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Chris Graham Matt Troha Commissioner www.midwestconference.org Sports Information Director [email protected] [email protected] --Nov. 7, 2005-- Midwest Conference Men’s Soccer -- Midwest Conference Standings -- --Conference-- --Overall-- W-L-T Pts. Pct. Stk Goal Dif. W-L-T Pct. Stk Home Away Nuet. OT St. Norbert *#$ 9-0-0 27 1.000 W9 +23 16-2-0 .889 W6 9-1-0 6-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 Lawrence * 7-2-0 21 .778 W3 +7 9-7-1 .559 L1 3-1-0 5-5-1 1-1-0 0-0-1 Ripon * 6-2-1 19 .722 W3 +2 6-9-1 .406 L1 3-2-0 3-6-1 0-1-0 2-0-1 Lake Forest * 6-3-0 18 .667 W5 +10 10-5-1 .656 L1 4-2-0 6-3-1 0-0-0 1-2-1 Carroll 5-4-0 15 .556 L1 +4 6-8-2 .438 L1 4-3-1 2-5-1 0-0-0 0-1-3 Monmouth 3-4-2 11 .444 W2 -2 6-7-3 .469 W2 1-5-2 5-2-1 0-0-0 0-0-3 Beloit 3-5-1 10 .389 L1 -4 6-7-2 .467 L1 2-4-1 4-3-1 0-0-0 1-0-2 Grinnell 2-7-0 6 .222 L1 -8 4-9-2 .333 L1 3-4-0 0-5-2 1-0-0 2-1-2 Knox 1-7-1 4 .167 L6 -15 4-11-1 .300 L8 2-4-1 2-7-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-8-1 1 .056 L5 -16 2-13-1 .156 L6 1-9-0 1-4-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 # 2005 Midwest Conference Champion, top seed/host of 2005 MWC Tournament * Clinched berth in 2005 MWC Tournament, November 4-5 $ 2005 MWC Tournament Champion --Offensive Performers of the Week-- --Defensive Performers of the Week-- Sept. 6 David Connelly, Knox Sept. 6 No Players Nominated Sept. 12 Pa Demba Camara, Ripon Sept. 12 Chip Schumacher, Beloit Sept. 19 Nick Bonifas, St. Norbert Sept. 19 Michael Rietveld, St. Norbert Sept. 26 Chris Johnson, Beloit Sept. 26 Paul Kallal, Monmouth Oct. 3 Klas Berghede, Lawrence Oct. 3 Pat Clancy, St. Norbert Oct. 10 Steven Stavropoulos, Lake Forest Oct. 10 Jacob Elperin, Lake Forest Oct. 17 Attila Schmidt, Lake Forest Oct. 17 Billy Lanser, St. Norbert Oct. 24 Ryan Pikna, Lawrence Oct. 24 Jake Elperin, Lake Forest Oct. 31 Trevor Neff, Monmouth Oct. 31 David Freisleben, Ripon --2005 Midwest Conference Tournament-- --This Week’s Schedule-- 2005 Midwest Conference Tournament (at De Pere, Wis.) 2005 NCAA Tournament First Round Friday, November 4 Saturday, November 12 No. 1 St. Norbert 4, No. 4 Lake Forest 1 St. Norbert at #19 Wartburg TBA No. 2 Lawrence 3, No. 3 Ripon 2 Sunday, November 13 Saturday, November 5 St. Norbert/#19 Wartburg vs. #25 Chicago/St. Johns TBA No. 1 St. Norbert 5, No. 2 Lawrence 1

