ALL CONFERENCE TEAM

I haven't been able to find the All-Conference soccer team on the KCAC Sports website, but the Kansan.com posted the following article on November 4th.

ALL KCAC SOCCER SELECTIONS

Posted Nov 04, 2008 @ 11:28 AM - LINDSBORG

Below are the 2008 All-Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference teams as selected by the conference coaches:

MEN - FIRST TEAM

GK Robert Carrillo, Kansas Wesleyan, sr.
B Juan Mundo, Kansas Wesleyan, sr.
B Tyler Tank, McPherson, fr.,
B Justin Martens, Sterling, jr.
B Yenikah Fon, Bethel, sr.
MF Derek Dodrill, Kansas Wesleyan, so.
MF Jorge Bueso, Sterling, sr.
MF Liam McLean, Tabor, fr.
MF Colin Wylie, Ottawa, jr.
F Armando Rodriguez, McPherson, jr.
F Kevin TenEyck, Friends, sr.
F Jose Garay, Kansas Wesleyan, jr.
F Ryan Covey, Sterling, sr.

By finishing 7th in the conference, Sterling was awarded a total of only three honored players, according to conference soccer guidelines. All three players made the first team, whch means no Sterling players were selected to the second team or honorable mention list, including Mladen Bjelica (who finished tied for 1st in most assists and tied for 2nd in assists per game average) and Shawn Sajjadi (who finished tied for 5th in assists per game).
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CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS - 1ST ROUND

After Friends defeated Tabor 5-3 yesterday, the pairings for the first round of the KCAC conference playoffs are set.

Ottawa and Friends tied for 3rd and 4th, but Ottawa received the higher seed as a result of its 2-0 victory at Friends on October 11th.

Therefore, #3 seed Ottawa (6-3) hosts # 6 seed Tabor (4-4-1) and # 4 seed Friends (6-3) hosts # 5 seed Bethel (5-4) on November 8th.

Winners of those games advance to the conference semi-finals to be held at Tabor on November 14th, where # 1 seed Kansas Wesleyan (9-0) will play the winner of the Friends/Bethel game and # 2 seed McPherson (6-2-1) will play the winner of Ottawa/Tabor.

The conference final will be played at Tabor on November 15th, with the winner advancing to the national tournament.
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NAIA TOP 25

The Week 9 edition of the NAIA's Top 25 was announced today. As most schools have completed conference play and are heading into conference tournaments, I have included the NAIA's online article and entire Top 25 list.

LINDSEY WILSON HOLDS ON TO THE TOP SPOT
BLUE RAIDERS RECEIVE 22 FIRST-PLACE VOTES

Nov. 4, 2008 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) remains No. 1 in this week’s National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced this afternoon (Nov. 4). The Blue Raiders defeated Georgetown (Ky.) and No. 19 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) over the past week to improve their record to 14-1-1 on the year. Lindsey Wilson now has an 11 game unbeaten streak. Lindsey Wilson receives 22 first-place votes and 653 total points in this week’s poll.

Coming in at No. 2 are the Stars of Oklahoma City who collect one first-place vote and 625 total points. Notre Dame (Ohio) moves up a spot to No. 3 after receiving 612 total points. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) checks in at No. 4 in the poll after collecting 576 total points. Rounding out the Top 5 is Rio Grande (Ohio.). The Red Storm earns 565 total points.

Oklahoma Baptist and Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) enter the Top 25 this week after receiving votes in last week’s poll. This is the first time in program history that Mount Vernon Nazarene is in the Top 25. Head coach Paul Furey has guided the Cougars to a 13-3-2 record this year. Oklahoma Baptist comes in at No. 17 this week.

The next regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 11.


