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DETROIT, Mich.-Last year’s Cinderella feel-good story has come and gone. A proud program standing tall to win a national championship in their first season – over, but never forgotten. This weekend, the women’s soccer team looks to gear up for another amazing national title run in Vermont. Exactly one year later they are back. The first year program that took the USCAA by storm is now headed back to Burlington…

DETROIT, Mich.-The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) has recognized Mustang student-athlete Anthony Butler (Wyandotte, Mich./Roosevelt) for his record-breaking performance last weekend. Butler, a sophomore at Marygrove College, was awarded USCAA Player of the Week for the week ending 10/24/2010. Entering Marygrove with a Presidential Scholarship (awarded to students with a high school GPA of 3.7 or higher), Butler was set out to be the consummate student-athlete from the beginning….

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-In only her second career race, sophomore Shana DeVoe attacked the Aquinas College course on her way to shattering the school record. DeVoe’s personal best came against some of the region’s finest talent at the 2010 NAIA Great Lakes Invitational. With a 5k time of 22:09, DeVoe becomes the leader in the Marygrove record books with only a little over six miles of intercollegiate cross country experience. Maintaining…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Sophomore Anthony (AJ) Butler’s comeback from an early season injury took a strong step forward Saturday afternoon. In only his fourth race of the season, Butler managed to will his way to a personal and school best time of 29:01 in the 8k race. Butler’s record pace inspired his team en route to their best overall performance of the year. The stellar outing couldn’t have come at a…

ADRIAN, Mich.-Entering Wednesday, the Mustangs knew they had to come away with a win or tie against Adrian College to keep their USCAA National Championship hopes alive. The team, hungry to return to Vermont to defend their title, went into Adrian with a playoff  “do or die” attitude that set the tone early on. Sophomore Ashley Inglsbee (Waterford, Mich./Oakland Community College) bent a brilliant strike around the Bulldogs keeper to…

PONTIAC, Mich.-If you were to ask a men’s soccer player if they were focused on beating the Warriors you would have received an overwhelming YES! The Mustangs, looking to avenge to losses to the Warriors last season, knew everything was at stake heading into Wednesday’s rivalry matchup. Strike early, strike often must have been the battle cry heading into the game because the ‘Stangs followed through. Another early goal allowed…

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Heading into the game at 7-7, the up and coming Mustangs wanted to ensure their record stayed at or above the .500 mark. With each game becoming increasingly important, the Mustangs were focused on coming out strong to put the Cardinals away. And they did just that. A Jordan Berry (Dearborn, Mich./Crestwood) pass found a red-hot Ahmed Almosawi (Dearborn, Mich./American Muslim Academy) for the game’s first goal. The…

EAST LANSING, Mich.-Competing without lone returner Sara Fournier, the youthful Mustangs entered a field of 231 competitors for a tough 6k battle. Showcasing continual improvement, freshman Crystal Macon found a stride good enough for a time of 34:17 over the 6k course. Coming off an injury, freshman Lydia Taylor entered her first intercollegiate race with high hopes. Taylor, like Macon excels in track & field, finished her first ever distance…

DETROIT, MI–Women’s Soccer Coach Tony Williams signed his second student-athlete (third overall) in as many days on Tuesday afternoon. Birch Run High School’s Laura Nail became the third student-athlete to join the Mustangs inaugural class. Nail, a 5’2″ center-midfielder, is a skilled player who made a reputation for herself in the Flint area as a threat anytime she stepped on the field. Over the course of a successful playing career,…

EAST LANSING, Mich.-The Mustangs entered the 2010 Spartan Invite with a five-man squad. The numbers would allow the Mustangs to be eligible for team scoring for the first time in program history. However, as part of the Spartan Invite setup, no team scoring would be available so institutions could enter as many competitors as possible. Leading the way for the Mustangs was freshman, Joshua Harris. The athletic freshman used great…