TOP 10 Moments in TEAM LVS History

The Nolan Catholic Women's Soccer Program has enoyed a long history of success and tradition and since 1983 has won 491 games for an average of 17 wins per year. here are the Top 10 Moments in TEAM LVS history... #10 Beat Plano in shootout to win Lewisville Cup in 2000..... #9 Tied Espinoza in Tri-Valley Classic in San Francisco, CA in 2002..... #8 1st Televised game against St. Thomas Aquinas from Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2007..... #7 Beat St Agnus in Shootout to advance to Final Four in 2002..... #6 First TAPPS State Championship in 1985(3-Peat through 1987)..... #5 Defeated #1 ranked Colleyville Heritage 2-0 in 1999 to move to #3 in the country..... #4 Won the National High School Association Championship in Orlando, Fl over St. Pius X from Georgia in 2002..... #3 Beat #1 ranked Ursuline in Shootout to win district in 2001..... #2 1st National Ranking at #22 in 1999..... #1 Tied #1 ranked St. Thomas Aquinas from Florida 2-2 on television on PK by Mallory Baum in last minute of play

TEAM LVS Week 1 in the books

It has been an exciting week as the group is getting familiar with each other through community service projects, mentoring groups, and leadership activities. TEAM LVS spent the week in the classroom going over the upcoming year and then hit the field on Friday and head coach, Jay Fitzgerald was impressed. "We have to focus on the details and keep it simple," Fitzgerald commented, "I am happy with what I saw today." The players will continue to discuss the building blocks of a Lady Vikings Program that has enjoyed a tremendous history of success. The 2012-2013 Lady Vikings will go for program win #500. The Nolan Catholic Women's Soccer Program has an average of 17 wins per season for an overall record since the 1983 season of 491-178-75.

TEAM LVS Reports Tomorrow for 2012-2013 Season

The upcoming season couldn't get here fast enough after a heartbreaking golden goal defeat to St. Agnes with 16 seconds to go in double OT last season; the first season in 12 years the Lady Vikings have not made it to the State Championship match. With 62 players signed up to play soccer this year, this looks to be a very exciting year. The 62 players is the 2nd most to sign-up to play soccer since the 2005 season when there were 3 teams under the LVS umbrella, a varsity team and 2 JV squads. Jay Fitzgerald returns for his 14th season as head coach for the Lady Vikings along with his brother, Todd as his assistant. New to the staff this year is Alex Mechalske, who is the most decorated Lady Vikings player in the history of the program. All players will meet in room E10, Thursday, August 16th at 2:25pm. Stay tuned for more updates, information, and excitement about TEAM LVS throughout the year by following us on our blog and on twitter @nolansoccer.

LVS Team Camp Starts Monday

The LVS Team Camp begins Monday and runs through Wednesday.

The camp is from 7pm-9pm each night at Doskocil Stadium.

Those players who are not registered can go on the Nolan Catholic website at www.nolancatholichs.org and click on the Athletics tab under Student Life.

"We are very excited about the upcoming season.  I am very intrigued by the group and can't wait for everything to get started in August," commented LVS Head Coach, Jay Fitzgerald.

Private School Girls represented at ECNL Nationals on Sting 97

Private school girls on the Sting 97 team go for their 2nd straight National Championship in Waukegan, IL this weekend as they take on Crossfire today at 12:00pm. They defeated the nations #1 team from GSA yesterday in the quarter-final by a score of 2-0 to earn the chance to move on in the 3rd Annual ECNL National Championship Event.

Pictured above are players from the Sting 97 team that compete against each other in the winter with their respected college preparatory high schools.

LVS - Gwennie and Gabbie Puente and Chelsea Surpris
Ursuline - Kate Hadju and Catherine Gasper
Bishop Lynch - Natalie McDonough and Kaycie Tillman
Hockaday - Mimi Asom
McKinney Christian - Julie James

Gwennie Puente on TopDrawerSoccer

Congrats to LVS Sophomore, Chelsea Surpris and Gabbie and Gwennie Puente for advancing to the quarterfinal round of the ECNL National Championships with their Sting 97 club team. 

The team arrived on Saturday and played in the round of 16 yesterday against the Surf Soccer Club out of San Diego. 

Gwennie Puente had a part in the game winner with 5 minutes to play as she was able to get in behind and lay off a beautiful ball in front of the goal for one of her teammates to secure the 3-2 win.

Please follow us on twitter for more updates throughout the week on their quest for a 2nd National Championship @nolansoccer