Women's Soccer Opens Preseason Camp Monday

EUREKA -- August preparation began Monday for the Eureka College women's soccer team on the natural-grass pitch near Traister Field. The Red Devils will compete in year 12 at the NCAA Division III level in 2018.

Seven letterwinners from last season's team are expected to return for fifth-year head coach Dwain Barker. Senior Mecayela Monroe (Litchfield, Ill./Litchfield H.S.) headlines the group, ranking sixth on the Red Devils' all-time goals list with seven and eighth on the program's career points list with 17. Tracy Kaske (Palatine, Ill./Palatine H.S.) joins Monroe as returners to have started all 14 matches last season.

The Red Devils will open their 12th season in program history on Saturday, Sept. 1 in a 2 p.m. non-conference match versus Rockford on the turf at McKinzie Field. The SLIAC openers follows later in the month, a Sept. 29 home bout with Fontbonne at 2 p.m.