2008 NAIA MEN’S SOCCER TOP 25 COACHES POLL – Nov. 4

1 Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)
2 Oklahoma City University
3 Notre Dame College (Ohio)
4 Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.)
5 University of Rio Grande (Ohio)
6 Simon Fraser University (B.C.)
7 Concordia University (Calif.)
8 Bellevue University (Neb.)
9 Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
10 Park University (Mo.)
11 University of Maine at Fort Kent
12 MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)
13 McKendree University (Ill.)
14 William Carey University (Miss.)
15 University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)
16 Benedictine College (Kan.)
17 Oklahoma Baptist University
18 Hastings College (Neb.)
19 Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)
20 Vanguard University (Calif.)
21 Warner Southern College (Fla.)
22 University of Mobile (Ala.)
23 Graceland University (Iowa)
24 Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)
25 Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio)

Others receiving votes: Lambuth (Tenn.); Northwood (Fla.); Madonna (Mich.); Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Illinois Tech; College of Idaho; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.); Lindenwood (Mo.); Bryan (Tenn.); Belhaven (Miss.); Texas-Brownsville; Science and Arts (Okla.); Grand View (Iowa); Bethel (Tenn.); The Master’s (Calif.); Holy Names (Calif.); Concordia (Ore.); Kansas Wesleyan; Shorter (Ga.); Baker (Kan.); Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
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NAIA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The NAIA National Players of the Week were announced for Week 9:

SHAW AND CELIK NAMED MEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Jonathan Shaw - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The ninth installment of the NAIA Men's
Soccer national weekly honors have been announced today (Nov. 4). Jonathan Shaw of Union (Ky.) was announced as National Defensive Player of the Week while
Mustafa Celik of Holy Names (Calif.) was named National Offensive Player of the
Week, for the week of Oct. 27- Nov. 2.

Shaw, a 6-7 sophomore goalkeeper from Merseyside, England, posted back-to-back overtime shutouts over the past week. Both shutouts came against Appalachian Athletic Conference foe Montreat (N.C.). Shaw recorded five saves in a 0-0 tie in the final game of the regular season. Union and Montreat met again later in the week, this time in the first round of the AAC Tournament. Shaw posted a 10-save shutout performance in another 0-0 tie overtime tie, a game that Montreat eventually won in a shootout. The shutouts give Shaw five on the season, and this was the second time he posted back-to-back shutouts.

Celik, a 5-10 forward from Germany, had an unbelievable week for the Hawks. Against Menlo (Calif.), the junior had three goals in a 5-1 Holy Names win. He followed that up with a seven-goal, three-assist performance against California State-Maritime. For the week, Celik had 10 goals, three assists and 23 total points.

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CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The KCAC soccer players of the week for Week 8-November 3rd have been announced.

WICHITA, KS - Jose Rodriguez of McPherson College, Juan Mundo of Kansas
Wesleyan University, and Brady Coffman of Bethel College honored as KCAC Men's
Soccer Players of the Week.

KCAC Men's Offensive Player of the Week:

Jose Rodriguez, McPHERSON COLLEGE, Forward, 5-7, Senior, Dallas, TX. He had 3 goals in two matches of the week: #1 at Sterling College (KS), W-2-1, he had 1 goal. #2 at Bethany College (KS), W-3-1, he had 2 goals. TEAM RECORDS: Week 2-0-0, Season overall 9-7-1. NOTES: McPherson College now has won 5 consecutive
games.

KCAC Men's Defensive Co-Players of the Week (including Goalkeepers):

(1.) Juan Mundo, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (KS), Defender, 5-8, Senior,
Sun Valley, CA. In two matches of the week, he anchored the KWU defense from the center back position. TEAM MATCHES of week: #1 vs. Tabor College (KS), W-4-0; #2 at Southwestern College (KS), W-6-0. TEAM RECORDS: Week 2-0-0, Season overall 11-6-1. NOTES: KWU has recorded 8 shutouts in KCAC Conference competition, and has allowed only 1 goal all season (coming on a PK against Ottawa). KWU finished KCAC season 9-0 for their second straight KCAC championship.

