The Lady Monarchs
will begin a new era in 2007 with the hiring of head
coach Chris George. Coach George was hired in February, 2007 after
serving as King's men's soccer assistant coach during the 2006
campaign.
The women's soccer program has made significant strides the past few
seasons. After going 2-18 in 2003 and 4-14 in 2004, the team
went 7-12 in 2005 and then 6-10-3 in 2006 with squads comprised primarily of
underclassmen. The program's future looks bright with a
crop of young, talented players led by Lisa McMillan who became the
first King's player to gain first-team all-conference honors as a
freshman, then repeated as a sophomore in 2006.
Women's soccer made its varsity debut at Kings in
1992, earning
a 7-7 record in its inaugural season and becoming an increasingly popular
spectator sport ever since. The Lady Monarchs have been a competitive
team in the Middle Atlantic Conference
since their inception and the program
figures to continue improving as
it grows. Individually, several King’s players have made a name for
themselves among the MAC as several Lady Monarch players have been
named Freedom Conference all-stars since the program began.
Kings
faces a rugged a 18-20 game schedule and play its home games at Robert
L. Betzler Fields, regarded as one of the top facilities
in the MAC. The Lady Monarchs face one of the strongest schedules
in the conference with matches against
powerful Scranton, Widener, and Drew, as well local rivals Wilkes,
Misericordia, and Marywood.
King's competes for an opportunity to qualify for the Freedom Conference
Championships as the top four teams from within the conference earn
post-season berths.
In 1999, the NCAA restructured its national tournament criteria and
began awarding the Freedom Conference winner an automatic berth
into the NCAA Division III National Championships, increasing
Kings chances of competing at the national level.
King's women's soccer players have also been outstanding in the
classroom as 54 team members have been named to Middle Atlantic
Conference All-Academic Teams since 1993.
If you would like to be recruited to play women's soccer at King's
College, click on the following link and fill out the online
recruiting form: Prospective Athletes
Check out additional action photos of King's College women's soccer in the
team Photo Gallery
section.