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Women's Soccer Head Coach Noreen Herlihy Inducted Into The Slippery Rock Athletics Hall Of Fame
December 11 | Women's Soccer
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron women's soccer head coach Noreen Herlihy was recently honored as a member of the Slippery Rock University Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
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Herlihy served as the head coach of the SRU women's soccer team for 20 seasons (1995-2014) and built one of the most consistent winning programs in the nation. Her teams posted 19 consecutive winning seasons, which was the seventh-longest streak of that kind in Division II women's soccer history.
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Herlihy's squads also put together 18 straight years with at least 10 wins. Throughout a 20-year career at The Rock, Herlihy posted an overall record of 250-113-30 for a .674 winning percentage. The 250 wins still stand as the most victories in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference women's soccer history, 44 more than any other coach.
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She led SRU to the NCAA Division II playoffs eight times, including three trips to at least the NCAA Round of 16 and one appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals after the program won its first Atlantic Region title in 2013. She also led The Rock to the PSAC championship three times and to appearances in the PSAC playoffs on 12 occasions. She was honored by her peers as the PSAC Coach of the Year three times and as the Atlantic Region Coach of the Year twice.
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Herlihy mentored 51 All-PSAC honorees and 10 All-Americans during her brilliant tenure at SRU. Additionally, she won 40 games as the head coach of the SRU men's soccer team for five seasons (1997-2001). She was also one of the organizers of the SRU Athletes for Forgotten Angels group, which took student-athletes around the world teaching sports clinics and doing community service. The group took trips to Kenya, Haiti, Saint Lucia and New Orleans, among organizing other local community service projects.
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Following the 2014 season, Herlihy accepted the head coaching position at the University of Akron, an NCAA Division I school that competes in the Mid-American Conference. She recently completed her third season with the Zips. In 2015, Herlihy lead the Akron program to its first MAC tournament berth since 2009 and first semifinals appearance in program history. In her three seasons at Akron, Herlihy has coached four All-MAC honorees, 21 student-athletes were named to the Academic All-MAC team since 2015, and her team has been recognized as a Collegiate Team Academic Award winner by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for three straight seasons.
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron women's soccer head coach Noreen Herlihy was recently honored as a member of the Slippery Rock University Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
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Herlihy served as the head coach of the SRU women's soccer team for 20 seasons (1995-2014) and built one of the most consistent winning programs in the nation. Her teams posted 19 consecutive winning seasons, which was the seventh-longest streak of that kind in Division II women's soccer history.
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Herlihy's squads also put together 18 straight years with at least 10 wins. Throughout a 20-year career at The Rock, Herlihy posted an overall record of 250-113-30 for a .674 winning percentage. The 250 wins still stand as the most victories in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference women's soccer history, 44 more than any other coach.
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She led SRU to the NCAA Division II playoffs eight times, including three trips to at least the NCAA Round of 16 and one appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals after the program won its first Atlantic Region title in 2013. She also led The Rock to the PSAC championship three times and to appearances in the PSAC playoffs on 12 occasions. She was honored by her peers as the PSAC Coach of the Year three times and as the Atlantic Region Coach of the Year twice.
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Herlihy mentored 51 All-PSAC honorees and 10 All-Americans during her brilliant tenure at SRU. Additionally, she won 40 games as the head coach of the SRU men's soccer team for five seasons (1997-2001). She was also one of the organizers of the SRU Athletes for Forgotten Angels group, which took student-athletes around the world teaching sports clinics and doing community service. The group took trips to Kenya, Haiti, Saint Lucia and New Orleans, among organizing other local community service projects.
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Following the 2014 season, Herlihy accepted the head coaching position at the University of Akron, an NCAA Division I school that competes in the Mid-American Conference. She recently completed her third season with the Zips. In 2015, Herlihy lead the Akron program to its first MAC tournament berth since 2009 and first semifinals appearance in program history. In her three seasons at Akron, Herlihy has coached four All-MAC honorees, 21 student-athletes were named to the Academic All-MAC team since 2015, and her team has been recognized as a Collegiate Team Academic Award winner by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for three straight seasons.
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