West Plains Zizzer Soccer

(Photo by Steve Olson of SGFsoccer.com)

The Missouri State Bears (12-5-2) fell to the St. Louis University Billikens 2-1 Thursday Night in the First Round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament. The Bears found themselves down 2-0 in the first 20 minutes of the game. They cut the lead to 2-1 with a Goal in the 50th minute by former Kickapoo standout Heath Melugin. Despite outshooting the Billikens 22-5, the Bears couldn’t get the equaliser.

The loss ends the Bears season and the great collegiate career of former Zizzer Nick Dryden. Dryden ends his career having played 67 Games as a Back, while making 53 starts. In his career, Nick scored 4 Goals, including 2 Game Winners, and added 1 Assist for a total of 9 Points. Congrats to Nick on an outstanding collegiate career! You make West Plains proud! Congrats to the Bears on a great season including their 3rd NCAA Tournament appearance! The 23rd ranked Billikens advance to face Tulsa on Sunday in Tulsa.

(Photo by Steve Olson of SGFsoccer.com)

Former Zizzers Nick Dryden and Justin Scicluna and the Missouri State Bears will take on the St. Louis University Billikens in the First Round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament. The game will kickoff at 7:00pm on Thursday (11/19) at Hermann Stadium on the SLU Campus in St. Louis. This will be the third NCAA Tournament appearance for the Bears who also reached the NCAAs in 1997 and 1999. The winner of the match will take on Tulsa (13-4-2) at 2:00pm Sunday in Tulsa, OK. The Bears (12-4-2) are the Regular Season Missouri Valley Conference Champions and the Billikens (14-6-0) are the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Champions. Go Bears!

The 2009 All-Ozark Conference Boys Soccer Teams have been announced. Four Zizzers received recognition. Klay Norman – 1st Team, Dylan York – 2nd Team, Brodie Bender – Honorable Mention, and Colton Hensley – Honorable Mention. Below is the complete list. Congratulations guys!

First Team All Conference

School, Player, Grade
Camdenton, Ryan Moriearty, 12
Camdenton, Rayder Bennett, 12
Camdenton, Jeff Dorhauer, 12
Kickapoo, Skylar Russell, 12
Kickapoo, Ian Kennedy, 12
Joplin, Max Duncan, 12
Joplin, Parker Maher, 10
Rolla, Nathan Fraley, 12
Rolla, Jason Howard, 11
Glendale, Brandon Baum, 12
Waynesville, Kyle Varner, 12
Parkview, Jared Moore, 12
West Plains, Klay Norman, 12
Lebanon, Brett Chaffin, 12
Hillcrest, Michael Freeman, 12

Coach of the Year – Jason Ingold, Camdenton
Player of the Year – Jeff Dorhauer, Camdenton

Second Team All Conference

School, Player, Grade
Camdenton, Matt McDermott, 12
Camdenton, Nate Buttram, 12
Camdenton, Jeron Sinclair, 11
Kickapoo, Jesse Speer, 12
Kickapoo, Nathan Lavoy, 11
Kickapoo, Tyler Moses, 11
Joplin, Miguel Farias, 12
Joplin, Nathan Fisher, 11
Rolla, Cody Martin, 12
Rolla, Kyle Keebey, 11
Waynesville, Gehrig Haberstock, 11
West Plains, Dylan York, 11
Glendale, Cameron Dugan, 12
Glendale, Jordan Pitts, 12
Parkview, Dane Knapp, 12
Lebanon, D.J. Miller, 12
Hillcrest, Radu Mariuta, 12

Honorable Mention All Conference

School, Player, Grade
Camdenton, Caulin Atkins, 11
Camdenton, Nick Huey, 11
Camdenton, Connor Agniel, 12
Kickapoo, Derek McDiarmid, 11
Kickapoo, Josh McCutcheon, 9
Joplin, Luke Barr, 12
Joplin, Lucas Kemper, 11
Rolla, David Drewniak, 11
Rolla, Chris Sanders, 12
West Plains, Colton Hensley, 10
West Plains, Brodie Bender, 10
Waynesville, Ben Moore, 12
Waynesville, Matt Stanton, 12
Glendale, Alec Martinez, 11
Glendale, Austin Hart, 10
Glendale, Patrick Baltz, 12
Parkview, Jon Malter, 12
Parkview, Sam Vigil, 12
Parkview, Brian Otradovec, 12
Lebanon, Gabriel Kenemer, 11
Lebanon, Lance LaFors, 12
Hillcrest, Miguel Donjuan, 9

Missouri State Senior Back, and former Zizzer standout, Nick Dryden was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team. The Bears lost to Evansville in Overtime in the Semifinals of the Tournament after capturing the MVC Regular Season Title. The Bears will find out Monday at 4:30pm on ESPNews if they will receive an at large bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament. Congrats Nick!

Stuart Ziegler and the Medaille Mavericks ended their 2009 Soccer Season today with a 1-0 Loss to #10 Carnegie Mellon in the 2nd Round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament.

