Men's Soccer

Saxx Adams, a junior forward from Plano, Texas, was the leading scorer for the Morningside College men’s soccer team during the 2012 season.

Adams, who joined the Mustangs this year as a transfer from Cowley County Community College, tallied a team-high nine goals to go along with four assists to finish the season with 22 points. He provided the game winning goal in three of the Mustangs’ victories.

Chico Hernandez, a junior forward from South Sioux City, Neb., led the Mustangs with six assists to go along with six goals to finish second on the Mustangs’ scoring chart with 18 points.

Cameron Meter, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., was the Mustangs’ third leading scorer with seven goals and two assists for 16 points to move up on the Mustangs’ all-time career lists. Meter finished his collegiate career with 14 goals for the eighth highest total in Morningside history. He is the 11th leading scorer in Morningside history with 35 career points and is 13th with seven career assists. Meter scored four game winning goals during his Morningside career for the sixth highest total in school history.

The Mustangs’ top goal keeper was Evaristo Hernandez, a freshman from Montebello, Calif., who had a 5-5-1 record with 54 saves, two shutouts, and a goals against average of 2.06 goals per game. His two shutouts was the sixth highest single-season total in Morningside history, while his five victories and 2.06 goals against average were the eighth best single-season marks in the Mustangs’ annals.

Morningside posted a 7-11-2 record during the 2012 season and finished sixth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference standings with a 4-4-2 league mark.

Four Morningside men's soccer players have been named 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

The Mustangs' Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes are:

Blake Fostvedt, a senior forward from Council Bluffs, Iowa, who has a 3.73 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with a major in business administration.

Jesse LaFramboise, a junior from midfielder from Rapid City, S.D., who has a 3.71 cumulative GPA with a major in biology.

Cameron Meter, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., who has a 3.97 cumulative GPA with majors in mathematics and mathematics teaching.

Derek White, a senior defender from Grimes, Iowa, who has a 3.95 cumulative GPA with majors in physics and mathematics.

Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.

Click here for the complete list of Daktronics-NAIA Men's Soccer Scholar Athletes.

Chico Hernandez, a junior midfielder from South Sioux City, Neb., has been named the 2012 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) First-Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.

Despite missing six games with an injury, Hernandez still finished in second place on the Mustangs’ scoring chart with six goals and a team-high six assists for 18 points. Hernandez provided the game winning goal when the Mustangs upset Dordt College 1-0 in the quarterfinal round of the GPAC Post-Season Tournament. Hernandez either scored a goal or dealt an assist in 10 of his 13 games played. He dealt a season’s high two assists in the Mustangs’ 3-2 victory against city rival Briar Cliff University on Sept. 26.

In addition to Hernandez, the Mustangs placed Saxx Adams, a junior forward from Plano, Texas, on the All-GPAC Second-Team. Adams was the Mustangs’ leading scorer with nine goals and four assists for 22 points. He scored the game winning goal in three of the Mustangs’ seven victories.

Morningside’s Blake Fostvedt, Taylor Martin, and Cameron Meter were all named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list.

Fostvedt, a senior defender from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Martin, a junior defender from Omaha, Neb., were defensive standouts for a Morningside team that limited its opposition to averages of 1.95 goals and 15.3 shots per game. Fostvedt also contributed one goal and one assist for three points to the Mustangs’ offensive attack.

Meter, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., was the Mustangs’ third leading scorer with seven goals and two assists for 16 points. He was second on the team with two game winning goals. Meter scored all three of Morningside’s goals in its 3-2 win against city rival Briar Cliff and also had a hat trick in the Mustangs’ 5-0 victory against AIB College of Business on Sept. 13.

Morningside posted a 7-11-2 record, finished sixth in the GPAC standings with a 4-4-2 league mark, and reached the semifinals of the GPAC Post-Season Tournament during the 2012 campaign.

Click here for the complete 2012 All-GPAC Men's Soccer Team

Cameron Meter has been named a 2012 Capital One College Division Men's Soccer First-Team Academic All-American as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Meter, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., has a 3.97cumulative grade point average (GPA) with a double major in mathematics and mathematics teaching. He was the Mustangs’ third leading scorer this season with seven goals and two assists for 16 points. Meter scored all three Morningside goals in a 3-2 victory against city rival Briar Cliff University on Sept. 26 and also had a three-goal performance when Morningside defeated AIB College of Business 5-0 on Sept. 13.

Athletes must be of at least sophomore academic status, be a starter or significant reserve, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher to be eligible for Capital One Academic All-America honors.

Click here for the complete 2012 Capital One College Division Men's and Women's Soccer Academic All-America Teams.

Morningside’s Evaristo Hernandez has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 29 to Nov. 4.

Hernandez, a freshman goal keeper from Montebello, Calif., came up with four saves to help the Mustangs win by a 1-0 shutout against Dordt College in the quarterfinal round of the GPAC Men’s Soccer Post-Season Tournament.

The victory improved the Mustangs' record to 7-10-2.

Morningside will face 25th-ranked Hastings College in the GPAC Semifinals.

Blake Fostvedt and Cameron Meter have been named to the 2012 Capital One College Division Academic All-District 5 Men’s Soccer Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Their names will be placed on the ballot for selection of the 2012 Capital One College Division Academic All-America Team.

Fostvedt, a senior defender from Council Bluffs, Iowa, has a 3.73 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with a major in business administration.

Meter, a senior midfielder from Lincoln, Neb., has a 3.97 cumulative GPA with majors in mathematics and mathematics teaching.

Athletes must be of at least sophomore academic status, be a starter or significant reserve, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher to be eligible for Capital One Academic honors.

Morningside is picked eighth in the GPAC Men’s Soccer Coaches 2012 Pre-Season Poll.

The Mustangs hope to be one of the most improved teams in the GPAC this season with the return of 18 lettermen, including nine starters, from a team that posted a 4-13-1 record last season and finished 10th in the GPAC standings with a 2-7-1 mark. Morningside started two freshmen and four sophomores for much of last season.

Morningside will open the 2012 season on the road with a 3 p.m. contest against Jamestown College on Monday, Sept. 3, in Jamestown, N.D.

Click here for the complete GPAC Men’s Soccer Coaches 2012 Pre-Season Poll.