1988 NAIA Women's Soccer National Champions
Pacific Lutheran University has been blessed with several teams that have completely outshined and dominated competition nationally.  Few, though, have equaled the successes reached by the 1988 women’s soccer team.  Finishing the season with an astounding 21-2-0 record, this team cemented itself in the legend that is PLU athletics. 

Led by four-time All-America Sonya Brandt and her 29 goals and Wendy Johnson’s 15 assists, this team stormed through opposition to claim the NAIA national title.  A staunch defense, anchored by keeper Gail Stenzel, kept opponents to a 0.51 goals per game average.  Along the way, the PLU women brought home Northwest Conference of Intercollegiate Colleges, NAIA District I, and NAIA West Region titles.

The 1988 team still holds the highest winning percentage in team history (.913), making its successes even more valuable in historical significance.  Asserting their will over opposing teams, the Lute women netted a staggering 83 goals for the season while allowing their opponents only 10. During the national tournament, the Lutes scored 10 goals while only giving up just two.  This team was the first of five consecutive PLU women’s soccer team to reach the NAIA national title game, starting a dynasty that would never be forgotten in Lutes lore.
 

Head Coach: Colleen Hacker

Record: 21-2
NCIC Champions
District I Champions
West Region Champions
NAIA National Champions

Opponent	Result	Streak	Record
Simon Fraser	2-1	W1	1-0
British Columbia	3-0	W2	2-0
Willamette	6-1	W3	3-0
Pacific	7-0	W4	4-0
Seattle	7-0	W5	5-0
Lewis & Clark	7-0	W6	6-0
Linfield	3-1	W7	7-0
Evergreen	8-0	W8	8-0
Western Washington	2-0	W9	9-0
Seattle	3-0	W10	10-0
Lewis & Clark	8-0	W11	11-0
Whitman	3-0	W12	12-0
Puget Sound	1-2 (2OT)	L1	12-1
Pacific	2-0	W1	13-1
Willamette	1-2	L1	13-2
Whitman	1-0	W1	14-2
Central Washington	2-0	W2	15-2
Linfield	5-0	W3	16-2
Simon Fraser	2-1	W4	17-2
Willamette	3-0*	W5	18-2
Puget Sound	3-1*	W6	19-2
Berry	2-1+	W7	20-2
Hardin-Simmons	2-0+	W8	21-2

*Denotes Western Region Championships Contest

+ Denotes National Championships Contest

Honor Roll

Sonya Brandt	ISAA Player of the Year
	NAIA National Tournament MVP
	NAIA All-National Tournament
	First-Team NAIA All-American
	First-Team NAIA All-West Region
	First-Team NAIA All-District I
	First-Team All-Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges
Gail Stenzel	NAIA All-National Tournament
	Second-Team NAIA All-American
	First-Team NAIA All-West Region
	First-Team NAIA All-District I
	First-Team All-Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges
Shari Rider	NAIA All-National Tournament
	First-Team NAIA All-District I
	First-Team All-Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges
Sue Schroeder	NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete
	NAIA All-District I
	First-Team All-Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges
Sue Shinafelt	NAIA All-District I
	First-Team All-Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges
Cathy Ayres	NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Jenny Phillips	NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Colleen Hacker	NAIA West Region Coach of the Year
	NAIA District I Coach of the Year
	NCIC Coach of the Year

Roster

No.*	Name	Position	Year
00	Kate Wheeler	G	So.
1	Gail Stenzel	G	Sr.
2	Lori Ratko	MF	Sr.
3	Shari Rider	D/F	Fr.
4	Sonya Brandt	F	Sr.
5	Sue Shinafelt	S	Jr.
6	Sheri Noah	F/D	Fr.
7	Cathy Ayres	MF/F	Jr.
8	Patti Lirette	D	Fr.
9	Wendy Johnson	F	Fr.
11	Laura Dutt	MF	Jr.
12	Sharon O'Donnell	F/MF	Fr.
13	Robyn Heft	MF/D	Fr.
14	Kirsten Brown	MF/D	Fr.
15	Heidi Van Skaik	MF/D	Jr.
16	Dianne Moran	F	Fr.
17	Sue Schroeder	SW	Sr.
18	Jenny Phillips	D	Jr.
19	Krista Hallock	D	So.
20	Karin Gilmer	MF/D	So.
22	Tina Corsi	D	Fr.
	Mya Archamboult

*Numbers Correspond to Gold Jerseys