Women's Soccer
Anna Blake

Eagles Women's Soccer Preview

The Edgewood College women's soccer squad enters 2023 after a strong 2022 that featured one of their best starts ever and their best finish since 2016. The Eagles return four All-NACC players from last year's squad in Grace Johnson, Rylee Brotz, Greta Blau, and Leah Doucette as they enter year five under head coach Derek Helmer and his coaching staff that earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors from the conference.

 

“We're looking forward to building on our success from last year and taking another step forward this season,” said Helmer.  "We have a lot of major contributors returning and we welcome a very solid incoming group that should complement them quite well. We have some question marks that we hope to solve early in our season so that we can keep progressing towards some lofty team goals that we have."

Team
Leah Doucette
Greta Blau Rylee Brotz
Grace Johnson

2023 Women's Soccer Schedule

2023 Women's Soccer Schedule

The Eagles are set to play 20 contests throughout the fall season, beginning with a non-conference home game against Hamline on Friday, September 1. They battle with Monmounth on Saturday, September 9 for their home opener. A road trip to Illinois Tech on Wednesday, September 13 kicks off their conference slate, before they return home to host MSOE on Saturday, September 16. Edgewood College's home slate also features matchups with Dominican, who won the conference regular season title, and St. Norbert.

Women's Soccer Schedule

2023 Roster

Anika Preusker
Cadence Trimberger
Daniella Reyes
Elise Gillen
Elizabeth Bowen
Grace Johnson
Greta Blau
Hailey Corcoran
Haley Hartel
Iley Guenther
Jessi Crivello
Kamy Luecke
Kayla Kerkman
Kenzie Koppenhaver
Madi Johnson
Marija Peharda
Marley Satran
Reese Meszaros
Rylee Brotz
Stephanie Kalscheur
Tierney Herman
Zoe Winter
Leah Doucette
Reaghan Spencer

Missing from headshots: Balene Kroeger

2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Elise Gillen
Marija Peharda
Jessi Crivello
Elizabeth Bowen, Hailey Corcoran, Reese Meszaros
Kamy Luecke

Head Coach Derek Helmer

Derek Helmer
Derek Helmer is in his fifth season leading the Edgewood College Women's Soccer program with a 27-34-4 record. Helmer and his coaching staff are coming off a seaon that saw them earn Coaching Staff of the Year honors from the NACC, the program's best finish since 2016, and their second berth to the NACC Tournament in three seasons.

By the Numbers

11-1-1 - The 2022 Eagles had a white hot start, including a stretch from September 4 to October 12 where they didn't drop a single contest. 

4 - Number of players featured on the All-NACC squads. Rylee Brotz, Greta Blau, and Grace Johnson were named Second Team while Leah Doucette tallied Honorable Mention accolades. Derek Helmer and his coaching staff were named Coaching Staff of the Year.

5 - The Eagles seed in last year's NACC Tournament, their second trip in the last three years. They fell to eventual tournament champion Concorida Wisconsin.

2016 - The Eagles 11-5-2, 7-3-2 (NACC) finish was their best since the 2016 season.

10 - The number of goals Greta Blau scored last season, best among all Eagles.

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