EUREKA — Summer came to an end for the Eureka men’s soccer team on Friday. And, with a pair of preseason training sessions on the Traister Field practice fields, fall officially began.
GREENVILLE, Ill. – Eureka senior James Bowen (Homer Glen, Ill./Seneca H.S.) has been selected to the All-St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Third Team, Commissioner Dr. Dick Kaiser announced Saturday at the SLIAC Tournament in Greenville, Ill. Bowen, who was also an All-SLIAC pick as a freshman in 2015, scored a team-best nine goals in 2018.
EUREKA – A 12th-minute goal from Adam Jones was enough for Greenville in the Panthers’ 2-0 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Eureka, Saturday at McKinzie Field.
CARLINVILLE, Ill. – Michael Hansen (Peoria, Ill./Limestone H.S.) scored 92 seconds into the match, Cole Collins (Paris, Ill./Paris H.S.) delivered insurance in the final five minutes and Moises Aldana (Spring Valley, Ill./Hall H.S.) kept a clean sheet in goal to lift Eureka to a 2-0 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory at Blackburn, Tuesday night in Carlinville, Ill. The win was the Red Devils’ fifth shutout of 2018, EC’s most in a season in program history.
EUREKA – Eureka held St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference heavyweight Webster scoreless through more than 43 minutes Saturday afternoon at Traister Field, but the visiting Gorloks broke a scoreless tie on Isaac Pearson’s 44th-minute goal and added four more goals in the second half for a 5-0 league win over the Red Devils.
ELSAH, Ill. – Diego Cintora (Watseka, Ill./Watseka H.S.) and Michael Hansen (Peoria, Ill./Limestone H.S.) scored second-half goals in Tuesday’s St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at Principia, but the Panthers scored eight times in the first 60 minutes of the match to down Eureka, 8-2.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Eureka College men’s soccer team’s shutout streak ended at 202:53 and its win streak ended at two in Saturday’s 6-0 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference defeat at Spalding in Louisville, Ky.
EUREKA – A 21st-minute own goal held up as the match winner, James Bowen (Homer Glen, Ill./Seneca H.S.) tallied his 36th career goal in the 47th minute and Moises Aldana (Spring Valley, Ill./Hall H.S.) earned his fourth shutout of 2018, allowing the Eureka College men’s soccer team to secure a 2-0 non-conference win over Lincoln Christian, Thursday night at McKinzie Field. The victory has given the Red Devils back-to-back shutout wins for the first time since September 2015.
EUREKA – Josh Mead (Tampico, Ill./Prophetstown H.S.) headed home a corner kick for the match-winning goal in the 16th minute and Moises Aldana (Spring Valley, Ill./Hall H.S.) made a pair of saves for his third career clean sheet in the Eureka College men’s soccer team’s 4-0 shutout victory over St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival MacMurray, Tuesday night at McKinzie Field.
FULTON, Mo. – James Bowen (Homer Glen, Ill./Seneca H.S.) scored twice and Cole Collins (Paris, Ill./Paris H.S.) provided an equalizer late in regulation for his first collegiate goal, but Westminster’s Matthew Schulte tallied the golden goal in the 104th minute to down the Eureka College men’s soccer team in double overtime, Saturday afternoon in Fulton, Mo.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – A first-minute goal by Carlos Mateo and a scoring outburst in the second half proved to be the difference in Iowa Wesleyan’s 5-0 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Eureka College men’s soccer team, Wednesday afternoon in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
EUREKA – The Eureka College men’s soccer team took the pitch for its 12th St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener Saturday afternoon, falling in a 3-0 decision to visiting Fontbonne at Traister Field.
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Kenneth Mantell (Sidney, Ill./Unity H.S.) made the most of his first collegiate shot attempt, scoring his first career goal on an assist from Michael Hansen (Peoria, Ill./Limestoe H.S.) in the 73rd minute of the Eureka College men’s soccer team’s 1-0 victory over Emmaus Bible, Wednesday night in Dubuque, Iowa. The decision avenges the Red Devils’ 3-1 defeat to the Eagles just 11 days ago at Traister Field.
EUREKA – James Bowen (Homer Glen, Ill./Seneca H.S.) continued his early-season scoring spree with two more goals Monday night, but a deflected loose ball in the Eureka penalty area just 77 seconds into the first overtime period found its way to the back of the cage in the Red Devils’ 5-4 non-league loss to St. Mary-of-the-Woods at McKinzie Field.