From the Medaille website:

The Mavericks lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament today, falling to #10 Carnegie Mellon 1-0 in Pittsburgh, PA. The Mavericks came into the match with an 11 game shut-out streak (1,010 minutes) and added another 67 minutes until the Tartans were awarded a penalty shot and Senior Ryan Browne (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) kicked it past sophomore Ryan Goettel (Syracuse, NY / Cicero-North Syracuse) for the lone goal of the game and the winning score. Uncharacteristically, the Mavericks were outshot in the contest (15-7) and only registered one of there seven shots on goal. The loss ends Medaille’s bid for a National Championship, and is the first time in school history that Carnegie Mellon has advanced to the Sweet 16. The Mavericks had a historic season in which it saw it’s captain senior Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY / Lancaster) become the NCAA Division III all-time assists leader (82), Head Coach Dan Krzyzanowicz win his 100th game of his head coaching career, and in which the Mavs won their first ever NCAA tournament game.

Congrats to Stuart, Coach K, and the Mavs on a Great Season! The Mavs ended the season with an 18-3-2 record.

Former Zizzer Soccer Standout, Stuart Ziegler, and the Medaille Mavericks advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament with a 3-0 victory over Denison on Saturday. Ziegler Assisted on the Mavs second Goal, giving him 10 Assists on the season.

Medaille (18-2-2) advances to play #10 Carnegie Mellon at 12:00pm on Sunday (11/15). The match will take place at Carnegie Mellon and can be viewed online with video and live stats provided by Carnegie Mellon.

Here is the recap from the Medaille website:

This game started much like their first round game in 2008 as sophomore Alexander Rouse (Marcellus, NY/Marcellus) blasted home his (17th) goal of the season on a beautiful through ball that was played to him from Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) just (3:13) into play, giving the Mavs a (1-0) lead. Rouse scored early in the 2008 game as well. The Boughton assist stretches his NCAA Career record in that category to (82). The outcome would be much more favorable this time as the Mavs were able to hold off the Big Red. Medaille carried the run of play for most of the first half and headed into the break up by one. They started quickly in the second half as they put pressure on Denison goalkeeper Kevin Donahue (Riverside, CT/Greenwich), finally beating him again with a beautiful two touch goal by George Tor (Lagos, Nigeria) that came off a flick pass from Stuart Ziegler (West Plains, MO/West Plains) in the 59th minute moving the Medaille lead to (2-0). Donahue registered five stops in the match. The Big Red had a great chance in the 65th minute as Lenny Mills (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) blistered a shot from just outside the right half of the six that was pushed away by sophomore goalkeeper Ryan Goettel (Syracuse, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) who finished with four saves on the game. The Mavs would ice the match with a goal by John Siefert (East Amherst, NY/Clarence) in the 77th minute as he beat the goalkeeper to a deflected ball and pushed it into the back of the net. In the final minutes of the game Denison had some chances but to no avail as Medaille stretched its shutout streak to 1,010 minutes as they have held their opponents without a goal for eleven straight games and seventeen times all season. The win gives them a (1-2-1) mark in NCAA matches and this will be their second appearance in the Tournament’s Second Round, in 2006 the Mavs received a First Round bye.

Stuart told me after the game that he felt this was the best game he has played all season. Keep up the good work and Good Luck Stuart!. Go Mavs!

(Photo by Randy Hunt of R & R Photography)

Brice Hunt (Pictured with the ball) and the Birmingham Southern Panthers finished their season with a 3-1 Loss to Berry College on Friday. The Panthers finished the season with an 11-6-2 record. Brice played in 9 Games this season and recorded 1 Assist. This season was a big improvement for the Panthers who had a 4-16-0 record in 2008.

The Missouri State bears lost 2-1 in Overtime to the Evansville Aces in the MVC Tournament Semifinals. The Bears (12-4-2) must now wait until Monday to find out if they will get an At Large Bid to the NCAA Division National Soccer Tournament. The selections for the NCAA Tournament will be announced on ESPNews at 4:30pm on Monday. Good Luck Bears!

From the Missouri State Bears website:

The 19th-ranked Missouri State men’s soccer team (12-3-2, 7-1-1) will face the Evansville Purple Aces (11-7-1, 5-4-1) in the semifinal round of the MVC Tournament on Friday, November 13. Kickoff at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines, Iowa, is set for 3:30 p.m. With a win over Evansville, the Bears would advance to the championship match to face the winner of Friday’s Creighton-Drake semifinal match.

Live Stats – Live stats will be provided by the host school and will be available Here

Video – Video coverage of the Bears semifinal match with Evansville can be viewed through MVC Live, a video streaming package available at www.mvc.org. Sunday’s championship match can be seen on MediaCom Channel 22 in Springfield and on Fox Sports Midwest.

Good Luck Nick and Justin! Go Bears!

From the Medaille Mavericks website:

For those that can’t make the trip to Pittsburgh to cheer on the Medaile men’s soccer team as they face Denison University in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, you can follow all of the action live online. The game is being hosted by Carnegie Mellon University at 11:00am tomorrow (11/13) please follow these links to continue on to the tournament webpage, livestats or webstream broadcast.

Good Luck Stuart! Go Mavericks!