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 Morningside 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.
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 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.
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 Morningside 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.
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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.
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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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
 Morningside has been tabbed the favorite to capture the 2007 GPAC championship in the GPAC Women's Soccer Coaches' Pre-Season poll.
The Mustangs are coming off a banner 2006 season where they finished 15-5-1 and made their first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance.
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