Eagle Soccer to be featured on NBC-15

Catch the sports broadcast on NBC-15 (WMTV) at 6:00 and 10:00 on Tuesday night for a feature story on the Edgewood College men's and women's soccer teams and their head coach Tim Alexander. Coach Alexander needs one more men's soccer victory to become only the fifth head coach in NCAA history (all divisions) to win 200 men's games and 200 women's games.

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Women's soccer getting ready to go!

The Edgewood College women's soccer team runs through a drill in preparation for their season opener on September 1, 2010.

Five Questions: Kelsey Beck

I know it's been a while, but Five Questions returns with a surprise attack on women's soccer player Kelsey Beck...

Old Edgedome scoreboards come down!

The old center hanging scoreboard in the Edgedome has been taken down. In its place, brand new wall-mounted boards from All-American Scoreboards. They look awesome!

New Scoreboards in Edgedome photo gallery

Also, here's a short video of the old board being taken down...



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Brewster lends hand to National Transplant Games

Beginning Saturday, the Madison are will be the host for a very different kind of athletic event. The U.S. Transplant Games are sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation is a national, Olympic-style event presented every two years. The Games unite thousands of people across the country who have been touched by the organ donation and transplant process.

Edgewood College head track and cross country coach Bethany Brewster will serve as the meet director for the track and field competition which takes place on Monday morning at the University of Wisconsin McClimon Track and Soccer Complex. Competitiors will compete in a variety of events in age groups ranging from four to over 70.

Sports Information Director David Petroff will also be on hand serving as the public address announcer.

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Schlomer leading Badger Region teams to medal rounds

Edgewood College head volleyball coach Paul Schlomer fills another role in the summer months. Schlomer is the chair of the women's high performance teams of the Badger Region Volleyball Association which is the governing body for club volleyball teams in the state of Wisconsin.

This week four Badger Region teams have been competing at the USA High Performance Volleyball Championships at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells. Organized by USA Volleyball, the HP Championships seek to bring together the top players from all corners of the United States and top foreign teams. Heading into Thursday's play the Badger Region has the opportunity to place an unprecedented three teams in gold medal matches.

Coach Schlomer has personally guided the Badger Region's entry in the Girls' International Youth division (18 and under) to a 5-0 record thus far. With a win in their final Division 1 pool play match today at 9:45 a.m. against Chile, Schlomer's team will advance to the Gold Medal Match at 3:30 p.m. (UPDATE: Coach Schlomer's Badger Region team defeated Chile , but fell to Florida and settled for the silver medal.)

In the Girls National Select division (14 and under), the Badger Region is also 5-0. That team, coached by Christine Paciero, meets Iowa in the final pool play game at 9:45 a.m. Thursday morning. The winner of that match will advance to the Gold Medal Match at 1:30 p.m. today. Victoria Brisack, the daughter of Edgewood College director of athletics and head baseball coach Al Brisack, is a member of this squad. (UPDATE: Badger Region defeated Iowa to advance to the Gold Medal Match and then topped Southern California to claim gold.)

The Badger Region's team in the Boys' National Youth Division (18 and under) has already clinched a spot in today's Gold Medal Match. Head coach Chad Schreiber's team is 7-0 with one pool play match remaining. They will meet Ohio Valley at 3:30 p.m. today. (UPDATE: Badger Region scored a come-from-behind victory over Ohio Valley in the Gold Medal Match)

Badger Region Volleyball Association

USA Volleyball High Performance Championships

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Edgewood College Magazine: Summer 2010

Open publication - Free publishing - More wisconsin