Carroll College Women's Soccer

Thorvilson led his senior-laden team to a first-place regular season championship after posting a 9-1-1 record in conference, the Saints then stormed through the conference tournament, topping Eastern Oregon 3-2 in a shootout after playing to a 0-0 tie in the championship match.   The championship was nothing new for Thorvilson, he has tallied a career record of 115-40-18 in his nine seasons at the helm of the Saints and his 2015 conference championship was the sixth during that time.   The season came to a close in the first round of the NAIA Championship, at the hands of eventual national champion Spring Arbor (Mich.), but the season was impressive enough to earn the Saints a bevy of post-season honors. Jamie Carter was named the Cascade Defensive Player of the Year, a year after being named the Frontier Conference MVP, four players were named to the Cascade First-Team and Thorvilson was named the conference Coach of the Year. He followed that honor up with a NSCAA West Region Coach of the Year honor, a career first.   Under Thorvilson, the Saints previously earned Frontier Conference championships in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. His career is highlighted by the 2007 season, his first season, when the Saints finished17-2-2, falling in the NAIA Quarterfinals, falling to eventual national champions Lindsey Wilson College. The Saints closed out the year ranked No. 6 in the NAIA Coaches Poll.   In 2008 the Saints compiled a 12-7 record, captured their second straight conference title, and advanced to the finals of the conference title game. In 2009 Coach Thorvilson led the Saints to their third consecutive conference title. They won the Frontier/DAC Conference tournament and advanced to the semi-finals of the NAIA independent tournament. In 2010 and 2011, the Saints won conference championships both season, finishing the year 13-3-2 and 12-4-2 respectively. Carroll finished the season rank 21st in 2010 and 23rd in 2011. Thorvilson first joined the Saints as the assistant coach for the 2003 campaign. Prior to his arrival the Saints had a dismal 2002 season that ended in a 4-7-4 record. It did not take Coach Thorvilson long to make his presence felt. The Saints quickly turned things around and were headed in the right direction by the following year. Coach Thorvilson helped the Saints finish ranked #2 regionally and the team qualified for their first NAIA Regional Tournament that year. In 2004 the team finished nationally ranked (25th) and qualified for their second consecutive regional tournament. They were able to build on this for the 2005 season with a 14-4-1 record, their first top 20 finish nationally (19th), and were able to advance to their second consecutive regional final. In 2006 the Saints saw their final ranking move up to 12th in the country and finished the season against Lee University in a 2-1 loss. Thorvilson, a native of Helena, started his college career at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. After two seasons, he took a year off before transferring to MSU-Billings to complete his collegiate career. He then became the assistant and goalkeeper coach for both the mens and womens teams at MSU-Billings. After two seasons, Thorvilson became the assistant at the University of Mary, where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree and helped both programs to national tournament bids (men in 2001 and women in 2002).  Thorvilson holds coaching licenses from both the NSCAA and USSF. He and his wife, Amber,  have two daughters, Taylor and Paige.