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![St. Dominic Girls Soccer Sends Six to Next Level on Signing Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608054267/stdominichsorg/yykibm2bmn7domd3alk6/201111SigningDay.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608054267/stdominichsorg/yykibm2bmn7domd3alk6/201111SigningDay.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1608054267/stdominichsorg/yykibm2bmn7domd3alk6/201111SigningDay.jpg","width":750}])
Ten Crusader athletes – including four in Division I – signed to compete at the college level on November 11. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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St. Dominic (21-3-1) advanced to its third final four appearance in school history. The Crusaders finished third in Class 3 in 2008 and fourth in Class 4 in 2017. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"We feel like this is a special team," St. Dominic senior hitter Audrey Weber said in a Post-Dispatch volleyball profile. "There's nothing we can't do when we're all working together." St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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“With all those guys, there was something he left in each one of them,” Rich Schmersahl '62 said of former coach, teacher and athletic director Ed Crenshaw. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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In his first year as a member of the varsity team, St. Dominic sophomore forward Ryan Schwendeman is focused on the present, not the past. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Senior goalkeeper Alli Palmatier is a St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame Bob Kehoe Future Soccer Star. Crusader Nation News
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The Crusaders won their first state championship since 2013 by beating 2018 champion Summit 2-1 in a game decided by a penalty-kick tiebreaker. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Forwards Grace Bindbeutel and Jess Larson have powered the offensive attack for the 24-3-1 Crusaders, who play Kearney at 6 pm Friday, May 31, in the Class 3 state semifinal. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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“Everyone was working to make everyone else better," Luke Pescarino '19 says of his time as a St. Dominic athlete. "It’s not just a one-man thing.” St. Louis Review
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St. Dominic's 4-2 Senior Night win over Notre Dame sealed the Archdiocesan Athletic Association Large Division title for the tradition-rich Crusaders. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“I love the community that surrounds St. Dominic. Especially within athletics, we are all one big family that goes beyond just the team and into the community.”
Ben ’18
