1982 Miracle Yearbook

SOCCER TEAM PLACES SECOND IN THE NATION The 1981 Soccer team ended the season with a 12-7-1 record; more importantly, they placed second in the NCCAA Na- tionals. After playing a tough season, they won two important games in the dis- tricts, including a 5 to 4 overtime thriller against Bethel, to send them to the NCCAA Nationals in Florida. While there, they upset Covenant 2 to 1 in the semi- finals and then lost a heartbreaker by 1 point to Messiah in the final round. The team also set several new records: they tied the 1978 record for most games in a season, 20; they broke the 1975 re- cord of 64 goals in a season by scoring 68; and Jeff Bowser tied Larry Bollback's 1971 record of most points in a season, 32. Also, many individual accomplishments were made. Jeff Bowser and Dave Cox were named to the All NAIA District 22 team, the NCCAA All District III team,the NCCAA Nationals All Tournament team, the All American NCCAA second team, the NAIA All Area VI team, the All Ohio second team, the All Mid East team, and the All American NSCAA second team. James Fischer was named to the NAIA Academic All American Soccer Team. Sam Kester and Dan Delancey were also named to the All Tournament NCCAA Nationals team. The 1981 Soccer team had a great deal of depth, as demonstrated by the fact that Coach McGillivray used as many as 16 different players in the NCCAA Na- tionals. Coach McGillivray will be looking forward to next year, despite the fact that both Dave Cox and Jeff Bowser will have graduated. Photo 1: Jeff Bowser prepares to score one of his 26 goals for the season. Photo 2: Phil Miller tries to keep the ball away from an opponent. Photo 3: One of the outstanding freshmen on the team, Jim Hust, fights for possession of the ball. Photo 4: The 1981 Soccer team, seated: Gary Layton, Phil Miller, Craig Herl, Dave Bowser,Sam Kester, Dave Cox(co-cap- tain), Jeff Bowser (co-captain), Mark Wells, Dave Jones, Dan Delancey, James Fischer, and Chad Smith. Standing: Coach John McGillivray, Steve Smith, Peter Morgan, Jeff Smith, Kim Jenerette, James Jobson, Mark Price, Jim Hust, Jim Barber, and Joe O'Neal (manager).