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men’s soccer sets new school mark It was a record-breaking year for the Hassel earned all-conference honors as Waldorf men’s soccer team as the Warriors a defender. The senior from Tacoma, Wash. topped the school’s single-season win led Waldorf with eight assists. record in 2013. McArthur and Arenas earned allWaldorf rewrote the school record MCAC recognition as midfielders. books, finishing the year with an 8-10-1 McArthur, a junior from Elkins, W.Va., record to best the previous mark of 7-11 set finished with three goals and three assists. in 2007. Arenas, a Cheyenne, Wyo. native, The Warriors grabbed third place in the ended his senior season with five goals. Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Amoah made a big-time impact. The (MCAC) standings with a 3-2 record, ending sophomore from Albertville, Minn. led the the season three games behind league Warriors with 11 goals. He posted a .622 champion Oklahoma Wesleyan University. shooting percentage with 28 of his 45 shots Waldorf collected four straight victories on-goal. from Oct. 12 to Oct. 26 and ended the season Scott Hanson, Carlos Ruiz, Trevn Lee, in the MCAC Tournament semifinals. Luke Zacharias and Hassel were named The Warriors brought home postseason MCAC Scholar-Athletes. honors with Alejandro Olmos, Charles Hassel, Scott McArthur, Jorge-Lugo Arenas and Kwaku Amoah being tabbed as AllMCAC Second Team selections. Kwaku was also named the conference’s Newcomer of the Year. The 2013 season marked a major turning Olmos, a senior goalkeeper from Rupert, point for the Waldorf women’s college Idaho, recorded 108 saves on the season. soccer team as the Warriors surpassed the school’s record for wins in a season. Ending the year with a 9-9-1 record allowed Waldorf to eclipse the 8-5-1 record posted in 1999, when the school was a twoyear college. Waldorf became a four-year college in 2003 and the Warriors’ best record in the new era was a 7-11 finish in 2009. The 2013 squad scored 39 goals during the regular season and recorded 43 assists. Waldorf allowed 26 goals and recorded six shutout victories to break the previous mark of five shutouts. The Warriors gave up just five goals in Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) play. Waldorf’s
women’s soccer breaks single-season win record goalkeepers also had a record-breaking performance, posting a .772 save percentage. The Warriors tied for second place in the MCAC standings with a 4-2 league mark – the best finish the program ever achieved. Waldorf also clinched its first berth in the MCAC playoffs. Karissa Vilks and Mia Crail were named First-Team All-MCAC selections for the Warriors while Britney Thornton and Kaylee Vitale earned Second-Team AllConference recognition. Jessica Godwin, Kristi Haakma, Vitale and Vilks received MCAC Scholar-Athlete awards for outstanding academic achievement.
Lone win highlights football season The Waldorf College football team A loaded schedule presented a faced a tough schedule in 2013, picking up challenging year for Waldorf, which its only win of the season against Trinity included National Association of Bible College. Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national Opening the season with a four-game champion Grand View University and two losing streak, the Warriors put one in the other ranked opponents. win column with a 13-2 victory over Trinity Waldorf’s Quamel Johnson, Kenneth Bible College on Oct. 5 at Ellendale, N.D. Hortizuela and James Loydd capped the Cordell Black provided a 29-yard season by earning All-League honorable touchdown run and Chris Oliver scored a mention recognition from the MSFA’s touchdown on a fumble recovery to lead Midwest League. Waldorf in the lone win over the Lions. Johnson was honored as a defensive The Warriors closed out the season back. The senior from Fort Wales, Fla. losing their final six games to finish with collected 67 tackles and came away with a 1-10 record and a 0-6 mark in the Mid- an interception. States Football Association (MSFA).
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Hortizuela, a senior from Fresno, Calif., anchored the defensive line. He finished the year with 65 tackles and a sack. Loydd, a senior wide receiver from Fort Wales, Fla., led the Warriors in all-purpose yards with 1,126 yards on the season (102.4 yards per game). He also averaged 67.8 yards The 2013 season marked Waldorf’s final campaign in the MSFA. In February, the Warriors announced that they will join the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) in the fall of 2014.