SIU Edwardsville Cougars women's soccer

The SIU Edwardsville Cougars women's soccer team represent Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) in the Ohio Valley Conference of NCAA Division I soccer. The Cougars play their home matches on Bob Guelker Field at Ralph Korte Stadium located in the southwest corner of the SIUE campus in Edwardsville, Illinois. Derek Burton has been head coach since 2008.[2]

SIU Edwardsville Cougars women's soccer
Founded1981
UniversitySouthern Illinois University Edwardsville
Head coachDerek Burton (10th year season)
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
LocationEdwardsville, IL
StadiumRalph Korte Stadium
(Capacity: 4,000)
NicknameCougars
ColorsRed and White[1]
         
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2016
NCAA Tournament appearances
D I: 2014, 2016
D II: 1993, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007
Conference Tournament championships
OVC 2014, 2016
Conference Regular Season championships
OVC 2014 (tie)
GLVC 1998, 1999 (tie), 2004 (tie), 2007

History

Sources:' [2][3]

The program was begun by Lori Stark in 1981 as a club team and was elevated to varsity status the following year. Stark departed after the 1983 season and was replaced by a series of co-head coaches.

In 1984 & '85, the program was led by Mike Kelly and head softball coach Cindy Jones. Jones was replaced in 1986 by Ed Huneke, who also became the new men's head coach. Kelly left after five seasons and was replaced in 1989 by Brian Korbesmeyer.

In 1990, Korbesmeyer became the sole head coach, a position he held through 2002, leading the Cougars to two Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) titles and three trips to the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship tournament.

Cougar alumna Lynda Bowers became head coach in 2003 and led the Cougars to two more GLVC championships and two more trips to the NCAA tournament before leaving the program after the 2007 season to pursue a career in the ministry as the university was ready to begin the transition to Division I.

Derek Burton assumed the reins of the program in 2008 and led it into Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).

In 2014, Burton's Cougars tied for the regular season OVC championship, then won the conference tournament to become the school's first entry in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship. Playing at heavily favored Kentucky, the Cougars held the Wildcats to a scoreless tie through regulation time and two extra periods before falling on penalty kicks.[4]

The 2016 squad finished the regular season in 4th place with a record of only 8–7–4 (6–3–1 OVC). They got through the first round of the OVC tournament by besting Austin Peay on penalty kicks 5–4, sending them to the semifinals at top-seeded Murray State. The Racers had not lost on their home field since October 2014, but the Cougars took the victory 2–1 with 11 seconds left in the first overtime period.[5] In the tourney final, they faced co-champions Eastern Kentucky. The Cougars scored early, then successfully argued that the referee had not let the goalkeeper get set on a penalty kick. Goalkeeper Juli Rossi blocked the re-try, and SIUE then held on to win 1–0 for their second title in three years.[6] Playing in the NCAA tournament at heavily favored and 11th ranked Notre Dame, the Cougars did as they had done to the Kentucky Wildcats two years before, and held the Fighting Irish to a scoreless tie through regulation time and two extra periods, with Rossi making several spectacular saves. In the penalty kicks, Rossi made two saves, while the SIUE women nailed 5 of six to win 5–4 and became only the second OVC team to advance to the NCAA second round [7] where they lost to Northwestern 1–0 at Duke.

All-Americans

Source: [8]

Although the Cougars' women's program has not been as successful as the men's, two players have been named All-Americans for their play at SIUE.

  • Janece Friederich. 1996 First Team & 1998 Second Team
  • Elizabeth Valenti, 2007 Second Team

One Cougars player has been named to the NSCAA Women's University Division Scholar All-American Teams.

  • Samantha Jones, 2014 Third Team

Record By Year
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
SIU Edwardsville (Division II Independent[9]) (1982–1994)
1982 Lori Stark 8–6–2
1983 Lori Stark 5–12–0
1984 Mike Kelley & Cindy Jones 12–5–1
1985 Mike Kelley & Cindy Jones 8–4–2
1986 Mike Kelley & Ed Huneke 11–6–1
1987 Mike Kelley & Ed Huneke 9–4–1
1988 Mike Kelley & Ed Huneke 5–13–1
1989 Brian Korbesmeyer & Ed Huneke 6–9–1
1990 Brian Korbesmeyer 13–5–1
1991 Brian Korbesmeyer 9–7–1
1992 Brian Korbesmeyer 9–5–1
1993 Brian Korbesmeyer 11–7–1NCAA Div. II 1st round
1995 Brian Korbesmeyer 9–3–4
SIU Edwardsville (Great Lakes Valley Conference Div. II[10]) (1982–1971)
1995 Brian Korbesmeyer 8–6–44–4–13rd (tie)
1996 Brian Korbesmeyer 16–4–27–1–12ndNCAA Div. II 1st round
1997 Brian Korbesmeyer 15–7–07–2–02nd
1998 Brian Korbesmeyer 13–3–29–0–11stNCAA Div. II 1st round
1999 Brian Korbesmeyer 13–6–09–2–01st
2000 Brian Korbesmeyer 13–4–38–0–32nd
2001 Brian Korbesmeyer 9–6–14–5–16th
2002 Brian Korbesmeyer 9–5–45–1–43rd (tie)
2003 Lynda Bowers 10–7–04–6–08th
2004 Lynda Bowers 13–6–09–1–01st (tie)
2005 Lynda Bowers 17–6–011–2–02ndNCAA Div. II 1st round
2006 Lynda Bowers 12–5–38–3–23rd
2007 Lynda Bowers 13–5–111–2–01stNCAA Div. II 1st round
SIU Edwardsville (Division I Independent[9]) (2008–2010)
2008 Derek Burton 5–8–0
2009 Derek Burton 3–10–2
2010 Derek Burton 8–7–1
SIU Edwardsville (Ohio Valley Conference [11]) (2011–present)
2011 Derek Burton 6–9–14–5–06th (tie)
2012 Derek Burton 7–8–44–4–15th (tie)
2013 Derek Burton 13–5–36–3–14th
2014 Derek Burton 13–6–28–2–01st (tie)NCAA 1st round
2015 Derek Burton 5–11–32–7–110th
2016 Derek Burton 10–8–56–3–14thNCAA 2nd round
2017 Derek Burton 7–10–24–5–1t-6th
Total:353–238–60

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer

References
  1. "SIUE Visual Identity Requirements" (PDF). February 18, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  2. "SIUE". siuecougars.com.
  3. "Southern Illinois University Edwardsville". siue.edu.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "WOMEN's COLLEGE SOCCER: SIUE hands Murray State first league defeat in two years in OVC semis". The Telegraph. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. "WOMEN's COLLEGE SOCCER: Cougars win OVC Tourney, earn NCAA berth". The Telegraph. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. "WOMEN's COLLEGE SOCCER: SIUE shocks No. 11 Notre Dame in penalty kicks". The Telegraph. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  8. "SIUE". siuecougars.com.
  9. "SIUE Women's Soccer - Overall Coaching Records". siuecougars.com.
  10. "Great Lakes Valley Conference". glvcsports.com.
  11. "OVCSports.com - Official Web Site of the Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com.
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