CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ---  The 2016 All-Iowa Conference Women's Soccer Team as voted by the league's head coaches:

2016 All-Conference Women's Soccer
Offensive MVP – Elizabeth Mills, Loras College
Defensive MVP – Gabi Meirick, Luther College
Co-Coaching Staff of the Year – Luther College (Head Coach Russ Schouweiler)
Co-Coaching Staff of the Year – Coe College (Head Coach Scott Myers)
First Team	School	Year	Position	Hometown / High School
Gabi Meirick	Luther College	Sr.	Defender - DMVP	Pella, Iowa / Pella
Sydney Wright @	Loras College	Jr.	Defender	Rockford, Ill. / University of Illinois-Chicago
Allison Stubbs @	Coe College	So.	Defender	Ft. Collins, Colo. / Fossil Ridge
Melisse Chasse ! % *	Luther College	Sr.	Forward	Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview
Ellie Bunz @ % *	Luther College	Sr.	Forward	Clive, Iowa / Waukee
Erin Manion	Central College	Fr.	Forward	Delafield, Wis. / Kettle Moraine
Gretchen Schultz	Loras College	Jr.	Forward	Lodi, Wis. / Lodi
Alyssa Drewelow	Wartburg College	So.	Forward	Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Elizabeth Mills #	Loras College	So.	Midfielder - OMVP	Brimfield, Ill. / Peoria Notre Dame
Alyssa Hewitt ! %	Wartburg College	Jr.	Midfielder	Clive, Iowa / Waukee
Lauren Hughes ! ^	Luther College	Sr.	Midfielder	Oregon, Wis. / Oregon
Olivia Denham	Central College	So.	Midfielder	Bondurant, Iowa / Bondurant-Farrar
Lauren Thormodsgard	Luther College	Sr.	Goalkeeper	Prior Lake, Minn. / Prior Lake
Second Team	School	Year	Position	Hometown / High School
Erin Danielson !	Luther College	Sr.	Defender	Iowa City, Iowa / Iowa City High
Kelsey Roxworthy #	Central College	Sr.	Defender	St. Charles, Ill. / East
Madison Speer @	Luther College	Sr.	Defender	Madison, Wis. / Madison West
Kelsey Fauser # % *	Coe College	Sr.	Forward	New Castle, Colo. / Coal Ridge
Kyleigh McLaughlin @ %	University of Dubuque	Jr.	Forward	East Moline, Ill. / United Township
Maura Walsh	Loras College	Jr.	Forward	Lemont, Ill. / St. Ignatius
Morgan Neuendorf @	Wartburg College	Jr.	Midfielder	Shell Rock, Iowa / Waverly-Shell Rock
Jordan Holmes @ $	Coe College	Jr.	Midfielder	Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Kayla Sunvold @ ^	Central College	Sr.	Midfielder	Runnels, Iowa / Southeast Polk
Madie Avery @ ~	Loras College	Sr.	Midfielder	Urbandale, Iowa / Dowling Catholic
Lauryn Kramer @	Central College	So.	Midfielder	Cedar Falls, Iowa / Cedar Falls
Maria Siebels	Loras College	Sr.	Goalkeeper	St. Peter, Minn. / St. Peter
Beth Crow ! ^	Wartburg College	Jr.	Goalkeeper	North Liberty, Iowa / Iowa City West
Honorable Mention	School	Year	Position	Hometown / High School
Ella Wiebusch	Buena Vista University	Fr.	Defender	St. Peter, Minn. / St. Peter
Caroline Maher	Buena Vista University	Jr.	Forward	Waukee, Iowa / ADM
Kallie Holte	Central College	Jr.	Forward	Kirksville, Mo. / Kirksville
Sydney Lunardi @ $ &	Central College	Sr.	Goalkeeper	Bettendorf, Iowa / Davenport Assumption
MJ Winterer #	Coe College	Jr.	Goalkeeper	Omaha, Neb. / Central
Hanna Burgmeier	Loras College	Sr.	Defender	Dubuque, Iowa / St. Ambrose
Lauren Bolnius	Loras College	Jr.	Forward	Roselle, Ill. / Lake Park West
Marta Springer	Luther College	So.	Midfielder	Cleveland, Minn. / St. Peter
Katelin Blosser	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Sr.	Forward	Wheat Ridge, Colo. / Wheat Ridge
Kaitlyn Sullivan	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Fr.	Midfielder	Longmont, Colo. / Skyline
Shannon Jerram	Nebraska Wesleyan University	So.	Midfielder	Omaha, Neb. / Omaha Mercy
Natalie Graves	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Jr.	Midfielder	Fort Collins, Colo. / Rocky Mountain
Megan Lankford	Simpson College	Sr.	Defender	Kansas City, Mo. / St Teresa's Academy
Alexa Martin	University of Dubuque	Fr.	Defender	Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Prairie
Zoey Campbell	Wartburg College	Fr.	Defender	Waverly, Iowa / Waverly-Shell Rock
Taylor Evans	Wartburg College	Sr.	Defender	Urbandale, Iowa / Urbandale
Previous Honors
! - 2015 First Team All-Conference
@ - 2015 Second Team All-Conference
# - 2015 Honorable Mention
$ - 2014 First Team All-Conference
% - 2014 Second Team All-Conference
^ - 2014 Honorable Mention
& - 2013 FirstTeam All-Conference
*- 2013 Second Team All-Conference
~ - 2013 Honorable Mention

