[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 15, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY EAGLES 
                           MEN'S SOCCER TEAM

  (Mrs. HARTZLER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the Central 
Methodist University Eagles men's soccer team of Fayette, Missouri, in 
Missouri's Fourth Congressional District, winner of the NAIA men's 
national soccer championship.
  Head coach Alex Nichols and the Eagles capped off a superb 22-2-2 
season with a penalty shootout victory over Missouri Valley in the 
championship finale in Irvine, California.
  This national soccer championship is the first ever for any team 
sport for Central Methodist University. It is the culmination of steady 
progress that saw the Eagles move from a top 30 ranking three seasons 
ago, to a top 20 ranking two seasons ago, to a top 12 ranking last 
season, and, finally, to the number one spot this past season.
  I congratulate the Central Methodist University Eagles on winning the 
national championship. Your hard work, dedication, and determination 
paid off and left an example future teams will strive to follow.
  Well done.

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