The 2021 DII women’s soccer season is set to kick off the weekend of Sept. 2 across the nation. It has been a while since there was official DII championship action on the pitch with the last game coming on Dec. 14, 2019, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Grand Valley State locked up its fourth national championship in the past seven years that cold, snowy day that seems eons ago.
While the Lakers enter the season looking to repeat as national champions, the landscape of DII women’s soccer has changed a bit. Here are some of the storylines we will be paying attention to in the first few weeks of the new season.
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A new era of women’s soccer begins at Grand Valley State
Jeff Hosler hoisted his third national championship trophy that December day in Pittsburgh. Hosler took over the program in 2014 and led the Lakers to a 144-12-6 record, five national championship game appearances and those three titles. After a 6-1-1 record and yet another GLIAC title this past spring, Hosler departed for Michigan State.
New head coach Jim Conlon is no stranger…
