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Women's Soccer
KUTZTOWN, PA. (September 29, 2009) –
The Kutztown University women’s soccer
team has returned to the Top 25 after a one-week absence. The Golden
Bears are ranked 24th nationally and third in the
Atlantic Region in the weekly poll released Tuesday by the National
Soccer Coaches’ Association of America (NSCAA).
Kutztown (6-2-1 overall) is ranked in the Atlantic Region behind
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) schools West Chester
and California. Behind KU are Indiana, Davis & Elkins, Gannon,
Edinboro, Mercyhurst, East Stroudsburg, Shippensburg and Slippery
Rock.
In its only match last week, Kutztown defeated Millersville, 6-0. Sophomore
Shannon
Pennock (Mansfield, NJ/North Burlington) scored two goals. Also
scoring for the Golden Bears in their second consecutive victory was junior
Kelly Bushe
(Neptune City, NJ/Neptune), freshman
Rhea Weaver
(Hummelstow/Lower Dauphin), freshman
Molly Cooper
(Palmyra/Palmyra) and sophomore
Emily
Froehlich (Perkasie/ Pennridge). Freshman keeper
Alyssa
Hackelberg (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) notched her third shutout.
Kutztown has a busy week as it visits Mansfield to begin the second half of
conference play. The Golden Bears are second in the PSAC with a 4-1-1 record
and 13 points, two behind West Chester. Kutzown hosts Davis & Elkins, ranked
fifth in the Atlantic Region, Saturday afternoon in a game beginning at 1
p.m. The Golden Bears were ranked ninth nationally and first in the Atlantic
Region last week. They received votes for last week’s Top 25 poll.
Based in Kansas City, Kan., the NSCAA is the largest coaches' organization
in the United States. Since its founding in 1941, it has grown to include
more than 28,000 members who coach both genders at all levels of the sport.
In addition to a national rankings program for colleges and high schools,
NSCAA offers an extensive recognition program that presents nearly 10,000
individual awards every year. It fulfills its mission of coaching education
through a nationwide program of clinics and week-long courses, teaching more
than 4,000 soccer coaches each year.
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