For the second consecutive game, the Wesleyan women's soccer team took to the road for a tough overtime contest with a PSAC opponent. However, unlike Saturday's game at West Chester (PA) which resulted in a 1-0 overtime loss, the Bobcats came away with 0-0 tie against Gannon on Monday.

Despite being outshot 31-12 overall and 14-8 on goal, Wesleyan hung tough preventing Gannon from finding the back of the net.

Emma Levin-Nielsen fired a team high three shots with... [read more]

The Wesleyan women's soccer team fended off West Chester's attack for over 96 minutes on Saturday before giving up an overtime goal in a 1-0 setback.

West Chester outshot the Bobcats 17-7 including 12-3 on goal for the game. West Chester also held a 5-4 advantage in corner kicks.

Despite the barrage of opportunities, Wesleyan goalkeeper Lauren Hessian and the rest of the defense kept the opposition off the scoreboard.

West Chester finally broke the i... [read more]

The Wesleyan women's soccer team opened their 2010 campaign on Thursday afternoon with a 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Slippery Rock (PA).

After a first half which featured only one shot on goal combined between the two teams, Slippery Rock got on the board first at the 64:43 mark in the second half.

The play began with a cross from the right side from Julianna Howell. After deflecting off of The Rock's Ashley Paganie, the ball was headed in by a Wesleyan de... [read more]

The Wesleyan women’s soccer team starts the 2010 fall season with not just ten new freshmen being added to the team, but a new head coach as well. Patrick Holguin, the former men’s and women’s soccer coach at Marietta, will take over the program and try to build on the foundation of success that has been put in place. Holguin coached the men’s soccer team at Marietta for twelve years and the women’s team for ten years, earning over 170 wins.

With the Lady Bobcats returni... [read more]

Davis & Elkins is the top pick, but WVIAC women's soccer coaches expect a tight race for the league title in 2010. The defending regular season champion Senators nabbed four first place votes to edge West Virginia Wesleyan 90-85 atop the league's annual coaches' poll. Wesleyan, the 2009 conference tournament champion, grabbed three mentions for the number one position.

Wheeling Jesuit received one first place vote and placed third, while upstart Alderson-Broaddus was f... [read more]

West Virginia Wesleyan Director of Athletics Ken Tyler recently announced the hiring of Patrick Holguin as the new women’s soccer coach. Holguin comes to Wesleyan after serving as the men’s and women’s head soccer coach at Marietta College.

“We are very pleased to welcome Patrick Holguin as our new head women’s soccer coach,” remarked Tyler. “We were extremely impressed with his track record at Marietta, as well as his vision for taking our program to the next level. Pa... [read more]

Head women's soccer coach Glenn Francis announced that he is leaving the program to accept a position as head women’s soccer coach at Ashland University in Ohio.

Francis spent five years at Wesleyan, turning a program that went 3-15 in his first season into three time defending WVIAC champions with three NCAA tournament appearances.

During his time at Wesleyan, Francis compiled an overall record 55-38-5 record.

The search for a new women's soccer co... [read more]

Following another stellar season for the Wesleyan women’s soccer program, it was back to the recruiting trail for head coach Glenn Francis. In an effort to reload, Francis set out in search of the pieces needed to take the Lady Bobcats to the next level.

On Thursday, Francis announced the signing of his 2010 recruiting class featuring Jenna Plummer, Minta Bibb, and Samantha DeRoose. While coming from different backgrounds and high schools, each player has one thing in co... [read more]

The Wesleyan women's soccer team will hold an alumni soccer reunion on the weekend of Friday, April 16-18.

The three day event, which is separate from the all years men's soccer reunion being held the same weekend, will include games and a cook out on Saturday at the Wood Street soccer field.

To RSVP for the event or to get information regarding hotels in the area please contact current Wesleyan women's soccer coach Glenn Francis (pictured) at francis_g@wvwc.ed... [read more]

The Wesleyan women's soccer team was well represented on the Daktronics Atlantic All-Region team, which was released on Tuesday afternoon.

In voting powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM and conducted among sports information directors at NCAA Division II institutions located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the Lady Bobcats placed six players on the All-Region squad.

Among the Wesleyan players recognized were Meghan Zayas, Jill Morrison, Katie Roberts, Hannah Macormic... [read more]

The Wesleyan women's soccer team made their third consecutive NCAA tournament appearance on Friday afternoon, taking the California (PA) Lady Vulcans. In a hard fought, highly contested game, it was the Lady Vulcans that came away with a 1-0 victory and a pass to Sunday's second round game against host Kutztown (PA).

Cal struck first in the 17th minute of the game when Amanda Heister received a pass in the middle of the field from Sam Regney and beat Wesleyan keeper Carol... [read more]

The game time for Wesleyan's first round NCAA tournament game with California (PA) has officially been announced. The Lady Bobcats and the Lady Vulcans will square off in Kutztown, PA at 1 p.m. on Friday, November 13.

Wesleyan enters the contest carrying an overall record of 13-6-1 on the season. This will be the third consecutive NCAA tournament appearance for head coach Glenn Francis (pictured) and his Lady Bobcats.

Live stats for Friday's game will be availa... [read more]

West Virginia Wesleyan's Meghan Zayas (pictured) and Alderson-Broaddus's Kasie Shoemaker have been awarded top 2009 WVIAC women's soccer player honors as voted upon by league head coaches. Zayas helped lead Wesleyan to the WVIAC Tournament championsip and was named Player of the Year, while Shoemaker played a key role in Alderson-Broaddus' rapid climb in the league standings to grab Freshman of the Year accolades. A-B's Pat McGinnis was honored by his peers as the WVIAC Coach of t... [read more]

Each week, the Wesleyan Sports Information staff will sit down with a different featured athlete for a question and answer session.

This week's featured athlete is senior women's soccer player Ashley Rees. Rees is a senior defender/mid-fielder from Cranberry Township, PA. During her four years at Wesleyan, she has helped anchor one of the top defenses in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC).

In the process, Rees has started 77 of 79 gam... [read more]

With the release of the official NCAA tournament pairings on Monday night, the Wesleyan women's soccer team will travel to Kutztown, PA to face off with California (PA) on Friday, November 13.

The Lady Bobcats, under the direction of head coach Glenn Francis (pictured), earned an automatic bid by winning the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) tournament this past weekend.

Wesleyan enters the tournament with an overall record of 13-6-1. Cal... [read more]