Northern Athletics Conference Women's Soccer

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9/27 final:  Dominican 2, WLC 0.

[libero]

The last goal was in the 90th minute when WLC was probably all pushed up. Dom continued to squeak out victories because of Mayra and their keeper.

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9/30 NAC Women's picks:

Rockford over Alverno  (on paper this is the closest the Regent women get to a win, it's at home).
Concordia- WI over Benedictine
Aurora over Concordia- Chicago
Edgewood over Dominican
Lakeland over Marian
Maranatha over WLC.

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Final:  WLC 1, Maranatha 0. (I'm eating my crow on this one with a smile.) 

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10-04 final:  Edgewood 5, Benedictine 1.

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10-05 final:

Marian 1, WLC 0. (Ouch!)

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10-06 Final:

Wheaton IL 5, Aurora 0.

10-07 Picks:

Concordia-WI over WLC
Maranatha over Marian
Edgewood over Lakeland
Benedictine over Concordia-Chicago
Dominican all over Rockford (even Alverno got 14 goals on Rockford--and the Inferno were on the road yet! ) Guess I really ended up eating crow on that one!

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10-07 finals:

Concorida WI 4, WLC 0.
Edgewood 1, Lakeland 0.
Maranatha Baptist 2, Marian 1.

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Belated 10/14 finals:

Dominican 9, Alverno 0.
Edgewood 7, Maranatha 0.
Lakeland 9, Rockford 0.
WLC 2, Concordia-Chicago 1. (The Warriors are still in the neighborhood, but they're going to need a lot of help to crack the top 6.)

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10/17 NAC finals:

Aurora 1, Lakeland 0.
Dominican 2, Benedictine 0.
Maranatha 3, Concordia-Chicago 2
Concordia-WI 4, Alverno 0
Edgewood 7, Marian 1
WLC 9, Rockford 1. (Believe it or not, the Warriors are still in contention, but I'm not expecting it to last, their last 2 NAC matches are against tough teams and the teams they're battling with have easier NAC matches yet. Still, given this was supposed to be a re-building year for the women anyway, I'm not complaining much.)

[Jim Matson]

The first NCAA regional rankings are out and posted in the Central Region Rankings area.  This poll is the only one to use when wondering about Pool B and Pool C candidates.

[libero]

WLC still has a great chance for the NAC tourney. Ben has to lose to or tie Alverno, though. . .

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10/20-21  Finals:

Concordia-Chicago 2, Marian 0.
Edgewood 2, CUW 1
Benedictine 2, Alverno 1 OT (ouch!)
Lakeland 2, Dominican 1 (2 OT)
Maranatha 17, Rockford 1

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NathCon All-Name Women's Team (Soccer & Volleyball).

Soccer:

Katherine Craze-Alverno (speaks for itself).
Emily Storm-Alverno (did she have her best game vs. Rockford, per chance?)
Juliane Finn-Alverno (would have been a natural for Lakeland-"Muskies")
Megan Crowe-DF--CUW (speaks for itself).
Angela Pane-FD--CUW (how much of a "pain" is she to opposing defenses?)
Jennifer Harley-DF--MBBC (a natural if she intends to own a motorcycle one day)
Lauren Spurr-DF--Aurora (perfect if she's the inspirational leader).
Amy Enter-DF--WLC--(extremely apt this season--she's "entered" the penalty area often enough to be second on the Warrior women's team in goals).

Volleyball:

Kim Bond-OH MBBC  Bond, Kim Bond!
Jill Smart-OH Aurora -- May Don Adams rest in peace.
Kim Linger-MH Lakeland (likes to hang out near the net and move in for a volleyball kill. Leads the Muskie squad in avg kills  at just less than 2.5)
Meghan Carson-Alverno  (if this kid's into doing monologues, with Ed McMahon unavailable, have the Inferno mascot take his place.)
Jacklyn Sack-L WLC (speaks for itself).
Jessica Judge-S  Benedictine, IL (just been doing that type of thing on a different "court").

Ba dumm bumm.

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10-22 NathCon final:

Aurora 7, WLC 0.