Wisconsin Soccer Central

For the second straight year, the Maranatha Baptist women's soccer program has a new career goal-scoring leader.

This time, though, it looks as if the mark will stand for a while.

Junior forward Karis Rogers had a hat trick in a 4-2 win over host Northland International last Tuesday in Dunbar, moving past Elise Jones' previous record of 44 goals. Jones set the standard last season, breaking the mark of 41 previously held by former Crusaders coach Sommer Rodolph.

Coming into the week, Rogers had nine goals on the season – in the form of three hat tricks – and was tied for seventh among NCAA Division III players. Her 19 points were good for a tie for 12th in the country.

Stat pack

Three other NAC players joined Rogers in the top 20 of the Division III scoring leaders: Edgewood College junior forward Elaine Gerry (Sauk Prairie), Lakeland senior forward Lindsay Rogers (Sheboygan South) and Alverno freshman defender Bryanna Gayle (Milwaukee Riverside).

Gerry was tied for seventh with nine goals, while Rogers and Gayle were tied for 16th with eight apiece. Gerry also was tied for fourth with three game-winning goals and tied for 12th with 19 points.

Meanwhile, Lakeland sophomore goalkeeper Ashley Sarbacker (Middleton) was tied for sixth in the country with 68 saves.

• UW-Oshkosh senior midfielder Tim Stadler (Wauwatosa West) was tied for ninth among Division III men's players with five assists.
• UW-Milwaukee senior forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) and Marquette sophomore forward Maegan Kelly are among the top scorers in the women's Division I ranks. Hagen was tied for first in game-winning goals (5), tied for fifth in goals (11) and seventh in points (24), while Kelly was tied for fifth with four game-winners, tied for 12th with nine goals and tied for 14th with 21 points. Hagen's classmate, midfielder Keara Thompson, was tied for ninth with six assists.
• UW-Green Bay senior keeper Maddie Drusch (Appleton Xavier) was tied for fifth in the country with 66 saves and tied for 19th with an .880 save percentage, and UWM junior Jamie Forbes was tied for 25th with an .870 save percentage.
• University of Wisconsin junior midfielder Tomislav Zadro's four assists was good for a tie for ninth in Division I, while Marquette junior keeper David Check (Mequon Homestead) was tied for 10th in saves with 37 and UWM junior keeper John Shakon was tied for 14th with 34.
• UW-Parkside senior forward Shannon Becker (De Pere) was tied for seventh among Division II women with five assists.

Honor roll

Vassar freshman midfielder Logan Matheny (Middleton) was the Liberty League Co-Rookie of the Week last week.

Matheny had two goals and an assist as the Brewers won two of three matches. He's appeared in all eight games for Vassar (5-2-1), starting the past four.

• Senior forward Ethan Finlay (Marshfield) made the College Soccer News Team of the Week and was the Missouri Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week after scoring twice in No. 3 Creighton's 3-0 win over Providence. (Video highlights below). Finlay has four goals and three assists for the Blue Jays (6-0-0), who have yet to allow a goal this season.
   

• Freshman forward Brandi Peltier (Hustisford) earned Midwest Conference women's Offensive Player of the Week honors after scoring four goals in Ripon's 5-2 victory over Lakeland last Wednesday. The win was the first for new Red Hawks coach Sam Schroeder. Lawrence junior goalkeeper Cassie Burke was the defensive honoree, making seven saves for her first shutout of the season, a 1-0 victory over Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday, then stopping two shots in one half of play in goal and logging 10 minutes in the midfield in Sunday's 4-1 win over Lakeland.
• Concordia junior midfielder Lauren Straehler (Kettle Moraine) was named the Northern Athletics Conference women's Player of the Week after scoring four times and adding two assists in two Falcons victories. She had a hat trick in a 6-0 rout of Concordia (Ill.) on Saturday. On the men's side, Lakeland senior forward Jeremy Hardy claimed the honor after he had all three goals in a 3-2 victory over host Rockford, including the overtime game-winner.
• Junior forward Jessica Rusch (Fond du Lac), who scored both goals in UW-Stevens Point's 2-1 win over UW-Eau Claire on Saturday, was the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's Offensive Player of the Week. UW-La Crosse senior defender Sarah Joost (Waukesha West) collected the defensive award for her efforts in the Eagles' 0-0 draw with UW-Whitewater in a conference opener Saturday.
• After racking up three goals and two assists in three matches, UW-Platteville senior midfielder Brandon Chmiel (Cedarburg) was the choice as WIAC men's Offensive Player of the Week. UW-Oshkosh sophomore defender Chris Kurth (Green Bay Southwest), who anchored a Titans backline that allowed just 15 total shots in shutout wins over Marian and WIAC rivals UW-Superior and Finlandia, was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Week.
• Three state players were among the "top performers of the week" as recognized by the Horizon League: UW-Green Bay senior midfielder Tony Walls (Wauwatosa East), who set up the tying goal in a 2-1 win over Dayton and was named to the all-tournament team at the Green Bay Classic; UW-Milwaukee's Shakon, who stopped 16 of 20 shots in two matches – including a career-best 10 saves Sunday against Alabama-Birmingham; and UWM's Hagen (Appleton North), who had two goals in the Panthers' 4-0 win over Cleveland State.

Polling place

Soccer America was impressed with UW's 1-0 victory over Penn State on Saturday, moving the Badgers (6-3-1) back into its women's Top 25 at No. 19. However, UW didn't even receive votes in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America or Soccer Times polls.

Marquette (8-2-0) slipped in all four rankings: The Golden Eagles were down six spots to No. 14 in the NSCAA poll and to No. 15 in the Soccer America Top 25 and fell four places to No. 15 in the Soccer Times rankings.

UW-Milwaukee (8-1-0) is right behind its city rivals in two polls, moving up two spots to No. 15 in the NSCAA poll and jumping three places to 16th in the Soccer Times rankings, and three spots ahead of Marquette despite sliding down one spot to 12th in the Soccer America Top 25.

In the TopDrawerSoccer.com Tournament 64, the Golden Eagles are 14th, the Panthers are 28th and the Badgers are 39th.

• UW-Milwaukee and Marquette remained atop the NSCAA Great Lakes and Northeast regional polls, respectively. UW is No. 6 in the Great Lakes Region.
• On the men's side, UW (3-3-1) is 10th in the NSCAA Great Lakes Region poll, while UW-Green Bay (3-2-1) also received votes. The Phoenix also are 39th in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Tournament 48.
• UW-Parkside (3-1-0) stands fifth in the NSCAA Division II Midwest Region women's poll.
• UW-Oshkosh (4-1-1) vaulted nine places to No. 8 in the NSCAA Division III men's poll and improved two spots to No. 14 in the D3soccer.com rankings. The Titans continue to lead the North Region rankings, while UW-Superior (4-2-0) checks in at No. 6.
• UW-Stevens Point (4-1-0) is among other teams receiving votes in the NSCAA Division III women's rankings, but ticked up four spots to No. 15 in the D3soccer.com poll. The Pointers are tied for third and UW-Eau Claire is seventh in the North Region, while Edgewood College (4-2-1) received votes in the Central Region poll.