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Five Mustangs Named NAIA Honorable Mention All-Americans
Mustangs Dominate NAIA All-Region III Selections
Three Mustangs Named NAIA Scholar-Athletes
Mustangs Lose In Overtime At NAIA National Championships
Mustangs Win Return Trip To National Tournament
Mustangs Sweep GPAC's Top Awards
Lenz Earns Third-Team Academic All-District Honors
Bull Earns NAIA Region III And GPAC Weekly Honors
Kukuk Earns Player Of The Week Laurels For Third Time
Kukuk Is Player Of The Week
Vandenbroucke Receives Weekly Honor
Berst Named Defensive Player Of The Week
Kukuk Is GPAC And NAIA Region III Player Of The Week
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Kelly Berst |
Maggie Kukuk |
Morningside College fielded its best defensive team in school history during the 2007 women’s soccer season.
The Mustangs allowed only 19 goals all season to break the former Morningside record for fewest goals allowed in a season of 22 in 2002. Morningside also set school records with 12 shutouts and a team defensive scoring average of 0.89 goals per game to break its former records of 10 shutouts and 1.10 goals per game both set during the 2002 campaign. The Mustangs allowed their opponents to get off just 140 shots all season to break their former record for fewest shots in a season of 151 in 2002.
Morningside’s defensive exploits helped the Mustangs finished the season with a 17-3-1 record en route to a second consecutive NAIA National Tournament appearance. The Mustangs were the Great Plains Athletic Conference champions with an 11-0-1 league mark as well as the NAIA Region III champions.
Kelly Berst, a senior goal keeper from Lincoln, Neb., had a 12-2-1 record with 40 saves and school records of 8.2 shutouts and a goals against average of 0.87 goals per game. She broke the former Morningside single-season records of 4.2 shutouts by Katie Ripley in 2002 and 1.15 goals against average by Kyla Marking in 2002.
Aside from her single-season records, Berst is the Morningside record holder with 20.4 career shutouts, 40 career goal keeper victories, 375 career saves, and a 1.64 career goals against average.
The Mustangs’ offensive leader was Maggie Kukuk, a sophomore forward from Sioux City, who led the team with 20 goals and 14 assists for 54 points. Kukuk had three assists in wins against Northwestern College and York College to tie the Mustangs’ single-match record. Kukuk became Morningside’s all-time leader with 35 career assists to break the former record of 30 career assists by 2004 graduate Janel Gillies and tied a school record by scoring a point in 12 consecutive matches between Sept. 10 and Oct. 24.
Abby Bull, a freshman forward from Elkhorn, Neb., also tied the Mustangs’ single-match assist record with three in the Mustangs’ 5-0 win against Mount Marty on Oct. 8.
 Morningside College had five players named to the honorable mention list of the 2007 NAIA Women’s Soccer All-America Team.
They are Kelly Berst, a senior goal keeper from Lincoln, Neb.; Kate Goss, a junior midfielder from Omaha, Neb.; Maggie Kukuk, a sophomore forward from Sioux City; Lindsay Neste, a junior midfielder from Bremerton, Wash.; and Maureen Vandenbroucke, a senior defender from Gretna, Neb.
Berst, Kukuk, and Vandenbroucke were also honorable mention All-Americans last year. Berst and Vandenbroucke were named honorable mention All-Americans for the third time in their careers.
Berst had a 12-2-1 record with 40 saves, 8.2 shutouts, and a goals against average of 0.87 goals per game during the 2007 season.
Kukuk was the Mustangs’ leading scorer with 20 goals and 14 assists for 54 points, while Goss ranked second on the team’s scoring chart with 10 goals and eight assists for 28 points. Neste dealt two assists during the 2007 campaign.
Vandenbroucke was the defensive standout for a Morningside team that limited its opposition to averages of 0.89 goals and 6.7 shots per contest. She also contributed seven points to the Mustangs’ scoring attack with three goals and one assist.
Morningside posted a 17-3-1 record this past season en route to a second consecutive appearance in the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships. The Mustangs were the 2007 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and NAIA Region III champions.
