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Sioux City North seniors (from left) Zoro Martinez, Eduie Curiel, and Kris O'Neill will continue their soccer careers at Morningside this fall. With the recruits are Morningside head coach Tom Maxon (back left) and North head coach Costa Tsiobanos.
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Morningside men’s soccer head coach Tom Maxon announced the names of three recruits from Sioux City North High School who will join the Mustangs for the upcoming 2012 season.
The recruits are Eduie Curiel, Kris O’Neill, and Zoro Martinez. All three earned first-team All-Missouri River Activities Conference (MRAC) laurels last year and have helped lead the Stars to a 12-1 record so far this season.
Curiel has 43 saves as the Stars’ goal keeper this season and has allowed only seven goals in 13 contests for a goals against average of 0.57 goals per game. He had 31 saves and surrendered only four goals while posting a goals against average of 0.73 goals per game during the 2011 campaign.
O’Neill, a midfielder, has tallied two goals and one assist for five points so far this season. He tallied four goals and five assists for 13 points as a junior.
Martinez, a defender, has contributed two goals and four points to North’s offensive attack and is a defensive standout for a team that has surrendered only eight goals in 13 contests for an average of 0.62 goals per game.
 Blake Fostvedt, Cameron Meter, and Derek White have been named 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athletes.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
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Kory Kraker, a senior forward from Sioux City, and Cameron Meter, a junior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., shared Morningside College scoring honors for the 2011 men’s soccer season.
Both players finished the campaign with five goals and two assists for 12 points.
Kraker finished his career as the 15th leading scorer in Morningside history with 25 career points, while Meter moved into 17th place on the Mustangs’ all-time scoring list with 19 career points.
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 Kory Kraker, a senior forward from Sioux City, and Cameron Meter, a junior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., were each named to the honorable mention list of the 2011 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Soccer Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
Kraker and Meter were the Mustangs’ co-scoring leaders this season as each player tallied five goals and two assists for 12 points.
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Morningside College’s Blake Fostvedt and Jesse LaFramboise were named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District V Men’s Soccer Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Both players will be placed on the national ballot for the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America Men’s Soccer Team.
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 Morningside was picked for a fourth place finish in the 2011 GPAC Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Pre-Season Poll.
The Mustangs posted a 6-10-2 record and finished seventh in the GPAC with a 4-5-2 league mark last season.
Morningside will open the 2011 season on Saturday, Sept. 3, with a 5 p.m. home match against Iowa Wesleyan College.
Click here for the 2011 GPAC Men's Soccer Coaches Pre-Season Poll.
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