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February 25, 2011

Kevin WaldronSTAFF WRITER

BaseballRecord 3-1

vs Oklahoma WesleyanUniversityFeb. 18 12-6

vs Missouri Valley CollegeFeb. 18 7-1vs Oklahoma WesleyanUniversityFeb. 19 10-9vs Missouri Valley College

Feb. 19 6-10

BasketballMens

Record 18-10

vs Waldorf CollegeFeb. 19 77-37

Womens

Record 14-16

vs Waldorf CollegeFeb. 19 75-70

Wrestling@ RegionalsFeb. 19 1st of 10Individual Places125 - Alex Peitz - 3rd133 - Travs Evans - 1st141 - Nick Coffman - 1st141 - Jeff Rau - 2nd149 - Matt Burns - 1st149 - Adam Kurimski - 5th165 - Ty Knowler - 1st174 - Glenn Rhees - 1st184 - Tommy Perez - 1st197 - Derek Knightser - 3rd285 - Bojan Djukic - 2nd

Stats

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Soccer hosts JDRF charity event

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1st

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Weight(lbs)

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133

141

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149

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165

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184

197

285

National Rankings

Alex PeitzOmi Acosta

Travis Evans

Nick Coffman

Jeff Rau

Matt Burns

Adam Kurimski

Ty Knowler

Glenn Rhees

Tommy Perez

Derek Nightser

Bojan Djukic

Wrestler

Coaches Poll

Wrestling team moves up in ranks, wins regionals

The womens soccer teamheld the third annual JuvenileDiabetes Research Foundation(JDFR) charity soccer gameon Tuesday Feb. 22 in the

Wellness Center.The soccer team played

faculty and staff in a highlycompetitive game. The facultyand staff team ended up win-ning 14 - 5.

Jorie Smith, seniorgoalie, said, It is an eventthat incorporates a good causewith soccer.

Ventsi Stoimirov, wom-ens head soccer coach, said,It is important to raise aware-ness of juvenile diabetes inhopes of trying to find a cure.

The soccer team has beennot only raising awareness butalso volunteering, like othersports teams, helping with

breast cancer awareness atGrand View said Stoimirov.

Stoimirov gives most ofthe credit to Smith for gettingthe whole event started. Smithsaid her brother died at 18

because of juvenile diabetes.Smith had been active in

supporting JDFR before she

started at Grand View. Herfreshmen year she was unableto attend a benefit because ofsoccer and came up with the

idea to put them together.Stoimirov said, With

a little help from VikingVolunteers and the soccer girls,the event came together.

Smith said, I like thisevent because it gives us achance to do something for agood cause.

As the faculty and wom-ens team played on Tuesdaynight, the atmosphere wasmore then a regular indoorsoccer game. It brought broth-ers, sisters, family and friendstogether in support of findinga cure for juvenile diabetes.

Neil Olson, assistantmens soccer coach, said, Ihave a few friends and extend-ed family with juvenile diabe-tes. People need to come outand get involved on campus,the effects of this are morethen just students and faculty.

According to the JDRFwebsite, diabetes can strikepeople at any age. It can comeon suddenly and causes depen-dence on injected or pumpedinsulin for life. This diseasecarries the constant threat ofdevastating complications and

can lead to death.Each year, more than

15,000 children and 15,000adults are diagnosed withdiabetes in the United Statesaccording to JDRF website.

Liz Slaton, freshmandefender, was new to the eventthis year. Slaton said, Itsa chance to bring a positiveattitude with us to play and letloose and have fun.

The team sold t-shirts andaccepted donations to raisemoney to support JDRF.

Stoimirov said, 100 per-cent of any funds raised willgo to help juvenile diabetesresearch.

The first year of the JDRFsoccer charity event raisedover 1500 dollars.

Even though this isSmiths last year at GrandView she hopes that this eventwill continue on.

I know Ventsi wants to keep it going, it is excitingnot only for the school but thecommunity. Smith said.

Anyone wishing to still buy a Kickin It For JDRFt-shirt or donate money, contactStoimirov at 515-263-6159.

performance is the best hesseen all season, although therestill is room for improvement.

The Vikings, alongwith Missouri Valley, were

responsible for all 10 of thetournaments champions,narrowing the team race downto the wire.

Its almost like a dualmeet, Mitchell said. Whenanother team does that well, ittakes help from other (teams)to knock them down. Wealways talk about it but it wasa good example of how impor-tant every single match is.

With Acostas sidelininginjury, fellow Viking TravisEvans, No. 5 at 133 pounds,saw it as an opportunity tostep up for the team. Evans

pinned all three opponents,scoring the tournament high of21 team points en route to the

juniors second regional title.It felt good to help the

team, Evans said. I just lis-tened to everything the coach-es told me to do. Mitchell

talks a lot about not letting thenegatives affect you.Unlike other collegiate

wrestling divisions, the NAIAallows wrestlers to qual-ify for the national tourna-ment throughout the season.Acosta, who qualified earlierthis season, was able to by-pass the regional tournamentwith a medical waiver.

Acostas minor injury isnot expected to hold him outof the 2011 NAIA NationalChampionships. In the NCAA,Acosta would have had nooption other than compete in

the national qualifying tour-nament, potentially furtheringthe injury with less than twoweeks to heal for the nationaltournament.

Mitchell gave me time toheal physically and mentally,Acosta said. At first, I was

a little down about the injurybut now I feel back on track towin another (national) title.

Even though all 12 of theVikings national qualifiersare rated in the top-12 of theirrespective weight classes,Mitchell said everyone needsto believe they can still get

better.At this point, everything

has to be real crisp. They haveto work on being perfect inevery situation. It all comesdown to the little things andstaying focused, Mitchellsaid.

Left: Jorie Smith, senior goalie,catches a ball that was kicked ongoal. Smith started the JDRF char-ity occer event after her brotherpassed away when she was 16, dueto juvenile diabetes.

Top: Meghan McCoy, freshmanmid-fileder, tries to get the ballaway from Ventsi Stoimirov, headwomens soccer coach.

Bottom: Hali Dolder, sophomoredefendor, keeps the ball from get-ting too close to the goal.

Photos by: Amanda Gabbert/Sports Editor