DCTC Men’s and Women’s Soccer Now Under Direction of One Coach:
DCTC Men's and Women's Soccer Now Under Direction of One Coach:
Starting July 1, 2018, the Dakota County Technical College Men's and Women's soccer programs will be under the direction of Mark Obarski. Obarski will be in his fifth year at DCTC. His first two years were spent as the head coach of the Women's program and in his previous two seasons he directed the Men's Program. Jason Obarski, Mark's son has coached the Women's team for the past two seasons. Jason accepted the position of Enrollment Advisor & Financial Aid Specialist at DCTC. With this new position Jason will not be able to continue as the Women's coach, but will remain involved in the program in a volunteer role. DCTC would like to thank Jason for his excellent work as the Women's soccer coach.
Chris Petersen will remain as the assistant coach for both teams, but will have increased responsibilities. Petersen and Obarski have coached together for the past 20 years, as they were in charge of the Eagan High School Girl's Soccer Program for 15 years together. Petersen in addition to assisting Obarski, will take a lead role in the Women's program with recruiting in the fall. He will also assist Obarski with recruiting during the winter months and he will be in charge of statistics for both teams for the fall season. Petersen will also monitor team study sessions and have an increased role in planning and developing practice sessions and will lead sessions at times during the season.
Obarski, said, " he is excited about the upcoming season. Working with Petersen is always fun and leads to excellent coaching decisions." He also stated that he is looking forward to everyday that Jason Obarski can make it out to practice or games to assist with both teams throughout the season.
DCTC opens the season at 10:00am on Monday, August 6 with a combined practice with the Men's and Women's teams. The teams will not be practicing together in season, but to start the season, Obarski, said, " it will be a great way for the teams to get to know each other, as they travel together and will be practicing and playing back to back all season, why not get to know who your cheering for all season."
2018 Dakota County Technical College Men's and Women's Soccer Schedule:
Date: Opponent: Location: Time:
August 22@ St. Olaf College DCTC 7:00pm
August 23 Rochester Community Rochester 3:00pm
August 25 Lake Superior DCTC 5:00pm
August 25 Lake Superior DCTC 7:00pm
August 28 Crown College Crown College 6:00pm
August 28 Crown College Crown College 8:00pm
August 30 Gustavus JV Gustavus 5:30pm
September 5 Rochester Community DCTC 5:00pm
September 5 St. Olaf DCTC 7:00pm
September 8# Scott county DCTC 2:00pm
September 8# Scott County DCTC 4:00pm
September 11 Gustavus JV DCTC 7:00pm
September 13 Minnesota West DCTC 4:00pm
September 13 Minnesota West DCTC 6:00pm
September 15# Southeastern DCTC 2:00pm
September 15# Southeastern DCTC 4:00pm
September 18# Iowa Central Iowa Central 2:00pm
September 18# Iowa Central Iowa Central 4:00pm
September 22# Northeast Northeast 2:00pm
September 22# Northeast Northeast 4:00pm
September 26# Iowa Lakes DCTC 3:00pm
September 26# Iowa Lakes DCTC 5:00pm
September 29# Iowa Western DCTC 2:00pm
September 29# Iowa Western DCTC 4:00pm
October 2# Hawkeye Hawkeye 2:00pm
October 2# Hawkeye Hawkeye 4:00pm
October 6# Marshalltown Marshalltown 2:00pm
October 8 Minnesota West Minnesota West 3:00pm
October 8 Minnesota West Minnesota West 5:00pm
October 10# NIACC DCTC 4:00pm
October 10# NIACC DCTC 6:00pm
October 13# Indian Hills Indian Hills 2:00pm
October 13# Indian Hills Indian Hills 4:00pm
October 17 St. Kates JV DCTC 7:00pm
October 18 St. Olaf JV DCTC 7:00pm
October 20 Play-off Game #1 TBD TBD
October 24 Play-of Game #2 TBD TBD
October 27 Play-of Game #3 TBD TBD
Women's games in BOLD
Denotes Iowa Conference Game#
Denotes Scrimmage@