The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) has announced its major awards and all-conference team for the 2016 women’s soccer season. Loras College midfielder Elizabeth Mills (So., Brimfield, Ill.) has been selected as Iowa Conference Offensive MVP and Luther College senior defender Gabi Meirick (Sr., Pella, Iowa) has been named the Iowa Conference Defensive MVP.  The Luther College and Coe College staffs were voted the Co-Coaching Staffs of the Year. Luther College is headed by Russ Schouweiler and assisted by Molly Ford, Julie Shockey Trytten and James Garcia-Prats. Scott Myers heads up the Coe College team and is assisted by Matt Jenatscheck and Megan Konchar. 

In Mills' sophomore campaign she was second in Iowa Conference scoring with 15 points on six goals and three assists. She also ranked second in Iowa Conference shots per game with a 4.63 average and 37 total. Mills tallied 16 points overall on six goals and four assists as the Duhawks head into the NCAA Division III tournament. After two seasons on the Duhawk squad, her career stats now stand at nine goals and nine assists. Mills scored the equalizing goal against Luther on October 25 to give Loras a share of the Iowa Conference regular-season title. She also was named to the Advantage Emblem Cup All-Tournament Team and was a 2015 All-Iowa Conference selection as a freshman. She is the fifth Duhawk to receive an Iowa Conference MVP award, joining Michelle Wieser (2004), Kate Young (2010), Kinsey Campbell (2012-13), and Katie Truesdale (2014-2015).  

Meirick anchored the Luther backline that allowed fellow first team All-Conference honoree and goalkeeper Lauren Thormodsgard (Sr., Prior Lake, Minn.) to make the fewest saves in the conference. Meirick's efforts helped solidify the Norse defense that only allowed three goals against in conference play - with five shutouts - for a 0.35 goals-against average. Overall, Luther allowed 11 goals, which ranks second amongst IIAC schools, and posted a 0.65 goals-against average. Meirick and the Luther defense provided great security for Thormodsgard, as she needed to make only 40 saves in her 1492:40 minutes of play over 17 matches. The Norse defense held strong in the regular-season championship showdown against Loras, which ended in a 1-1 draw and, thus, a share of the Iowa Conference championship. Meirick is the sixth Norse player to receive an Iowa Conference Women’s Soccer MVP award, joining Nora Farrell (1996), Jen Shinbori (1998-99), Katie Pettigrew (2003-04), Erin Wilson (2014), and Erin Danielson (2015) .

The Luther College staff and Schouweiler guided the Norse to a 12-2-3 mark overall and the program’s fourth Iowa Conference regular season title with a 6-0-2 league mark. Luther is making its first appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament. The Norse earned the Iowa Conference automatic berth to the national tournament by winning the six-team Iowa Conference tournament. Luther defeated Wartburg College 1-0 in the tournament championship match on Saturday, November 5 in Decorah. The tournament title marked the second IIAC Tournament victory in school history - first in 1996. Paced by first team All-Iowa Conference selections Meirick, Melisse Chasse (Sr., Apple Valley, Minn.), Ellie Bunz (Sr., Clive, Iowa), Thormodsgard, and Lauren Hughes (Sr., Oregon, Wis.), the Norse will take their momentum into the NCAA Championship first round match-up against Denison (10-5-4). This is Luther's second coaching award under Schouweiler's direction. 

Myers and the Coe College staff led the Kohawks to a 11-7-2 overall record and a No. 5-seed in the Iowa Conference tournament with a 4-4 IIAC record. Coe ranks first overall in total points with 95 (34g, 27a) for a 4.75 average in points per game. Led by All-Iowa Conference selections Allison Stubbs (So., Ft. Collins, Colo.), Kelsey Fauser (Sr., New Castle, Colo.), Jordan Holmes (Jr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa), and MJ Winterer (Jr., Omaha, Neb.), the Kohawks held strong against pre-season conference favorite Wartburg in the opening round of the Iowa Conference tournament but eventually fell short (4-3 penalty kicks). This marks the first Coaching Staff of the Year award for Coe College. 

The IIAC also announced the 2016 Women’s Soccer All-Conference Team. The 26-member First and Second Teams include 18 repeat All-Conference performers. There were 16 additional selections voted Honorable Mention All-Conference, with one repeat honorable-mention performer. Luther led all schools with seven All-Conference selections. The Norse had an IIAC-high five on the first team and two on the second team. Loras had six honorees, followed by Central with five and Wartburg with four. Coe placed three on the All-Conference team and Dubuque secured one award winner. Luther's Bunz and Chasse received all-league honors for the fourth time, increasing the number of four-time all-conference honorees to 31. Coe's Fauser and Holmes, and Dubuque forward Kyleigh McLaughlin (Jr., E. Moline, Ill.) each earned their third honor. Central College goalkeeper Sydney Lunardi (Sr., Bettendorf, Iowa) wrapped up her career with three All-Conference honors and a 2016 honorable mention.