2024-25 Men's Soccer News
XC, soccer, and women's volleyball All-Academic selections released by CCAC
November 25, 2024
The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the fall sports All-Academic Teams earlier today. A total of 78 Bees were named to the All-Academic Teams this fall (8 men's cross country, 7 women's cross country, 26 men's soccer, 26 women's soccer, 11 women's volleyball). St. Ambrose led the CCAC in the number of All-Academic student-athletes in men's cross country, men's soccer, women's soccer, and women's volleyball. Nine student-athletes held a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA.
Fighting Bees named as NAIA Scholar-Athletes
November 25, 2024
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2024 Daktroncis NAIA Scholar-Athletes awards earlier today. Of the fall student-athletes at St. Ambrose, 74 (6 men's cross country, 6 women's cross country, 14 football, 22 men's soccer, 20 women's soccer, and 6 women's volleyball) were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
Academic and athletic performances have twelve Bees named to CSC's Academic All-District Team
November 19, 2024
Between and men's and women's soccer programs at St. Ambrose, twelve student-athletes were named to the 2024 Academic All-District Soccer team, selected by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) today.
St. Ambrose celebrates eleven seniors in final match
November 02, 2024
The Bees recognized Parker Beck, Kai Domagala, Sam Flello, Aden Grudzinski, Ethan Holke, Keaton Johnson, Harry North, David Sanchez-Teba, Carlos Simoni, German Worm, and Diego Zamudio this afternoon in the final regular season match for St. Ambrose. SAU suffered a 3-0 loss to (RV) Governors State at St. Vincent's Athletic Complex. This loss ends any post season chance for the Bees as they finish with a 2-10-3 season record.
SAU shutout by Viterbo
October 31, 2024
SAU played host to the V-Hawks from Viterbo University at St. Vincent's Athletic Complex yesterday evening. Early on, the Bees caught Viterbo on their heels and pinned them in their defensive half but St. Ambrose could not capitalize on the early offensive pressure they applied towards Viterbo. The Bees held the edge at the beginning of the match as they owned the first four shots of the match and the first corner kick. For fifteen straight minutes the Bees put on an absolute clinic but would have nothing to show for it as they dropped the decision 5-0. It was a decisive St. Ambrose team as they held the edge in shots 15-10 but never seemed to find the back of the net.
Campbell tabs CCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors
October 29, 2024
St. Ambrose University's Joe Campbell (Morton, Ill.) collected his first Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer weekly honor for their efforts during the seven-day period ending Oct. 27, the league office announced on Tuesday morning.
Bees roll over the Crimson Wave with Campbell's hat trick
October 26, 2024
Freshman Joe Campbell led the way for the Bees earlier this evening with a hat trick coming off three shots, a perfect game for the forward. German Worm netted two of this two shots in East Chicago, Ill. in a conference match at Calumet. Eventually, the Bees would go on and upend the Crimson Wave 9-0 to make this the second straight conference win for SAU.
St. Ambrose nets an abundance of goals in first conference victory
October 23, 2024
Yesterday evening at Joliet Memorial Stadium, the Bees found their offensive rhythm to match their total goal count for the year in a single match as eight different Bees scored in a conference blow out. St. Ambrose netted eight goals in 83 minutes of play to earn the 8-0 decision over conference foe, St. Francis. SAU struck first but they allowed the Fighting Saints to stick around early in the match as USF scored no more than four minutes after the Bees captured their first goal. Then, St. Ambrose netted a goal just over a minute later and ran away with the match.
Ronconi's lone goal was one for the century
October 19, 2024
The Bees delivered a nail-biter for all at St. Vincent's Athletic Complex this afternoon, in part of SAU's Homecoming Weekend program. St. Ambrose owned the lead for majority of the game after an early second half banger from Ricardo Ronconi in the 46th minute. It took the Trolls until late in the half to find the equalizer and then finally the game-winner as they topped the Bees 2-1.
The offense of SAU stalls in loss
October 12, 2024
The offense of St. Ambrose stalled this afternoon as Holy Cross scored in each period to put away the Bees in Notre Dame, Ind.. SAU could not stop the efficient scoring of HCC as they tabbed three goals on nine shots. In their effort, St. Ambrose had registered only one shot in the loss.
St. Ambrose earns a conference draw on the road
October 09, 2024
The Bees headed East to Crown Point, Ind. to face the Indiana-Northwest RedHawks in what deemed to show as a conference battle between the two teams. In the first half, the score was looking promising for a Bees win until IUNW found a way to tie the match as neither team could find the game winner at the end. St. Ambrose would net a goal before half as the RedHawks would score shortly after the break to force a 1-1 tie.
St. Ambrose cannot overcome the offensive power of Judson
October 02, 2024
The Bees are still looking for their first conference win as Judson overcame St. Ambrose 2-0 with a goal in each half at Dawson Field to put the Bees out of striking distance. SAU could not seem to create many scoring chances for themselves against a stout Eagles defense as they only created two shots in the match. Kai Domagala and the Bees defense were faced with 15 total shots in the match.
Bees stumble on the road at Saint Xavier
September 29, 2024
Another conference match for the Bees resulted in a 2-0 loss at Deaton Field in Chicago yesterday afternoon. Saint Xavier took advantage once in each half to upend the Bees 2-0 despite St. Ambrose owning the shot category. The Bees could not seem to get anything going in either half as they outshot the Cougars 13-12.
Elliott notches CCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors
September 24, 2024
St. Ambrose University's Eli Elliott (Liberty, Mo.) earned his first Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week award, while Governors State University's Marcal Salom Chandre (Tona Catalonia, Spain) returned to the spotlight on the defensive side for the second time in 2024, the league office announced on Tuesday.
St. Ambrose opens conference play
September 24, 2024
St. Ambrose men's soccer opened conference play this evening as the Olivet Nazarene Tigers were in town for a rival match up. What seemed to be a tale of two halves for the Bees ended in a 2-0 loss. SAU conceded both goals in the opening period but made the right adjustments and locked in defensively to control the final period of play.
Elliott scores lone goal; Sanchez-Teba grabs the assist
September 19, 2024
St. Ambrose found themselves tied 1-1 early in the second half at the number three ranked team of Bethel (IN) in Mishawaka, Ind. A lone goal from Eli Elliott tied things at one apiece in the 55th minute of play. Unfortunately for SAU, the Pilots would outpace the Bees the rest of the match to continue their unbeaten streak. This loss drops St. Ambrose to 0-3-2.