SIUE players named to All-Region team |
Keli Keener |
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Four SIUE soccer players were on the list when the National Soccer Coaches Association of America named its All-Region men's and women's soccer teams for the 2000 season. Sophomore forward Colleen Creamer of St. Louis was named to the 2000 NSCAA/Adidas Division II All-Region Second Team for women's soccer. Creamer was also named First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference this past season. She led the team with 10 goals, placing her seventh in the final conference statistics, and recorded five assists which was sixth best. Creamer is tied with Kelly Drury (1990) for eighth on the all-time SIUE scoring list with her 23 goals and 14 assists totaled in just two seasons as a Lady Cougar. The women's team under coach Brian Korbesmeyer finished the 2000 season with a 13-4-3 overall record and an 8-0-3 mark in the GLVC. The Cougars played a tough schedule and finished second in the GLVC, only outdone by Northern Kentucky University. Three players on the men's soccer team, Brandon Gibbs, Eric Modeer and Yuzuru Takami, were named to the 2000 NSCAA/Adidas Division II All-Region Second Team. Forward Gibbs of St. Charles, Mo. was a senior transfer to SIUE from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He was named to the First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference with his six goals and seven assists. Gibbs was a GLVC Player of the Week in October. Senior midfielder Modeer of Hershey, Pa. has played in more games (36) as a Cougar than anyone else on the team. He had three goals and six assists on the season. Junior midfielder Takami of Hitashi-Shi Iberaki, Japan racked up five goals and three assists for the Cougars. The men's soccer team came in third in the GLVC final statistics with an 8-3 record in the conference and a record of 11-7-2 overall. The Cougars advanced to the second round of the GLVC Tournament in the post-season under coach Ed Huneke. | |