2011-12 Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Headlines

February 23, 2012
Nassif Chosen To Head Benedictine Men's Soccer
Rich Nassif has been hired as men's soccer coach at Benedictine University.

February 6, 2012
Galla Hired As Lakeland's Soccer Coach
Adam Galla, a standout soccer player and top assistant coach at Central Methodist, is Lakeland College’s new head men’s and women’s soccer coach.

January 6, 2012
Pierce Resigns As Lakeland's Soccer Coach
Tony Pierce, head men’s and women’s soccer coach at Lakeland College for the past two seasons, resigned this week.

December 14, 2011
First-Teamer Boekeloo Leads 7 Men's Players On All-Central Region Teams
Seven Northern Athletics Conference men's soccer players were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) 2011 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer All-Central Region Teams on Tuesday evening.

December 12, 2011
5 NAC Teams Net NSCAA Team Academic Award
A total of 789 soccer teams posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2011, and five NAC teams (4 women, 1 men) were among the award winners.

December 6, 2011
Baumann Selected As Region Coach of The Year Honor
Dominican University head men's soccer coach Erick Baumann has been named the NSCAA/Mondo NCAA Division III Central Region Coach of the Year.

November 30, 2011
MSOE’s Hosko Named To Academic All-America First Team
MSOE senior midfielder Dan Hosko joins ten others on the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America Men’s Soccer NCAA Division III First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

November 12, 2011
Stars stunned in second round
The Flying Dutchmen eliminated the Dominican University Stars from the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship on Saturday afternoon, pulling out a thrilling 2-1 victory in River Forest.

November 11, 2011
Stars top Greenville to advance To NCAA second round
The Dominican University men’s soccer team rolled past the Greenville College Panthers on Friday afternoon, topping the Panthers 4-0 in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship.

November 9, 2011
Ortiz, Boekeloo headline men's soccer All-NAC awards
Benedictine's Jesse Ortiz was named the Northern Athletics Conference Offensive Player of the Year, and Dominican's Kyle Boekeloo was named Defensive Player of the Year to lead the 2011 All-Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Awards.

November 8, 2011
Dominican to host first two rounds of NCAA III Championship Tournament
Dominican will host first and second round matches on Nov. 11 and 12 on West Campus Field, as the Stars are slated to match up against the Greenville College Panthers for an 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. kickoff (to be announced Nov. 8).

November 7, 2011
Lagunas earns final weekly men's soccer award of 2011
Dominican's Edwin Lagunas was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 31-November 6, the final weekly award of the 2011 season.

November 6, 2011
Stars win 6th-straight tournament title
The Dominican University Stars captured the 2011 Northern Athletics Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament Championship on Saturday afternoon, overpowering the MSOE Raiders 4-nil to earn the Stars’ tenth consecutive bid to the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championships.

November 6, 2011
NCAA Championships Selection Shows
Who? Where? When? NCAA.com will host the selection shows for women's volleyball and men's and women's soccer on Monday, announcing the tournament fields for three of the 2011 fall championships.

October 31, 2011
Carrillo nets weekly award with trio of goals
Aurora's Xavier Carrillo was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 24-30.

October 25, 2011
Rockford men's soccer to face Division I Northwestern
The Rockford College men's soccer team will wrap up its season with a trip to Evanston, Ill., to face the Northwestern University Wildcats on Thursday, October 27, at 6:00 p.m.

October 24, 2011
Koepsell nets first-career hat trick, weekly award
Lakeland's Ben Koepsell was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 17-23.

October 23, 2011
Stars clinch sixth-straight NAC Championship
The Dominican University men’s soccer team continued its dominance of the Northern Athletics Conference on Saturday afternoon, staking claim to their sixth straight regular season conference championship and improving to 60-0-2 all-time in NAC play with a 2-1 overtime win over the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons.

October 20, 2011
Edgewood’s Alexander to be inducted into WSCA Hall of Fame
Alexander will join a select group of individuals upon being named to this year's class to be inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

October 17, 2011
Elizalde's OT goal nets weekly award
Dominican's Leo Elizalde was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 10-16.

October 11, 2011
Peltonen named men's soccer weekly award winner
Marian's Luke Peltonen was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 3-9.

October 3, 2011
Tovar's game-winning assists secure weekly award
Dominican's Lio Tovar was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of September 26-October 2.

September 26, 2011
Tovar nets weekly men's soccer award
Dominican's Lio Tovar was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of September 19-25.

September 21, 2011
Banks earns 100th career victory
MSOE head men’s soccer coach Jimmy Banks recorded his 100th career victory Wednesday night as the Raiders knocked off Concordia Chicago 3-2 in a Northern Athletics Conference game at Time Warner Cable Stadium in Milwaukee.

September 19, 2011
Lakeland's Hardy garners conference award
Lakeland's Jeremy Hardy was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week Award for events of September 12-18.

September 12, 2011
Semmann's game-winner garners weekly award
Wisconsin Lutheran's Jake Semmann was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of September 5-11.

September 7, 2011
Stars 6th in first NSCAA regional rankings
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) tabbed Dominican (1-1) No. 6 in the Division III Men's Soccer Central Region this week.

September 6, 2011
Presgrove garners men's soccer weekly award
Rockford's Phillip Pressgrove led the Regents to their first season-opening victory since 2001, and was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for events of August 29-September 4, the first award of the season.

August 23, 2011
Stars are coaches' pick in preseason poll
The Northern Athletics Conference announced its 2011 men's soccer preseason coaches' poll and defending champion Dominican earned the top spot receiving 11 of 12 first-place votes and 143 poll points.

August 22, 2011
Baumann 15th on NCAA's all-time winningest coaches list
In the ranks of the NCAA’s all-time winningest men’s soccer coaches, Dominican University’s Erick Baumann has moved to 15th all-time and seventh of all active coaches as reported in the NCAA’s 2011 coaching records.