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Women's Soccer: Coach to be named sometime this week
Kevin Murphy / Sports Editor
Issue date: 3/10/09 Section: Sports
The Eastern women's soccer head coach position will be announced sometime this week.
The program has been without a coach since late January.
Mark Bonnstetter, associate director of operations and head athletic trainer, said there were more than 100 applicants. Bonnstetter was part of the search committee for the next head coach.
He said it was an outstanding pool.
Former Eastern head coach Tim Nowak left the program to be an assistant coach at the Arkansas women's soccer program.
There is no other coach at this time because former assistant coach Jenny Anderson-Hammond was drafted in the Women's Professional Soccer League on Oct. 6 by the New York/New Jersey's Sky Blue.
Eastern is the only Ohio Valley Conference program that has qualified for the OVC Tournament every year the event has been held. The Panthers lost in the first round of the OVC Tournament this past season.
Only three seniors graduated from this season's team and 17 letter-winners are expected to return next season.
This includes red-shirt freshman defender Sam Balek, who earned Second-Team All-OVC honors and was named to the All-Newcomer squad. Eastern junior midfielder Alexis Miller also returns. Miller earned 2007 OVC All-Tourney Honors.
Eastern junior goalkeeper Jenny Williams is also set to return. Williams was named to the 2007 All-OVC Newcomer Team.
Kevin Murphy can be reached at 581-7944 or at kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
The program has been without a coach since late January.
Mark Bonnstetter, associate director of operations and head athletic trainer, said there were more than 100 applicants. Bonnstetter was part of the search committee for the next head coach.
He said it was an outstanding pool.
Former Eastern head coach Tim Nowak left the program to be an assistant coach at the Arkansas women's soccer program.
There is no other coach at this time because former assistant coach Jenny Anderson-Hammond was drafted in the Women's Professional Soccer League on Oct. 6 by the New York/New Jersey's Sky Blue.
Eastern is the only Ohio Valley Conference program that has qualified for the OVC Tournament every year the event has been held. The Panthers lost in the first round of the OVC Tournament this past season.
Only three seniors graduated from this season's team and 17 letter-winners are expected to return next season.
This includes red-shirt freshman defender Sam Balek, who earned Second-Team All-OVC honors and was named to the All-Newcomer squad. Eastern junior midfielder Alexis Miller also returns. Miller earned 2007 OVC All-Tourney Honors.
Eastern junior goalkeeper Jenny Williams is also set to return. Williams was named to the 2007 All-OVC Newcomer Team.
Kevin Murphy can be reached at 581-7944 or at kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
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