Monday, September 21, 2009

This Week At UWMPanthers.com

The top stories at uwmpanthers.com are Sarah Hagen earning Horizon League Player of the Week honors and the women's volleyball weekly release. Weekly releases for both soccers will be posted by the end of the day Tuesday.

Podcasts are already posted for men's soccer and volleyball and can be found here. Women's soccer will be posted Tuesday in conjunction with the weekly release. Cross Country has the weekend off, so there will be now preview show this week.

Don't forget to check out the player blogs: "GL's Journal," "The VolleyBlog" and the Women's Soccer Player Blog. As always, GL is right on top of things with his men's soccer blog. Meanwhile volleyball and women's soccer will have their blogs up soon.

A Look Back At The Week That Was
- Women's volleyball went 2-1 last week, opening the league season over the weekend in Chicago. The Panthers beat Loyola, but fell to UIC. This week is a light week for them, with only one match. The team heads to Green Bay Friday to take on the Phoenix.

- Like volleyball, women's soccer has just one game this week, hosting Loyola Friday. It will be the league opener after a rigorous non-league schedule. The Panthers tied No. 11 Purdue on Friday, but fell at Illinois Sunday.

- Men's soccer finally got to play in front of the home crowd last weekend, hosting the annual Panther Invitational--the longest-running Division I tourney in the nation. UWM overcame a 2-0 deficit on Sunday, but lost to Oakland, 3-2, to finish 0-2. The team also faced No. 9 UC Santa Barbrara on the weekend.

- Cross country ran its biggest meet of the season and continues to improve. The men's team took fifth in the 15-team Midwest Open, hosted by UW-Parkside. The women placed eighth among 16 teams. Four men finished among the top 20 to highlight the weekend. As mentioned, both teams have off this weekend.

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