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Dec 7	Sarah Seeger Earns NAIA Scholar Athlete Honors Sarah Seeger has earned NAIA Scholar Athlete honors for the second consecutive season. Seeger was also an all-GPAC honorable mention defender for the Raiders this fall. To be awarded the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status.
Nov 10	Seeger and Wilcox Earn Honorable Mention Honors Sarah Seeger and Stephanie Wilcox were named All-GPAC honorable mentions today by the GPAC women's soccer coaches. Seeger are Wilcox are both junior defenders for Northwestern. The Red Raiders finished the 2009 season with a 3-13-1 overall record and they went 3-8-1 in GPAC games.
Oct 30	Northwestern Women's Soccer Takes on Doane in Final Match of 2009 The Red Raiders (3-12-1, 3-7-1) take on the Doane Tigers (8-7-1, 6-4-1) in the final match of the 2009 season in Crete, Nebr. on Saturday night.
Oct 27	Northwestern Hosts Sioux Falls in Final Home Match of 2009 Northwestern (3-11-1, 3-6-1) takes on Sioux Falls (8-7-1, 5-4-1) today at Korver Field.
Oct 23	Northwestern Women's Soccer Helps "Rake the Town" 18 members of the Northwestern College women's soccer team will be helping KNWC of Sioux Falls with their "Rake the Town with 96.5" rake-a-thon. Rake the Town is for volenteers to help senior citizens who cannot rake themselves and cannot afford to hire someone.
Oct 17	Northwestern Soccer Takes on Concordia Northwestern (2-9-1, 2-5-1) takes on Concordia (6-6-2, 4-4) today at Korver Field.
Oct 9	Northwestern Hosts Dana in GPAC Soccer Northwestern women's soccer will host Dana women's soccer on Saturday, Oct. 10. Northwestern is 1-8-1 on the year while Dana is 6-4-1. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 pm at the soccer complex on Northwestern's campus.
Oct 1	Women's Soccer Drops GPAC Match to Dordt, 4-0 Northwestern dropped a GPAC soccer match to Dordt College on Wednesday afternoon, 4-0, in Sioux Center. Northwestern moves to 1-7-1 overall and 1-3-1 in the GPAC.
Sep 26	Red Raiders Host Prairie Wolves at Korver Field Northwestern (0-6-1, 0-2-1) takes on Nebraska Wesleyan (3-4-1, 0-2-1) today at DeValois Stadium/Korver Field.
Sep 23	Northwestern Loses to Briar Cliff, 1-0, in Women's Soccer Northwestern was outshot 28-14 but only gave up one goal in Tuesday afternoon's match with Briar Cliff. The Red Raiders fell to 0-6-1 overall and 0-2-1 in GPAC play.
Sep 18	Northwestern Soccer Travels to Hastings, Nebraska The Northwestern soccer teams will be traveling to Hastings, Nebraska on Saturday to take on Hastings College in a GPAC women/men soccer doubleheader. The women are looking for their first victory while the men look for their first conference win in 2009.
Sep 16	Northwestern Hosts Morningside College Northwestern (0-4, 0-0) takes on Morningside (1-3, 0-0) today at Korver Field for the conference opener for both teams. This season, Northwestern has been outshot 85-11 in four matches and hasn’t scored a goal in the 2009 season. Becca Bruns and Katy Phillips lead the team with three shots. Jenni Cantwell has allowed 12 goals in four matches.
Sep 11	Northwestern travels to Simpson College The Northwestern women's soccer team travels to Indianola to take on Simpson College Friday evening. Northwestern is 0-3 this season and is looking for their first win of the season.
Aug 31	Northwestern Women's Soccer Opens 2009 Season Today Northwestern women's soccer travels to Omaha, Nebr. to take on College of St. Mary in a 5:00 match. Northwestern was picked to finish 12th in the GPAC by the league's coaches. Head coach Blake Wieking makes his debut tonight, Wieking is a 2008 graduate of Northwestern and played four years on the men's team.
Aug 11	Women's Soccer Picked 12th in GPAC First year head coach Blake Wieking's squad was picked by the GPAC coaches to finish in 12th place in the GPAC for the fall of 2009. Last season, the women went 5-12-1 overall and 3-8-1 in the GPAC.
May 15	Northwestern Announces Women's Soccer Coaching Staff Changes Northwestern College and Athletic Director Barry Brandt announce the hiring of Blake Wieking as the head coach of the women’s soccer program and Sara Nessa as the assistant coach.
Apr 17	Postma to Play Soccer at Northwestern College Heidi Postma (Sheldon, Iowa) has signed a letter of intent to continue her soccer career at Northwestern College next fall.
Dec 15	Women's Soccer Adds Blair Prep Breanne Schoby (Blair, Nebraska) has signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Northwestern College next year. The daughter of Bob and Shelley, Schoby is a midfielder/defender from Blair High School.
Nov 6	Hurley/Hofmeyer Named GPAC Honorable Mentions Becca Hurley and Wendy Hofmeyer have been named All-GPAC Honorable Mentions for their efforts on the field this fall. Hurley led Northwestern in goals scored with 12, while Hofmeyer posted a 1.74 goals against average and made 79 saves.
Nov 3	Northwestern Ends Season 5-12-1 Northwestern dropped their final match of the season 3-0 to the Doane Tigers. Doane scored all three goals in the second half and they out-shot Northwestern 15-2 for the contest. Doane had all of the corner kicks in the contest, taking five in the second half.