Rebecca Berry (Layton, Utah) has signed a letter of intent with the Grand View women's soccer program announced by Head Coach Ventsi Stoimirov.

Rebecca comes to Grand View via Iowa Lakes Community College where she an NJCAA All-Region Second Team selection. She also played one year at Northern Arizona University prior to ILCC.

Elle Lacher (Stuart, Iowa) has signed a letter of intent with the Grand View women's soccer program announced by Head Coach Ventsi Stoimirov.

Elle is a midfield/forward from West Central Valley High School where she was team captain, team MVP, and led the team in assists.

"I am delighted that Elle has decided to join our team next fall. She is the type of player every team needs and every coach wants.  After attending our soccer camp for several years, I am very comfortable with the type of a person and soccer player we are getting.  Elle is competitive, loves the game, loves to learn and has very good soccer intuition. Her best soccer is still ahead of her and she is hungry to get better and achieve more. Elle comes from a very strong club (JUSC/WDSMSC). Although she was there for only one season, she was able to win a spot on the first team and was part of the squad that won the State Championship last fall. Elle's high school team is one of the up-and-coming 2A teams (NV/AC/WCV). Given her personality and background, I expect Elle to make a fast transition to college soccer," said Coach Stoimirov.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2011 Women's Soccer All-America teams on Monday. Three teams are selected and composed of 13 players, which were selected by the All-America committee.

Grand View junior forward Jordyn Thompson (Newton, Iowa) was selected to the NAIA All-American Honorable Mention Team.  The MCC Player of the Year and First Team selection was among leaders in seven national statistical categories – game winning goals (4th-7), game winning goals per game (5th-.35), goals per game (7th-1.2), total goals (7th-24), points per game (9th-2.7), total points (54-10th), and hots per game (29th-4.6).

The top-seeded Vikings were upset by #2 seed St. Ambrose in the MCC Tournament Championship game Thursday night at Cownie Complex in Des Moines. The loss ended the season for the women while the Queen Bees qualified for the NAIA Championships with the win.

SAU led 2-0 with an early goal in the fourth minute of the game and another in the 57^thminute. Grand View saw a glimmer of hope after awarded a penalty kick in the 73^rdminute after St. Ambrose was called for a handball in the box.  Junior forward Jordyn Thompson (Newton, Iowa) converted the PK to close the gap 2-1.

The Vikings fought the final 17 minutes to score again, but the Queen Bee defense limited GV's scoring opportunities and held them without a shot on goal the remainder of the game.

Junior keeper Katie Zenz (Des Moines, Iowa) had several key saves to keep the Vikings in the game and ended the night with five.
 

The Midwest Collegiate Conference has announced its women's soccer all-conference honors for the 2011 season. Thirty athletes were recognized as part of the all-conference teams as voted by the coaches, including 14 to the First Team and 16 to the Honorable Mention Team.

Grand View junior forward Jordyn Thompson (Newton, Iowa) was named the MCC Player of the Year. Thompson led the conference in goals (23) and points (52) and also was fourth in the league in assists (six). She scored seven game-winning goals to lead the MCC and rank fourth nationally in that category, and she also ranks among the NAIA national leaders in goals (eighth nationally), points (ninth) and points per game (tenth). Thompson helped the Vikings to a share of the MCC regular season title and into the conference tournament championship game against St. Ambrose.