* Indicates Conference Game - All Times Local to Site - Rankings are NSCAA MWC Stat Leaders/History --Individual Statistical Leaders-- --MWC Past Champions-- 1971 Beloit Shots GP No. Avg/G 1972 Beloit 1. Nick Bonifas-SNC 17 67 3.94 1973 Knox * 2. Clint Moore-KC 16 51 3.19 Cornell * 3. Andrew Walsh-GC 15 44 2.93 1974 Lake Forest * Beloit * Points GP Goals Ast. Pts. Avg/G 1975 Lake Forest 1. Nick Bonifas-SNC 17 12 4 28 1.65 1976 Lake Forest Tyler Merkatoris-SNC 18 10 8 28 1.56 1977 Carleton 3. Attila Schmidt-LFC 16 7 9 23 1.44 1978 Carleton * U. of Chicago * Goals GP No. Avg/G 1979 Lake Forest 1. Nick Bonifas-SNC 17 12 0.71 1980 Lake Forest 2. Tyler Merkatoris-SNC 18 10 0.56 1981 Lake Forest 3. David Connelly-KC 15 7 0.47 1982 Cornell Attila Schmidt-LFC 16 7 0.44 1983 Lake Forest Joe Sluhoski-LU 17 7 0.41 1984 Grinnell Ryan Pikna-LU 17 7 0.41 1985 Lawrence * Lake Forest * Assists GP No. Avg/G 1986 Lake Forest * 1. Peter Bernardy-SNC 18 10 0.56 St. Norbert * 2. Attila Schmidt-LFC 16 9 0.56 1987 St. Norbert Andrew Winters-SNC 18 9 0.50 --NCAA Leaders as of Oct. 30-- 1988 Knox (Parenthesis indicate MWC tourney winner) Shutout Percentage So% 1989 Grinnell (Grinnell) Saves GP No. Avg/G 14 St. Norbert 0.63 1. Brad Hofmann-MC 16 119 7.44 1990 Illinois College (Illinois C.) 2. David Freisleben-RC 15 112 7.47 Saves Spg. 1991 Lake Forest (Lake Forest) 3. Samuel Lancaster-GC 16 104 6.50 17 Dave Freisleben, RC 7.79 1992 Lake Forest (Lake Forest) 1993 Grinnell (Grinnell) Shots on Goal Save % Sgs% 18 Jake Elperine, LFC 0.873 1994 Grinnell (Grinnell) 1995 Lake Forest (Lake Forest) --Team Statistical Leaders-- 1996 Lake Forest (Lake Forest) 1997 Ripon (Ripon) Points GP No. Avg/G --2005 Coaches Poll-- 1998 Ripon (Ripon) 1. St. Norbert 18 155 8.61 Rnk/Team (1st Place Votes) 1999 Ripon (Ripon) 2. Lake Forest 16 93 5.81 1. St. Norbert (8) 2000 Ripon (Ripon) 3. Lawrence 17 88 5.18 2. Carroll (2) 2001 Lake Forest (Monmouth) 3 Beloit 2002 St. Norbert (St. Norbert) t4. Lake Forest Goals GP No. Avg/G 2003 St. Norbert (St. Norbert) 1. St. Norbert 18 52 2.89 t4. Lawrence 2. Lake Forest 16 34 2.12 6. Grinnell 2004 St. Norbert (St. Norbert) 3. Lawrence 17 32 1.88 7. Ripon 2005 St. Norbert (St. Norbert) 8. Monmouth * - Indicates Co-champs Assists GP No. Avg/G 9. Illinois College 1. St. Norbert 18 51 2.83 10. Knox 2. Lake Forest 16 25 1.56 --MWC Title Breakdown-- 3. Carroll 16 24 1.50 Lake Forest - 14 (’74, ’75, ’76, ’79, ’80, ’81, Lawrence 17 24 1.41 ’83 ’85, ’86, ’91, ’92, ’95, ’96, ’01) St. Norbert - 6 (’86, ’87, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05) Goals Against Average GP GA Min. GA Avg. Grinnell - 4 (’84, ’89, ’93, ’94) 1. St. Norbert 18 13 1655:37 0.71 Ripon - 4 (’97, ’98, ’99, ’00) 2. Lake Forest 16 17 1476:08 1.04 Beloit - 3 (’71, ’72, ’74) 3. Beloit 16 30 1506:26 1.79 Carleton - 2 (’77, ’78) Shutouts GP Shutouts Avg/G Cornell - 2 (’73, ’82) 1. St. Norbert 18 10 0.56 Knox - 2 (’73, ’88) 2. Lake Forest 16 7 0.44 Univ. of Chicago - 1 (’78) 3. Beloit 16 5 0.31 Illinois College - 1 (’90) Lawrence - 1 (’85) MWC Playoff Qualifiers/Results Year MWC Team Round One Round Two 1975 Lake Forest MacMurray 2, Lake Forest 1 --- --All-Time NCAA -- 1980 Lake Forest MacMurray 3, Lake Forest 2 --- --Playoff Record-- 1999 Ripon UW-Whitewater 1, Ripon 0 (OT) --- 2000 Ripon Marian 2, Ripon 1 --- W-L Pct. 2001 Monmouth Luther 3, Monmouth 0 --- 2002 St. Norbert Concordia 1, St. Norbert 0 (2OT) --- 1-8 .111 2003 St. Norbert Concordia 2, St. Norbert 0 --- 2004 St. Norbert St. Norbert 3, Whitworth 2 UC Santa Cruz 3, St. Norbert 0 2005 St. Norbert St. Norbert at Wartburg --- For up-to-date news, scores, standings and stats on all 20 MWC sports visit... www.MidwestConference.org MWC Notes/Team-by-Team Schedules/Results * St. Norbert enters the 2005 NCAA Tournament ranked 6th in the Central Region in --Beloit Buccaneers (6-8-2, 3-5-1)-- the NSCAA Regional Poll. First round opponent Wartburg (17-3) is ranked 19th in the Sept. 3 at Rockford College W, 7-0 NSCAA Top 25 and 3rd in the West Region. Sept. 6 at Wis. Lutheran W, 1-0 (OT) Sept. 9 at Edgewood W, 1-0 * 2005 marks St. Norbert’s fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA tourney and fourth overall. Sept. 17 vs. St. Norbert College * L, 8-0 The Green Knights fell to Concordia in the first round in 2002 and 2003, before recording Sept. 21 at Ripon College * L, 1-0 the MWC’s first ever men’s soccer NCAA Tournament win with a 3-2 victory over Whit- Sept. 24 vs. * W, 2-0 worth last season. The Green Knights fell to UC-Santa Cruz 3-0 in the second round. Sept. 28 at Carroll College * L, 4-1 * Both of the Green Knights losses this season came to NCAA Tournament qualifiers. St. Oct. 1 vs. Augustana L, 2-0 Norbert fell to #25 Chicago 4-0 in late September and 2-1 in overtime to UW-Whitewater Oct. 5 at L, 7-1 in October. Dale Rhodes club knocked off one tourney qualifier in Edgewood (3-2). Two Oct. 8 vs. Knox * W, 2-1 (2 OT) of Wartburg’s three losses this season came to tourney teams. The Knights fell to #25 Ma- Oct. 9 vs. * L, 4-0 calester (2-1), before losing to Loras (4-2) in the IIAC Tournament Championship game. Oct. 15 at * T, 3-3 (2 OT) Wartburg also dropped a conference match to Central (3-2, 2 OT). Oct. 16 at Illinois College * W, 4-1 Oct. 22 vs. Concordia T, 1-1 (2 OT) * St. Norbert outscored their two opponents in the MWC Tournament 9-2. Andrew Win- Oct. 26 vs. Benedictine L, 2-0 ters (4 assist, 1 goal) and Tyler Merkatoris (2 goals, 2 assists) combined for three goals Oct. 29 