What A Year For Judson : 6 CCAC Championships

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W h a t A Y e a r F o r J u d s o n : 6 C C A C C h a m p i o n s h i p sCCAC Tournament championsMaking program history, the Judson University women’ssoccer team won their first-ever CCAC Tournamentchampionship with a shutout win over RobertMorris. Judson held off #6 seeded RMC, 2-0, for theirsixth shutout of the year. Senior Samantha Vestalscored both goals for Judson in the first 20 minutes ofthe match and then Judson played defense the rest ofthe game to hold onto the championship.CCAC Tournament RunAs the #4 seed in the CCAC Tournament, Judsonwon all three of their games to claim the championship.Judson hosted #5 Olivet Nazarene University ina first round match that went down to the wire. Withthe scored tied 2-2, the match went into overtimewhere Samantha Vestal nailed a free kick from about25-yards out that sailed into the net to give Judsonthe 3-2 win in the 96th minute. This advanced Judsonto play top seeded and #6 in the nation St. Xavier inChicago.In another stellar soccer match, Judson pulled offthe upset of the year with a 3-2 shootout victory overSXU. After a 0-0 tie in two overtimes, the game wasdecided on a shootout. Even though the game will godown as a tie, Judson received the win by claimingthe shootout.Judson made their first three attempts in the shootoutand then Alice Phonprasith saved the fifth shot to sealthe win after SXU missed their fourth attempt. Thewin was Judson’s first-ever over a nationally rankedteam as they advanced to their first-ever CCACChampionship.In the CCAC Championship, Judson jumped out earlywith two goals by Vestal in the first 20 minutes to sealthe win and gain the automatic bid to the NAIA RegionVII Tournament and a #1 seed.#1 Seed in naia region viiJudson received their first-ever #1 seed in the NAIARegion VII tournament by winning the CCAC tournamentchampionship. The #1 seed was the first for theprogram and gave Judson a first-round bye.Judson had been regionally ranked for most of theseason in the top five and in the final regional pollbefore the post-season they were #3. Judson fell to#5 seeded Trinity Christian, 1-0, as Trinity Christianscored the only goal in the third minute of the matchand then held off Judson.9-game unbeaten streakProviding the second longest winning streak in programhistory, Judson peeked at the right time of theseason as they won nine of their last 11 gamesof the season. Judson’s nine-game unbeatenstreak started on September 29th with a win overSt. Francis and continued through the CCACTournament. In the run, Judson defeated twonationally ranked teams in #12 Trinity Christianand #6 St. Xavier. The only tie came against St.Xavier but Judson advanced due to a 3-2 shootout win in the CCAC Tournament. The recordfor consecutive wins is 10 matches as the 2006team accomplished this goal.Judson started the season 3-5-1 before the ninegameunbeaten streak and finished 11-7-2.making a name nationallyIn the nine-game unbeaten streak, Judson let thenation know that they were a program to watchout for as they knocked off two nationally rankedteams. Judson defeated #12 Trinity ChristianCollege, 4-3, in overtime for their first-ever defeatover a nationally ranked team. ChristinaThornton scored just under a minute in overtimeto shock TCC.The next win over a nationally ranked programcame in a shootout over #6 St. Xavier in theCCAC Tournament. In the record books, thegame will go down as a tie but in post-season itis a win for Judson. After a 0-0 double overtimetie, Judson made their first three attempts in theshootout and then watched as SXU missed theirfourth attempt and then was denied in their fifthattempt as Judson won.NAIA National awardsFor the second year in a row,Christina Thornton was nameda NAIA All-American as she wason the honorable mention team. Shewas voted onto the honorable mentionteam after being named to the NAIA Region VIIFirst-Team. This was the second year in a rowthat she received both of these awards.NCCAA national AwardsTwo players were named to the NCCAA All-Americanteams in Christina Thornton and SamanthaVestal. Thornton picked up her second All-American award of the season and was a repeatselection as a NCCAA All-American. She wasc h r i s t i n a t h o r n t o nn a i a A l l - A m e r i c a na l l - c c a c 1 s t t e a mnamed to the NCCAA First-Team. Vestal,gaining her first-ever All-American award,was named to the NCCAA All-AmericanHonorable Mention team. Both Thorntonand Vestal were NCCAA All-North CentralRegion First-Team selections.NCCAA National player ofthe weekSamantha Vestal gained the only NCCAANational Player of the Week award for Judsonon October 23rd. She was given theaward for her performance for two matches.She scored the game winning goal inOT vs. Olivet Nazarene in CCAC quarterfinalmatch in 96th minute on free kick from25-yards out. She took two shots vs. ONUwith both on goal. The win is the first-everfor Judson in CCAC Tournament. She recordedtwo goals and two assists in 4-0 winover Cardinal Stritch to help JU to a 6-3 recordin the CCAC and a tie for fourth.ccac awardsFor the season that they had in the CCAC,Judson did not get the recognition thatthey should have in the CCAC. Only three
W h a t A Y e a r F o r J u d s o n : 6 C C A C C h a m p i o n s h i p splayers were named to All-CCAC teams in ChristinaThornton, Amy Jenkins, and Emma Mugg. Thorntonwas named to the All-CCAC First-Team for the secondyear in a row while both Mugg and Jenkins wereAll-CCAC Honorable Mention.CCAC Players of the weekTwo players were named CCAC Players of the Weekpicking up four awards. Alice Phoneprasith won theaward three times while Samantha Vestal took it once.Phoneprasith won the award for defensive player ofthe week on October 8th, October 22nd, and October29th. Judson swept the awards on October 29th asVestal was given the offensive award for her play.academic all-americansThree players were named academic All-Americansfor their grade point average in Amber Bocquin, AmyJenkins, and Sarah Schmitz. All three players wereawarded NAIA and NCCAA Academic All-Americanawards. It was the third year in row that Schmitz hadbeen named an academic All-American and the secondfor Jenkins.in the ccac statisticsSeveral players were in the top 20 for CCAC statisticsas Christina Thornton led the way. She led the CCACin goals per game at 0.84 with 16 goals in 19 games.She was also fourth in points per game at 1.95 (37points) and 16th in assists at 0.26 per game.Samantha Vestal finished sixth in assists at 0.47 (9assists), ninth in points with 1.42 points per game,and 12th in goals at 0.47 per game (9 goals).Lynsey McFarland finished 12th in assists at 0.37 pergame (7 assists), 17th in points at 1.00 per game, and19th in goals at 0.32 per game (6 goals). EmmaMugg and Sarah Schmitz were 19th and 20th inassists per game at 0.24 and 0.22.end of an eraThe 2007 season also brought the end to a fiveyearrun by Freddie King, Jr. In April 2008, Kingdecided to resign as head coach and to continueteaching full-time in the Judson University Exerciseand Sports Science Department. In five seasons,King went 47-42-5 and had coached twoof the best teams in the history of the program.His 2007 squad won the first-ever CCAC TournamentChampionship and received a #1 seed inthe NAIA Region VII Tournament. They also hada nine-game unbeaten streak. In the 2006 season,his team started off 10-0 and set a schoolrecord for consecutive wins and wins in a seasonwith 15. That team also advanced to the NC-CAA National Tournament for the first-time, ever,and he was named the CCAC and NCCAA NorthCentral Region “Coach of the Year.” King’s rolewill be filled in by Judson alumnus Diego Cevallosas the interim coach for the 2008 season.cevallos named interimJudson alumnus Diego Cevallos has been namedthe interim head coach for women’s soccer in the2008 season. Cevallos has been a part of theJudson men’s soccer program as an assistantcoach for four years and had played a major rolein recruiting the class that won 74 games in fouryears along with four CCAC and NAIA RegionalChampionships along with four-straight appearancesin the NAIA National Tournament. Cevallosis a 2004 graduate of Judson.2007 Final NCCAA National PollTeam w l t1. Indiana Wesleyan 16 1 02. Spring Arbor 14 1 23. Greenville College 16 4 04. Trinity Christian 9 6 25. Mt. Vernon Nazarene 15 7 16. Southern Wesleyan 13 7 07. Olivet Nazarene 11 6 18. Mid-America Christian 12 7 09. Central Christian 11 7 010. Judson University 11 7 211. MidAmerica Nazarene 10 7 112. Trinity International 9 7 113. Hope International 9 7 214. Malone College 9 8 015. Asbury College 11 10 016. Emmanuel College 8 8 117. Nyack College 9 10 018. Northwestern College 8 9 119. Roberts Wesleyan 9 11 020. Central Baptist College 4 6 021. Chowan University 5 9 422. Bryan College 6 10 023. Palm Beach Atlantic 5 9 224. Grace College 5 9 125. Oakland City University 5 9 0
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