ODAC Women's Soccer News Archive

Lynchburg College defender Rachel Sadowski and Virginia Wesleyan College forward Jessica Edelman were recognized as NSCAA All-Americans earlier this week. Sadowski garnered a spot on the first team, while Edelman was tabbed to the second team. This is first All-American honor for Sadowski and the second for Edelman.

The Old Dominion Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2012 ODAC/StellarOne Sportsmanship Teams in each of seven fall sports sponsored by the conference. This marks the fourth year the league has recognized these fine student-athletes for their excellence in sportsmanship.

Lynchburg College women's soccer hadn't lost a game all season coming into its third round contest against Johns Hopkins University in the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Blue Jays got the best of the Hornets on Saturday by a 3-1 scoreline, making LC's first loss of the season also the capper to its season. The Hornets finished with a 21-1-3 record, tied for the most wins in program history.

The 2012 Virginia Wesleyan men's and women's soccer teams will have more in common than ever before as this year they will both be led by one of the most experienced and successful head coaches in Division III soccer. Jeff Bowers has been named Director of Men's and Women's Soccer, adding men's head coaching duties to his role as women's head coach.

Lynchburg women's soccer coach, Dr. Todd Olsen, was inducted into the Capital One Academic All-America Hall of Fame, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The ceremony, which took place at CoSIDA's annual convention last week in St. Louis, honored six individuals from all divisions of NCAA competition.

Lynchburg College head women's soccer coach Dr. Todd Olsen is to be inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Monday, June 25, starting at 5:45 p.m. (Central Time Zone).

Eastern Mennonite has announced the hiring of Sue Kolb as its new women's soccer coach. She has been the assistant women's coach at Bluffton University the past two seasons, with this being her first collegiate head coaching position. Kolb is the program's fourth head coach as it heads into its 13th year of existence.

Lynchburg College senior forward Betsy Kwiatkowski was recently named a 2010 Second Team NSCAA/Performance Subaru All-American. Kwiatkowski also headlines 11 ODAC student-athletes who were named to the South Atlantic All-Region Teams, including four on the first team. Hornets’ head coach Todd Olsen was named the South Atlantic Coach of the Year.

Seven student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools earned a 2010 ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Award during the fall athletic schedule. Farm Bureau Insurance is the proud presenter of each award for the ODAC's 22 sponsored sports.

Eight student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools to earn a 2009 ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Award during the fall athletic schedule. Farm Bureau Insurance is the proud presenter of each award for the ODAC's 22 sponsored sports.

Eastern Mennonite University women’s soccer athlete, Mary Dunn, is one of eight student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools to earn a 2009 ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Award during the fall athletic schedule. Dunn was tabbed from a pool of nominees by a vote of each of the conference’s sports information directors.

Lynchburg and Washington-St. Louis tied 1-1 through two overtimes in their NCAA Division III semifinal matchup. The Bears advanced through to the national championship game on penalty kicks, 4-3. The Hornets season ends with a 17-3-5 record and the program's first trip to the NCAA Division III championship series.

Washington and Lee senior forward Anne Van Devender has been awarded a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The award is a $7,500 scholarship for academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

Washington and Lee Director of Athletics Jan Hathorn has announced that Neil Cunningham has been promoted to assistant athletic director effective immediately. Cunningham will remain the school's women's soccer coach and director of physical education.

Virginia Wesleyan's Jackie Ochs-Gregory led three ODAC players on the NSCAA All-American Teams. The senior defender earned first team status while Lynchburg midfielder Ashley Hoath and Washington and Lee striker Anne Van Devender were tabbed to the third team.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) voted women’s soccer coach Phil Benne the 2007 South Region Coach of the Year. This is the first time Benne has been awarded this prestigious honor. He will be in the running for national coach of the year.

The annual All-ODAC Women’s Soccer voting has ended and this year’s top awards have been set. Washington & Lee University’s Anne Van Devender collected the league’s Player of the Year award and Roanoke College’s Phil Benne was tabbed as the ODAC Coach of the Year. Lynchburg College’s Betsy Kwiatkowski earned ODAC Rookie of the Year honors, and the Hornets’ Lauren Askey received her second straight ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete award following a vote of the league’s sports information directors.

The ODAC Women’s Soccer Tournament experience the conference’s first postseason upset on Saturday evening as fourth-seeded Lynchburg College played even with Virginia Wesleyan College through two overtimes periods before defeating the Marlins 3-1 on penalty kicks. In the other semifinal, Roanoke College sandwiched two second half goals around one Washington & Lee University tally to defeat the Generals, 2-1.

Lynchburg College claimed top billing with seven of 12 first place votes in the 2006 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) preseason women’s soccer poll announced by the conference on Monday. Virginia Wesleyan College (three first place votes) and Washington and Lee University (two) round out the survey’s top three, all of which earned a spot in last season’s NCAA Division III national tournament.

You’ve all seen the parody commercials that have super bowl winners and World Series MVP’s claim that “We’re going to Disney World!” For Virginia Wesleyan College women’s soccer, there’s no faking it when the Marlins let out the all-too-famous exclamation.

The two Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) women’s soccer teams that began competition in the Division III National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Soccer tournament are still in it. Both the Virginia Wesleyan College Marlins and the Washington & Lee Generals defeated both their opponents this weekend to advance to the NCAA’s “Sweet Sixteen”.