vs. Lawrence * L, 1-0 and six assists during the tourney. --Carroll Pioneers (6-8-2, 5-4-0)-- --Grinneell Pioneers (5-9-2, 2-7-0)-- --Illinois College Blueboys (2-13-1, 0-8-1)-- Sept. 1 vs. Marian T, 1-1 (2OT) Sept. 1 at Central L, 2-1 Sept. 3 at Greenville L, 4-0 Sept. 4 at MSOE T, 3-3 (2OT) Sept. 3 vs. Carleton L, 2-1 (OT) Sept. 7 at Blackburn W, 2-1 Sept. 9 at UW-Whitewater L, 3-0 Sept. 8 at Cornell T, 0-0 (2OT) Sept. 9 vs. Fontbonne L, 6-0 Sept. 11 vs. Carthage L, 2-0 Sept. 10 vs Martin Luther # W, 3-2 (OT) Sept. 16 vs. Rhodes L, 8-0 Sept. 14 at Concordia (WI) L, 5-3 Sept. 11 at Buena Vista T, 2-2 (2OT) Sept. 18 at Grinnell * L, 2-1 Sept. 17 at St. Thomas L, 1-0 Sept. 14 vs. Coe W, 2-1 (OT) Sept. 20 vs. Westminster L, 4-0 Sept. 21 vs. Edgewood W, 2-1 Sept. 17 vs. Knox * L, 2-0 Sept. 24 at * T, 1-1 Sept. 28 vs. Beloit * W, 4-1 Sept. 18 vs. Illinois College * W, 2-1 Oct. 1 at Carroll * L, 4-3 Oct. 1 vs. Illinois College * W, 4-3 Sept. 24 at * L, 2-0 Oct. 2 at Ripon * L, 2-0 Oct. 2 vs. Monmouth * W, 2-0 Sept. 25 vs. Monmouth * L, 3-2 Oct. 5 vs. MacMurray W, 2-1 (OT) Oct. 8 at Lawrence * W, 4-1 Oct. 1 at Lawrence * L, 2-1 Oct. 7 at Millikin L, 1-0 Oct. 15 at St. Norbert * L, 3-1 Oct. 2 vs. St. Norbert * L, 4-1 Oct. 15 vs. Lake Forest * L, 2-1 Oct. 18 vs. Lake Forest * L, 1-0 (2 OT) Oct. 8 at Lake Forest * L, 4-0 Oct. 16 vs. Beloit * L, 4-1 Oct. 22 at Grinnell * L, 3-0 Oct. 22 vs. Carroll * W, 4-2 Oct. 22 vs. Lawrence * L, 2-0 Oct. 23 at Knox College * W, 4-2 Oct. 23 vs. Ripon * L, 1-0 Oct. 23 vs. St. Norbert * L, 2-0 Oct. 26 at Ripon * L, 2-1 (OT) Oct. 27 vs. Simpson W, 4-2 Oct. 26 vs. Monmouth * L, 4-0

# Buena Vista, Iowa

--Knox Prairie Fire (4-11-1, 1-7-1)-- --Lake Forest Foresters (10-5-1, 6-3-0)-- -- Lawrence Vikings (9-7-1, 7-2-0)-- Sept. 1 at Iowa Wesleyan L, 3-1 Sept. 6 at Benedictine W, 2-1 Sept. 3 at Illinois Wesleyan L, 7-0 Sept. 3 vs. Clarke W, 1-0 Sept. 10 vs. Knox * W, 9-0 Sept. 4 vs. Elmhurst # L, 4-1 Sept. 6 at Cornell W, 4-3 (OT) Sept. 11 at Ripon * L, 3-2 (OT) Sept. 7 at MSOE T, 2-2 (2OT) Sept. 10 at Lake Forest * L, 9-0 Sept. 18 vs. St. Norbert * L, 1-0 (OT) Sept. 10 vs. St. Olaf PPD Sept. 12 at Illinois Wesleyan L, 6-0 Sept. 21 at Carthage T, 1-1 Sept. 14 at Marian W, 5-2 Sept. 17 Grinnell * W, 2-0 Sept. 24 at Lawrence * L, 3-2 (2OT) Sept. 18 at Edgewood L, 5-2 Sept. 20 vs. MacMurray W, 2-1 Sept. 28 at Concordia (IL) W, 2-0 Sept. 24 at Lake Forest * W, 3-2 Sept. 24 vs. Illinois College * T, 1-1 Oct. 1 vs. MSOE W, 3-1 Sept. 27 vs. Ripon * W, 4-0 Oct. 1 at St. Norbert * L, 4-0 Oct. 2 vs. Loras Cancelled Oct. 1 vs. Grinnell * W, 2-1 Oct. 2 at Lawrence * L, 2-0 Oct. 4 vs. Marian