CLU NOTEBOOK:KINGSMEN SET TO JOIN DIVISION III SOCCER ELITE.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer Just receiving an invitation was an immediate reward. Being tabbed for one national top tournaments validated the Cal Lutheran men's soccer team as one of the elite. Every year, Wheaton College Wheaton College may refer to:
A kind of early-season final four. ``It's a big compliment for our team,'' head coach Dan Kuntz said. ``Last year, Wheaton College went undefeated 24-0-0 and won the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. national championship. It says something if a team of that caliber wants us to be in their tournament. It means our program is established enough to be invited and ranked.'' Cal Lutheran, which is ranked seventh in the national preseason poll, didn't fare too badly in 1997. The team went 16-3-3, including a 9-0-1 record in the SCIAC SCIAC SIGINT Correlation Integration & Analysis Capability , earning them their third consecutive conference title and fifth in the last seven years. The team captured the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association West Regional and made it to the final eight before losing to Mary Washington College Mary Washington College, mainly at Fredericksburg, Va.; state supported; chartered 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women; first given its present name in 1938; coeducational since 1970. of Virginia 2-0 in the West/South Quarterfinal. Mary Washington made it to the championship game. The Kingsmen open with the host team today, then play Muhlenberg and finish with Washington University Washington University, at St. Louis, Mo.; coeducational; est. as Eliot Seminary 1853, opened 1854, renamed 1857. It has a well-known medical school and school of social work as well as research centers for radiology, space studies, engineering computing, and the on Saturday. Opening with the host team doesn't bother Kuntz at all. ``I don't blame them,'' he said. ``We beat them the last time we played in 1993 (4-1). It's their chance to get back at us in the lion's den. ``We're looking at it as a chance to prove ourselves. It's a motivational factor, all offseason we've known what was coming up.'' Fifty-seven players showed up for the first day of workouts. The team will carry only 19. ``We only had four or five days to whittle it down to that number and put a team together,'' Kuntz said. ``We'll see what we can do.'' Kuntz has the team's leading returning scorer, Oskar Kantoft, back. He had 13 goals and was named to the All-SCIAC team. Also returning are senior fullbacks Luis Alcaraz Angel Luis (Acosta) Alcaraz (born June 20, 1941 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. Alcaraz was signed as a free agent by the Milwaukee Braves on January 1, 1959 and then traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 1960 season. and Jeremy Creed. Some top newcomers include, Xavian Hood and David Maupin of Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , J.T. May of Dallas and Andrew Montenegro of Ventura. ``These guys have been impressive so far,'' Kuntz said. Women's soccer: Kuntz, who also coaches the women's team, is excited about the 1998 version. ``They could be one of the best women's teams we have ever had,'' he said. UPCOMING EVENTS Men's and Women's cross country: Season begins Sept. 12 at the Whittier Invitational Football: Saturday vs. Menlo, 1 p.m. Men's soccer: Today and Saturday at the Wheaton (Ill.) College Tournament in Naperville, Ill. (Muhlenberg, Pa., Wheaton, Washington University (Mo.) and Cal Lutheran) Women's soccer: Tuesday at Whittier College The liberal arts university was founded in 1887 by members of the Religious Society of Friends, who named it after Friends (Quaker) poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Student athletes at Whittier College are known today as the Poets in his honor. , 5 p.m.; Friday vs. Chapman, 2 p.m. Women's volleyball: Wednesday at CS Dominguez Hills, 7 p.m. CAPTION(S): Box BOX: UPCOMING EVENTS (See text) |
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