Saints Soccer Sign Two
Helena, Mont.—Carroll College women’s soccer coach David Thorvilson has announced the last of his incoming class for 2009 with Rachell Kuntz and Laura Maddock signing NAIA/Frontier Conference Letter of Intent.
Kuntz and Maddock both hail from Bismarck, North Dakota and play for Saint Mary’s Central High School. These two ladies will be the first to venture west from their state to play soccer for the Saints. more
Carroll Soccer Inks Recruit
Helena, MT—Carroll College head soccer coach David Thorvilson has announced the signing of Erin Volz to an NAIA/Frontier Conference Letter of Intent.
Volz, a product of Portland area soccer, is a member of the FC Portland-Crimson club team and played her HS ball at Central Catholic High School. Erin will be the 5th player to come from Central Catholic in recent years. She was a 1st Team Mt. Hood All-Conference selection in 2007 and 2008, Goalkeeper of the Conference in 2008 as well as All-State Honorable Mention, 2nd Team All-State 2007, and was voted Qwest Player of the game in the 2007 Oregon State Championship Game for 6A schools were Central Catholic finished runner-ups. Erin’s club team has seen its success and has advanced to the State semi-finals each of the last two years and hopes to exceed that mark this spring. story
Local Talent Signs with Carroll College
Helena-MT Carroll College head soccer coach David Thorvilson has announced that local standout Laura Beck has signed a Frontier Conference Letter of Intent to play soccer for the Carroll College Fighting Saints.
“We are very excited that Laura has decided to stay in the Helena area and pursue her dream to play for Carroll College. She understands our system of play and will have the opportunity to find playing time on a young Carroll squad this fall,” stated coach Thorvilson. more
Carroll soccer earns post-season honors
By Independent Record - 12/11/08
The Carroll College soccer program was well represented on both the All-America and Academic All-America teams in 2008.
The Saints were led by senior Katie Joseph earning All-America honor for the second year, while three other Saints - Hannah Young, Talya Lorenz, and Catherine Beall - made the academic team.
"Katie has been a special player for the Saints soccer team over her four seasons of play," said Carroll coach Dave Thorvilson. "She has started in just about every game of her college career and has been the anchor to our defense during that time. I am excited to see a player of her caliber be honored two years in a row and for a player in the Frontier Conference and our soccer program to get national recognition. Katie will be missed next year but we are hoping to retain her services as an assistant coach as she finishes up her nursing degree next fall."
To earn Academic All-American honors, an athlete needs to be a junior or higher and have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
"With such a young team this year it is good to see our upperclassmen set such a good example in the classroom, said Thorvilson. "Our student-athletes come to Carroll to get a good education and work very hard at their time-management skills to post a high GPA and still meet the high standards of playing a college sport at Carroll College."
Despite the challenge of coaching a team with 14 freshmen and a mere three seniors, coach Thorvilson was able to lead the program to back-to-back frontier conference championship and an overall regular season record of 12-6. The Saints hosted the Unaffiliated Conference Championship, advancing to the championship game before losing to Rocky Mountain College in a 1-0 decision.
Saints seek spot in NAIA tournament
The Carroll College soccer team didn't want to spend the Frontier Conference tournament anywhere but at home.
The Saints (11-6-0), who tied with Rocky Mountain College for the regular season title, will play host to the University of Great Falls (3-11-1) in the first game of the tournament today at noon. Rocky Mountain (12-3-0) and Westminster (7-10-1) play in the second game at 2 p.m. Story
Bears beat Saints, punch ticket for nationals
By CURT SYNNESS - Independent Record - 11/16/08
The Carroll College soccer team battled Rocky Mountain College down to the wire in the Frontier Conference championships at Nelson Stadium, but missed out on qualifying for nationals after a 1-0 defeat Saturday.
The Bears’ winning goal was scored by Allison Beckers at 38 minutes, assisted by Anna Clark.
“I was outside the 18 (yard stripe), took a deflection and sent a shot toward the net,” explained a jubilant Beckers afterwards. “I didn’t know if it would go in or not, but when it did, I was like...well, it was very exciting.” more
Senior Day Success
Helena, Mont.-Saturday November 1st saw the Saints end their regular season with a 3-0 win over the University of Great Falls as they honored three seniors. The weather was in the 60's and the football team on the road so the soccer team got to play a rare Saturday match and be home in front of a friendly crowd of about 400. Katie Joseph, Talya Lorenz, and Bobbi Allard played their last regular season matches of their careers and prior to playing in the Unaffiliated Tournament in a week and a half they have been part of 55-17-4 record winning 75% of the their games. The Saints found the back of the net in the 30th minute of play as Meghan O'Connell played a perfectly timed ball to a streaking Hannah Young who slotted the ball far post. Just 5 minute later the duo struck again as Meghan O'Connell struck a ball that Lindsey Saunders could not save as it bounced to a wide open Hannah Young for her second of the match. The ladies would take a 2-0 lead into halftime. The second half would be a little less thrilling but Meghan O'Connell would take a ball from Kellyi Benson for her 10th goal of the season in the 72nd minute of play. Katie Beall was credited with 4 saves and earned the clean sheet for Carroll. Lindsey Saudners came up with 10 saves on the losing end for the UGF Argo's. With the win the Saints earned a share of the Frontier Conference Championship. This marks the second strait year for the Saints and the win should allow them to host play-offs due to a stronger strength of schedule then the rest of the conference. "We played well today and UGF came out hard and gave us a tough match. It was honor to highlight our three seniors today and send them out with a win. This win will help give us momentum into the post season," stated coach Thorvilson.
Saints Kick Cancer
On Sunday October 26th the Ladies Soccer Team donned pink and white jerseys in an effort to raise money for cancer. Minimum bids of $50 dollars have been placed on 31 uniforms and bidders have tell half time of the November 1st home game to place final offers. All proceeds will go to a local cause that will be determined after this weekend’s regular season comes to an end.
If you wish to bid on a jersey please call or e-mail Coach Thorvilson at 406.447.5518 or dthorvil -is-at- carroll -dot- edu. Each day leading up to the game the bids will be updated. We hope you will help support this cause and keep getting the bids up higher and higher.
The Saints will take on University of Great Falls for their final regular season game. If the Saints come away with a win, they will share the spoils of being co-champions of the Frontier Conference with Rocky Mountain College but even more importantly the ladies will be playing for the right to host this years Unaffiliated Conference Championship with an automatic bid to the first round of the National Tournament. CHECK BIDS HERE --- UPDATED 10-31-08!!
2009 Saints Soccer Camps
The 2009 Carroll College Soccer Camps for ages 9-17 are set.
Things to Bring:
Soccer ball, water bottle, shoes/flip flops other then soccer shoes, sun screen!
If staying on campus also bring bedding or sleeping bag, pillow, fan, extra snacks!
Girl's; June 28th-July 2nd
Boy's; July 5th-July 9th
(Schedule for both camps)
If you have questions please call Head Coach David Thorvilson at 406.447.5518.
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