Box Score BELOIT, Wis. – Two days after an impressive 3-1 victory over Spalding, Maranatha suffered a 6-0 loss to Beloit College on Saturday afternoon. Coach Pill stated, “Our youth was outmatched by a veteran Beloit squad, but we battled hard and made progress throughout the game. A lot of younger guys gained valuable experience in [Continue Reading...]
Maranatha Articles on Men’s Soccer
Pill Leads Crusaders To Victory In Closing Minutes
Box Score WATERTOWN, Wis. – Maranatha played a competitive spirited affair against Spalding College, winning 3-1 in the closing minutes on Thursday afternoon. Both team remained scoreless for 38 minutes until junior midfielder Taylor Pill (Watertown, Wis.) notched his third goal of the season at 39 minutes. Spalding sprung out of the gates with two [Continue Reading...]
Pioneers Overpower Crusaders
Box Score WATERTOWN, Wis. – The Northland Pioneers pounced on the Crusaders, attacking early and often for a 4-0 win on Saturday afternoon. At the 19th minute, Northland’s Marco Patz scored with the assist from Josh Netz. The score held 1-0 at the half, but Netz added a goal five minutes into the second half. [Continue Reading...]
Crusaders Thump Cougars
Box Score WATERTOWN, Wis. – The afternoon belonged to a balanced Crusader’s attack in a 7-2 thumping of Kuyper on Thursday afternoon. Maranatha posted 41 shots, 18 on goal, compared to the Cougars’ 8 shots, four on goal. All but three players on the team had at least one shot. Kuyper’s Matt Peterson scored first, [Continue Reading...]
Moody Blanks Crusaders
Box Score WATERTOWN, Wis. – The 2011 NCCAAII champions proved their #1 status by thumping the Crusaders 6-0 on Tuesday afternoon. Moody’s Jacob Persson (Sherwood, Ark.) scored 1:30 into the game and midfielder Richard Supe (Edgewood, Ky.) made it 2-0 at the 38th minute. The second half belonged to Moody on the scoreboard, but Maranatha [Continue Reading...]
Crusader Freshmen Ignite Win Over Great Lakes
LANSING, Mich. – A day after an impressive 3-1 victory over Grace Bible, the men’s soccer team repeated the same score, only this time, against Great Lakes on Saturday afternoon. Junior Taylor Pill (Watertown, Wis.) had a well-placed goal in the 32nd minute, but Great Lakes responded in the 52nd minute to even the score [Continue Reading...]
Crusaders Post 3-1 Win Over Grace
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The first game of the season can often be a time to shake off the rust, but the Crusaders saw it a little differently, posting a 3-1 victory over Grace Bible on Friday afternoon. The team opened up the game with a goal from Michael Bagin (Richfield, Wis.) in the 10th [Continue Reading...]
Crusaders Post 5-1 Win Over Alumni
WATERTOWN, Wis. – The men’s soccer team posted a 5-1 scrimmage win over the Maranatha Alumni on Saturday afternoon. Junior forward Mitchell Holley (Watertown, Wis.) found the back of the net on a pass from midfielder Brian Lundquist (Reading, Mass.) at the 18 minute mark. Lundquist later weaved his way through several defenders and launched [Continue Reading...]
Pill Joins U.S. Soccer Coaching Committee
Maranatha men’s soccer coach Jeff Pill (front row, center) watched the Summer Olympics with a special interest. Pill had helped develop several stars of the U.S. women’s team while working as a Women’s National Staff Coach for U.S. Soccer from 1994-2007. Pill’s ties to the national soccer program remain strong. He was invited to the [Continue Reading...]
NAC Scholar-Athletes Announced
WATERTOWN, Wis. – The Northern Athletics Conference recently announced the 2011-12 Scholar Athletes for all 13 member institutions and three associate members, a total that exceeded 1,100 athletes. Maranatha recorded 68 athletes, breaking last year’s mark of 62 to set a school record. Since its inception into the conference (’06), Maranatha has steadily increased its [Continue Reading...]