The weekend of 9/18 through 9/20/09 was a perfect one for the 2009 Soccer Hawks and for the Hawk NAIA Soccer Championship teams of 1977-1978-1979-1980-1981…and the weather was beautiful too.
The current Soccer Hawks kicked off the weekend with a strong 2-0 win over Missouri S & T who came into “Hawk Country” rated 8th in the latest Regional Poll sponsored by the NSCAA. Jake Pittroff (junior, from St. Louis Oakville HS) notched the first Hawk tally midway through the first half with a blast from 25 yards out. At the 60th minute mark Jayme Groark (senior, from St. Louis CBC HS) hit a terrific bending ball from at least 25 yards out and off to the right side. S & T’s goal keeper had no chance on either shot. Though the offense scored two great goals the defense did it’s part too with GK Kyle Dillman (senior ,Madison WI LaFollette HS) making a couple of tremendous diving saves and the entire Hawk defense coming together to block four rapid fire shots by the Miners from inside 12 yards on one hectic sequence.
On Saturday night players from the QU NAIA National Championship teams of 1977-81 gathered for a dinner of reminiscence about those seasons that saw their group become the first and only NAIA or NCAA Division I or II team to ever win FIVE CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in Men’s Collegiate Soccer. After the dinner the Captains of those squads spoke of some of their memories and Coach Jack Mackenzie summed up those championship experiences and presented all squad members a souvenir color poster of the five teams.
On Sunday afternoon the Hawks played new GLVC Member Maryville University and defeated them 5-0. Once again Jake Pittroff opened the Hawk scoring account with a 21st minute goal off an assist by Jayme Groark. Ten minutes later Jack Wedemeier (junior, Cape Girardeau Notre Dame HS) notched a goal off an assist from Jake Pittroff for a 2-0 Hawk half-time lead. At the 53rd minute Pittroff kicked in his second goal of the game after receiving a pass from Wedemeier. Corey Eatherton (junior, Fenton MO Summit HS) scored at the 61st minute off a pass from Greg Schaeffer (junior, St. Louis Oakville HS) by outrunning a Maryville defender to the ball even though that defender had at least a five yard lead when the race for the ball began. Wedemeier knocked in the last goal of the match at the 70th minute as he followed up a blast from Jeff Vaninger (sophomore, St. Louis CBC HS) that was blocked by Maryville’s keeper and then kneed up against the crossbar by Nick Lantz (sophomore, Quincy Senior HS) only to fall into Jack’s path for him to slot home.
The Hawks currently stand at 4-3-1 overall and 3-1-0 in the GLVC. Their next action will be Friday night 9/25 at UMSL (St. Louis) on the Don Dallas Field at 7:30 PM. On Sunday they are in Evansville IN to play the University of Southern Indiana at 2:30 PM. If you get a chance come out and support the team.
IT’S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE A QU HAWK FAN.
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