2006 Media Guide - University of North Dakota Athletics

1999 — Inaugural season
• Aug. 28 — First game in program history, UND
defeats Jamestown College, 4-3.
• Aug. 28 — April Bielejeski scores the first goal in
program history, while Monica Vanderpool
records the first assist.
• Sept. 15 — April Bielejeski records schools’ first
four-goal game in 6-2 triumph over
Bemidji State.
• Sept. 22 — UND shuts out Minnesota-Crookston,
2-0 for team’s first home win at Bronson Field.
2000
• Sept. 30 — Tina Morse’s unassisted goal lifts
Sioux to their first conference win, 3-2 over St.
Cloud State.
• Oct. 15 — UND’s 6-0 win over Augustana
clinches the team’s first winning season, UND
finishes the year at 12-6 over all and 5-4 in
the NCC.
• Nov. 1 — Sophomore April Bielejeski becomes
the first Sioux player to be named All-North
Central Conference.
2001
• Jan. 8 — Angela Morrison named second head
coach in program history.
• Sept. 1 — UND wins first match played at
Memorial Stadium, 1-0 over MSU, Moorhead.
• Sept. 18 — UND starts the season at 5-1 to
garner votes in the NSCAA Central Region poll
for the first time ever.
• Sept. 22 — Jen Cilz scores two goals to lead UND
to first victory over rival North Dakota State, 2-1.
• Nov. 1 — Jen Cilz becomes the second player to
be named All-NCC.
2002
• Aug. 12 — Matt Granstrand named team’s third
head coach.
• Oct. 13 — Stephanie Pfeiffer’s second half goal
lifts UND to 4-2 win at NDSU.
• Oct. 20 — UND downs South Dakota State, 4-1
at Brookings, S.D., to clinch first trip to
conference tournament.
• Nov. 8 — No. 3-ranked Nebraska-Omaha downs
Sioux, 3-0, in UND’s first postseason game.
• Dec. 3 — Stephanie Pfeiffer becomes UND’s
first All-Region selection.
UND Soccer Timeline:
2003
• Sept. 16 — Fresh off a 4-0 start, UND ranked No.
25 in the country in NSCAA D-II poll.
• Sept. 21 — UND downs Minnesota Duluth, 2-1,
to extend program’s longest win streak to six.
• Oct. 4 — Sioux knock off No. 1-ranked Nebraska-
Omaha, 2-0 at Bronson Field. This is the team’s
first victory against a team ranked in the top
ten nationally.
• Oct. 6 — UND moves up to No. 6 in the nation
with an 11-0 record.
• Oct. 11 — UND’s 11-game win streak ends with a
1-0 loss at South Dakota State.
• Nov. 7 — Sioux earn team’s first playoff win by
defeating Nebraska-Omaha at NCC tournament.
• Nov. 10 — Team selected as the Central Region’s
top seed in NCAA Tournament.
• Dec. 12 — Jen Cilz and Stephanie Pfeiffer
selected as third-team All-Americans.
2004
• Aug. 10 — Tim Bennett named head
soccer coach.
• Oct. 23 — Sioux score 3-2 victory over No. 11
Nebraska-Omaha for third straight win
over Mavericks.
• Nov. 2 — Stephanie Pfeiffer named North Central
Conference MVP.
• Nov. 5 — Fighting Sioux advance to second
straight NCC championship game by downing
USD, 2-1.
2005
• June 20 — Brock Thompson named head
soccer coach.
• Oct. 26 — Sioux are ranked season-high third in
NSCAA Central Region poll.
• Oct. 28 — UND defeats the nation’s sixth-ranked
team, Nebraska-Omaha, 1-0.
• Nov. 7 — UND is invited to NCAA tournament for
the second time in school history.
• Nov. 10 — UND coach Brock Thompson is named
NCC Co-Coach of the Year.
• Nov. 11 — Nebraska-Omaha defeats the Sioux,
5-0, in the NCAA Central Regional.