UNI soccer lands two on MVC preseason team
8/16/2022 10:15:00 AM | Women's Soccer
ST LOUIS --Â Two Panthers earn MVC preseason honors the week of UNI soccer's home opener.Â
The Missouri Valley Conference released its preseason poll on Tuesday morning, predicting Valparaiso will lead the conference while the UNI Soccer was picked to finish seventh. Along with the preseason poll, the preseason team was released, including two Panthers. Junior forwards Ashley Harrington and Lauren Heinsch both made the list of seventeen players selected by the conference office.
Harrington led UNI in points (16) and assists (6) during the 2021 fall season. Harrington finished the 2021 fall season with 5 goals and 6 assists with 36 shots and 23 shots on goal. In 2021 Harrington was also named to the All-Conference Second Team and a recepient of the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.Â
Heinsch played all 18 games for the Panthers in 2021 while leading the team in goals (6) and shots on goal (29). During the 2021 season Heinsch led the team with 6 goals and 2 assists including 54 shots and 29 shots on goal. She was also named to the All-Conference Second Team while being a MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient.Â
UNI soccer kicks off the 2022 season later this week with a home matchup against NAIA Grand View on Thursday, Aug. 18. Thursday's home game will be the first of eight in a row for the Panthers as they spend the entire non-conference portion of the season at UNI Soccer Park. This is the second full season where UNI Soccer has a home field on campus on 22nd Street. All games at UNI Soccer Park will be broadcast through ESPN+.Â
Parking at UNI soccer matches has been moved this season due to the road construction on West 27th Street. While W 27th Street adjacent to Panther Parkway is closed, those attending games at UNI Soccer Park will enter from 22nd Street and park in the grass across from the former softball field. Additonal parking is available in the West Dome lot, accesible from Panther Parkway by 22nd Street.Â
POLL RESULTS
1.) ValparaisoÂ
2.) Indiana StateÂ
3.) Murray StateÂ
4.) Drake
5.) Evansville
6.) BelmontÂ
7.) UNI
8.) Missouri State
9.) Illinois State
10.) UIC
11.) Southern Illinois
PARKING MAP
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The Missouri Valley Conference released its preseason poll on Tuesday morning, predicting Valparaiso will lead the conference while the UNI Soccer was picked to finish seventh. Along with the preseason poll, the preseason team was released, including two Panthers. Junior forwards Ashley Harrington and Lauren Heinsch both made the list of seventeen players selected by the conference office.
Harrington led UNI in points (16) and assists (6) during the 2021 fall season. Harrington finished the 2021 fall season with 5 goals and 6 assists with 36 shots and 23 shots on goal. In 2021 Harrington was also named to the All-Conference Second Team and a recepient of the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.Â
Heinsch played all 18 games for the Panthers in 2021 while leading the team in goals (6) and shots on goal (29). During the 2021 season Heinsch led the team with 6 goals and 2 assists including 54 shots and 29 shots on goal. She was also named to the All-Conference Second Team while being a MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient.Â
UNI soccer kicks off the 2022 season later this week with a home matchup against NAIA Grand View on Thursday, Aug. 18. Thursday's home game will be the first of eight in a row for the Panthers as they spend the entire non-conference portion of the season at UNI Soccer Park. This is the second full season where UNI Soccer has a home field on campus on 22nd Street. All games at UNI Soccer Park will be broadcast through ESPN+.Â
Parking at UNI soccer matches has been moved this season due to the road construction on West 27th Street. While W 27th Street adjacent to Panther Parkway is closed, those attending games at UNI Soccer Park will enter from 22nd Street and park in the grass across from the former softball field. Additonal parking is available in the West Dome lot, accesible from Panther Parkway by 22nd Street.Â
POLL RESULTS
1.) ValparaisoÂ
2.) Indiana StateÂ
3.) Murray StateÂ
4.) Drake
5.) Evansville
6.) BelmontÂ
7.) UNI
8.) Missouri State
9.) Illinois State
10.) UIC
11.) Southern Illinois
PARKING MAP
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