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Historic Moments and Notable Performances
Updated thru the 2007 season
- Men's soccer made its Hope debut in 1963. Over the past five decades the program
has grown in stature among NCAA Division III programs, winning in recent years
at a 75% clip.
- Hope and rival Calvin were co-champions in the MIAA's first season (1970).
- In 2007 Dan Tresslar was named the MIAA's most valuable player for the second consecutive year. He is the second
Hope player to receive the honor twice. The other player was Kevin Benham, 1984 and 1985.
Hope's All-time MIAA
MVPs.
- Coach Steve Smith is among the winningest active Division III coaches with
an average of 13 victories a season. MIAA history was made when his teams
strung together three consecutive championship seasons (1994-1996).
- Hope has been blessed with an abundance of All-America goalkeepers, beginning
with Lee Schopp '93 as a junior and senior. Aaron Angeli '96 was honored
his senior
year and Marcus Voss '03 as both a junior and senior. Yet another goalkeeper,
Al Crothers '84, was a four-time All-MIAA honoree. Hope All-time All-Americans
- Outstanding among Hope's appearances in the NCAA Division III playoffs
was the 1994 team which advanced to the quarterfinals before being eliminated
in
a shootout. That MIAA championship team allowed only 11 goals in 21 games.
The 2002 league champions held three NCAA opponents without a goal.
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