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Thursday | November 6, 2014

Soccer misses MIAA

tourney with loss
Late goal eliminates
Bearcats, ends season
BRANDON ZENNER
Editor in Chief | @brandonzenner

SARAH BANDY | NW MISSOURIAN

Sophomore Trevor Obecny rounds a corner during the Bearcat Open Sept. 5.

Cross country team anxious to get postseason started

PATRICK WOOD

Missourian Reporter | @nwmsports

With the cool winter air blowing

in, the fall sports schedule will soon
be coming to a close.
However, with that comes the
most exciting meet in the eyes of the
Northwest cross country team; the
MIAA Conference Championships.
Its exciting to get everyone together, Head Coach Scott Lorek Said.
Conference meets are really exciting.
Theres so much electricity in the air.
Lorek expects his team to run
the best race they can. After having a
few runners who were sick or a little
banged up, Lorek said his team is all
healthy and ready to compete at a
high level.
Weve been real consistent at
putting our best races together at
championship meets, Lorek said.
Senior Kit Anderson shares a
similar view with that of Lorek.
Im really anxious, Anderson
said. Ive always run one of my best
races at the conference meet, and
coming off an injury, Im anxious to
see where Im at.

Anderson suffered a pre-stress

fracture on the top of his foot which
sidelined him for a good deal of time.
He is now healthy and excited to return just in time to compete in the
conference meet.
Anderson has high expectations
for the team as a whole. He believes
being able to run together as a team
gives them a little more push to compete at a higher level.
The weeks leading up to this meet
have been a steady regimen of workouts for the team.
We got to run time trials under
the lights at Bearcat Stadium, Lorek
said. Its not something we do very
often, but they accomplished what
they needed and they really enjoyed
running under the lights.
The cool air and windiness kept
the times higher than what the team
wanted but it still achieved one key
thing: the fire of competing in a
shorter race. The time trials raised
the intensity of the runners due to
the shorter distances they ran. The
men ran a two-mile course while the
womens side ran a one-mile course.

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MIAA STANDINGS

Overall

Pittsburg St.........................8-1
NORTHWEST........................8-1
Central Missouri...................7-2
Central Oklahoma................7-2
Fort Hays St........................5-4
Missouri Western..................5-4
Emporia St..........................4-5
Missouri Southern................4-5
Washburn...........................3-6
Nebraska Kearney................2-7
Lindenwood........................1-8
Northeastern St...................0-9

MIAA

8-1
8-1
7-2
7-2
5-4
5-4
4-5
4-5
3-6
2-7
1-8
0-9

Nov. 8:

Central Missouri...................30-5
Fort Hays St........................22-8
Washburn..........................17-10
NORTHWEST........................24-9
Missouri Southern.................25-6
Central Oklahoma................20-10
Nebraska Kearney................15-13
Emporia St..........................18-13
Lindenwood.........................11-19
Pittsburg St..........................8-18
Missouri Western..................10-18
Northeastern St....................16-13
Southwest Baptist.................14-15
Lincoln..................................3-24

MIAA

16-3
13-6
10-9
16-3
15-4
11-8
10-9
10-9
6-13
4-15
5-14
9-10
7-12
1-18

Nov. 15:

Upper Iowa at NORTHWEST

Central Missouri at Sioux Falls

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Overall

MEC

MARYVILLE...........................11-0
Smithville.............................9-2
Lafayette..............................7-4
Savannah.............................6-4
Bishop LeBlond......................5-6
Chillicothe.............................5-6
Benton.................................3-7
Cameron..............................0-10

7-0
6-1
5-2
4-3
2-5
2-5
2-5
0-9

St. Pius X at MARYVILLE

Smithville at Kearney

2013-14 Overall

Minnesota State Moorhead at NORTHWEST

MHS FOOTBALL

Nov. 7:

MIAA PRESEASON POLL

Nov. 14:

NORTHWEST at Emporia St.

Central Missouri at Pittsburg St.
Nebraska Kearney at Missouri Western
Central Oklahoma at Lindenwood

MEC STANDINGS

Lorek uses the time trials as

workouts very rarely.
He uses
them only when the team has an
extended time off and needs to keep
a competitive edge.
The mens team will be sending
10 runners to the conference meet:
Wick Cunningham, Anderson,
Ryan Cox, Tim Grundmayer, Johnny
Harley, Carson Brown, Joe Anger,
Caleb Wyble, Gabe Claus and
Brandon Klave.
The womens team will also be
sending 10 runners to the conference
meet: Katie Bush, Anne Herbert, Jessica Johnson, Brooklyn Ellis, Chloe
Haffarnan, Mikayla Engemen, Lizzy
Jurries, McKenzie Christenson, Samantha Laurenzo and Hana Speaks.
Lorek emphasized there were a
few teams that they have not seen yet
and are intrigued to see them at the
meet. Conference rivals like Central Missouri and Pittsburg State are
teams they have not encountered at a
meet yet.
The team will make the trip to
Bolivar Saturday to compete in the
MIAA Conference Championships.