(2.) Brady Coffman, BETHEL COLLEGE (KS), Goalkeeper, 6-0, Sophomore,
Newton, KS. In two matches of the week, he had 10 saves with no shots on
goal and allowed only 1 goal in 180 minutes. TEAM MATCHES of week: #1 vs.
University of Saint Mary (KS), W-5-1, he had 4 saves with no shots on goal and 1
goal allowed in 90 minutes; #2 vs. Tabor College (KS), W-4-0, he had 6 saves with no shots on goal and no goals allowed in 90 minutes. TEAM RECORDS: Week 2-0-0, Season overall 5-11-0. NOTES: The Bethel Threshers have won 5 of their last 6 matches, in large part to Brady Coffman's play in goal.

KHC's Notes: Brady Coffman is a very deserving choice as defender of the week. I just want to know how a GK makes 4 saves in one game and 6 in another, when there were NO SHOTS ON GOAL!

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11-1-08: STERLING @ FRIENDS

Sterling's review of the November 1st season-ending match at Friends in Wichita KS.

STERLING FALLS TO FRIENDS IN OT

11/03/2008 - The Sterling men's soccer team needed just one more win to guarantee a spot in the post-season, and came up empty with a 3-2 loss in OT at Friends University on Saturday night. The Warriors found themselves down to
Friends 2-0 at half-time after the Falcons were able to score two first half goals. Early in the second half, at the 56th minute, the Warriors were able to notch their first goal of the night when Justin Martens slammed a shot into the back of the net after a Jordan Miller throw-in ricocheted off the crossbar. Late in the game, with about 4 minutes left in the match, Sterling back, Henry Sanabria collided with a Friends player resulting in both players going to the hospital for repairs to their split heads. Unfortunately for Sanabria and the Warriors, the official added insult to injury by showing Sanabria a red card as he walked off the field with a bloodied head. Now with a man down, it appeared the result of 2-1 would stand. With seconds left in the
game, Sterling was awarded a direct free kick on the right side of the Falcon's
penalty box. The Warriors took their time to get all players, including GK Zach
Hallen into the box. Shawn Sajjadi drove a perfect ball into the box that Hallen
brought down off his chest and poked to the back post for Sterling's Jordan Miller to bang in the equalizer with :06 remaining on the game clock. The Falcons were not to be denied, however, as Rusty Shannon buried the game winner off of a corner kick in the 8th minute of the first OT period.

The Warriors entered the final week of the season needing just one win in their final three games to advance to the post-season tournament; however, Sterling was not able to pull through with the necessary victory, ending on a three game losing streak and a premature ending to the season. "Obviously, we are disappointed to have the season end this early," said Sterling coach, David Underwood. "This doesn't change the fact that we had a solid season with a 10-7 record. We did a lot of great things and we have plenty to build on."

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CONFERENCE RATINGS

The NAIA's "ratings" for the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference as of 11/3/08.

1. Kansas Wesleyan University (9-0 / 11-6-1)
2. McPherson College (Kan.) (6-2-1 / 9-7-1)
3. Ottawa University (Kan.) (6-3 / 9-8-1)
4. Friends University (Kan.) (5-3 / 10-6-1)
5. Bethel College (Kan.) (5-4 / 5-11)

The ratings seem to differ somewhat from the actual conference "standings" but really don't. Shown are the conference standings with my calculation of points in parentheses.

1. Kansas Wesleyan University (27 points)
2. McPherson College (19 points)
3. Ottawa University (18 points)
4. Friends University (15 points)
5. Tabor College (13 points)
6. Bethel College (15 points)

As you can see, the KCAC doesn't have its own standings correct. The soccer guidelines state 3 points for a win, 1 for a loss, so actually Bethel is 5th and Tabor 6th.

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THE FOUR SENIORS

(Left to right: Shawn Sajjadi, Ryan Covey, Jordan Miller, Jorge Bueso)
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* * * BREAKING NEWS * * *

Just arrived home from the game at Friends in Wichita. More tomorrow (actually later today, and the time on my computer just jumped back an hour) but here is the scoring line on Saturday night's game.

Sterling 0 2 0 - 2
Friends 2 0 1 - 3

Sterling scored with 8 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime, but Friends scored the golden goal game winner in the first OT.

Sterling's season comes to an end just short of the conference playoffs.

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