Click here for the complete 2007 NAIA Women's Soccer All-America Team.
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Tom Maxon |
Maureen Vandenbroucke |
Morningside College has five of the 14 players on the 2007 NAIA All-Region III Women’s Soccer Team.
In addition, the Mustangs’ Tom Maxon was named the NAIA Region III Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year after he led the Mustangs to a 17-3-1 record, the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) championship, the NAIA Region III Tournament championship, and a second consecutive appearance in the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships.
Maureen Vandenbroucke, a senior defender from Gretna, Neb., was named the NAIA Region III Player of the Year. She is joined on the NAIA All-Region III team by Morningside teammates Kelly Berst, a senior goal keeper from Lincoln, Neb.; Maggie Kukuk, a sophomore forward from Sioux City; Kate Goss, a junior midfielder from Omaha, Neb.; and Lindsay Neste, a junior midfielder from Bremerton, Wash.
Vandenbroucke was the defensive standout for a Morningside team that limited its opposition to averages of 0.89 goals and 6.7 shots per contest. She also contributed seven points to the Mustangs’ scoring attack with three goals and one assist.
Berst had a 12-2-1 record with 40 saves, 8.2 shutouts, and a goals against average of 0.87 goals per game.
Kukuk was the Mustangs’ leading scorer with 20 goals and 14 assists for 54 points, while Goss ranked second on the team’s scoring chart with 10 goals and eight assists for 28 points.
Neste dealt two assists during the 2007 campaign.
Click here for the complete 2007 NAIA All-Region III Women's Soccer Team.
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Marisha Lenz |
Maureen Vandenbroucke |
Megan Walding |
Marisha Lenz, Maureen Vandenbroucke, and Megan Walding, have been named 2007 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes in the sport of women’s soccer.
Lenz and Walding were also named Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes in 2006.
Lenz, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., has a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.90 with a major in elementary education. Lenz received second-team All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) honors this season when she was the Mustangs’ third leading scorer with eight goals and nine assists for 25 points.
Vandenbroucke, a senior defender from Gretna, Neb., has a 3.61 cumulative GPA with a major in elementary education. Vandenbroucke was this year’s GPAC Defensive Player of the Year after she led a Morningside defense that limited its opposition to averages of 0.89 goals and 6.7 shots per contest. Vandenbroucke also contributed seven points to the Mustangs’ offensive attack with three goals and one assist.
Walding, a senior midfielder from Sioux City, has a 3.64 cumulative GPA with a major in biology. Walding tallied two goals for four points during the 2007 season.
The three players helped lead Morningside to a 17-3-1 record and a second consecutive appearance in the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships. The Mustangs were GPAC and NAIA Region III champions.
Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
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Maggie Kukuk |
Morningside’s women’s soccer season came to an end after a 2-1 overtime loss against Southern Nazarene University in first round play at the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships on Wednesday at Daytona Beach, Fla.
The Crimson Storm scored the game-winner three minutes and 16 seconds into the overtime period on a goal by Rachel Eguren off an assist from Becky Schaefer. It was Eguren’s seventh goal of the season.
Southern Nazarene improved its record to 13-6-2 and moves on to play defending NAIA National Champion Lindsey Wilson College in the next round.
Morningside, which bowed out with a 17-3-1 record, had played a school-record 12 consecutive matches without a loss prior to the defeat. Southern Nazarene became only the second team to score more than one goal against the Mustangs during their final 13 matches. Morningside surrendered only 19 goals all season, including only seven scores over the last 13 matches.
Southern Nazarene and Morningside traded goals during the first 16 minutes before the contest turned into a defensive struggle.
The Crimson Storm’s Randi Duncan opened the scoring with a goal off an assist from Kelli Traves nine minutes into the contest. The Mustangs tied the score at 1-1 at the 15:26 mark of the first half on an unassisted goal by Maggie Kukuk for her team-leading 20th goal of the season.
Southern Nazarene out shot the Mustangs 10-6.
Morningside goal keeper Kelly Berst and Southern Nazarene’s Erica Brown each had three saves.
