Lake Forest College Men's Soccer
News & Notes

October 24, 1999 
Contact:  Scott Rucker, SID

FORESTERS' LATE CHARGE EARNS THEN A SPOT IN THE MWC TOURNEY
     After starting the season 1-6-0 overall and a dreadful 0-5-0 in the Midwest Conference, everyone had written off the Lake Forest College men's soccer squad. Everyone, that is, except the Foresters themselves. Lake Forest proceeded to rattle off five wins in their next seven games, including four straight in the MWC, which, when combined with five straight losses by Knox, put the Foresters in a three-way tie with Knox and Monmouth for the final spot in the four-team MWC Championship Tournament. On the strength of a 4-0 win at Monmouth on October 10th and a Monmouth 1-0 victory over Knox on Saturday (Oct. 23), the Foresters won the tie-breaker and will advance to the MWC Tournament on November 6-7, where they will face the winner of the Beloit at Ripon game on Oct. 30th. Lake Forest has won 13 of the last 25 MWC Championships, including back-to-back titles in 1995 and 1996, Head Coach Ed Kositzki's first two seasons at Lake Forest.
     Needing a win on Saturday versus Lawrence to keep their playoff hopes alive, the Foresters scored used 11 saves from senior goalkeeper Michael Richardson and a four goals from the Mickschl brothers (Chris and Chad), including three from Chris, to propel them to a 5-0 win. Senior Andy Flick added a goal and an assist, and Mike Munson and Troy Abeln each had an assist. The 5 goals gave the Foresters 17 goals in their last 7 games. In contrast, they scored just 6 goals in their first 7 games.