2016 ACM Soccer Showcase Website
Lake Forest College is proud to host the 2016 Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Soccer Showcase the weekend of September 9-11. In addition to the Forester men's and women's teams, the event will feature their counterparts from fellow ACM members Coe College, Lawrence University, and Macalester College.
The eight teams combined for a .611 winning percentage and a pair of conference championships last season. In addition, two of the squads advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The first game of the weekend will be Friday afternoon at 1:30 and will feature the Macalester and Lake Forest men. Dan Andrews led Lake Forest to a 13-7-1 overall record last year, his first as the team's head coach. The Foresters prevailed in seven of 10 Midwest Conference (MWC) games to qualify for the four-team MWC Tournament and won the event to earn a spot in the NCAA Division III Tournament field.
Macalester had the strongest showing of the men's teams in 2015, posting a 14-2-5 overall record and capturing the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) title with an 8-0-2 mark in league play. The Scots qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament, where head coach Gregg Olson's team advanced to the second round and raised his four-year record at Macalester to 37-29-10.
The Lake Forest women will host Macalester Friday at 4:00 p.m. The Foresters were 14-3-2 overall under head coach T.R. Bell in 2015 and captured their second straight MWC championship with a 9-0-1 mark in conference play. Bell enters his 20th season at the helm of the program with a career record of 213-120-12.
Macalester finished with a 10-3-4 overall record last season. The Scots were 7-1-3 in the MIAC and qualified for the league tournament under Michele Cornish, who went 32-19-3 in her first three years at Macalester and enters her 20th year as a collegiate head coach with an overall record of 166-162-24.
The Lake Forest teams will host Coe on Saturday on Farwell field, with the men kicking off at 10:30 in the morning and the women at 1:00 p.m. Coe's men were 6-13-1 overall and 2-5-0 in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) in 2015. The Kohawks have posted a 78-139-20 record in Homer Screw's 14 seasons as head coach.
Coe's women's team went 15-1-3 overall last season and earned a spot in the IIAC Tournament with a 5-1-1 mark in conference play. Head coach Scott Myers begins his fourth year with the Kohawks with a 27-25-4 record and his six-year mark as a collegiate head coach stands at 49-53-7.
While Lake Forest and Coe are playing each other, Macalester and Lawrence will be doing the same on the College's grass field, located approximately a block or so east of Farwell and just behind Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. Lawrence's men were 4-13-1 overall and 3-7-0 in the MWC last year. Head coach Blake Johnson has led the Vikings to a 98-151-26 record in 16 seasons and enters his 19th year as a collegiate head coach with an overall mark of 132-163-26.
The Lawrence women finished 2015 with a 9-9-0 overall record and a 4-6-0 mark in the conference. Going into her ninth season as head coach of the Vikings, Lisa Sammons owns a career record of 57-81-5.
The ACM Soccer Showcase will conclude on Sunday with Coe and Lawrence facing off on Farwell Field. The men's game will begin at 10:30 a.m. and the women will follow at 1:00 p.m.
The last ACM Soccer Showcase was in 2014 and included Coe, Lake Forest, and Macalester, which was was one of three Minneapolis area schools hosting the event. The Forester women defeated Coe 3-1 and Macalester 2-0 while the Lake Forest men were defeated 2-1 in overtime by the University of St. Thomas before dropping a 1-0 decision to Macalester. The Macalester men defeated Coe 7-1 while the Scot women added a 3-2 overtime triumph over Grinnell College. Coe also took on Knox College with the Kohawk women winning 2-0 and the men falling 1-0.
In addition to the action on the field, student athletes will also participate in a Chicago excursion the evening of Saturday, September 10, giving them an opportunity to explore various parts of the city.
2016 ACM Soccer Showcase Schedule
| DATE | TIME | TEAMS | FIELD |
| Fri., Sept. 9 | 1:30 p.m. | Macalester at Lake Forest (Men) | Farwell |
| Fri., Sept. 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Macalester at Lake Forest (Men) | Farwell |
| Sat., Sept. 10 | 10:30 a.m. | Coe at Lake Forest (Men) | Farwell |
| Sat., Sept. 10 | 10:30 a.m. | Macalester vs. Lawrence (Men) | Grass |
| Sat., Sept. 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Coe at Lake Forest (Women) | Farwell |
| Sat., Sept. 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Macalester at Lawrence (Women) | Grass |
| Sun., Sept. 11 | 10:30 a.m. | Coe vs. Lawrence (Men) | Farwell |
| Sun., Sept. 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Coe vs. Lawrence (Women) | Farwell |