Morningside, champions of the GPAC and NAIA Region III, appeared in the NAIA National Championships for the second year in a row.
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Marisha Lenz |
Maggie Kukuk |
Morningside College will make a return trip to the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships after the Mustangs defeated Midland Lutheran College 3-1 in the NAIA Region III Championship Match on Saturday in Sioux City.
The Mustangs, who also reached the national tournament in 2007, improved their record to 17-2-1 with their victory against Midland Lutheran. The Warriors closed out a 13-2-4 campaign, with both losses coming against Morningside.
Morningside scored twice in the second half after the teams had battled to a 1-1 standoff over the first 45 minutes. Maggie Kukuk, the 2007 Great Plains Athletic Conference Player of the Year, supplied the game-winner when she beat Warrior goal keeper Rina Mychackavane at the 48-minute mark to put the Mustangs in front to stay, 2-1.
Kukuk assisted on the Mustangs’ other two goals, which were both scored by Marisha Lenz. Kukuk tied a Morningside post-season single-match scoring record with her two assists and raised her career post-season scoring total to 14 points to tie a Morningside record first set by 2007 graduate Brooke Niles.
The NAIA National Championships are scheduled for Nov. 14-20 at Daytona Beach, Fla.
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Maggie Kukuk |
Maureen Vandenbroucke |
Tom Maxon |
Morningside College dominated the selections on the 2007 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Soccer Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
The Mustangs’ Maggie Kukuk, a sophomore forward from Sioux City, was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women’s Soccer Player of the Year and Maureen Vandenbroucke, a senior defender from Gretna, Neb., was named the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, the Mustangs’ Tom Maxon was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year.
Maxon, who was named the GPAC Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year in 2004, has guided the Mustangs to a record of 15-2-1 and the GPAC Championship with an unblemished 11-0-1 mark. The Mustangs are the No. 1 seed for the NAIA Region III Championships that will take place this Friday and Saturday at Elwood Olsen Stadium.
Kukuk is the Mustangs’ leading scorer with 15 goals and 11 assists for 41 points. She has scored the game-winning goal in eight of the team’s 15 victories.
Vandenbroucke is the defensive standout for a Morningside team that has limited its opposition to averages of 0.76 goals and 6.3 shots per game. The Mustangs have a school-record 12 shutouts and prevented three of their regular season opponents from getting off shot. Aside from her defensive exploits, Vandenbroucke has also contributed four points to the Mustangs’ offensive attack with a pair of goals.
Kukuk and Vandenbroucke are joined on the All-GPAC first-team by teammates Kate Goss, a junior midfielder from Omaha, Neb., and Kelly Berst, a senior goal keeper from Lincoln, Neb.
Kukuk and Vandenbroucke were both repeat selections from last year’s All-GPAC first-team. Vandenbroucke also earned first-team All-GPAC honors in 2005.
Goss, who joined the Mustangs this year as a transfer from NCAA Division II Wayne State College, is Morningside’s second leading scorer with 10 goals and eight assists for 28 points. She also ranks second on the team with two game-winning goals.
Berst has a 10-1-1 record, 32 saves, and a school-record 8.2 shutouts. She broke her own Morningside single-season record of 6.2 shutouts she had last season when she earned second-team All-GPAC honors. Berst has allowed only eight goals in 13 games for a goals against average of 0.67 goals per game to put her on pace to break the current Morningside single-season record of 1.15 goals per game by Kyla Marking in 2002.
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Marisha Lenz |
Emma Prosser |
In addition to their four first-team selections, the Mustangs placed Marisha Lenz, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, and Emma Prosser, a junior defender from Sioux City, on the All-GPAC second-team.
Lenz is the Mustangs’ third leading scorer with six goals and nine assists for 21 points. Prosser has contributed one point to the Mustangs’ offensive attack with an assist.
The Mustangs’ Lindsay Neste, a junior midfielder from Bremerton, Wash., and Val Weber, a junior midfielder from Sioux Falls, S.D., were each named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list. Neste has two assists this season, while Weber has two goals and eight assists for 12 points.