W, 2-0 Oct. 2 vs. Knox * W, 2-0 Oct. 8 at Beloit * L, 2-1 (2 OT) Oct. 8 vs. Grinnell * W, 4-0 Oct. 8 vs. Carroll * L, 4-1 Oct. 12 at Ashford L, 4-0 Oct. 9 at Beloit * W, 1-0 Oct. 16 vs. St. Norbert * L, 3-0 Oct. 15 vs. Aurora University L, 2-0 Oct. 15 at Illinois College * W, 2-1 Oct. 18 at UW-Oshkosh L, 2-0 Oct. 22 vs. Ripon * L, 1-0 (2 OT) Oct. 16 at Monmouth * W, 2-0 Oct. 22 at Illinois College W, 2-0 Oct. 23 vs. Carroll * L, 4-2 Oct. 18 at Carroll * W, 1-0 (2 OT) Oct. 23 at Monmouth W, 3-1 Oct. 29 vs. Monmouth * L, 3-0 Oct. 29 vs. North Park L, 2-0 Oct. 29 at Beloit W, 1-0 Nov. 4 at No. 1St. Norbert $ L, 4-1 Nov. 4 vs. No. 3 Ripon $ W, 3-2 Nov. 5 vs. No. 1 St. Norbert $ L, 5-1 $ MWC Tournament $ MWC Tournament # at Bloomington, Ill. --Monmouth Fighting Scots (6-7-3, 3-4-2)-- --Ripon Red Hawks (6-9-1, 6-2-1)-- --St. Norbert Green Knights (16-2-0, 9-0-0)-- Sept. 1 at MacMurray College W, 2-1 Sept. 2 at Univ. of Chicago L, 10-0 Sept. 3 vs. St. Mary’s Univ. W, 3-0 Sept. 4 vs. Dubuque L, 2-1 Sept. 7 at Concordia PPD Sept. 8 at UW-Oshkosh W, 1-0 Sept. 9 vs. Asbury College L, 1-0 Sept. 11 vs. Lake Forest * W, 3-2 (OT) Sept. 11 vs. Edgewood College W, 3-2 Sept. 11 vs. Mt. Mercy W, 5-1 Sept. 14 at UW-Oshkosh L, 1-0 Sept. 17 at Beloit * W, 8-0 Sept. 17 at Central L, 4-0 Sept. 21 vs. Beloit * W, 1-0 Sept. 18 at Lake Forest * W, 1-0 Sept. 22 at Culver-Stockton W, 2-1 Sept. 23 vs. Aurora L, 3-0 Sept. 24 vs. Univ. of Chicago # L, 4-0 Sept. 25 at Grinnell College * W, 3-2 Sept. 27 at Lawrence * L, 4-0 Sept. 25 vs. Washington (Mo.) # W, 1-0 Oct. 1 at Ripon * T, 2-2 Oct. 1 vs. Monmouth * T, 2-2 Sept. 28 vs. Carthage W, 2-1 (OT) Oct. 2 at Carroll * L, 2-0 Oct. 2 vs. Illinois College * W, 2-0 Oct. 1 vs. Knox * W, 4-0 Oct. 11 vs. Cornell T, 0-0 (2 OT) Oct. 5 at St. Norbert * L, 1-0 Oct. 2 vs. Grinnell * W, 4-1 Oct. 15 vs. Beloit * T, 3-3 (2 OT) Oct. 8 vs. UW-Whitewater L, 6-1 Oct. 5 vs. Ripon * W, 1-0 Oct. 16 vs. Lake Forest * L, 2-0 Oct. 15 at Cal State Hayward L, 2-1 Oct. 9 vs. UW-Whitewater L, 2-1 (OT) Oct. 22 vs. St. Norbert * L, 6-0 Oct. 19 at Cal State Santa Cruz L, 6-0 Oct. 15 vs. Carroll * W, 3-1 Oct. 23 vs. Lawrence * L, 3-1 Oct. 22 at Knox College * W, 1-0 (2 OT) Oct. 16 at Lawrence * W, 3-0 Oct. 26 at Illinois College * W, 4-0 Oct. 23 at Grinnell College * W, 1-0 Oct. 22 at Monmouth * W, 6-0 Oct. 29 at Knox College * W, 3-0 Oct. 26 at Carroll College * W, 2-1 Oct. 23 at Illinois College * W, 2-0 Nov. 4 vs. No.2 Lawrence $ L, 3-2 Nov. 4 vs. No. 4 Lake Forest $ W, 4-1 Nov. 5 vs. No. 2 Lawrence $ W, 5-1 $ MWC Tournament Nov. 12 at Wartburg ^ TBA ^ NCAA Tournament - $ MWC Tournament - # at UW-Oshkosh