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14th Annual Peacock Golf Classic - June 5, 2009 The activities on the 5th will begin at 9 a.m. with registration. Teams will be on the course at 10:30 a.m. with a shotgun start followed by dinner, prizes and awards at the conclusion of play. Participants in the four-person scramble will enjoy free range balls, raffle prizes, flight trophies, a lunch, and beverages on the course, as well as hole contests including closest to the pin, men's and women's long drive, and longest putt. A hole-in-one on hole #9 will also earn that lucky participant $10,000. Many more games and challenges are also planned for many of the holes on the course. (MORE)
Upper Iowa University Names David Miller as Director of Athletics 
Upper Iowa Athletics Department Honors 149 Student-Athletes The Athletics Department of Upper Iowa University recognized 149 student-athletes who earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll between games of the Winona State-Upper Iowa basketball doubleheader last Wednesday night. The honored group includes student-athletes, team managers, student assistant coaches, and student athletic trainers. To earn consideration for the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a minimum 3.00 grade-point average during the fall 2008 semester and/or achieved a cumulative 3.00 GPA or better. Each student received a certificate for his/her achievement from Kent McElvania, Interm Director of Athletics, and an array of Upper Iowa's faculty. (MORE) Peacocks Announce 2009 Commitments "We are very excited to add Kel and Dan to the program today," said Head Coach Brian Bahl. "Without a doubt, they are terrific young men that will be great representatives of our program and Upper Iowa University." "We only lose two seniors from this past year's young, record-setting team, but we need to upgrade various areas and create more depth to be able to consistently compete at the Division II level. One key area we needed to make sure we got stronger and deeper at was goalkeeper and I don't think we could have gotten a better guy to fill that role than Kel Markert. He is fantastic." Bahl continued, "The other main area that we really needed help is up top." The Peacocks graduate two seniors after finishing the 2008 season with a 10-7-1 record. The two seniors are UIU's all-time leading scorer and All-American Forward Craig Signorin and the program's all-time leader in assists Jake Rasbeck. "With the loss of Craig and Jake, much of our offensive production is gone. So the addition of Dan will allow us to begin rebuilding our depth on the front line." The Peacocks still plan to add multiple student-athletes this spring to complete the incoming class. (MORE) Peacock Soccer Teams Earn NSCAA Academic Recognition Both the women's and men's soccer teams at Upper Iowa University have earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Team Academic Award for the 2007-08 academic year. The honor comes after both programs posted a team grade point average at or above 3.0 last school year. The women earned the honor thanks to their 3.19 GPA during the 2007-08 academic year, while the men received the honor after registering a 3.36 GPA last year. Upper Iowa is one of 59 schools that had both their women's and men's programs recognized. Only three other Northern Sun Conference schools joined the Peacock women's program in earning the honor; MSU Mankato, Northern State, and Winona State. (MORE) Peacocks Outlast Chargers in Shootout Upper Iowa played host to the Chargers of Briar Cliff University on Sunday afternoon in the team's final match of the 2008 season. The two teams locked up in a shootout that saw seven goals marked on the scoreboard. The Peacocks were able to notch the final goal to win the match 4-3. With the win, Upper Iowa finished their season with a 10-7-1 record. The team owns the program's winningest record in history and the first winning season as well. Goals were scored by Jacob Rasbeck, Tony Varnava, Jason Olsgard, and Zach Castor. (MORE) Peacock Men Score Late to Defeat Marauders; Clinch First Winning Season The Peacock men's soccer team took Pattison Field today against the only other men's team in the Northern Sun Conference. Upper Iowa and U-Mary are the only two schools in the fourteen-member conference that sponsor men's soccer. UIU controlled the ball and pace of play in the first half holding a 14-0 advantage in shots. The Peacocks were unable to put a goal on the board in the first 45 minutes; their two best opportunities came on a pair of Tony Varnava headers. The Peacocks continued to push the pace and get shots in the direction of the Marauder net. With just under ten minutes to play, the Peacocks had a shot that hit under the crossbar and land on or near the goal line, but the officials felt the ball never crossed over the line. It seemed that Upper Iowa might not be able to get the game winner, but in the 87th minute Upper Iowa made their claim at a winning season. Craig Signorin drove a shot past the U-Mary keeper thanks to a pair of assists from Derek Oelmann and Steve Kluck. (MORE) Peacocks Shut Out Pioneers for 8th Victory The Peacock men's soccer team welcomed the Pioneers of Wisconsin-Platteville to Pattison Field on Wednesday afternoon. Upper Iowa opened the scoring just one and a half minutes into the match to take an early 1-0 lead. The two teams played a physical match, but neither team put another goal on the board and Upper Iowa picked up their 8th win of the season. The visitors played the final 64:20 with just 10 men after a red card sent of their players to the bench. With the win, Upper Iowa improved their record to 8-7-1, while UW-Platteville dropped to 13-3-1. (MORE) Upper Iowa Breaks School Record for Wins in a Season The Peacock men's soccer team continued their solid season with a win over St. Mary's University on Pattison Field this afternoon. The 4-1 victory was the team's 7th win this year breaking the old record of 6 wins in a season set in 1999. The team also broke the record for assists in a season, the old record of 25 was set in 2006, with four on the day for a season total of 26. Craig Signorin, who is already the career leader in goals and points, added to those records and also became the Upper Iowa leader in goals in a season with his 9th and 10th of the year today. Signorin got the scoring started in the 20th minute when Jake Rasbeck found him on a free kick. St. Mary's quickly answered in the 21st minute, but it was Signorin who found the back of the net again in the 33rd minute to score what would be the game winning goal. Signorin's second goal was assisted by Ravi Potes Mangra. Matt Harrington finished off the half with a goal at the 44:00 mark. Josh Andersen lifted a pass over the keeper for Harrington to knock home. The Peacocks added a final goal in the 60th minute when Derek Oelmann put an 8 yard strike past the Cardinals' keeper for a 4-1 lead. Oelmann's goal was assisted by Jason Olsgard. (MORE) |
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