Eclipse Select Alumni: Jovanovic earns weekly award from UAA

University of Chicago's Natalia Jovanovic

CHICAGO (Oct. 30, 2013) -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and University of Chicago senior forward Natalia Jovanovic (Gurnee, Ill.) earned University Athletic Association Athlete of the Week honors. Jovanovic scored both goals, including an overtime game-winner, in last Wednesday’s 2-1 victory against the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. For the season, Jovanovic has five goals and eight assists.

In other alumni news, Michelle Prokof (Gurnee, Ill.) scored her eighth goal of the season to lead TCU to a 1-0 win against Iowa State last Friday in Big 12 play. ... Goalkeeper Aryn Newsom (Manteno, Ill.) made five saves in a 3-0 win against Drake as Illinois State clinched the outright regular-season title in the Missouri Valley Conference on Sunday. ... Former Florida State defender Casey Short (Naperville, Ill.) is joining the National Women's Soccer League's Chicago Red Stars for 2014.

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Eclipse Select Alumni: Newsom nets MVC Goalkeeper of the Week

Aryn Newsom

CHICAGO (Sept. 19, 2013) -- Former Eclipse Select Soccer Club goalkeeper and Illinois State redshirt junior Aryn Newsom (Manteno, Ill.) was named Missouri Valley Conference Goalkeeper of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.

Newsom earned her first shutout of the season during Illinois State’s 4-0 victory against SEMO on Friday, making two saves in that game. Then Newsom posted a career-best 13 saves in a 3-2 victory against No. 22 Marquette on Sunday. Ten saves came in the second half.

Gurson earns second weekly CCAC honor: Robert Morris senior forward Gordy Gurson (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) was named CCAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season on Tuesday. Gurson tallied the lone goal as Robert Morris upset NAIA No. 2-ranked Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.), 1-0, last Saturday.

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Eclipse Select Alumni Report: Downers Grove's Dees blanks UNC

Erin Dees - Photo provided

Eclipse Select Soccer Club Communications

CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and Portland junior goalkeeper Erin Dees (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) started off the 2012 campaign in stellar fashion as the Pilots defeated the fourth-ranked University of North Carolina, 1-0, on Friday, Aug. 17, in Portland, Ore.

Dees made four saves to help Portland earn its first-ever victory against the Tar Heels.
Entering the match, Portland was 0-7-1 all-time against North Carolina. Dees' efforts also received recognition by Top Drawer Soccer for Goalkeeper of the Week honors.

Among some of the other Eclipse Select alumni standout performances, Northwestern sophomore Georgia Waddle (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) scored a game-winner to beat Kansas. Wisconsin-Milwaukee goalkeeper Jamie Forbes (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) earned Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week, while Illinois State sophomore goalkeeper Aryn Newsom was named Missouri Valley Conference Goalkeeper of the Week.

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