2003 NEWS

MATC Soccer Player Becomes Second Soccer All-American in School History
Posted 12-15-03 - Steve Foulks, a former Madison West H.S. athlete, became the second soccer player in Madison Area Technical College history to receive all-american honors. Foulks, a first year midfielder for MATC, was selected second team all-american for his play during the 2003 season. The MATC Soccer team (13-2-3 overall) claimed conference, state, and region titles this season while Foulks led the team in scoring and assists with eleven each. Foulks also recorded four goals in four games during MATC's postseason run.

2003 MATC Soccer Recap
Posted 12-11-03 - The 2003 WolfPack Soccer team behind their new/old coach, Jeff Richardson, who is back after a two-year hiatus, was hungry for a chance to make it to the national tournament. The pre-season #14 nationally ranked MATC soccer team stormed through the regular season with a 10-1-3 overall record, with the lone loss coming in overtime to Loras College JV. MATC finished the regular season undefeated against state junior colleges (7-0-1) and undefeated in the WTCC conference.

Having claimed the WTCC title, the team focused on the NJCAA Region XIII Final. In the Region XIII Final, the WolfPack played a tough game at home against conference rival, MATC-Milwaukee. In the end, the WolfPack’s all-conference, all-state, all-region, and all-american midfielder, Steve Foulks, scored in the overtime. MATC-Madison won 2-1 to set up a rematch with pre-season #1, Richland College, for the right to advance to the national tournament.

In the WJCAA State Final, after advancing past UW-Waukesha in the semifinal, the WolfPack claimed the state title with a 3-0 win over UW-Fox Valley.

The rematch with Richland College took place in Dallas, TX. MATC jumped out to an early lead with a goal by all-american, Steve Foulks and Richland tied it before half at 1-1. In the second half, Richland took control and never looked back winning 1-5 and beating MATC for the second straight year. Richland College went on to win the NJCAA Division III national championship.

MATC Soccer Falls in District Title Game
Posted 11-1-03 - On Saturday, November 1st, the #14 nationally ranked MATC soccer team traveled to Dallas, TX to face Richland College in the NJCAA District Title game. MATC, which has advanced to the District Title game the last five years, held its own in the first half as the team was tied 1-1 with Richland College, the defending national champion.

In the second half, Richland College turned it on scoring four unanswered goals and handing MATC a 1-5 loss. With the win, Richland College advanced to the National Tournament. MATC Soccer, which won conference, state, and region titles this season, ended the season with a 14-1-3 overall record.

#15 Nationally Ranked MATC Soccer Ready For Postseason
Posted 10-17-03 - The #15 nationally ranked MATC Soccer team finished the regular season with an impressive 10-1-3 record.  The team claimed the program's sixth straight conference title as they went undefeated against state junior college competition during the regular season. 

MATC is set to face Milwaukee Area Technical College on Sunday, October 19th at NOON at the MATC Soccer Complex off of Anderson Street.  The game is the Wisconsin NJCAA Region XIII Final.  The winner advances to play the NJCAA Region V winner in the NJCAA District Title Game. 

MATC Maintains #15 National Ranking
Posted 10-8-03 - MATC Soccer continues to play well as they maintain their #15 national ranking in the most recent NJCAA National Soccer poll.  The team remains undefeated against state junior college competition and on Tuesday, October 7, MATC beat visiting UW-Washington 3-0.  The team lost their first game of the season to four-year college JV team, Loras College 2-3 in overtime on October 2nd.  The team's overall record is 9-1-2 as the team looks to two home games to finish the season.

MATC Rides Eight-Game Winning Streak
Posted 10-1-03 - The #15 nationally ranked MATC Soccer team continues to roll over opponents as wins in games on Saturday and Monday pushed their overall record to 8-0-2.  On September 27, MATC beat Milwaukee Area Technical College on two goals from Dan Barry, a former Janesville Parker athlete, to claim their first conference win 2-0.  On Saturday, the team traveled to South Holland, IL to play a consistantly strong South Suburban Community College team.  MATC  played a terrific game getting five goals on 18 shots to beat South Suburban 5-0.