A soccer version of Midnight Madness will kick off the season for the University of Illinois Springfield men’s squad in six weeks.
UIS will call it a late night on Aug. 15, the first day of practice.
“We’re going at 12:01 a.m.,” UIS first-year coach Jesse Miech said. “It’s the first time we can train. The guys are getting out there, so we can get our first two practices right out of the starting block and have two training sessions done before most teams have even stepped on the field.”
UIS plays its first match Aug. 19 against NCAA Division I Evansville.
The Stars have struggled to win in recent seasons. The 29-year-old Miech is hoping to point the program in the right direction by blending 17 new players with 11 returning players from last season’s 1-14-1 squad.
Miech was featured in an July 6, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Prairie Stars women's soccer sign nine
Pleasant Plains High School defender Falyn Lockenour is one of nine players who has signed with the University of Illinois Springfield women’s soccer program.
Lockenour was a four-year varsity starter for Plains, which finished fourth at the Class 1A state tournament in 2009.
The Stars also added defender Cara Doogan, a Downers Grove South High graduate who won a national championship with her club team.
The team was featured in an July 6, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read about the other players on the SJ-R website
Lockenour was a four-year varsity starter for Plains, which finished fourth at the Class 1A state tournament in 2009.
The Stars also added defender Cara Doogan, a Downers Grove South High graduate who won a national championship with her club team.
The team was featured in an July 6, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read about the other players on the SJ-R website
Friday, July 1, 2011
UIS down to three candidates for athletic director
The University of Illinois Springfield has narrowed its search for a director of athletics to three candidates.
The finalists are Tim Gotto, the associate director of athletics and director of compliance at Lewis University in Romeoville; Bill Macriss, deputy director of athletics at Sacramento (Calif.) State University; and Kim Pate, athletic director of Brevard (N.C.) College.
Ninety-five individuals applied to replace Rodger Jehlicka, who in January submitted his resignation effective Aug. 15. Jehlicka, whose salary is $86,145, was hired as athletic director at UIS in December 2005. With the end of his stint only six weeks away, an announcement should come soon.
“Chancellor Susan Koch starts (today) and she was obviously a part of this process as well,” UIS spokesman Derek Schnapp said Thursday. “She will announce the decision when it becomes final.”
The finalists were featured in an July 1, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
The finalists are Tim Gotto, the associate director of athletics and director of compliance at Lewis University in Romeoville; Bill Macriss, deputy director of athletics at Sacramento (Calif.) State University; and Kim Pate, athletic director of Brevard (N.C.) College.
Ninety-five individuals applied to replace Rodger Jehlicka, who in January submitted his resignation effective Aug. 15. Jehlicka, whose salary is $86,145, was hired as athletic director at UIS in December 2005. With the end of his stint only six weeks away, an announcement should come soon.
“Chancellor Susan Koch starts (today) and she was obviously a part of this process as well,” UIS spokesman Derek Schnapp said Thursday. “She will announce the decision when it becomes final.”
The finalists were featured in an July 1, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
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