The Midwest Collegiate Conference has announced it women's soccer All-Conference honors. Twenty-nine athletes were recognized as part of the All-Conference Teams as voted by the coaches; fourteen to the First Team and fifteen to the Honorable Mention Team.

Five Grand View players were voted to the MCC All-Conference teams. Sophomore midfielder Alex Ackerman, freshman goalkeeper Jorie Shields-Smith, and senior defender Alexis Purdum were selected to the First Team. Junior defender Brittany Erps and midfielder Autumn Stephens were named to the Honorable Mention Team. Complete MCC Women's Soccer All-Conference Release

Senior defender Alexis Purdum has been named the MCC Defensive Player of the Week for women's soccer announced today.

Purdum lead the GVU defense in the upset and shutout of No. 2 seeded Viterbo in the semifinal of the MCC Tournament.

The Vikings travel to Davenport Wednesday to face St. Ambrose at 2 p.m. in the championship match of the MCC Tournament.

The No. 3 Grand View women's soccer team upset No. 2 seed Viterbo 1-0 in the semifinal round of the MCC Tournament today in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The Vikings goal came on a corner kick by McKenzie McAdaragh in the 42nd minute of the game. The Viking defense was solid to capture the shut out.

The Vikings will travel to Davenport on Wednesday to face top-seeded St. Ambrose in the Championship game. Game time is 2 p.m.

The winner of the MCC Tournament receives an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships held November 22 (opening round-site TBD) and December 1-6 (finals - Daytona Beach, Fla.).

The Grand View women's soccer team survived a double overtime thriller against Mount Mercy Saturday to advance to the semfinal round of the MCC Tournament.

The game was tied 0-0 after two overtime periods and the game then went to a shootout to detemine the game winner. The Vikings advanced to the semifinal game 2-1 on penalty kicks by Kelsey Brown and Lauren Plante.

No. 3 Grand View will travel to La Crosse, Wisconsin, this Saturday, Nov. 8, to face No. 2 Viterbo. Game time is 2 p.m. The winner advances to the MCC Tournament Championship to be held Wednesday Nov. 12, at the venue of the highest seed remaining.

The Viking ladies soccer team defeated Viterbo 2-1 in its final contest of the MCC regular season. The Vikings finished third in the MCC standings and the V-Hawks second.

The V-Hawks were first on the scoreboard after a scramble in the Grand View goal resulted in an own goal in Viterbo's favor at the 3:37 mark.