Click here for the complete 2007 All-GPAC Women's Soccer Team.
 Marisha Lenz, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., has been named to the third-team of the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII Women's Soccer Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Lenz has a 3.90 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and is majoring in elementary education. She was a Daktronics/NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete as a junior.
She is the Mustangs' third leading scorer this season with six goals and nine assists for 21 points. Lenz ranks third in Morningside history with 26 career assists and is fourth in the Mustangs' record book with 29 career goals and 84 career points.
Student-athletes must be of at least sophomore status and have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher to be eligible for ESPN The Magazine academic honors.
 Abby Bull, a freshman forward from Elkhorn, Neb., has been named the NAIA Region III and Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 22 to 28.
Bull scored two goals and an assist to lead the Mustangs to a 3-0 win at city rival Briar Cliff University on Oct. 24 for the first multi-goal performance of her career.
She finished the regular season as the Mustangs’ fourth leading scorer with five goals and four assists for 14 points.
The Mustangs won the 2007 GPAC championship with an 11-0-1 league record. The Mustangs finished the regular season with a 15-2-1 record and are the No. 1 seed for this week’s NAIA Region III Championships.
 Maggie Kukuk, a sophomore forward from Sioux City, has been named the NAIA Region III and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for games from Oct. 15 to 21.
She received the honors for the third time this season.
Kukuk tallied four assists in the Mustangs’ two victories last week to raise her career total to 31 to break the former Morningside record of 30 career assists set by Janel Gillies from 2000-03. She tied the Mustangs’ single-match record when she dealt three assists in a 4-1 victory against Northwestern College on Oct. 16 and also had an assist in the Mustangs’ 2-0 win at Concordia on Oct. 20.
Kukuk is the Mustangs’ leading scorer this season with 14 goals and 11 assists for 39 points.
 Maggie Kukuk, a sophomore forward from Sioux City, has been named the NAIA Region III and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Soccer Player of the Week for Oct. 8 to 14.
Kukuk scored three goals and an assist last week to help the Mustangs go 3-0 with a 5-0 win against Mount Marty College and 3-0 victories against the University of Sioux Falls and Midland Lutheran College.
She scored two of her team’s three goals in the Mustangs’ pivotal victory against Midland Lutheran in a verdict that will likely determine the site for the upcoming NAIA Region III Tournament. Kukuk, who did not play in the Mount Marty game, had a goal and an assist in the Mustangs’ win against Sioux Falls.
 Maureen Vandenbroucke, a senior defender from Gretna, Neb., has been named the NAIA Region III and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week after she led the Mustangs to a pair of victories last week.
Vandenbroucke, a two-time NAIA honorable mention All-American, helped the Mustangs limit their opposition to just one goal in a 3-0 win against Dordt College and a 2-1 overtime triumph against Hastings College.
 Kelly Berst, a senior goal keeper from Lincoln, Neb., has been named the NAIA Region III and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week.
Berst allowed one goal in the Mustangs’ two contests last week. She had five saves and allowed one goal in a 2-1 loss against College of Saint Mary on Sept. 26 and had three saves in the Mustangs’ 2-0 victory against Dana College on Sept. 29.
Berst, who returned to the Mustangs’ lineup last week after missing three games with a knee injury, has a 4-1 record with 13 saves, 3.3 shutouts, and a goals against average of 1.27 goals per game so far this season.
 Maggie Kukuk, a sophomore forward from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Soccer Player of the Week after she led the Mustangs to a pair of victories last week.
Kukuk tallied two goals and dealt an assist in a 5-0 Morningside victory against Dakota Wesleyan University on Sept. 18 at Mitchell, S.D. She added a goal and three assists in Morningside’s 5-0 triumph against York College this past Saturday at Elwood Olsen Stadium. Kukuk’s three assists against York tied the Mustangs’ single-match record.
She is the Mustangs’ second leading scorer this season with six goals and five assists for 17 points.
Kukuk, who set a Morningside single-season record with 20 assists last season, ranks second in Morningside history with 25 career assists. She is the fifth leading scorer in Morningside history with 17 career goals and 59 career points.
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