Harper Hawks Athletics 2009-10
News, Notes and Updates

Men's Cross Country

Updated November 8th

• Harper's Jesus Escareno captured an individual 2nd place finish in the national cross country match! We're working on more updates for the men's corss country team, so please check back for details on the nationals, exciting Regional success and more!

Women's Cross Country

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Updated November 8th

• The Lady Hawks captured a 6th place finish in the Nationals! Please check back with us for more details on the Nationals, Harpers 1st place Regional finish and Coach Paynter's Coach of the Year honors!.

Men's Soccer

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Updated October 28th

• The Hawks dropped a hard fought contest, 3-2, against Triton College in the Regional finals. Congratulations to the men's soccer team on a succesful season! You can read more about the finals match in the latest Hawk Report.
• All-Region Honors: Congratulations to Andrew Larson - Goal Keeper, Danny Weiss - Defender and Mike Marks - Midfielder, who were recognized with All-Regional honors for their play during the 2009 season!
• Game pictures from the September 2nd match with Madison Area Technical are now available for viewing in a slide show at thePicturePros.com Web site. You'll find a link to a collection of pictures from Harper's Fall athletic teams when you follow this link: View Match Photos from the Men's Soccer team
• Final 2009 Record: 10- 6 Overall, 8 - 4 in Conference Play

Women's Soccer

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Updated October 28th

• It was announced today that 7 ladies from the women's soccer team were selected for Division III All-Conference/Region IV Teams! Congratulations to the following honorees: Lisa Burmeister (First Team), Melissa Hernandez (First Team), Rebecca Varilek (First Team), Amanda Papinchock (Second Team), Amanda Udelhofen (Second Team), Elizabeth Golle (Second Team) and Brienne Bohman (Second Team). In addition, Rebecca Varilek came in third for All-American votes.
• The Lady Hawks advanced to the Regional Finals with a 2-0 victory over Triton College. The Finals will take place at the College of DuPage on Friday, October 30th, when the Hawks take on the Chaparrals at 3:00 PM
• Game pictures from the September 9th match with Triton College are now available for viewing in a slide show at thePicturePros.com Web site. You'll find a link to a collection of pictures from Harper's Fall athletic teams when you follow this link: View Match Photos from the Women's Soccer team

Student-Athletes of the Week: October 28, 2009

• Congratulations to Evan Van Klie of the Football team and Joanna Strzelec of the Volleyball team on their selections as Student-Athletes of the Week for October 28th. You can read more about this week's honorees in the Hawk Report

Men's Football

Updated October 28th

• Congratulations to Evan Van Klie on his selection as male Student-Athletesof the Week for October 28th. You can read more about this week's honoree in the Hawk Report
• The Hawks head back to Grand Rapids this Saturday, October 31st, for the opening round of the Regionals. Kick off is set for 1:00 PM ET.
• Game pictures from the September 5th game with C.O.D. and the September 19th game with the North Dakota School of Science are now available for viewing in two slide shows at thePicturePros.com Web site. You'll find a link to a collection of pictures from Harper's Fall athletic teams when you follow this link: View Game Photos from the Football team
• Current Record: 2-6

Women's Volleyball

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Updated October 29th

• Congratulations to Joanna Strzelec on her selection as female Student-Athletes of the Week for October 28th. You can read more about this week's honoree in the Hawk Report
• The volleyball team cruised into the Regional Semi-Finals with a 3-game sweep of the College of DuPage. The Hawks will head up to Madison Area technical College for the Semi-Finals and Finals on Saturday, October 31st. The action gets under way at 11:00 A.M. when the Hawks play the hosts. You can read more about the Regional Quarter-Final victory in the Hawk Report
• The Hawks closed out the regular season with a win over Concordia JV's on Sophomore Night - please check back as we'll be posting details of this match soon.
• Current Record: 21 - 23 Overall, 7 - 6 in Conference Play.

A Successful Season for Harper Athletics

Harper Hawks are consistently recognized as All Americans by the NJCAA.  During 2008-2009, the NJCAA awarded 20 Harper athletes with an All American title. Recent achievements include: