Blue Devils pull away to defeat Cobras
The Parkland Men's Basketball team put up a fierce battle into the second half but the stronger more experienced Kaskaskia Blue Devils wore down the Cobras and picked up a 91-68 victory in the season opener for both teams.
Eastern Michigan transfer Daniel Barnes paced the attack with 20 points, 6 assists and four steals for KCC while Tyquan Brown added 18 points and 8 boards. Samuel Obetoh, a transfer from Maryland-Eastern Shore added 13 points and 8 rebounds while Kevin Pettiford tossed in 12 for the Blue Devils who shot 53% from the field and 58% from inside the arc. DJ Hoskins was a bright spot for Parkland as the freshman was the only Cobra in double figures as he scored 16 points and chased down 9 rebounds. Jeremy Paprocki added 9 points while Simeon Simmons and Jake Firkins each added 8. Parkland struggled with their shooting making 33% of their shots including just 4-20 from thee-point range, and made just 58% of their shots from the charity stripe.
Parkland (0-1) will get a chance to earn their first win of the season as they travel to Waubonsee CC (1-0) on Saturday for a 2:30 contest.
Volleyball Advances in Region Tourney, MBB opens at home tonight
The #1 ranked Parkland Cobras defeated Lincoln College on Wednesday night in a quarterfinal regional match. Parkland prevailed 25-16, 25-11, 25-23 behind Paige Lay's team-leading 15 kills and 2 aces. Brittany Monken contributed 11 kills and 6 digs, and Jeni Sykes ran the offense with 32 assists. Defensively, Molly Elderbook had 16 digs and Alyssa Elmore had 3 blocks. Parkland improves to 36-4 overall and travels to Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Illinois this weekend for the regional semifinals and finals. Parkland faces Lincoln Land at 2:00pmin the second semifinal match of the day. #3 Illinois Central faces the host #19 Shawnee in the first semifinal match at 12:00pm. The weekend schedule is listed below.
The Nate Mast era will begin tonight as the Parkland Men's Basketball team will start their season with a 7:00 game against NJCAA D-1 Kaskaskia College. The Cobras return just one player from last years team but a strong group of freshman and transfers are ready to hit the court running.
Parkland Women win Basketball season opener
Five players finished in double figures Tuesday night as the #7 ranked Parkland Women's Basketball team opened their season with an 88-55 rout of Olney Central College. Heather Pruemmer led all scorers with 19 points while Lauren Taylor came off the bench to add 15. Rani Brandon was a perfect 6-6 from the field and finished with 13 points while Ashley Timmerman drained three 3's to finish with 11 and Amanda Boyd added 10 and a team high 6 rebounds.
PC shot 59% in the first half to build a 46-23 lead and cruised to the win. The Cobras ended the contest making 53% of their shots including 5 of 8 from behind the arc. Parkland made 32 baskets to the Lady Knights 14 but Olney was able to stay close early making 22-33 free throws in the contest. Parkland also won the battle of the boards out rebounding the opposition 43-26.
Next up for PC will be a trip north to the Waubonsee Community College Invitational. Parkland opens with Kennedy King on Friday afternoon and will play either the hosts or Illinois Valley on Saturday.
Volleyball rolls in regular season finale, playoffs start with home match Wednesday night
The Parkland volleyball team concluded their regular season on Saturday traveling to Crystal Lake, Illinois. In the first match, #1 Parkland faced off with #4 Kishwaukee College and won 25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 21-25, 15-11. Lucy Coleman led the way with 16 kills and 15 digs. Paige Lay and Brittany Monken both had 11 kills, and Jeni Sykes had 37 assists. In the final match of the day, Parkland defeated the host school, #13 McHenry County College 25-21, 25-17, 25-20. Again, Lucy Coleman led the offense with 12 kills and Monken had 11. Sykes had 26 assists in just 2 sets of action, and Molly Elderbrook was a defensive juggernaut with 29 digs in the three-set match. The wins were third against no defeats this season against the two nationally ranked opponents.
Parkland concludes an excellent regular season on a 16-match winning streak in which 10 of the wins came against opponents ranked in the NJCAA Top 20. Parkland concludes the regular season at 35-4 overall and the will be the #1 seed in the upcoming Region 24 Tournament. The Cobras will face the winner of Lincoln and Danville in a quarterfinal regional match on Wednesday, November 4 at 6 pm at Parkland.
Region Schedule:
North Division:
Monday November 2
#5 Danville (13-22) @ #4 Lincoln College (28-11)
#6 John Wood (5-29) @ 3 Springfield College (19-21)
Wednesday November 4
4-5 winner @ #1 Parkland (35-4)
3- 6 winner @ #2 Illinois Central (26-7)
South Division:
Monday November 2
#5 Lewis and Clark (17-24) @ #4 Rend Lake (15-29)
Wednesday November 4
4-5 winner @ #1 Shawnee (30-8)
#3 SWIC (20-17) @ #2 Lincoln Land (31-10)
Winners advance to Region 24 Finals at Shawnee CC on November 7-8.
Nike Women's Basketball and Golf Merchandise, Golf Raffle
Last chance to get your Nike WBB and Golf Merchandise via our on-line sales. Log on to impactsportsforms.com and type in one of these two organization codes:
Women's BB: PARKCOWBB
Golf: PARKCOGOLF
From there follow the instructions to order merchandise. WBB and Golf sales run until November 9. Great time to buy ahead for the Holidays!
Also the Golf Team will be selling raffle tickets for $10 with the winner taking home a $!000 in case. Tickets may be purchased from any Parkland Golfer or in Room P-204 by contacting Mickey or Zach. The drawing will take place at a home basketball game in early December.
Thanks for your support of Cobra Athletic Teams!!!
Nike Golf Gear on Sale Now!
It's Golf's
turn as their Nike Sports Wear will now go on sale. Soccer, Softball, Baseball and Mens's Basketball recently completed highly successful sales and several other teams will offer their merchandise in the very near future. Apparel will be on sale thru Monday, November 9. Apparel will be shipped out three weeks after the closing date.
Listed below is the website, current code and closing date for your Nike Gear!
Web Site:
www.impactsportsforms.com
Once there, it will ask you for the sports code:
Golf Code: PARKCOGOLF
There are 6 items to choose from. Sizes range from Adult S-3XL.
Parkland Volleyball team ranked #1!!
On the heels of back to back weekend wins over previously #1 ranked teams, the Parkland Volleyball team has moved up to #1 in the final NJCAA D-II Volleyball Poll released today. The Cobras are 32-4 on the season and will travel to McHenry on Saturday for Halloween Tri-Match against #4 Kishwaukee and #13 McHenry. PC will open tournament play at home one week from today. Congratulations to Coach Hastings, the staff, and all of the athletes on their #1 ranking.
Top 20 National Poll October 28, 2009
1 Parkland College Champaign, IL 24 32-4 0 4
2 Cowley County Community College Arkansas City, KS 6 25-4 0 5
3 Illinois Central College East Peoria, IL 24 26-7 0 3
4 Kishwaukee College Malta, IL 4 35-4 0 1
5 Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS 6 22-7 0 9
6 Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH 12 35-7 0 6
7 Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IA 11 29-8 0 7
8 Kalamazoo Valley Community College Kalamazoo, MI 12 30-6 0 8
9 Des Moines Area Community College Boone, IA 11 31-8 0 2
10 Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown, MD 20 26-7 0 10
Volleyball wins M-WAC title, Wednesday game canceled
The #4 ranked Parkland College Cobras traveled to Godfrey, IL to face Lewis and Clark for their last conference match of the season. The Cobras won decisively by the scores of 25-13, 25-17 and 25-15 to wrap up another M-WAC title.Alyssa Elmore and Paige Lay led the offense with 14 and 13 kills respectively. Brittany Monken added 11 killsand Lucy Coleman added 9 kills along with 3 aces. The win improved Parkland’s record to 33-4 overall and a perfect 7-0 in the M-WAC. PC has now won 16 straight M-WAC titles and has only lost one match during that time period.
Parkland is off until Saturday when they travel to McHenry for their final two matches of the regular season. PC will play nationally ranked Kishwaukee and the host school for the third time this season. The Cobras have won all four of their previous matches against the two teams. Parkland 's regular season finale vs Kennedy-King set for Wednesday night has been canceled. The Cobras will get one more home game as they will open Region 24 Play on Wednesday November 4 at 6:00 against the winner of the Lincoln-Danville game
Volleyball knocks off #1 Kishwaukee and #3 ICC on way to winning ICC Invite
For the second time in as many weeks the Parkland Volleyball team knocked off the #1 team in the NJCAA D-II Poll. Last week the Cobras upended then #1 Columbus State and this week PC took out the Kougars in convincing fashion as they won in three sets 25-9, 25-20, and 25-21. Brittany Monken led the offense with 11 kills and Lucy Coleman added 10 while Jeni Sykes recorded 31 assists. Team blocking was the story of the day for the Cobras as PC took Kishwaukee out of their offense with 12 team blocks. Earlier on Saturday, PC took care of #20 East Central Missouri 25-14, 25-18, 25-21. Monken again led the way with 12 kills and 3 services aces. Jeni Sykes had 17 assists and 15 digs in just two sets of action. Coleman had a strong all around match with 9 kills, 2.5 blocks, and 2 aces.
The biggest victory of the weekend may have come on Friday night when the Cobras stunned arch-rival and #3 ranked Illinois Central College in five sets. PC took command early winning the first two sets 26-24 and 25-12 only to see the Cougars rally for 25-10 and 27-25 wins in the next two sets before PC held on for a 15-12 win in the finale. Monken tallied 14 kills and 4 blocks while Paige Lay had 13 kills. Sykes dished out 40 assists in the match while Molly Elderbook had 20 digs. The victory likely seals the top seed for the Cobras in the Region 24 Tournament which starts the first week of November.
Late Friday, Parkland defeated D-1 Lake Land College in three quick sets winning 25-20, 25-12, 25-22. Monken (12 kills) and Lay (9 kills) paced the attack while Elderbook had 15 digs and Alyssa Elmore had 3.5 blocks.
The Cobras (32-4) will travel Monday to Lewis and Clark for their final M-WAC match. A victory will earn PC sole possession of the M-AC Volleyball title.
Men's Soccer team bounced from Region 24 Tournament
It was a tail of two halves on Saturday as Lincoln College held on for a 2-1 victory over Parkland in the Region 24 Quarterfinals. The win advances the Lynx (9-6-2) into a semi-final match-up on Wednesday at Lincoln Land while the Cobras end their season at (9-7-2).
Lincoln dominated the first half with an aggressive fast paced attack which resulted in a 2-0 halftime lead. The Cobras made several tactical adjustments at the break and controlled much of the second half. Luis Tavares scored off an assist from Ricardo Vega midway thru the half to cut the lead to one but could not connect on another goal despite several shots that either deflected off the post or hit the side of the net.
Musick Earns 1st Team All-Region and All-Conference Honors
Freshman Forward Jenny Musick (Mt. Zion HS) has been selected as a First Team All-Region 24 and All Mid-West Athletic Conference player in voting announced today. Musick lead the (10-5-1) Cobras, who face SWIC in Region 24 Semi-final action today, in scoring with 17 goals and 3 assists on the season.
Musick was the only Cobra to earn First Team All-Region Honors while Brittani Gentry (Danviille), Camille Repass (Geneseo-Darnall), and Alexia Sokol (Bloomington Central Catholic) all were Honorable Mention selections.
In all M-WAC voting, Gentry who was 2nd for the Cobras in scoring with 12 goals and 8 assists, was also named to the First Team while Sokol was joined on the Second team by Tara Rossdeutcher (Dekalb) and Sophia Ryan (Urbana).
Cobras clinch at least tie for M-WAC Volleyball title, head to loaded ICC Invite
The #4 Parkland Cobras volleyball faced off with conference foe Danville Community College tonight in Champaign. The Cobras came out a bit slowly in each game but found their stride early enough to win in a convincing three sets, 25-12, 25-16, 25-13.
Parkland had another very balanced offensive effort with Lucy Coleman, Paige Lay, Brittany Monken and Alyssa Elmore each registering 8 kills apiece. Molly Elderbrook had 21 digs and 5 aces on the evening while Jeni Sykes tallied 26 assists in just 2 sets of action. Parkland improves to 28-4 overall and 6-0 in the conference and secures at least a tie for the Mid-West Conference championship. PC can wrap sole ownership with a victory over Lewis and Clark next Monday.
Before then, Parkland travels this weekend to East Peoria for the Illinois Central Invitational. At ICC, the Cobras will face #3 ranked Illinois Central College in their opening match. To the victor will go the top seed in the upcoming Region 24 tournament while the loser will be the second seed. The Cobras will face an extremely talented Division 1 opponent, Lake Land, in their second match on Friday. Saturday PC will play #20 East Central, Mo. and then take on #1 Kishwaukee. The Cobras handed the Kougars (32-2) one of their two losses so far this season.
Soccer Teams Headed into tournament play, VB hopes to wrap up M-WAC
Both the Men's and Women's Soccer teams will be in action this week as the Region 24 Tournaments get into full swing. The Women, fresh off their 3-1 win over Kaskaskia on Sunday, will travel to Belleville on Thursday for a 2:00 match-up with SWIC. The two teams battled to a 0-0 tie in Champaign back in September. The winner of the match will likely face #2 ranked and defending National Champion Lewis and Clark in the title game.
The Men's pairings were set on Monday and the Cobras are the #4 seed. Parkland will open with Lincoln College at 5:15 on Saturday evening. The game will be played at the University of Illinois Intramural Turf Fields just NW of Memorial Stadium. PC and Lincoln met just three weeks ago and fought to a 1-1 tie.
The winner will move on to the semi-finals on October 28 with the championship match set for October 31.
The #6 ranked Volleyball team (27-4) will try to wrap up another M-WAC title on Wednesday night as they host the Danville Area Jaguars starting at 6:00. PC has won the conference championship for 14 straight years and has only lost one match during that span.
Men’s Soccer Region 24 Tournament Pairings
Round 1 Wednesday October 21
#11 Kaskaskia (1-11-1) @ #6 Southwestern Illinois (12-7-1)
#10 Springfield (1-12-1) @ #7 Lewis & Clark (7-8-3)
#9 Danville (5-9-1) @ #8 Rend Lake (8-9-1)
Quarter Finals Saturday October 24
8/9 winner @ #1 Illinois Central (14-0-1)
#5 Lincoln College (8-6-2) @ #4 Parkland (9-6-2) 5:15 @ Illinois Intramural Turf Fields
7/10 winner @ #2 Lincoln Land (14-4)
6/11 winner @ #3 Heartland (13-3-1)
Women's Region 24 Tournament Pairings:
Thursday October 22 2:00 @ highest seed
#4 Illinois Central (11-6) @ #1 Lewis and Clark (18-1)
#3 Parkland (10-5-1) @ #2 Southwestern Illinois (14-5-2)
Sunday October 25 Championship game at highest remaining seed 12:00
Winner advances to host District Tourment
Volleyball knocks off two more ranked opponents
The Parkland volleyball team concluded their play in the Wisconsin Dells this weekend by winning both matches on Saturday. In the first match,Parkland defeated NJCAA Division 3 - #1 ranked Rock Valley College 25-20, 25-18, 20-25, 25-19. Jeni Sykes spread the offense well with 40 assists. Brittany Monken (13 kills), Alyssa Elmore (11 kills), Paige Lay (10 kills) and Lucy Coleman (9 kills) rounded out an evenly potent offense.
In the final match of the tournament, Parkland dominated #11 Hagerstown Community College of Maryland 25-20, 25-21, 25-9. Lucy Coleman led the way offensively with 10 kills while Monken and Lay each contributed 8. Coleman also led the aggressive defense with 4.0 blocks and Molly Elderbrook had 19 digs and 3 aces in the match.
Parkland improves to 27-4 overall and faces conference foe Danville on Wednesday night at 6pm at Parkland. A Parkland victory would wrap up the M-WAC title for the Cobras.
Late second half push leads Women's Soccer to win
The Parkland Women's soccer team broke a 1-all tie with two goals in the final ten minutes as the Cobras knocked off Kaskaskia 3-1 in the Region 24 Tournament Quarterfinal. The win moves PC to (10-5-1) on the season and into the semi-finals where they will play Southwestern Illinois College (14-5-2) at 2:00 on Thursday. The two teams played back on September 27th in Champaign and battled to a 0-0 tie. Kaskaskia's season ends with a final record of 10-7.
PC took a 1-0 lead to the break scoring the lone goal of the first half as Brittany Moore followed up a missed shot and connected with a shot off the top bar that bounced into the goal. KC tied the game early in the 2nd half with a long shot that floated into the top left corner of the net. The score remained tied until Tara Rossdeutcher's header,off a perfect pass from Camille Repass off a corner kick, just got by the KC goalie with 9:42 remaining. Jenny Musick scored the final goal of the contest on a scramble in front of the goal with just over a minute remaining. Parkland out shot KC 8-2 for the match as the Cobras avenged an earlier 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Blue Angels.
Volleyball stuns #1 Columbus State
The Parkland Cobras' volleyball team traveled up to the Wisconsin Dells for a four-match tournament over the weekend. In today's action, Parkland won both matches - but it was the intensity of the Cobras and the quality of competition that made it so noteworthy.In their first match of the day, Parkland had a rematch with #1 ranked Columbus State who defeated Parkland earlier in the season. This time, the result was in favor of the good guys as Parkland won 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22. Lucy Coleman registered 15 kills, Jeni Sykes had 31 assists and Molly Elderbrook led the defense with 23 digs. The main difference maker in the match, however, was blocking - Parkland set a team season record with 15.5 blocks on the match with Alyssa Elmore recording 5.0 blocks on her own.
In the nightcap, Parkland faced off again with McHenry County who Parkland defeated earlier in the year in the semifinals of the Parkland Invitational. Parkland held form again and defeated #17 McHenry 25-18, 24-26, 25-19, 25-17. Alyssa Elmore continued with her breakout tournament recording a season-high 16 kills on just 20 attempts and also had 3.0 blocks. Lucy Coleman led the way with 18 kills, Jeni Sykes had 45 assists and Elderbrook had 29 digs on the match.Parkland's road remains difficult tomorrow as it squares off with #10 Hagerstown College (MD) and Division 3 - #1 ranked Rock Valley
Men win while women fall in final regular season home games
Playing on the University of Illinois synthetic Turf in a steady drizzle, Parkland Men's Soccer team finished their regular season with a convincing 5-0 win vs NAIA opponent Olivet Nazarene University's JV squad. Five different players scored for the Cobras: TJ Keys, Kenny Kranz, Sean Finn, Lance Strawn, and Kwesi Williams. Spencer Bolen and Bosco Kovacevic combined for the shutout in goal. The win raises Parkland's record to 9-6-2. Next up is an Oct 24 Regional Playoff game here in Champaign.
FINAL SCORE
5 - Parkland
0 - ONU
SCORING
9" TJ Keys (Parkland)
13" Kenny Kranz (Parkland)
47" Sean Finn (Parkland), assist Ricardo Vega
61" Lance Strawn (Parkland), assist Sean Finn
The Parkland Women's team got an early goal from Brittany Gentry on an assist from Tara Rossdeutcher but the Cobras failed to score again as they lost to St. Louis Forest Park 2-1 in their final regular season game of the year. PC outshot the visitors and had numerous chances to score but could not connect as they fall to (9-5-1) on the season. Parkland begins Region 24 Tournament action at home on Sunday as they take on Kaskaskia starting at 12:00.
Thursday Soccer Games moved to UI Fields
Due to the steady rains the last two days and expected again tomorrow, both the 2:00 Women's Soccer game vs Forest Park and the 4:00 Men's Game vs Olivet Nazarene have been moved from Parkland to the UI Intramural Fields. The fields are Astroturf and are located on the corner of First and Stadium (West Turf Field 1) directly across from the Illinois Football Field.
Come out and support the Cobras in their final regular season match-ups prior to the start of Region 24 Play.
Volleyballs rolls over Springfield
The #6 ranked Parkland Cobras volleyball team traveled to Springfield College Wednesday evening. After dropping two spots in the national poll this week, the Cobras came out with a new level of passion and intensity, taking control of the match early and defeating Springfield 25-7, 25-12, 25-18. Brittany Monken led the offense with 14 kills and 3 aces, Lucy Coleman had 6 kills and 4 blocks, and Molly Elderbook led the defense with 20 digs in just three sets. Parkland improves to 23-4 overall and 5-0 in the conference. Parkland travels to one of the most competitive two-year college tournaments in the nation this weekend in the Wisconsin Dells. Parkland faces #1 Columbus State (OH) and #16 McHenry on Friday, and #11 Hagerstown (MD) and D3 #1 Rock Valley on Saturday. The Cobras next home match is next Wednesday against Danville.
#4 Volleyball goes (3-1) at DMACC Invite, Women's Soccer falls at Waubonsee
The Parkland College Volleyball team went 3-1 this weekend at the Des Moines Area Community College Tourney. PC fell to the #7 hosts while knocking off Longview MO, NEOSHO, and Iowa Central.
On Friday, #4 Parkland faced off with the home team #7 Des Moines Area College; a tight battle ensued, but Parkland ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard losing in 5 closely contested sets. DMACC won 25-27, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 15-9. Four players tallied double-digit kills for Parkland (Paige Lay with 14, and Lucy Coleman, Brittany Monken and Alyssa Elmore all registered 10 apiece). Jeni Sykes had 44 assists and Molly Elderbrook led the defense with 30 digs.
In the second match of the day, Parkland took control early vs. Longview College out of Missouri. Parkland won 25-15, 25-13, 18-25, 25-16. The same four registered double digit kills again (Lay had 15, Coleman had 14, and Monken and Elmore each had 10). Sykes tallied 33 assists and 2 aces, and Elderbrook notched 15 digs.
Saturday, Parkland played against a very motivated Neosho County (KS) team bidding for a big upset. After a lackluster Set 1, Parkland turned in one of their best matches in weeks defeating Neosho County 22-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-18. Lucy Coleman and Alyssa Elmore registered 10 kills apiece, Brittany Monken had 9, Paige Lay had 8 and Melissa McClain had 7. Jeni Sykes had 35 assists and Molly Elderbrook notched 19 digs. In the final match of the tournament Parkland overpowered Iowa Central CC 25-16, 25-17, 25-22. The match allowed Parkland to get a glimpse of next year's leadership where freshman setter Molly Goodrich ran the offense in Sets 2 and 3 to register 22 assists, and freshman Brittany Monken led the offense with 14 kills.
The Cobras are now 22-4 overall and take on conference foe Springfield College in Springfield onWednesday, October 14 before heading to the prestigious Wisconsin Dells Tournament over the weekend.
Parkland's Women Soccer team traveled north to Waubonsee CC but fell to the host Warriors 3-1. Waubonsee raced out to a 2-0 lead before Jenny Musick connected on a pass from Brittany Gentry for the Cobras lone goal. The loss drops PC to (8-4-1) while the Warriors improve to (10-4-2). PC will return to action on Tuesday with a 4:00 home match with Joliet.
#4 Volleyball holds off Shawnee
The #4 ranked Parkland Cobras volleyball team made the long drive south Wednesday to take on Shawnee CC in a match played at Anna-Jonesboro HS. In a tightly contested match, Parkland upended Shawnee in three sets 26-24, 27-25, 25-18. Brittany Monken led the way with 14 kills, Lucy Coleman had 13 kills, 3 blocks and 3 aces and Jeni Sykes had 35 assists on the evening. Parkland improves to 19-3 overall and 4-0 in the conference while Shawnee falls to 21-4 overall and 2-1 in the conference.
Parkland travels to Des Moines, Iowa this weekend to play in the DMACC Invitational. Following is the schedule:
Friday, 10/09/09:
12:00pm vs. DMACC
4:00pm vs. Longview
Saturday, 10/10/09
9:00am vs. Independence
1:00pm vs. Iowa Central
Women's Soccer wins, Men fall...wrap up Region tournament seeds
The Parkland Women's Soccer team played one of their best games of the season as they rallied to knock off M-WAC rival Illinois Central 2-1 in East Peoria on Wednesday night. The Cobras trailed 1-0 at halftime, but a heavily defended Jenny Musick tied the game with a turnaround shot in the box, and off an immediate free kick, Camille Repass scored the go ahead goal just a short time later. ICC had three chances to tie it over the final 11 minutes, including one from long-distance as time expired, but the Cougars could not connect.
The win moves Parkland to 8-3-1 on the year while ICC falls to 10-5.The victory wraps up the #3 seed for the Cobras in the Region 24 Tournament which begins on October 18th. PC will travel out of conference this Saturday for a 2:30 game at Waubonsee CC in Sugar Grove.
The Parkland men turned in a disappointing performance against MWAC opponent Heartland suffering their most lopsided loss of the season falling to the Hawks 4-1. Heartland's forwards created all sorts of problems for Parkland scoring 4 unanswered goals. NJCAA scoring leader and Player of the Week Javier Torres scored twice while Matt McClure and Phil Hamilton also scored. TK Keys salvaged a late goal for the Cobras.
The loss drops Parkland to 8-6-2 (3-3-1 in the MWAC Conference) and raises Heartland to 11-2-1 (4-1-1). Parkland has eight days to regroup before playing their last regular season game against Olivet Nazarene's JV on October 15. The loss means Parkland will be the #4 seed in the upcoming Region 24 Tournament that starts on October 21st. PC will get a first round bye and host the #5 seed on Saturday October 24th at 12:00.
COBRAS WIN IMPORTANT REGION 24 MATCH 3-1 VS REND LAKE
Rend Lake's top gun Thad Snell scored first but Parkland answered in bigfashion with three goals of their own. TJ Keys, Alex Birnie and Kwesi Williamsall scored for the Cobras as PC pulled away for the win. Sean Finn had two assists. Outside ofthe first 20 minutes Parkland controlled the field from endline to endlineout shooting Rend lake 16-5 and earning a 9-2 advantage in corner kicks.
The game raises Parkland's record to 8-5-2 while Rend Lake drops to 7-6-1. The victory sets up a M-WAC showdown with Heartland CC on Wednesday. The winner of the game will be the #3 seed in the Region 24 Tourney while the loser will be the #4. The Hawks enter the contest with a record of (10-2-1 3-1-1) a half game ahead of the Cobras in the standings.
SCORING
15" Thad Snell (Rend Lake)
29" TJ Keys (Parkland), assist Alex Birnie
39" Alex Birnie (Parkland), assist Sean Finn
73" Kwesi Williams (Parkland), assist Sean Finn
Golf Team Goes 1-2 at Danville Invitational
In their final golf tournament of the fall season the Parkland Men's Golf team finished 1-2 at the Danville Invitational held at Turtle Run Golf Course in Danville. For this tournament, Coach Zach McNabney divided up his 10 golfers into Green and Gold squads and the Green team rallied from seven strokes back to win the tournament by four strokes.
Parkland's Corbin Sebens (79-70 149) and Drew Meiner (72-77 149) tied for third place over-all as Dean Wright from Rend Lake (137) ran away with medalist honors. Willy Wilner and Jack Wagner each shot two-day totals of 150 while Bryan Ideus and Matt Schopp both shot 151.
Teams
Parkland Green 595
Parkland Gold 599 (won second on playoff)
Rend Lake 599
Vincennes 608
Springfield 611
Kaskaskia 612
Danville 625
ICC 635
Lincoln 670
Top Individuals
Dean Wright (RL) 137
Koester (Springfield) 146
Wright (Kaskaskia) 149
Leibering (Danville) 149
Sebens (Parkland) 149
Meiner (Parkland) 149
Manley (Vincennes) 149
Other Parkland Scores
Parkland (Green)
Willy Wilner 69-81-150
Corbin Sebens 79-70-149
Bryan Ideus 78-73-151
Joe Smith 83-73-156
Ross Leary 75-78-153
Parkland (Gold)
Sam Wells 78-75-153
Drew Meiner 72-77-149
Michael Peters 74-79-153
Matt Schopp 75-76-151
Jake Wagner 75-75-150
Sluggish Cobras knock off Lincoln
Four days after winning the highly competitive Parkland Invitational the #4 ranked Cobra Volleyball team came out a little sluggish Wednesday night but outlasted visiting Lincoln College in four games, defeating the Lynx 25-18, 25-18, 28-30, and 25-15. PC was in control of the match during the first two sets but 11 service errors in set 3 helped the Lynx force a 4th set.
Lucy Coleman led the way for PC with 18 kills while Paige Lay and Alyssa Elmore added 10 kills each for the Cobras who improved to (18-3 3-0). With the loss, Lincoln drops to (14-9 1-3). Parkland will take the weekend off before returning to M-WAC action on Wednesday October 7th with a match at Shawnee.
PARKLAND AND LINCOLN TIE 1-1 IN CONFERENCE ACTION
The Cobras's journey to Lincoln ended up with a tie 1-1. Neither team was able to dent the back of the net until Parkland's Kenny Kranz's volley just before the half. Steven Salinus equalized for Lincoln mid way through the second half. Both teams saw chances late in the game but neither was able to find the winner.
The result puts Parklands record at 7-4-2 (conference 3-2-1) and Lincoln at 5-5-1 (conference 1-3-1). Next up for the Cobras is South Suburban College on Saturday.
FINAL SCORE Overtime
1 - Parkland
1 - Lincoln
SCORING
42" Kenny Kranz (Parkland), assist Neil Hamilton and Luis Tavares
63" Steven Salinas (Lincoln)
GOALKEEPING
110 minutes, Bosko Kovacevic (Parkland), 1 goal allowed, 6 saves
110 minutes, Carlos Uculmana (Lincoln), 1 goal allowed, 14 saves
Women's Soccer battles to 0-0 tie
Parkland and SWIC battled 90 minutes of regulation and two 10 minute overtimes but had to settle for a 0-0 tie on Sunday afternoon. The tie leaves the Cobras, who have no matches this week, at 7-2-1 while SWIC is now 8-4-1.
Men in 6th after Day 1 of JUCO State Tournament
Freshman Willy Wilner handled the tough windy conditions at the JUCO State Tourney firing a 74 to finish one stroke off the lead after Day 1 at Piper Glen Golf Course in Springfield. No other PC golfer could break 80 as the Cobras find themselves in 6th place after the opening day but just two strokes out of 3rd place headed into Monday's final round. Weather conditions today are expected to be even more difficult on the course with cooler temps and windier conditions.
John A Logan 302
Rend Lake 311
Rock Valley 317
Blackhawk 317
College of DuPage 317
Parkland 319
Carl Sandburg 323
SCI 324
IVCC 325
Danville 327
ICC 328
Kaskaskia 331
Highland 332
Elgin 353
Lincoln 354
Waubonsie 355
John Wood 366
Top Five Individuals
Joe Goelzhauser (JAL) 73
Willy Wilner (Parkland) 74
Filip Timmerman (JAL) 74
Preston Medlin (RL) 74
Ryan Whittingham (DuPage) 75
Connor Gillund (Blackhawk) 75
Troy Bauer (IVCC) 75
Luke Kane (Carl Sandburg) 75
Other Parkland Scores
Drew Meiner 81
Joe Smith 82
Bryan Ideus 82
Corbin Sebens 83
Cobras win Parkland Invitational
The #4 Parkland Volleyball team proved to be the class of the field over the weekend as they knocked off #8 Kirkwood CC 25-21, 25-23, and 25-18 to win their own Invitational. Parkland went a perfect 5-0 on the weekend including a 3-0 record in pool play and finishing 2-0 in the championship bracket. The tournament featured eight teams from five states with six teams being ranked in the Top 20 of the latest NJCAA D-II Poll and the other two teams were both receiving votes.
On Friday the Cobras opened play with a three set win over #17 SWIC, winning by the scores of 25-18, 25-15, and 25-18. Later in the day PC used a strong service game as they cruised past #8 Kirkwood 25-16. 25-10, and 25-16. The Cobras concluded poll play with a hard fought win over Owens CC. PC rallied from a 2-1 deficit to win 25-19, 22-25, 23-25, 25-21, and 15-9.
Parkland faced #12 McHenry in the championship semi-finals and took command of the match for a 3-1 win. PC easily won the first and last games of the match winning 25-11, 22-25, 25-20, and 25-11 to move into the title game against Kirkwood. The Eagles hung on for a (3-2) win over Kalamazoo Valley to move into the championship game and a rematch with the Cobras.
The title game was a much closer contest that Friday’s pool play tilt as the team’s went back and forth before PC took control late in each set to defeat Kirkwood in three for the second time in as many days.
7th-8th Place: #17 SWIC (14-8) vs #20 Vincennes (23-5)
#17 Vincennes (24-5) defeated #20 SWIC (14-9) 25-20, 25-7, 22-25, 25-22 for 7th place
5th-6th Place: #9 DMACC (14-6) vs (RV)Owens ( 16-10)
#9 DMACC (15-6) defeated (RV) Owens (16-11) 25-16, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18 for 5th Place
3rd-4th Place: #12 McHenry (17-4) vs (RV) Kalamazoo Valley (12-4)
(RV) Kalamazoo Valley (13-4)defeated #12 McHenry (17-5) 25-22, 26-24, 31-29 for 3rd Place
Championship: #4 Parkland (16-3) vs #8 Kirkwood (18-4)
#4 Parkland (17-3) defeated #8 Kirkwood (18-5) 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 for 1st place
COBRAS OUTLAST SWIC AND TWO LIGHTNING DELAYS IN 2-1 WIN
After an even 1st half and a 30 minute lightning delay Parkland again showed their ability to make halftime adjustments and came out flying in the 2nd half. After multiple chances TJ Keys was brought down in the box. Kenny Kranz calmly knocked home the resulting penalty kick. Just minutes later more lightning struck and the two teams waited another 60 minutes before getting back on the pitch. Parkland wasted little time with Matt Larison blasting home a long range laser.
The Cobras had another goal called back just minutes later on a borderline offsides decision. Ajdic Dedic closed the gap for SWIC with 12 minutes left in the game but despite a late charge Parkland held on for the win. . Bosko Kovacevic was superb in goal against SWIC's many high balls into the box. The win, the Cobras 6th straight, raises Parkland to 7-4-1 and drops SWIC to 8-5-1. PC will return to action on Tuesday when they travel to Lincoln for a key M-WAC match-up.
FINAL SCORE
1 - SWIC
2 - Parkland
SCORING
54" Kranz (Parkland), penalty kick
67" Larison (Parkland)
78" Dedic (SWIC)
VB Invite Today, Golf ready for JUCO State Tourney
The #4 Parkland Volleyball team returns to action this afternoon after a 10-day layoff as they host the Parkland Invitational. In pool play, PC will host SWIC at 1:00 this afternoon and then face Kirkwood at 6:00. The Cobras will face Owens CC at 8:30 am on Saturday before championship play begins at 10:30.
Corbin Sebens, Drew Meiner, Joe Smith, Bryan Ideus, and Willy Wilner will travel west for the Parkland Golf team this weekend as they travel Illinois JUCO State Tournament to be held at Piper Glen Golf Course in Springfield on September 27-28. The Cobras join a field that includes powerhouse teams from John A Logan, Rend Lake, ICC, Blackhawk, and Sauk Valley to name just a few. You can follow the progress of the team by going to:
http://twitter.com/Parklandgolf
Men continue streak while Women's comes to end
It took awhile to get the offense clicking but the Parkland Men's Soccer team came to life in the second half as they raced past Kankakee 6-0 in a non-conference soccer game Thursday afternoon. Alex Birnie scored the lone goal for the Cobras in the first half as he scored with just one minute remaining before intermission.
After a scoreless first ten minutes of the 2nd half, the goals came fast and furious as five different PC players put the ball in the back of the net. Sean Finn, TJ Keys, Ricardo Vega, Amon Arnaud Erric, and Victor Martinez all scored while Kenny Kranz picked up a pair of assists. Alex Ramsey, Matt Larison, Tim Parks, as well as Birnie and Erric also had assists while Spencer Bolen picked up the win in goal as PC out shot the host Cavaliers 16-0.
The win, the Cobras fifth straight, moves their record to (6-4-1) while KCC falls to (1-7-1). Next up for PC is a key Region 24 battle with Southwestern Illinois College starting at 12:00 Saturday in Belleville.
The PC women saw their five game winning streak come to a disappointing end Thursday as they lost to Kaskaskia 1-0. The Blue Angels scored the only goal of the game on a deflection off a Parkland player just 10 minutes into the second half and KC held on for the win. PC controlled most of the contest out shooting KC 8-6 but were unable to capitalize on several scoring chances.
The loss drops the Cobras to 7-2 while Kaskaskia improves to 7-3 on the season. Six of the Blue Angels seven wins have come via the shutout. Coming up PC will be another Region 24 showdown as they host SWIC starting at 2:00 on Sunday.
Loaded field set for Parkland Invitational
Parkland College will be the site for one of the top NJCAA D-II tournaments of the season when the Cobra Invitational takes place Friday September 25 and Saturday September 26 in the newly renovated Parkland Gym. The eight-team tourney includes six teams ranked in this week's top 20 of the NJCAA D-II Poll while the other two are listed in the schools receiving votes.
In addition to #4 Parkland (12-3) the tournament includes: #8 Kirkwood (15-3), #9 Des Moines Area (12-4), #12 McHenry (15-2), #17 Southwestern Illinois (13-5), and #20 Vincennes (22-2). Kalamazoo Valley (10-2) and Owens CC (15-7) round out the field.
Play beings on Friday at 1:00 with #4 Parkland taking on #17 SWIC while #9 Des Moines faces #20 Vincennes on the other court. Each team will play three games in their pool and will play two more in bracket play on Saturday.
Three second half goals lead Men's Soccer to 4th straight win
Three goals over a period of 9 minutes in the second half helped lead the Parkland Men's Soccer team to a 4-1 win over Region 24 foe Kaskaskia on Tuesday afternoon. The Cobras jumped on top in the opening three minutes as Luis Tavares scored an unassisted goal. PC dominated the remainder of the half but could not score again while Kaskaskia took advantage of a Parkland miscue to knot the score at 1 at the intermission.
Already struggling under a more aggressive PC attack, KC suffered a major blow when one of their top players, Cecil Rowe, received his second yellow card of the match and was sent off. From there PC took command as Sean Finn (on an assist from Alex Birnie), Kenny Kranz from Stephen Grace, and Birnie from TJ Keys all scored goals as PC pulled away for the victory. Parkland out shot the visitors 12-2 for the contest as Spencer Bolen earned the victory in goal for PC.
The win improves PC to (5-4-1) while Kaskaskia falls to (1-8-1). Next up for the Cobras is a Thursday non-conference road contest at Kankakee.
Women's Soccer picks up big road victory
The Parkland Women's Soccer team broke out of a 1-1 halftime tie by scoring early in the 2nd half on a Melissa Gonzalez goal and held on to beat Heartland 3-2 in a Midwest Athletic Conference contest. The Cobras scored first as Gonzalez connected on a shot on an assist from Brittany Gentry to give PC a 1-0 lead. The Hawks tied it later in the half before Gonzalez put the Cobras ahead to stay. Gentry made it 3-1 Cobras on an assist from Camille Repass, her second assist of the game. Heartland's Lauren Johnson scored an unassisted goal with just five minutes remaining to cut the lead to one but PC was able to hang on for the win.
The victory moves Parkland to (6-1 2-1) while Heartland falls to (3-4 1-1). After a day off, Parkland will travel to Lincoln (2-7 0-3) on Wednesday before hosting Kaskaskia (6-3) on Thursday at 4:00.
Nike Baseball and Men's Basketball Gear on Sale Now!
It's Mens's Baseketball and Baseball's
turn as their Nike Sports Wear will now go on sale. Soccer and Softball recently completed highly successful sales and several other teams will offer their merchandise in the very near future. Apparel will be on sale from today (Sept. 21) thru Monday, October 12. Apparel will be shipped out three weeks after the closing date.
Listed below is the website, current code and closing date for your Nike Gear!
Web Site:
www.impactsportsforms.com
Once there, it will ask you for the sports code:
Baseball: PARKCOBA2
Men's BB: PARKCOMBB
There are 6 items to choose from. Sizes range from Adult S-3XL.
Women's Soccer rolls So. Suburban, Golf team 6th at Robert Morris Invite
The Parkland Women's Soccer team was in control from beginning to end Saturday as they rolled to an easy 13-0 win over visiting So. Suburban. Freshman Jenny Musick led the attack with a record breaking 5 goals, including four of the Cobras first five made shots.
Brittany Gentry added two goals and assisted on three goals while Brittany Moore and Melissa Gonzalez also scored twice. Tara Rossdeutcher added a goal and two assists as the Cobra improved to (5-1) with their third consecutive shutout win. So. Suburban fall to (1-8) with the loss.
Things will get a little tougher for the Cobras this week as they will play four Region 24 games in a seven day period. The Cobras will travel to Heartland on Monday and Lincoln College on Wednesday before hosting Kaskaskia on Thursday and Southwestern Illinois College on Sunday afternoon. The Parkland Men's Golf team finished in 6th place at the Robert Morris Invitational held at Midlane Golf Course in Wadsworth, IL. The Cobras were the only NJCAA school in the field as they went up against a field of NCAA D-II/III and NAIA programs.
Sophomore Corbin Sebens was a bright spot for Parkland as he rallied from an opening day 80 to fire a two-under par 69 on day two to finish in 4th place just three shots off the lead. Blake Blumenstock of North Park took medalist honors with a 146 while St. Francis University of Joliet won the team trophy by 6 strokes over Bethel College of Indiana. Next up for PC is their biggest tournament of the fall season when the Cobras travel to Springfield for the State of Illinois JUCO Championships on 9/27-28 at Piper Glen Golf Course.
St. Francis, U of IL 309 305 614
Bethel College IN 318 302 620
Carthage College 320 305 625
Viterbo University 314 311 625
Olivet Nazarene U. 316 312 628
Parkland CC 327 309 636
St. Francis, U of IN 330 312 642
North Park U. 334 309 643
Holy Cross (IN) 331 315 646
Robert Morris U.-IL 347 315 662
Judson College 331 338 669
Calumet College 342 349 691
Top Five Individuals
Blake Blumenstock North Park 80-66-146
Seth Doran Olivet Naz 74-72-146
Martin Hetelle St Fran IL 72-75 -147
Corbin Sebens Parkland 80-69-149
Ben Schroeder Carthage 76-74-150
Other Parkland Scores
Bryan Ideus 85-75-160
Drew Meiner 83-83-166
Ross Leary 84-82-166
Joe Smith 80-89-169
Volleyball wins battle of ranked teams in home opener, Soccer teams post shutouts
The Parkland Volleyball team took a liking to their new surroundings as they made quick work of M-WAC rival Lincoln Land winning in three sets by the scores of 25-12, 25-20, and 25-22. The victory marked the team's first home game of the season and the first athletic contest in the newly renovated gym. The win moved the Cobras, who are now #4 in the NJCAA D-II Poll, to (12-3 2-0) while #13 Lincoln Land falls to (12-4 1-1).
A balanced offensive attack was the key for the Cobras as Lucy Coleman led the way with 12 kills. Brittany Monken added 11 kills, Paige Lay 9, and Alyssa Elmore 7. Jeni Sykes had 35 assists while Molly Elderbrook led the defensive charge with 19 digs. Parkland will take the weekend off before returning to action on September 24-25 when they host the Parkland Invitational.
Brittany Gentry and Jenny Musick each scored two goals and handed out one assist to help lead the Women's Soccer team to a 7-0 win over Springfield College on Tuesday afternoon. Parkland scored five times in the opening half as they cruised to the victory. Lexy Sokol, Melissa Gonzalez, and Amanda Hatcher also all had goals for the Cobras. Sandy Stundahl was solid in goal as she had 5 saves in recording her third shutout of the season. Parkland (4-1 1-1) will host South Suburban (1-6) in a non-conference match at 12:00 on Saturday. The Parkland Men's Soccer team picked up their second straight shutout win as they dominated Danville Area Community College 4-0 on Tuesday night in an M-WAC contest. Parkland held DACC to just one shot on goal while PC was very efficient making four shots on 10 attempts. Alex Birnie paced the Cobras with two goals, the first coming just seven minutes into the match. TJ Keys and Luis Tavares also both scored while Kenny Kranz, Dane Murphy, and Tim Parks all had assists.
The win moves Parkland to (3-4-1 2-2) while DACC falls to (1-3-1 0-3). Next up for PC will be a Thursday afternoon M-WAC contest against Lewis and Clark (2-0-3 0-0-1). That match is set to begin at 4:00 at Parkland.
Women's Soccer picks up win, Volleyball home tonight for M-WAC showdown
Brittany Gentry scored on an assist from Amanda Hatcher and Camille Repass scored an unassisted goal to lead the Parkland Women's Soccer team to a 2-0 win over St. Charles CC on Monfay afternoon. The Cobras scored a goal in each half whole goal keeper Sandy Stundahl turned away 5 St. Charles shots on goal.
The win improves PC to (3-1 0-1) while St. Charles losses for the first time this season and falls to (4-1). Going into the game, the Lady Cougars had only allowed 1 goal in their first four games. The Cobras will get right back into action today when they host Springfield College starting at 5:15.
The #3 ranked Parkland Volleyball team (11-3 1-0) will finally get to play in their newly renovated gym when they host #12 Lincoln Land (12-3 1-0) in a Mid-West Athletic Conference showdown starting at 6:00 tonight. The Cobras are coming off a 3-1 weekend at the Kirkwood Invitational while Lincoln Land went 4-1 at the College of Lake County Tournament.
#3 Volleyball cruises to M-WAC win, Men's Soccer falls to LLCC
The #3 ranked Parkland Volleyball team made quick work of John Wood CC on Thursday night sweeping the Blazers in three games, winning 25-10, 25-12, and 25-10. The Cobras (8-2 1-0) won the match in less than an hour and left after the game for Iowa where they will play in the Kirkwood Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
Parkland falls in Men's Soccer
At halftime it was confusing to look at the scoreboard. For the first 45 minutes Parkland outplayed Lincoln Land College, had more shots, more corners, hit the post. And yet Parkland found itself down 0-2 as Lincoln Land did what Parkland couldn't--convert on its chances. Dominic Ivens converted two crosses into two header goals. In the second half a penalty kick gave Lincoln Land another cushion and the game ended with Lincoln Land winning 3-0. PC will travel to Belleville Saturday to take on Lindenwood-Belleville.
FINAL SCORE
0 Parkland
3 Lincoln Land
SCORING
38th minute, Ivens (LLC), assist Iredale
44th minute, Ivens (LLC), assist Van Allen
55th minute, Huchison (LLC), penalty kick
Women's Soccer falls to #1 Lewis and Clark
The #1 ranked Lewis and Clark Women's Soccer team proved to much on Wednesday afternoon as the Trail Blazers blanked the Cobras 3-0 in Godfrey. PC trailed just 1-0 at the break as Kaylie Neutzling scored the only goal of the first half. The Cobras had several chances to score in the second half but could not connect while L&C added goals by Katya Hessel and Brigdget Belli. The loss drops PC to (2-1 0-1) while Lewis and Clark is (4-1 2-0). PC is off until Sept. 14 when they travel to Missouri to play St. Charles CC. Their next home game is the following day when they host Springfield College.
Parkland Volleyball moves up to #3
After battling tough competition for the opening two weeks, the Cobras have moved up six spots to #3 in the NJCAA D-II Volleyball Poll.
The Cobras (7-2) have picked up four wins over nationally ranked foes so far this season including wins over three-time defending National Champs Kishwaukee as well as Johnson County and Owens on their home courts.
The new #1 team is Columbus State CC of Ohio who defeated the Cobras (3-1) last week in Toledo. Illinois Central comes in at #2, Parkland at #3, Kishwaukee #4, and Johnson County is at #5.
PC will get a chance to avenge their only other loss on Saturday when they will play #8 Cowley at the Kirkwood Invitational. Two other Region 24 opponents also made the top 20 with Lincoln Land coming in at #12 and SWIC @ #16. Parkland will host Lincoln Land in their first home game of the season on September 15.
1 Columbus State Community College 12 11-1 0 0
2 Illinois Central College 24 4-3 0 0
3 Parkland College 24 7-2 0 0
4 Kishwaukee College 4 5-2 0 0
5 Johnson County Community College 6 4-1 0 0
6 Kirkwood Community College 11 7-1 0 0
7 Scottsdale Community College 1 3-2 0 0
8 Cowley County Community College 6 5-1 0 0
9 Des Moines Area Community College 11 3-2 0 0
10 Grand Rapids Community College 12 5-1 0 0
11 Hagerstown Community College 20 6-0 0 0
12 Lincoln Land Community College 24 7-2 0 0
13 Central Community College-Columbus 9 5-4 0 0
14 Glendale Community College 1 4-2 0 0
15 Edison Community College 12 9-1 0 0
16 Southwestern Illinois College 24 8-1 0 0
17 North Platte Community College 9 9-4 0 0
18 Butler Community College 6 5-1 0 0
19 College of Southern Maryland 20 10-2 0 0
20 Macomb Community College
Parkland finds offense, earns first win of season
Parkland scored early and often in the first half of their game against Springfield, jumping out to quick 5-0 lead before taking their foot off the gas. Former Centennial player Kenny Kranz had two goals. Former Central player Ricardo Vega had a goal and two assists. TJ Keys and Luis Taveras also recorded goals for the Cobras. Urbana HS product Spencer Bolen recorded the Parkland shutout.
The victory comes on the heels of a tough weekend at the Missouri Invitational where the Cobras went 0-2-1. Parkland was in every contest but scored just two total goals in the three games. PC lost to Kansas City CC 1-0 on Thursday before earning a 1-1 tie with Morton College on Friday as Victor Martinez scored the Cobras lone goal, his first of the season. On Sunday PC battled nationally ranked Jefferson College to the end but lost 2-1 despite a goal by TJ Keys.
Today's win raises Parkland's record to 1-3-1, and 1-1 in the MWAC Conference while Springfield is now 0-3-1. Next up for PC is a Thursday afternoon showdown with M-WAC leading Lincoln Land. The Loggers stand 5-0 on the season following a 2-1 victory over Lincoln College today.
FINAL SCORE
5 Parkland
0 Springfield
SCORING (first half)
2nd minute, Keys (Parkland), assist Vega
7th minute, Kranz (Parkland), assist Williams
28th minute, Kranz (Parkland), assist Vega
31st minute, Vega (Parkland), assist Strawn
34th minute, Taveras (Parkland), assist Finn
SCORING (second half)
no goals
GOALKEEPING
90 minutes, Bolen (Parkland), 0 goals allowed
90 minutes, Kocis (Springfield), 5 goals allowed
Women improve to 2-0, ready to take on #1 Lewis and Clark
Jenny Musik and Amanda Hatcher scored first half goals and goalkeeper Sandy Stundahl made 8 saves as the Parkland Women's Soccer team upended St. Louis-Meramec 2-1 to pick up their second win of the season.
Musik scored on an assist from Lauren DeBuysere to give the Cobras a 1-0 lead and Tiffany Blanchette fed Hatcher for the second PC goal as the Cobras built a 2-0 lead. Kelli Courtois scored an unassisted goal for the Magic late in the first half but Parkland held on as neither team could muster a goal in the second half.
Today, the Cobras travel south to play #1 ranked and defending NJCAA National Champions Lewis and Clark in a M-WAC showdown.
Parkland Volleyball stays hot, stuns #1 Kishwaukee
The #9 ranked Parkland Volleyball team continued their strong early season play by picking up two more wins over nationally ranked foes. On day 2 of the Owens CC Invite. the Cobras stunned 3-time defending National Champions Kishwaukee (3-2) defeating the Cougars 25-19, 16-25, 23-25, 25-19, and 18-16. Jeni Sykes ran the offense to perfection recording 52 assists while Lucy Coleman (19 kills), Paige Lay (15 kills), and Brittany Monken (12 kills) carried the attack on offense. Blocking at the net was key as Coleman registered 5.5 blocks and Alyssa Elmore had 4.
Earlier in the day, PC knocked off the #17 ranked hosts in four games, defeating the Express 27-25, 25-22, 23-25, and 25-14. Molly Elderbook had a season high 30 digs and Brittany Monken had a career high 20 kills. Paige Lay recorded 15 kills while Coleman added 12.
On Saturday, PC fell to #13 Columbus State (1-3) 25-20, 15-25, 20-25, and 20-25 and defeated Jackson CC (3-0) 25-18, 25-13, 25-23 and St. Clair CC (3-2) 25-13, 25-11, 22-25, 23-25, and 15-8.
The Cobras improved to (7-2 0-0) on the season and have now earned four wins (#1 Kishwaukee, #3 Johnson County, #17 Owens, and #22 East Central) over teams ranked in the top 25. Both losses (#4 Cowley and #13 Columbus St) have also come against nationally ranked foes.
Next up for the Cobras will be a Thursday night match in Quincy against conference opponent John Wood CC. From there PC travels to Iowa for the Kirkwood Invitational where the Cobras will play #8 Iowa Lakes and Southwestern Iowa on Friday before playing Iowa Central and getting a rematch with #4 Cowley on Saturday.
Cobras dominate in Alford debut
Brittany Gentry scored a school record four goals, two in each half, to lead the Parkland Women's Soccer team to a 9-0 pounding of the Indiana Tech University JV in the debut game of Cobra head coach Josh Alford.
In addition to Gentry's outburst, the Cobras received two goals and an assist from Jenny Musick, a goal and an assist from Alexis Sokol, and three assists from Amanda Hatcher. Tara Rossdeutcher added the Cobras only other score.
Parkland out shot the visitors 15-3 as goalkeeper Sandy Stundahl turned away three shots to preserve the shutout. Next up for the Cobras (1-0) will be a Saturday afternoon 3:00 home contest against St. Louis Meramec.
Scoring
Ind Tech 0 0 0
PC 4 5 9
Jenny Musick (UA)
Brittany Gentry (Alexis Sokol)
Brittany Gentry (Alexis Sokol)
Tara Rossdeutcher (Gentry)
Gentry (Hatcher)
Musick (Hatcher)
Sokol (UA)
Gentry (Musick)
Own Goal
Alford era ready to begin for Parkland Women's Soccer
Former Parkland College star Josh Alford (2002-2004) is ready to get the season started as he begins his inaugural season as the Cobras Women's Soccer Coach. After a successful stint as the Boy's Coach at Champaign Central, Alford inherits a nice blend of 9 freshman and 8 sophomores from a team that finished (8-5-3) last season.
Former local standouts, Sophia Ryan (Urbana), Emily Lagos (Mahomet-Seymour), Brittani Gentry (Danville), Amanda Hatcher (Georgetown-Ridgefarm), Sandy Stundahl (Centennial), Sarah Moe (Central), and Ann Ballhazhi form a strong nucleus. Several other former Central Illinois high school stars, Jenny Musick (Mt. Zion), Alexis Sokol (Bloomington Central Catholic), and Brittany Moore (Decatur Eisenhower) will also be counted on this season.
The schedule starts off tough as the Cobras open on Wednesday September 2 with a 4:00 game against the Indiana Tech University JV followed up by another home game at 3:00 Saturday vs perennial power St. Louis Meramec and a trip on September 9th to defending National Champions Lewis and Clark. The Cobras will also host their traditional M-WAC/Region 24 foes (Springfield, Kaskaskia, and SWIC) as well as non-conference matches vs So. Suburban, Joliet, and Forest Park.
Parkland holds on to 2nd at John A Logan Invite
The Parkland College Golf team fired a 312 on Monday and held on for 2nd place at the John A Logan Invitational held at Kokopelli Country Club in Marion, Illinois. The Cobras started the day in a tie with Illinois Central but the Cougars fired a 319 to fall to 4th place. Mississippi Gulf Coast carded a 307 to close the gap on PC but finished a stroke behind the Cobras in 3rd place. John A Logan lead from start to finish as the defending National Champions won both the Rend Lake and Logan Invites over the weekend.
Sophomores Corbins Sebens (75-77 152 6th Place) and Drew Meiner (76-77 153 7th Place) led the Parkland attack while Willy Wilner (78-78 156) and Mike Peters (79-79 158) closed out the scoring for the Cobras. Next up for Parkland will be a trip to Northern Illinois on Friday where they will take part in the Skyhawk Invitational hosted by Sauk Valley CC at the Emerald Hill Golf Course in Sterling, Illinois.
John A Logan Invite
John A Logan 292-302-594
Parkland 308-312-620
Mississippi Gulf Coast314-307-621
ICC 308-319-627
Rend Lake(1) 318-321-639
Vincennes 316-330-646
Danville 325-328-653
MSU West Plains 327-331-658
Rend Lake (2) 328-335-663
Shawnee 332-335-667
Kaskaskia 332-335-667
Mineral Area 346-332-678
Springfield 340-339-679
John Wood 360-356-716
Top Five Individuals
Filip Timmerman (JAL) 144
Marcello Rozo (JAL) 147
Adam Butler (JAL) 150
JW Blevins (MSU) 151
Sam Lee (ICC) 151
Parkland Scores
Joe Smith 86-82-167
Corbin Sebens 75-77-152
Willy Wilner 78-78-156
Michael Peters 79-79-158
Drew Meiner 76-77-153
Volleyball ties for First at Johnson County Tip-Off, Golf 5th at Rend Lake Invite
The Cliff Hastings era got off to an impressive start as the #9 ranked Parkland Volleyball went 3-1 over the week-end good enough to finish in a three-way tie for first at the Johnson County Community College Tip-Off held in Overland Park, Kansas.
The Cobras fell to #4 Cowley County in their opening contest dropping a hard fought five-game marathon losing to the Tigers 18-25, 25-20, 25-19, 20-25, and 19-17. PC rebounded from that heartbreaking loss to beat #22 East Central Mo. 25-22, 14-25, 25-11, and 25-23. Saturday, PC earned a piece of the title by stunning #3 ranked Johnson County 23-25, 25-23. 25-18,and 25-22 behind 15 kills each from Lucy Coleman and Paige Lay. Jeni Sykes had 49 assists in the victory. The Cobras, behind Lay's 20 kills, defeated MCC-Longview 25-16, 25-22, 24-26, and 25-14 in their final match of the weekend.
Parkland (3-1) will continue their tough early season schedule next weekend at the Owens Express Classic in Toledo, Ohio. The Cobras will take on #13 Columbus State College at 11:30 on Saturday followed by games vs unranked Jackson CC at 2:30 and St. Clair CC at 5:30. On Sunday, PC will play #17 Owens at 10:00 and #1 Kishwaukee at 1:00.
The Parkland Men's Golf team shot a 36-hole total of 308-299 607 to finish in 5th place at the Rend Lake Fall Invitational held at the Franklin County Country Club in West Frankfort. Sophomore transfer Joe Smith led the Cobras firing 73's in both rounds to finish with a two-round total of 146. Freshman Willy Wilner (77-73 150), and a trip of sophomores, Corbin Sebens (79-76 155), Michael Peters (79-77 156) and Drew Meiner (80-78 158) rounded out the Cobras top 5. Defending National Champions John A Logan won the event while Rend Lake place second, ICC third, and Missouri Baptist came in 4th. Parkland will take part in the JAL Invite on Sunday and Monday at Kokopeli CC in Marion.
John A Logan 284-287-571
Rend Lake (Red) 296-299-595
ICC 302-297-599
Missouri Baptist 311-292-603
Parkland 308-299-607
Danville 311-307-618
Shawnee 318-301-619
Kaskaskia 219-209-628
Vincennes 318-310-628
Rend Lake (Black) 314-322-636
Springfield 339-308-647
MSU-West Plains 329-323
Mineral Area 329-323-652
SWIC 329-335-664
Lincoln 337-334-671
John Wood 329-342-671
Top Five Individuals
Jasper (Missouri Baptist) 72-64-136
Smith (JAL) 70-69-139
Rozo(JAL) 68-72-140
Wright (RL) 69-73-142
Timmerman (JAL) 70-72-142
Parkland Scores
Joe Smith 73-73-146
Willy Wilner 77-73-150
Corbin Sebens 79-76-155
Michael Peters 79-77-156
Drew Meiner 80-78-158
Support Parkland Athletics and Buy Sport Specific Nike Gear
The Parkland College Athletic Department has teamed with Nike to offer sport specific items throughout the year via an on-line ordering method. When you order, you get a chance to wear some great Nike wear and support the Cobras with each team earning part of the proceeds.
Currently the Men's and Women's Soccer and Softball have items up for sale and many other teams will be available in October. Each site is open for only 2-3 weeks per session and orders will be shipped 3 weeks after the closing date. Listed below is the website, current codes and closing dates for each sport.
For all of these go to www.impactsportsforms.com
Once there, it will ask you for the sports code
For Men's Soccer: parkcomsoc (only 4 days left to order!)
Women's Soccer: parkcdsoin End date is September 6
Softball: parkcoba End date September 12
There are 6 items on each site. Sizes range from Adult S-3XL. Some sports have women's and youth sizes. When ordering women's sizes, Nike tends to run very small.
Thanks for supporting the Cobras!
Twelve Cobras Earn NJCAA Academic All-American Honors
Twelve Parkland College Student-Athletes have been named NJCAA Academic All-Americans for the 2008-2009 school year. Seven female and five male athletes were chosen based on having played at least one season of athletics, having completed a minimum of 45 hours of college level course work, and achieved a composite grade point average of 3.6 or higher.
Students who have earned a GPA of 3.80 or higher are named Distinguished All-Americans. Two of the Parkland honoree, Volleyball players Jaclyn Meado and Jessica Redden, will receive special recognition after earning perfect 4.0 averages during their two years at Parkland.
Academic All-Americans:
Kylei Cavanah, Volleyball
Dustin Curtis, Men's Soccer
Shelby Glover, Softball
Robert Huey, Golf
Corey Kallembach, Men's Soccer
Kevin Mast, Golf
Heidi McKean, Women's Basketball
Colin McKeen, Baseball
Distinguished All-Americans:
Andrea Carmichael, Women's Soccer
Dana Coles, Softball
Jaclyn Meado**, Volleyball
Jessica Redden**, Volleyball
** Denotes graduates with 4.00 GPA
2009-The Year of the Cobra!
What a year it was for Parkland College Athletic teams and student-athletes! Five teams won Midwest Athletic Conference titles, four teams advanced to their respective National tournaments, and three came home with top four finishes, highlighted by the National Championship won by the Baseball team over the weekend. Several athletes earned All-American recognition in their sport or for their academic achievement. At this time, I would like to recognize those achievements and announce the Parkland Award winners as well.
Parkland Male Athletes of the Year:
Michael Davan Golf and Nate Roberts Baseball
Davan earns the award for the second straight year after leading the Cobras to a #8 finish at Nationals. The sophomore finished in a tie for 7th over-all and earned 2nd Team All-American honors. Roberts, a transfer from Northwestern, caught fire during post-season play hitting .710 (22-31) in nine playoff games. Broke the school record with a .514 batting average for the season and was named a 2nd Team All-American.
Parkland Female Athletes of the Year:
Kylie Cavanah Volleyball and Heidi McKean Women's Basketball
Cavanah swept the VB post-season awards winning M-WAC and Region 24 Player of the Year and was an NJCAA and AVCA First Team All-American leading the Cobras to a 3rd place finish at Nationals. McKean, was a First Team NJCAA All-American and earned Region 24 and M-WAC recognition leading the Cobras to 4th place at Nationals.
Freshman Athlete of the Year:
Kevin Kiermaier Baseball
Kiermaier burst on the scene in impressive fashion earning MVP honors at the World Series after being named First Team All-Conference and All-Region and winning Freshman of the Year awards. Was named 3rd Team All-American and broke or tied the school records for home runs (13) and triples (13).
Male Academic Achievement Awards:
Dustin Curtis, Soccer
Robert Huey, Golf
Corey Kallembach, Soccer
Kevin Mast, Golf
Colin McKeen, Baseball
Female Academic Achievement Awards:
Andrea Carmichael, Soccer
Dana Coles, Softball
Shelby Glover, Softball
Heidi McKean, Women's Basketball
Jaclyn Meado, Volleyball
Jessica Redden, Volleyball
M-WAC Champions:
Baseball, Golf, Men's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball
Region 24 Champions:
Baseball, Volleyball, Women's Basketball
Region 24 Runner-Up:
Golf, Men's Soccer
National Finish:
Baseball-National Champions
Volleyball-3rd Place
Women's Basketball-4th Place
Golf-8th Place
Congratulations to all of the athletes and coaches on an amazing year! Let's do it again in 2010!!!
Parkland Wins DII Baseball Title with 11-3 Win Over Scottsdale
The Parkland College (Ill.) Cobras team dominated from beginning to end Friday night to win their second NJCAA Division II World Series title defeating Scottsdale Community College (Ariz.) 11-3 at David Allen Ballpark in Enid, Okla.
The Cobras scored three times each in the second and third innings to build a 6-1 lead and never looked back as they out hit Scottsdale 18-6. Winning pitcher Max Friedman worked 8.1 innings allowing just three runs while striking out 10.
Parkland's offense was paced by tournament MVP Kevin Kiermaier who went 3-4 with two runs scored and four RBI. Nate Roberts, Colin McKeen, and Kevin Crane all collected three hits for Parkland in the victory. Rafael Perez had three of Scottsdale's six hits.
Parkland, which won their five games in the series by the combined scores of 51-20, broke the NJCAA record for team batting average with a .408 mark for the tournament. They were lead by the hitter of the tournament Nate Roberts who broke the individual hitting record going 12-17 for a .710 average. He was joined on the All-Tournament team by teammate Kory Rombold who was selected the Pitcher of the Tourney for picking up two wins while walking just two batters and striking out 22. Also selected were second baseman Jordan Mitchelhill who hit .570, third baseman Collin DeDecker who hit .500 and was outstanding defensively and rightfielder Kevin Kiermaier who was named the MVP after he hit .444 with 3 HR and 9 RBI.
The title is the second for the Cobras who also won the title back in 2002 and were runners-up in 2005.
Tournament stats and box scores can be found at www.davidallenballpark.com and more pics and photos are at www.njcaa.org
Congrats to Coach Kennedy and Coach Throneburg or an amazing season!