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Rhys Evans -- 2008 HCAC
Men's Soccer Player of the Year |
TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology men's soccer team has been chosen as the
preseason Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference title
favorite, while the women's squad was picked third by league
coaches in preseason poll results released today.
The men's squad received 8.5 of a possible nine
first-place votes from league coaches. The Fightin'
Engineers return nine starters from the
2008 HCAC championship squad that reached the NCAA Division III
Tournament for the first time in school history.
Transylvania University was picked second in the preseason poll.
Senior Rhys Evans (Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake
Forest) earned league Most Valuable Player honors last
season and returns along with first-team honorees Corbin Clow
(Martinsville) and John Hollingshead (St. Peter's,
Mo./Lutheran).
Sean Helliwell claimed HCAC Coach of the
Year accolades, and sophomore Clint Vatterrodt (Bloomington,
Ill./ University) captured league Newcomer of the Year
honors last fall.
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Molly Richardson -- two-time all-HCAC selection |
On the women's side, Transylvania University was selected by
seven of the league's nine coaches as the title favorite. Mount St. Joseph
earned runner-up honors, with Rose-Hulman finishing third and receiving one
first-place vote.
Two-time all-conference standout Molly Richardson (Orange
Park, Fla./St. John's Country Day) leads the returnees for the Engineers
after tallying 35 goals and 83 points in two seasons.
Juniors Eli Baca (Santa Fe, N.M.) and Annmarie
Stanley (Warrenville, Ill./Rosary) join Richardson and sophomore Julie
Brennan (Indianapolis/Pike) as returning all-league players from 2008.
The 2009 Rose-Hulman men's and women's soccer
seasons will begin on Sept. 1, when both squads travel to Earlham
for an in-state matchup.
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2009 HCAC MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL |
| RANK |
SCHOOL |
PTS. (1st) |
2008
RECORD |
2008 LEAGUE |
| 1) |
Rose-Hulman |
80.5 (8.5) |
14-5-3 |
7-0-1 |
| 2) |
Transylvania |
71.5 (0.5) |
11-6-1 |
6-2 |
| 3) |
Manchester |
57 |
9-10-2 |
6-2 |
| 4) |
Hanover |
49 |
6-12-1 |
5-3 |
| 5) |
Anderson |
48 |
8-11-1 |
4-3-1 |
| 6) |
Franklin |
34 |
4-15 |
2-6 |
| 7) |
Bluffton |
32 |
8-8-1 |
4-4 |
| 8) |
Mount St. Joseph |
19 |
2-14-1 |
0-8 |
| 9) |
Defiance |
14 |
1-16 |
1-7 |
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2009 HCAC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL |
| RANK |
SCHOOL |
PTS. (1st) |
2008
RECORD |
2008 LEAGUE |
| 1) |
Transylvania |
79 (7) |
12-5-1 |
7-1 |
| 2) |
Mount St. Joseph |
68 (1) |
14-5-2 |
8-0 |
| 3) |
Rose-Hulman |
59 (1) |
12-7 |
5-3 |
| 4) |
Hanover |
54 |
7-9 |
5-3 |
| 5) |
Manchester |
51 |
9-10-1 |
5-3 |
| 6) |
Bluffton |
33 |
6-10-1 |
3-5 |
| 7) |
Anderson |
30 |
6-14 |
1-7 |
| 8) |
Defiance |
20 |
5-12-1 |
2-6 |
| 9) |
Franklin |
11 |
1-17 |
0-8 |
