Homecoming Weekend a Rollercoaster Ride for the Hawks

QU Hawks vs. Lewis University

It was a heart-breaking loss on Friday night as the Hawks lost 1-0 against Lewis University. After a slow start, the Hawks took control of the game and looked to take the lead with a penalty kick being awarded to them late in the 2nd half. The PK hit the crossbar and Lewis University raced the ball down the field and put it in the Hawk's net just minutes later. The Hawks continued to knock on the door, but couldn't score.

QU Hawks vs. Wisconsin Parkside

What looked to be Quincy University's worst performance of the year turned out to be an incredible comeback as the Hawks beat Wisconsin Parkside 3-2 Sunday afternoon. Nothing was clicking for the Hawks during the entire first half, and the Hawks were down 1-0. At half-time Coach Jack Mackenzie told the players, "You're either going to look in the mirror tonight and say to yourself 'I blew it. I gave the game to Parkside' or you're going to look into that mirror and say 'I did it! I turned defeat into victory!' You've got 45 minutes to decide which way it's going to be."

Bouncing back from missing the penalty kick Friday night, Jayme Groark took the field in the second half with fire in his eyes, scored two beautiful goals, and assisted on Justin Bower's bullet to the far post to win the game. The entire team picked up their level of play and again showed what this team is made of.

The Hawks are now 7-2-1 (4-2 in the GLVC) and take to the road this weekend to face a very strong Bellarmine team on Friday night and nationally-ranked Northern Kentucky University on Sunday.

Hawks Go 1 & 1 in GLVC Action

Hawks Beat Drury, lose to Rockhurst

On Friday, September 14 the Hawks got off to a flying start at Rockhurst scoring in the 14th minute on a great header by Justin Bower at the far post on a really nice cross from Corey Eatherton. However, Rockhurst stormed back with goals in the 33rd and 35th minutes to take the game 2-1. Rockhurst had the better of the play as they were much more accustomed to their fast-paced artificial playing surface. This was the first of four artificial surface games our Hawks will play out of the next six. On Sunday, September 16th the Hawks once again got a quick start with Jayme Groark hitting a 35 yard bomb in after just 1 minute of play in the game with Drury University. Fourteen minutes later Justin Bower banged in another long range shot off an assist by Branko Isailovic. The Hawks scored again at the 73rd minute mark on another nice head ball goal by Jayme Groark off the double assist from Brad Niemann to Steve Miller to Jayme to the back of the net. Drury got a late goal to round out the scoring with the Hawks winning 3-1, bringing their record to 6-1-1.

HAWKS TO FACE LEWIS AND PARKSIDE ON HOMECOMING WEEKEND: Friday, September 21 the Hawks square off with Lewis University at 7:30 PM, and on Sunday, September 23 face the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at 2:30 PM. Both Lewis and Parkside are 6 & 2, and both have proved to be very difficult opponents for us over the last several years. The Hawks will definitely have to "muscle up" to battle these two.

Hawks Continue Winning Streak!

"This is where you're going to show your character!"
~ Quincy University Head Coach, Jack Mackenzie

Total team effort paved the way again this weekend as Quincy added two more wins to their season (2-0 GLVC, 5-0-1 overall). The Hawks beat Southern Indiana Friday night 1-0 under the lights at North Campus Field and went on to defeat Kentucky Wesleyan with a score of 5-3 Sunday afternoon.

The chemistry of this team on and off the field has been extremely positive with no individual egos spoiling the effort.

In the second half of the Kentucky-Wesleyan game, the Hawks were down 3-2 when head coach Jack Mackenzie shouted brilliant words of wisdom from the sidelines. "This is where you're going to show your character!" yelled Mackenzie to his players. Immediately, any on-the-pitch confusion ended and the team answered back with three consecutive goals within minutes. This young but extremely tenacious group of players refuses to give up.

Quincy finished the weekend with an awesome barbeque cookout led by head chef Terry Bower. Many thanks and much appreciation from the team and coaching staff for all the wonderful food provided by the Bowers and team parents.

Hawks Capture Great River City/Pepsi Cup

Quincy University Beats Culver-Stockton

On an extremely rainy evening, the QU Soccer Hawks beat local rival Culver Stockton College 3-0 on goals by Grant Ellison, Jack Wedemeier and Brad Niemann. Grant was also voted MVP of the match by the Great River City/Pepsi Cup committee. Mike Colombo, along with the defensive team of Branko Isailovic, Kyle Koenig, Scott Gruebel, Steve Miller and Tom Dawson, recorded the second shut-out of the season.

QU (3-0-1 on the season) begins GLVC play this weekend. Go Hawks!

Victory On The Road...

Hawks Win 3-2 on roadtrip to Saginaw Valley

The QU Soccer Hawks improved their regular season record to 2-0-1 by defeating Saginaw Valley State University by the score of 3-2 after a 12-hour roadtrip over Labor Day weekend on Sunday. Goals by Brad Niemann, Branko Isailovic and Sean Flaherty were just enough to keep the Saginaw Valley Cardinals at bay.

Coach Jack Mackenzie told the players that there is still a lot of work to be done but feels that this team has the components to become something special if they put their minds to it. The Hawks look for hometown support as they take on Culver-Stockton on Wednesday evening at North Campus Field at 7PM.