November 10, 2005

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that University of Dubuque junior forward Kim Monigold (Freeport, Ill./Freeport Senior) has been named the 2005 IIAC women’s soccer Most Valuable Player and Dubuque head coach Jason Berna has been named the 2005 IIAC women’s soccer Coach of the Year.

Monigold had a part in 38 of the 56 goals (67.9 percent) scored by Dubuque this year and is the first Spartan female student-athlete in any sport to receive Conference MVP honors since 1983. She scored 26 goals and assisted on 12 in 20 matches, leading the Iowa Conference in points (64) and goals, and tying for third in assists. Monigold also scored a Conference-best seven game winning goals. She had 10 multi-goal matches and was only held scoreless three times. She has ranked among the national leaders in goals, assists and points throughout the season.

In eight Conference matches, she scored 12 goals (60 percent of the team’s total) and had two assists. She scored in seven of eight Conference matches, including five multi-goal matches.

Berna, in his fifth season as head coach at Dubuque, guided the Spartans to a 12-6-2 overall record and a 5-2-1 mark in the Iowa Conference for a third-place tie, each being the best in program history. Dubuque earned the #3-seed in the IIAC Tournament, and for the first time hosted and won a Tournament match (1-0 over Cornell).

The IIAC also announced today the 2005 women’s soccer All-Conference Team. The 26-member Team includes 11 repeat All-Conference performers including Cornell’s Kim Bussiere who is a four-time All-Conference selection. Conference Champion Loras and runner-up Wartburg each have five players on the All-Conference Team. Loras and Luther both have three members on the First Team.

The complete 2005 IIAC All-Conference women’s soccer Team is here.

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