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Blue Knights to Hold Open Tryouts
URBANA, Ohio - The Urbana University women's soccer team will be holding player tryouts for the 2010 season on Sunday, November 22 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The tryouts are open to anyone interested in playing for the Blue Knights next season. Below is a complete itinerary, along with requirements to participate in the tryout. If you would like to participate in the tryout, you MUST email Head Women's Soccer Coach David McCaig ((JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) to confirm that you will be attending. If you have any further questions, please direct them to Coach McCaig.
Itinerary
10:15 a.m.: Meet at the Student Center (Campus Map located here)
10:30 a.m.: Registration at the Grimes Athletic Center
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Field Session
1:30 p.m.: School Tour by the Admissions Department
Requirements to Participate
-All participants must bring their completed medical forms/waivers to the 10:30 a.m. registration. The Pre-Participation Physical Packet can be downloaded here. This must be fully completed and given to our Athletic Training Staff at registration in order to participate in the tryout.
**If you have had a high school physical in the past 6 months, you may bring that documentation and that will count.
-Also, bring your own shin guards, white shorts, white socks, and soccer shoes, along with proper undershirts for cold weather (No hats please). We will provide the uniforms.
New "Queen of the Shutout" is Week's Best
URBANA, Ohio (November 6, 2009) - Senior goalkeeper Melanie Johansing (Cincinnati, Ohio/Roger Bacon HS) saved her best for last, literally. In the final game of her career, Johansing notched her 16th career shutout, tying the all-time mark at Urbana. Today, she was named the Blue Knight Student-Athlete of the Week, becoming the 3rd women's soccer player to win the award this year, and the second in as many weeks after teammate Mikaela Tolbert won the award last week.
Johansing entered her senior season needing just 5 more shutouts to tie the career mark of 16 set by Liz Markley in 2006. She collected 4 shutouts in the first 10 matches and helped the Blue Knights to a 4-4-2 start. Then, Johansing and the team hit a dry spell. The team dropped 4 straight contests in which their opponents outscored Urbana 11-0. The 4-game skid ended at home with a 2-1 win over Lake Erie College, but Johansing's bid for her 16th shutout ended when a questionable penalty call awarded the Storm a penalty kick in the 71st minute. The Blue Knights won their next game on the road at Charleston, but again, Johansing's attempt at a shutout ended on a 2nd half PK goal.
With just 1 game remaining against a Tiffin team that had beaten Johansing and the Blue Knights by a score of 7-0 the last time they played, it appeared as though Johansing might come up just short of the record. But Johansing and her teammates showed the same resolve and determination they have all season by knocking off the Dragons with a tough 2-0 win. Johansing faced 14 shots on goal, but she saved every last one of them to preserve her record-tying 16th shutout. The Blue Knights rebounded to win their final 3 contests in a season dedicated to their fallen teammate, Andia Shisler.
Johansing ends her 4-year career at Urbana with a 28-22-2 record in goal. She allowed just 1.379 goals per game, 2nd best in school history.
Blue Knights Slay Dragons in Season Finale
URBANA, Ohio (November 4, 2009) - On the final day of the season, the Urbana University women's soccer team defeated the Dragons from Tiffin University 2-0. The win was the Blue Knights 3rd straight. Urbana ends their year at 7-8-2. Tiffin falls to 11-6-2.
The shutout was senior goalkeeper Melanie Johansing's 16th career shutout, tying the school record. Johansing (Cincinnati, Ohio/Roger Bacon HS) notched 14 saves in the game to earn the shutout. She finishes her career with 321 saves.
Urbana got all the scoring they needed in the 21st minute. Junior forward Randi Granat (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland HS) got her team-leading 8th goal of the season on a bloop shot over the keeper's head. Sophomore Leah Guey (Conover, Ohio/Graham HS) provided the assist, her 1st of the season.
Guey provided some insurance in the 69th minute, scoring her first goal of the year on a corner kick from sophomore Abby Pearson (Xenia, Ohio/Xenia HS). Freshman Mikaela Tolbert (Defiance, Ohio/Defiance HS) headed the ball down to Guey who scored easily on the Dragons' doorstep. [Game Stats]