2013-14 MEC STANDINGS

Overall

Lafayette...........................25-5
Savannah..........................14-10
Chillicothe..........................14-10
Smithville..........................13-13
Bishop LeBlond...................15-12
Benton...............................4-20
MARYVILLE.........................5-17
Cameron.............................5-21

Dec. 1:
MARYVILLE at Savannah Tournament

Dec. 9:

Clarinda at MARYVILLE

MEC

7-0
4-2
3-2
4-3
2-3
2-5
2-6
1-4

B3

This was supposed to be a

special year for the Bearcats soccer
team. They were supposed to be led
by their lone senior Taylor Sellars.
Freshman goalkeeper Ashley Malloy
was supposed to fill the void in front
of the net.
Preseason goals might not have
been met in the end, but Sellars, Malloy and the rest of the Bearcats have
put a spotlight on the future of the
Northwest soccer program.
In the final weekend of play, and
on the outside looking in at the postseason, the Bearcats knew two final
victories would get them the best shot
at advancing for the first time since
2011. A 1-0 victory Friday at Missouri
Western put Northwest in control of
its own destiny heading into Sundays
match against Lindenwood in St.
Charles, Missouri.
With less than 15 minutes remaining, Northwest remained scoreless with Lindenwood and had the
possibility of advancing with a victory. However, a Lindenwood goal
in the 78th minute sealed the 1-0
loss,ending the regular season for
the Bearcats with an overall record of
7-9-1 and 3-7-1 in MIAA play.
We knew we had to win, Head
Coach Tracy Hoza said. We didnt
want to rely on a tie or losing they
were more disappointed that we
didnt win and then we got all the other news as well when we were done.
The news Hoza is referring to is
the elimination of Northwest from
the MIAA Womens Soccer Championship. Throughout the day, the
cards fell into place for Northwest
to advance, despite a loss. A goal in
double overtime by Northeastern
State moved the RiverHawks ahead of
the Bearcats and knocking Northwest
from the final spot in the MIAA postseason tournament.
Though Hozas squad fell short of
its preseason goals, it is not difficult
to see that she has something special
brewing for the future of the program.
Reflecting on her satisfaction with the
2014 season, Hoza said the team was
exception with the circumstances it
dealt with.
If I was to answer this question

with the squad we had at the beginning of preseason, I would have said it
wasnt good enough because we know
where we could be and where we
want to be, Hoza said. Looking back
now on what weve been through, we
did well, we worked hard. There were
some games that should have pulled
off wins but we did the best that we
could with what we had and what we
had to deal with.
Throughout the course of the
2014 campaign, the Bearcats faced
injuries that cost three starters to
end their seasons early. Five of the
six freshmen combined to start 60
games, with Malloy (18) and defender Hannah Goetz (17) shining in
the starting lineup. Cassidy Holtman,
Jessica Spradley and Danielle Wolfe
also played valuable minutes for the
freshman class. Northwest will also
return three members of the All-MIAA honorable mention team; junior
defender Katelynn Lindsey and junior
midfielder Elizabeth Lee join Malloy
on the awarded team.
We definitely competed in every
game despite all of our injuries and
did well against every team, even the
teams in the top of our conference,
Wolfe said. ... Getting a lot of minutes makes us more comfortable on
the field, especially towards the end
of the season.
Malloy played a big role in keeping Northwest in a number of games,
racking up shutouts in six of the seven
victories. The Bearcats allowed 21
goals in 2014 compared to 35 in 2013,
a stat that is promising to Hoza.
We won more than last year,
won more games on the road, so its
very, very positive, Hoza said. The
biggest thing was having the players go were ready for next year, and
theyre only a day off, likewise with
the coaching staff.
With offseason preparation nearly in full swing, Hoza could not keep
from grinning when asked of her excitement for next season.
Even Sunday, its like alright.
You really say that Im human, Im
pretty fatigued at the end of any season. Were ready to get everybody
back together, get as much of the injured back as possible and do our best
with that
To be saying that at this time of
year is a bit unusual, regardless of
your wins or losses, and thats a mentality were going to carry through to
next year.

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