CSM
soccer burst onto the scene in 1994 and began a long history of success. Behind the leadership of Coach Dan Harvey,
the Flames won the MCAC regular season and tournament championships each of the
first three years of the program, and traveled to the NAIA national tournament
for the first time in 1996. That year, Kari
Stacy was also named second team All-American.
Coach Max
Leeson took over the program in 1997 and led the
Flames to another sweep of the MCAC. Phil Comstock took over in 1998, won three
more MCAC regular season and tourney titles, and led the Flames to the 2000
Elite Eight at the national tournament and Kristi Korth
was named a first team All-American.
Kim Ernesti, who had been a star goalkeeper on the first Flames'
teams, became the assistant in 1998 and continues in that role today. As CSM continued to dominate the soccer
scene, John Carlson took the reigns from 2001-03 and CSM won two more MCAC tournament
crowns - finally losing in the regular season in 2003 for the first time.
In 2004,
Julio Machuca led the team to a 12-7-2 record, and in
2005, Tony Hernandez coached CSM to the MCAC championship and to the NAIA
national tournament.
In 2006, Jim Homan took over and has now won two-straight
regular season titles. Since the program
began, CSM soccer has continued to dominate regional and MCAC competition.