This men’s soccer season will be a reunion of sorts for the University of Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars. After 31 years in the NAIA the Prairie Stars will reunite with old rivals Rockhurst, Wisconsin-Parkside, Lewis and Quincy in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference.
The Prairie Stars were ranked 13th out of the 15 GLVC teams in the preseason coaches’ poll.
“I don’t think we should be 13th, but if I were in the other coaches’ shoes, I’m not sure I’d vote any differently, either,” said UIS coach Joe Eck, who has guided the Prairie Stars since 2002.
The team was featured in an August 28, 2009, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article.
20090828-SJR-UISsoccer.pdf
