BETH GOETZ RESIGNS AS UMSL WOMEN'S SOCCER COACH

BETH GOETZ RESIGNS AS UMSL WOMEN'S SOCCER COACH   ST. LOUIS, MO. , July 25, 2008 – University of Missouri St. Louis Department of Athletics officials announced today that Beth Goetz has resigned as the Tritons' head women's soccer coach to take a position as an Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance/Senior Women's Administrator at Butler University.   Goetz, who also served as an assistant athletics director and senior women's administrator at UMSL, spent 11 seasons as head coach of the Tritons program, producing a 120-90-9 record. During her tenure, she led UMSL to 10 straight Great Lakes Valley Conference tournaments, including an appearance in last season's championship game, where the Tritons fell in penalty kicks to Drury, ending their season with a 12-7-3 mark.   She was also a member of the NCAA Women's Soccer National Committee and the GLVC Executive Committee.   "Beth has done an extraordinary job of developing a women's soccer program that is highly competitive and produces quality student-athletes," said Lori Flanagan, Senior Associate Director of Athletics. "She has been a great ambassador for UMSL Athletics and for this university and will continue to be a great role model for student-athletes and coaches as an administrator. We wish her all the best in the future."   Under Goetz's guidance, UM-St. Louis has had 26 players who have earned all-conference recognition; including 10 players who were first team all-conference selections and each of those 10 were in the past six years. Also during the past six years, Goetz has coached a total of eight all-region players.   During the 2006 season, Goetz reached a personal milestone, recording her 100th career win with a 1-0 victory over Wisconsin-Parkside on September 22. The team finished with a 12-7-1 overall record on the year. In 2005, Goetz guided the team to its eighth straight appearance in the GLVC Tournament, finishing with a 12-8 overall record and an 8-5 record in conference play. During the 2003 season, Goetz led UMSL to the semifinals of the GLVC Tournament for the fourth consecutive season. The team finished with a 13-6-1 record that year. UMSL had a second place finish in the GLVC regular season in 2002 after finishing third in 2000 and 2001. The second place finish was the best finish for UMSL in the GLVC since joining the conference. In 2001, UM-St. Louis added a second place finish in the GLVC Tournament. In 2000, Goetz earned Co-Coach of the Year honors for the Great Lakes Valley Conference after leading UMSL to a third place finish, four spots higher than the seventh place finish the year before. Goetz served as interim coach in 1997 and was named the head coach in March 1998, becoming the second head coach in program history. She took over as interim coach after Ken Hudson, the first head coach in UMSL history, resigned just prior to the start of the 1997 season. Goetz had served as an assistant coach for Hudson during the 1996 season. In her first season, Goetz took over just days before the start of the 1997 season and guided UM-St. Louis to a 10-9 record and an eighth place finish in the GLVC. The next two seasons saw UMSL finish at 7-12-0 in 1998 and 7-12-1 in 1999. UMSL improved in the conference standings those years as well, finishing seventh in both seasons before the jump to third in the 2000 season.     ----------------------------------------- Mary Ann Tierney Director of Sports Information University of Missouri-St. Louis 225 Mark Twain Building St. Louis, MO 63121 Phone: 314-516-5660 Fax: 314-516-5635 E-mail: tierneym@umsl.edu