September 24, 2007

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . .The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that University of Dubuque women’s soccer player Caitlin Tero (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia) and Wartburg College men’s cross country runner Brian Chenoweth (Geneseo, Ill./J.D. Darnell) have been named the IIAC Female and Male Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 23. The Conference also announced the Performers of the Week for each of the Conference’s eight sports in competition during the week.

Women’s Soccer – Caitlin Tero, University of Dubuque, Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia
Tero, a senior midfielder, scored four goals and an assist to lead the University of Dubuque to a 2-0-1 record on the week. Tero assisted on the game-winning goal late in a 2-1 win at Ashford, scored the lone goal in a tie with Central and netted three goals in the final seven minutes against Wisconsin-Stout to turn a 0-2 deficit into a 3-2 victory for the Spartans.

Men’s Cross Country – Brian Chenoweth, Wartburg College, Geneseo, Ill./J.D. Darnell
Chenoweth, a junior, finished third in a field of 287 runners at the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Open. He covered the 8,000-meter course in 26:18.03, 24.02 seconds behind the meet champion. Competing in a multi-divisional field, Chenoweth’s time was tops among other league schools in the meet. He also guided Wartburg to a runner-up team finish, just 11 points behind Minnesota-Duluth, the eighth-rated team in last week’s USTFCCCA Division II North Central Region Poll.

Football – Kurtis Brondyke, Central College, Clinton, Iowa/Clinton
Brondyke, a freshman punter, punted seven times for 281 yards (a 40.1 yard per punt average), landing three of his seven punts inside the 5-yard line, including two fourth-quarter punts downed at the 1-yard line to help Central preserve a 17-14 win over Loras. Brondyke has had four punts downed at the 1-yard line in the past two weeks. Only one of his seven punts in the Loras game was returnable.

Volleyball – Jena Goedken, University of Dubuque, Lamont, Iowa/Starmont
Goedken, a senior middle blocker, helped the University of Dubuque to a 3-2 record on the week, including a 3-1 mark at the Clarke College Invitational, where she was named to the All-Tournament Team. Goedken posted 92 kills in four matches at the Clarke Tournament after opening the week with a 13-kill performance in a three-game loss at Simpson. Goedken also averaged 1.69 blocks per game on the week.

Women’s Tennis – Molly Fiala, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson
Fiala, a senior, advanced to the semifinal round of both the singles and doubles draws at the ITA Midwest Region Championships in St. Peter, Minn. Fiala posted a trio of singles wins before falling to eventual champion Jenni White of Gustavus Adolphus College 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals. She also teamed with Andrea Schupbach to post three doubles wins before being eliminated from contention by the Gustavus tandem of White and Sierra Krebsbach. White and Krebsbach went on to win the doubles title.

Men’s Soccer – Nate DuBois, Loras College, Lane, Ill./Lemont
DuBois, a freshman goalkeeper, recorded shutout wins over Augustana (1-0) and Wartburg (2-0) last week. DuBois recorded four saves against Augustana and another three in Saturday’s IIAC opener against the Knights. DuBois’ biggest save came in the second half with Loras leading 1-0.

Women’s Cross Country – Emily VanOosbree, Wartburg College, Emmetsburg, Iowa/Emmetsburg
VanOosbree, a junior, placed second at the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Open. Competing in a multi-divisional field of 243 runners, VanOosbree traversed the 6,000-meter course in 23:35.12, just 4.49 seconds behind the winner. The top Iowa Conference finisher at the meet, her finish helped Wartburg to a third-place finish. The Knights finished ahead of No. 6-ranked Luther, No. 11-ranked UW-Eau Claire, No. 19-ranked Carleton, and No. 21-ranked UW-Platteville in the final team standings.

Women’s Golf – Kate Thompson, Wartburg College, Webster City, Iowa/Webster City
Thompson, a junior, finished tied for third in a field of 80 golfers at the Division III Midwest Classic at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson, Wis. Thompson fired rounds of 80-83=163 to finish six shots behind the meet’s co-medalists and was the highest placing Iowa Conference golfer in a field which contained many of the region’s top teams. She led her team to a third-place finish.

Other Outstanding Weekly Performers
The IIAC also recognized the following outstanding athletic performances from the past week.

• Women’s Cross Country – Coe College freshman Ashley Schnell (Lincoln, Neb./North Star) placed ninth in a field of 354 runners at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational. Schnell, the top Iowa Conference individual in the event, stopped the clock in 22:32, 42 seconds behind the individual champion. Coe took 15th place as a team with 380 points.

• Men’s Cross Country – Simpson College junior Eric Osterhaus (Waterville, Iowa/Waukon) finished fifth of 409 runners at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational. Osterhaus covered the 8,000-meter course in 25:51, 43 seconds behind the individual champion. The highest placing Iowa Conference runner at the event, Osterhaus led the Storm to a ninth-place team finish with 328 points.

• Women’s Golf – Buena Vista University senior Chelsea Anderson (Storm Lake, Iowa/Storm Lake) finished first at the Central Fall Invitational, firing rounds of 79-86=165 to finish three shots ahead of the second-place golfer for her first individual title.

• Women’s Soccer – Cornell College senior midfielder Chelsea Coyne (Minneapolis, Minn./South) recorded her first career hat trick, scoring three goals and dishing out an assist in a 5-2 win over Buena Vista. She entered the match with two career goals in 59 matches.

• Football – Wartburg College senior wide receiver/defensive back Nick Weber (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier) hauled in the eventual game-winning score in the Knights’ 25-8 win at Luther. Weber also recorded a key interception early in the fourth quarter as the Norse were driving for a potential score. He finished with single-game career highs in receptions (3) and yards receiving (60) and his touchdown catch was the first of his career.

• Volleyball – Cornell College sophomore outside hitter Kristin Paczosa (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) posted 76 kills, 90 digs and 12 total blocks in six matches last week. Paczosa recorded a kill/dig double-double in five of six matches and posted highs with 18 kills against Grinnell Sept. 19 and 22 digs Sept. 22 against Wheaton (Ill.)

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