EUREKA – James Bowen (Homer Glen, Ill./Seneca H.S.) scored in the 109th minute, his second goal of the afternoon and the 31st goal of his collegiate career, vaulting the Eureka College men’s soccer team to a 4-3 double-overtime victory over Faith Baptist Bible, Thursday night at a sweltering Traister Field.
MONMOUTH, Ill. – Logan Hobbs (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S.) gave the Eureka College men’s soccer team an early lead with his first collegiate goal in the 12th minute of Saturday’s non-conference match at Monmouth, but the Fighting Scots recovered to earn a 4-1 win over the Red Devils.
EUREKA – Adam Newell (Morton, Ill./Morton H.S.) delivered the match winner in the 10th minute and James Bowen (Homer Glen, Ill./Seneca H.S.) added a pair of insurance tallies, vaulting the Eureka College men’s soccer team to a 3-0 non-conference victory over Finlandia, Thursday afternoon at McKinzie Field.
EUREKA – Newcomer Diego Cintora (Watseka, Ill./Watseka H.S.) scored his first collegiate goal to pull the Eureka College men’s soccer team even in the 58th minute and Michael Hansen (Peoria, Ill./Limestone H.S.) followed with the match-winner in the 65th minute – his eighth career tally – to send the Red Devils to 2-1 season-opening victory over Lakeland at McKinzie Field, Saturday afternoon.
EUREKA -- The Eureka College men’s soccer team hit the practice pitch for the first time Monday in preparation for the program’s 12th NCAA Division III season. The Red Devils will enter their fifth season under the direction of Dwain Barker, the winningest coach in the history of the program.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Six-time St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s soccer champion Webster has been picked by league coaches to win the conference in 2018, according to a poll released by the conference office on Thursday. Eureka College was picked 10th in the poll conducted earlier this month.
EUREKA, Ill. – Eureka College senior Brady Thomas (Mount Pulaski, Ill./Mount Pulaski H.S.) scored a goal in his final collegiate game Saturday at Traister Field, but St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival Westminster scored twice in the first half and added a pair of insurance goals after halftime for a 4-1 league win over the Red Devils.
EUREKA, Ill. -- The Eureka College men's soccer team received game-tying goals from junior James Bowen (Homer Glen, Ill./Seneca H.S.) and senior Brady Thomas (Mount Pulaski, Ill./Mount Pulaski H.S.) in the second half of Tuesday's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against Iowa Wesleyan, but the Tigers tallied the match-winning goal in the 75th minute to escape with a 4-2 league win over the Red Devils at McKinzie Field.
EUREKA, Ill. – Blackburn scored four times in the second half to turn a slim halftime lead into a 6-0 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Eureka College men’s soccer team, Saturday afternoon at McKinzie Field.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Eureka College men's soccer team traveled to St. Louis, Mo. Wednesday for a road match against St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference leader Webster, dropping an 8-0 decision to the Gorloks.
GREENVILLE, Ill. -- Eureka College sophomore Michael Hansen (Peoria, Ill./Limestone H.S.) became the 10th player in program history to score seven career goals with his tally in the 13th minute, but Greenville delivered enough offense to earn a 6-1 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Red Devils, Saturday night in Greenville, Ill.
EUREKA, Ill. – Kaleb Keller scored the match-winning goal in the fourth minute, part of Principia’s four-goal outburst in the first half, to lift the Panthers to a 4-0 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over the Eureka College men’s soccer team Thursday at McKinzie Field.
EUREKA, Ill. -- With inclement weather in the forecast, Tuesday's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference soccer doubleheader versus Principia at McKinzie Field has been postponed.
EUREKA, Ill. – The Eureka College men’s soccer team will continue St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference competition with a pair of league matches this week. Principia will visit McKinzie Field Tuesday at 5 p.m. on the FieldTurf before the Red Devils travel to Greenville for a 1 p.m. league kickoff this Saturday.
EUREKA, Ill. -- Spalding earned an 11-0 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Eureka College men's soccer team, Saturday afternoon at Traister Field.
EC Men's Soccer Returns to Practice Pitch
August 16, 2019EUREKA — Summer came to an end for the Eureka men’s soccer team on Friday. And, with a pair of preseason training sessions on the Traister Field practice fields, fall officially began.
