1997 Miracle Yearbook

Cedarville College added a new athletic team this year by welcoming the women's soccer club to its list of fall activities. The team,founded by senior Ellen Burkhard,hasbeeninthe worksfor overtwo years,and willreachitsultimate goal next year when,in the fall of 1997, the women's soccer team will finally become intercollegiate. Burkhard began her quest for a women'ssoccerteamtwoyearsagowhen sheputtogetheragroupofgirlsto partici- pate in an indoor league in Inglewood, Ohio. The team was open to all women and notryouts were necessary. Although this was a good experience, Burkhard wanted topursueotheroptions. She went to John McGillivray, head coach of the men's soccer team,and together the two prepared a proposal for an official women'ssoccerteamatCedarville. Three A New Tradition Women's Soccer weeks before school let out last spring, Burkhard wasinformed that a club team would be started in the fall of 1996. ThisSeptember,tryoutswereheld for all women interested in the team. Although over fifty women attended the tryouts, only twenty-five made the final cut. Practices,which ran one hour aday, five days a week,began soon after. The team came underthe direction ofstudent coaches Ellen Burkhard and Heather Edwards, as well as the men's team coaches. InearlyOctober,thewomencom- peted in their first game against Marion College of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Lady Yellow Jacketscrushed theiroppo- nents with an overwhelming6-0 victory. The team continued to improve over the remainder of the season, and, to keep themselves in shape for next year, the women participated in a winter indoor league. Burkhard,whobeganplayingsoc- cer on a community team in her home- town several years ago,played midfield and outside for the Yellow Jackets this year,in addition to her coaching duties. Becauseshehasalwayshad an interestin athletics, she is very excited to see her dream of a women's soccer team at Cedarville finally becoming a reality. Amanda Prusha Eric Fiveland row 1(1-r):SherylBuckley,Ehrin Arimura,HeatherEdwards,RachellePaquin,RachelEnglish,AnnReugsegger,Carrie Orme,Ellen Burkhard,Kristine Brown,Kim Howells,Karen Hayes,Anna del Rosario.row 2: Monica Ruth,Andrea Creamer,Rachel Soderstrom,Lisa Thomson,Elizabeth Rogers, Bethany Barch,Rachel Volpe,Melody Gbur,Jessica DeVinney,Meredith Allgrim,Lara Gyurick,Michelle Miller,Jen Wilk,Sarah Hills. 212 adstatias