.html Washington University athletic director John Schael announced that Wendy Dillinger has resigned as the Bears' head women's soccer coach to become the head coach at Division I Iowa State. Dillinger replaces Rebecca Hornbacher, who stepped down in December after leading the Cyclones for six seasons. In six seasons on the Danforth Campus, Dillinger guided Washington U. to an 86-25-8 overall record and ranks 14th among active Division III coaches, winning 75.6 percent of her games. Exhibiting the balance between athletic and academic excellence, Dillinger led the Bears to four University Athletic Association championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances. In the classroom, WU had four ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans, 10 Academic all-District honorees and 68 Academic all-UAA selections. The Bears advanced to the NCAA sectionals for the third time under Dillinger in 2007, and tied a school record for wins in a season, with a 17-4 overall record. In addition, the Bears Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/wash-u-coach-gets-iowa-state-job.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/champions-pick-up-coaching-honors-too.html Middlebury men's coach David Saward and Wheaton (Ill.) women's coach Pete Felske were named Division III men's and women's soccer coaches of the year by the NSCAA after their teams took home Walnut and Bronze for the 2007 season. Saward led the Panthers to their first NCAA National Championship with a victory over Trinity (Texas) 1-0 in PKs. The Panthers ended their successful season with a record of 18-2-2. Success is not new to Saward as he has led the Panthers to 20 NCAA postseason appearances in 23 years and has been named regional Coach of the Year in 1985, 1986, 1996, 1998 and 2007. Saward has more victories than any other coach in Middlebury soccer history and holds a career record of 251-83-36. Saward, right, has been coaching at Middlebury since 1985 and has been active in several soccer camps and schools, is chair of the NCAA New England regional committee, Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/champions-pick-up-coaching-honors-too.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/scac-commish-resigns-hanberry-named-interim.html Steve Argo, the first full-time commissioner of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, has submitted his resignation to the conference. Argo was hired in 1991 when the College Athletic Conference restructured and became the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. "I am very thankful to the presidents, athletics administrators, coaches and student-athletes of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference for the tremendous opportunity that was presented to me over these last 17 years," said Argo. "You can only imagine the memories that I have from a 17-year career with the SCAC, particularly since I began in a start-up situation with the charge of providing structure and stability to the conference and its members. Everyone associated with the SCAC should be very proud of their commitment to membership in this conference and providing student-athletes with a wonderful environment to continue their educations and compete in intercollegiate athletics." During his tenure, the SCAC grew from eight to 12 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/scac-commish-resigns-hanberry-named-interim.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/kasiguran-lee-players-of-the-year.html Senior Kai Kasiguran of Messiah entered an elite group when earlier this month he was named to the NSCAA All-America team for the fourth straight year and was also named 2007 Player of the Year. Kasiguran is a midfielder for the Falcons and has led the team to four straight Final Fours and has been a part of three national championship teams at Messiah. A team leader both on and off the pitch, Kasiguran is an accounting major from Oakwood Village, Ohio, with a 3.96 GPA. This year, Kasiguran has also enjoyed all conference honors, NSCAA All-Region honors, and was named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American team for his performance in the classroom. "Kai is perhaps the most accomplished player in the history of Division III soccer," said coach Dave Brandt. "Four All-American awards, four NCAA Final Fours, and three national championships is an incredible career, Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/kasiguran-lee-players-of-the-year.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/welcome-to-d3soccer-com-.html A brand new site for Division III soccer and its fans has joined D3hoops.com, D3football.com and D3baseball.com as members of the D3sports.com family! With the resources of D3sports.com, we will bring not only a leading site for Division III soccer news and discussion, but will also be part of what is rapidly becoming the source of sports news for small college athletics in the nation. Jim Matson is pleased to help bring D3soccer.com into the D3sports.com family and will be a part of providing directional leadership in this new area. Jim lives in the Chicagoland area and has been a follower of Division III athletics for more than 20 years, as well as being an avid fan of the game of soccer. The love of soccer comes from Jim's time playing grade school, high school and some college soccer, as well as time spend in the 90s writing a Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/1999/11/30/welcome-to-d3soccer-com-.html