Complete MIAC All-Conference Honors

MOORHEAD, Minn. (11/13/06)-- Concordia senior forward Morgan Bain (Hugo, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) was named the MIAC Most Valuable Player as announced by the league office on Monday. It is the second time in her career that she has won the top conference honor.

She joins Macalester's Jenny Scanlon (1992 & '94) and Gustavus' Renee Beaudry (2001 & '01) as the only players to earn multiple conference MVP awards in the history of the league.

Bain also joins five other Cobber players that received MIAC postseason honors. Bain, Jill Fancher (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.), Miriam Lombardozzi (Sr., Billings, Mont.) and Amy Ravenhorst (Sr., Hollandale, Minn./Albert Lea HS) were all named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. Junior Rachel Lewis (Lakeville, Minn.) was named to the MIAC All-Conference Honorable Mention Team and Andrea Purcell (Jr., Northfield, Minn.) was placed on the newly-created MIAC Sportsmanship Team.

Surprisingly, Concordia head coach Dan Weiler was not named as the MIAC Coach of the Year despite winning both the MIAC regular season and playoff championships and having the top-rated defense and the second-ranked offense in the league.

The six players helped Concordia win the MIAC regular season and conference playoff championships. They also guided the Cobbers to their first-ever NCAA Tournament. Concordia finished conference play with an 8-1-2 record and posted a 12-6-3 overall mark. During the year, the Cobbers set a school record for shutouts in a season and most consecutive shutout minutes.

Bain caps her career by being named the MIAC MVP for the second time in three seasons. She also earned the honor in 2004 after breaking the league's single-season point and goal records. In 2006, she led the league in shots and shots per game in MIAC games. She was also tied for third in game-winning goals and tied for fourth in overall goals.

Bain finished the year with four goals and two assists in the team's 11 league games. Overall, she led the squad with 20 points. She was the catalyst for the Concordia offense that led the league in shots, points and assists and was second in goals.

It is the first time that Fancher has been named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. She earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors in 2004. Fancher, one of the premiere wing defenders in the conference was one of the reasons the Cobbers led the league in goals allowed and goals against average.

Lombardozzi was the playmaker in the middle of the field for the Cobbers. She earns her second straight all-conference honor and third consecutive league postseason award after being named to the All-Conference Honorable Mention Team as a sophomore. Lombardozzi started all 11 conference games and was fourth on the team in shots and shots on goal in league games.

Ravenhorst receives her third straight MIAC All-Conference award. She finished second on the team in scoring from her position as a win midfielder. She scored several crucial goals for the Cobbers in 2006 including the game-tying goal in the conference playoff championship game against Carleton that sent the game into overtime where Concordia eventually won in a penalty kick shootout. Ravenhorst finished the year with five goals and three assists for 13 points in all games and scored three goals and one assist in league play.

Lewis earns her first-ever conference postseason award. The junior forward had a breakout year in 2006. She was tied with Bain in number of goals scored in conference play. She finished second on the team with four goals and one assist for nine points during the conference season.

Purcell was the final member of the Cobbers to nab a postseason award. She was the team's representative on the league's Sportsmanship Team. Purcell was the bookend to Fancher on the other side of the Cobber defense. The speedy outside defender played a hard-nosed style that was always clean and she rarely got beat in 1 vs. 1 situations during conference play.