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Updated
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
NCWC soccer excels
academically with 21 on President's Lists
 Rocky
Mount, NC
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Head soccer coach Jason Kilby is pleased to announce that 21 of his Bishop players have received academic
recognition by being named to the President's Honor List or President's
List recently released by NCWC.
Those on the Honor List must have maintained at least a
3.75 grade point average over the fall semester, while those
on the President's List must have maintained at least a 3.25
GPA. Also of note, the Bishops boasted a GPA over 3.0 as a
team! more >
Former
Bishop
defender
Kris
Banghart
awarded MLS
tryout
 Rocky
Mount, NC
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The NCWC Department of Athletics is pleased to
announce that former men's soccer defender Kris
Banghart has
been
invited to participate in the 2010 adidas MLS
Player Combine, Major League Soccer announced last
Thursday. Banghart (pictured), who
was
among a list of 62 seniors from 44 Division I
schools, spent the
past three seasons with the University of Denver
after a stellar freshman year with the Bishops in
2006.
more >
Bishops
tie Captains 1-1, CNU takes tourney title in shootout
 Martinsville,
VA -
The Battling Bishop men's soccer team put up a valiant
effort versus nationally-ranked Christopher Newport on
Saturday evening, but Wesleyan was unable to defend its 2008
USA South Tournament crown, falling to the 7th-ranked
Captains by a 4-2 score in penalty kicks. Goals by CNU's
Brian Lybert
and Wesleyan's Arkadiusz Trochowski (pictured) led to a 1-1
double overtime tie,
setting up the best-of-five shootout. The championship is
the first-ever
for the Captains, who secured the league's automatic bid to
the NCAA Tournament. The tie leaves NCWC with an
11-7-1 record.
more >
USA
South announces All-Conference awards for fall
sports
 Fayetteville,
NC
- The USA South Athletic
Conference has releaseed its 2009
All-Conference awards for soccer and volleyball,
and North Carolina Wesleyan is pleased to
announce that the Battling Bishops had 15
student-athletes garner recognition among their
respective teams. Leading the way were First
Team selections Brittany Insley and Mackenzie
Tingle of volleyball, as well as men's soccer
First Teamers Edgar Zaldivar and Michael
Muhseler (pictured), who was also tabbed the
league's Rookie of the Year.
more >
Trio of
Bishops
named USA
South
Athletes of
the Week
 Fayetteville,
NC
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North
Carolina
Wesleyan
is pleased
to announce
that
three Bishop
athletes
have earned
USA South
weekly
accolades.
Bryan
Haywood of
football
picked up
his second
straight
Offensive
Player of
the Week
award, while
Benjamin
Kruk and
Michael
Muhseler of
men's soccer
were named
Defensive
Player and
Rookie of
the Week,
respectively. more
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Herrera
nets gamewinner, NCWC shuts out Greensboro 4-0
 Rocky Mount, NC -
Behind freshman Irvin Herrera's second gamewinning goal of
the season, the North Carolina Wesleyan men's soccer team
cruised to a 4-0 shutout of Greensboro College on Saturday
afternoon at Scalf Field. Herrera (pictured) gave the
Bishops all the offense they would need when he booted home
a through-ball from Javier Castrillo at the 10-minute mark.
Wesleyan finishes the regular season with a 10-7 overall
record with a 5-1 USA South mark.
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