Head Coach:
Barry McNamara, 6th
year
Phone: 309-457-2117
E-mail:
mcnamara@monm.edu
Assistant Coach:
Dick Johnston, 5th year
Note to
Recruits: If you have not yet filled out a Monmouth College
women's soccer questionnaire, you can do so online by clicking
on the "Recruit Me" link above.
We are
looking for young women who are passionate about the sport of
soccer and who are dedicated to making themselves better players
both during competition and during the off-season. We are also
looking for young women who are strong students who will be
leaders not only on the field, but on campus and in the
community, as well. -- Coach McNamara
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The Fighting Scots 2007
Women's Soccer Team
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MWC PERFORMER OF THE WEEK |
Meeke is MWC Performer of the Week
 October
2, 2007Monmouth College freshman forward
Megan Meeke (Elmhurst, Ill./York) scored three goals in two matches and
was named the Midwest Conference Offensive Performer of the Week in
women’s soccer.
Meeke scored the game-winner Saturday against Hannibal-LaGrange in
the 82nd minute. She found the back of the net twice in a 6-0 shutout
over arch-rival Knox. The freshman is second for the Scots in goals and
points.
Parker is MWC Performer of the Week
 September 3, 2007
Monmouth
College freshman defender Brittney Parker (Waukegan, Ill./Warren) helped
the Fighting Scots to a season-opening 1-0 blanking of Eureka College
and was named the Midwest Conference Defensive Performer of the Week in
women’s soccer.
Parker not only helped the Fighting Scots hold the Red Devils in
check, she also was part of an offensive onslaught that peppered
Eureka’s goalkeeper with 32 shots on goal. The freshman netted the
game’s only goal in the 54th minute to provide the winning margin in
Monmouth’s season-opening victory.
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FIGHTING SCOTS
TEAM INFORMATION |
BARRY McNAMARA, MC’s associate director of college
communications, is the
Fighting Scots’ women’s soccer coach, and he has guided the program
to a 43-32-7 record through his first five seasons.
McNamara lettered in both
soccer and tennis at Beloit College, where he was a starting
midfielder, and he has first-hand knowledge of what it takes to be a
Division III student-athlete.
For the past several years, he has also been active with youth
soccer, coaching successful school and club teams in Galva,
Monmouth and Galesburg.
“I’m very excited about the state of soccer at Monmouth College,”
said McNamara. “We reached the postseason for the first time in
2005, and we look forward to returning many times.”
McNamara, who was named the Midwest Conference Coach
of the Year in 2005, lives in Monmouth with his wife, Vicki, and
two children.
DICK JOHNSTON, a professor in MC’s department
of political economy and commerce, played soccer at
nationally-ranked State University of New York at Oneonta and then
coached Division I soccer at Lehigh University. He has also coached
youth soccer for two decades. He and his wife live in Monmouth and
have two children in college.
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TEAM HISTORY
Women's soccer
began as a club sport in 1991, and was granted full intercollegiate status in the fall
of 1994. Monmouth is a member of the Midwest Conference. The
Scots set a school record in 2005 with 11 victories and took third
in the MWC with a 7-2 record.
HOME MATCHES
Home matches
are played at
Peacock Memorial Athletic Park located at the corner of North 11th Street and U.S.
Highway 34 on the eastern edge of Monmouth.
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