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ALMA MEN'S SOCCER FALLS TO HOPE 2-0

The Alma's Men Soccer team played a road game at Hope College on Tuesday and departed with a hard-fought 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Flying Dutchmen. The loss dropped the Scots to 1-6 in MIAA play and 2-11 overall, while Hope improved to 10-1-2 on the 2008 season (6-1, MIAA).

After a hotly-contested scoreless first half, Hope opened the scoring at the 61:10 mark when Shaun Groetsema took a pass from James Trebilcock and put it past Alma GK Jon Nowak. Hope made the score 2-0 at 79:02 when Mitch Kinner scored on a goal assisted by Groetsema and the home team was able to hold on for the league win.

Hope led the way in shots for the game by a margin of 10-5 (5-3 SOG) and Dave Korte paced the Scots with two shots. Nowak had three saves for Alma, who next plays this Saturday when they travel to Adrian for another MIAA tilt.

Posted: Tue, October 14th, 2008 at 10:07PM

 

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Coach Profile

Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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