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Head Coach Robbie Church Earns NSCAA/adidas South Region Coach of the Year
12/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Dec. 13, 2004
DURHAM, N.C. - After leading the Duke women's soccer team to its most victories in 10 years and guiding the Blue Devils to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, Head Coach Robbie Church was awarded the 2004 NSCAA/adidas South Region Coach of the Year on Monday.
Church led Duke to a 15-8 overall record with a team that boasted only three seniors in 2004. The Blue Devils began the season winning two of their first four contests, but then went on an eight-match win streak that included victories over 19th-ranked Wake Forest and ninth-ranked Florida State. During the streak, the Blue Devils did not allow a goal in seven of the eight games.
In the NCAA Tournament, the Blue Devils traveled to second-ranked Virginia and upset the Cavaliers, 3-0, to advance to NCAA Sweet 16. It marked one of the biggest victories in Duke women's soccer history. Church's defense finished the season with 12 shutouts and of the eight losses on the year, five were by one goal. In the national rankings, he guided Duke to as high as ninth in the nation.
Church guided Duke to a 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) mark, which were the most league victories for the Blue Devils since the 1997 season (6).
In four seasons as head coach of the Blue Devils, Church has guided Duke to a 46-34 record and three NCAA Tournament appearances. The 29 victories over the last two years are the most since the 1994 and 1995 campaigns (31). Church has brought in top-eight recruiting classes in two of the last three years and returns 10 of 11 starters in 2005.
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2004 NSCAA/adidas College Regional Coaches of the YearRegion, Coach, School
Division I Women Central, Mark Francis, Kansas Great Lakes Region, Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame Mid-Atlantic, Julie Shackford, Princeton Northeast, Rudy Meredith, Yale South, Robbie Church, Duke West, Dan Tobias, Arizona
Division II Women Central, Don Klosterman, Nebraska-Omaha Great Lakes, John Hall, Ashland Far West, Julie Woodward, Seattle Midwest, Danny Sanchez, Metro State New England, Jeff Bailey, Franklin Pierce Northeast, Mark Dawson, LIU-Southhampton South, Helio D'Anna, Lincoln Memorial Southeast, Phillip McNamara, Carson-Newman
Division III Women Central, Paul Felske, Wheaton (Ill.) Great Lakes, Bob Barnes, Ohio Wesleyan Mid-Atlantic, Scott Frey, Messiah New England, Luis Reis, Wheaton (Mass.) New York, Colette Gilligan, Hamilton South, Marcus Wood, Hardin-Simmons West, Randy Hanson, Puget Sound
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