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WEEKLY ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

Monday, February 20

Men's Tennis at Palm Beach Atlantic (make-up from 2/4) – West Palm Beach, Fla. – 4 p.m.

Tuesday, February 21

Women's Tennis at Saint Leo – Saint Leo, Fla. – 3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Florida Southern – Alfond Stadium – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 22

Women's Basketball vs. Florida Southern – Alfond S.C. – 5:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Florida Southern – Alfond S.C. – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 23

Men's Tennis vs. Saint Leo – Tiedtke Tennis Courts – 3 p.m.
Women's Tennis vs. Florida Tech – Martin Tennis Complex – 3:30 p.m.

Friday, February 24

Swimming at Sunshine State Invitational – Orlando, Fla. (YMCA Aquatic Center) – All Day

Saturday, February 25

Sailing at Old South – Gainesville, Fla. – All Day
Swimming at Sunshine State Invitational – Orlando, Fla. (YMCA Aquatic Center) – All Day
Rowing at Rollins Metro Cup – Lake Maitland – 8 a.m.
Men's Tennis vs. Lynn – Martin Tennis Complex – 10 a.m.
Women's Tennis at Nova Southeastern – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – 11 a.m.
Softball at Tampa (DH) – Tampa, Fla. – 1 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Nova Southeastern – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – 5:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball at Nova Southeastern – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 26

Sailing at Old South – Gainesville, Fla. – All Day
Swimming at Sunshine State Invitational – Orlando, Fla. (YMCA Aquatic Center) – All Day
Women's Golf at Lady Moc Invitational – Lakeland, Fla. – All Day
Women's Tennis at Tampa – Tampa, Fla. – 11 a.m.
Softball at Tampa – Tampa, Fla. – 3 p.m.

Junior third baseman Gene Howard (Nahant, Mass.) had a monster week at the plate for the Tars, going 6-12 with three runs scored and seven RBI. He blasted three doubles in the Tars doubleheader sweep over St. Thomas, including the go ahead RBI in the bottom of the sixth inning. He is now hitting .420 on the year with 11 RBI to lead the Tars.

Freshman hurler Nicole Anderson has been nothing short of spectacular in her two outings for the Tars, winning both games and allowing just one hit. Last week against Eckerd she threw a complete game shutout and surrendered one hit and one walk while striking out 12. On the year, she has thrown 12 innings and rolled up 21 strikeouts.

Glenn Wilkes, Jr. and his Rollins College women's basketball team improved their record to 24-0 last week and captured the outright Sunshine State Conference regular season championship; their 10 th in program history. The crown is also their sixth since the 1998-99 season with the Tars going 200-40 during the span. They are currently ranked ninth in NCAA Division II and fourth in the South Region standings.

Rollins is now assured the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Sunshine State Conference Tournament, hosted by Saint Leo University on March 1-5. The Tars will be in search of their third straight SSC Tournament title and the automatic berth into the NCAA Division II tournament on the line.

The Tars began the week with a 63-46 thrashing of second place Tampa on Wednesday with Rollins playing their first game since the potential season-ending injury to second leading scorer Larissa McDonough (Ormond Beach, Fla.). Sophomore point guard Jennifer Musgrove (Palm Bay, Fla.) filled the void by pouring in a career best 20 points and gathering seven rebounds. Joslyn Giles (Winter Haven, Fla.) notched a double-double, recording 10 points and 10 rebounds while Randi Weiss (Kissimmee, Fla.) and Jennifer Dyer (Wake Forest, N.C.) added 12 points and 10 points respectively. Rollins' dominating defense controlled the game as they held the Spartans to just 28 percent shooting and forced 16 turnovers.

Forward Joslyn Giles scored the Tars first three points in the game, all on free throws, and surpassed the 1,000 point mark for her career. She becomes just the 17 th Rollins women's basketball player to enter the 1,000 point club and did so in just three seasons as she played her freshman year at Stetson.

Barry University visited the Alfond Sports Center on Saturday and Rollins had to overcome an anemic offensive night to record 46-33 victory and seal up the SSC crown. Dyer was the lone Tars in double figures as she put up 12 points coming off the bench. Musgrove and Rachael Workman (Northhampton, Mass.) each tallied seven points and seven rebounds. The Tars held the Bucs to just 23 percent shooting and forced 21 turnovers, but were only able to muster 29 percent shooting from the floor and were tagged with 16 miscues.

The Tars will conclude the regular season this week and will look to complete Rollins' first ever perfect season in basketball. They will host Florida Southern in the home finale at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday February 22 then head to Nova Southeastern for a 5:30 p.m. contest on Saturday, February 25.

The Tars had their nine game winning streak snapped by Tampa on Wednesday, but bounced back for a win over Barry and got some help around the leage to take over sole possession of first place in the Sunshine State Conference. Rollins is a half game ahead of Lynn and a full game ahead of Nova Southeastern heading into the schedule's final week.

With a win over Florida Southern on Wednesday, the Tars would grab at least a share of the Sunshine State Conference title and all but assure themselves a spot in the NCAA Regional Tournament.

Rollins was riding high coming into Wednesday's home match up with Tampa, having won 13 of their 16 contests, including a huge road win at Lynn the previous Saturday. Rollins fell behind early and fought back late, but came up short, falling 87-81. John Thinnes (Cincinnati, Ohio) established a new Rollins record in the game, hitting nine three pointers, which is a new Tars single game best. He shot 10-19 from the floor and 9-15 from long range for a career best 31 points. Isaac Codrey (Winter Park, Fla.) continued his stellar play coming off the bench as he added 19 points and a team high nine rebounds to the Tars effort. Kevin Hogan (Pensacola, Fla.) caught fire late and notched 13 points with Jonny Reibel (Chicago, Ill) adding eight. After an abysmal 39 percent shooting in the first half, the Tars shot 50 percent in the second period, but UT hit 54 percent and pulled out the win.

After the game Rollins learned Florida Southern had beat Lynn to keep the Tars tied atop the Sunshine State Conference standings.

Rollins hosted Barry in another key Sunshine State Conference match-up on Saturday with Rollins taking a 58-42 victory. Isaac Codrey again was tough off the bench, leading Rollins with 19 points and five rebounds. Deon Troupe (St. Petersburg, Fla.) put up 14 points with Reibel adding 10. The Tars out-rebounded the Buccaneers 34-25 in the game and held them to just 27 percent shooting in the second half. The win, coupled with a Tampa victory over Nova Southeastern, kept Rollins alone atop the conference and set up Wednesday's big home finale.

Rollins will look to wrap up a share of the SSC title on Wednesday, February 22 at home against rival Florida Southern. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The will finish up the regular season on Saturday, February 25 at Nova Southeastern in a game that will likely decide the number one seed in the upcoming Sunshine State Conference Tournament.

The Rollins College softball team improved their record to 4-0 on the season after sweeping a doubleheader against the Tritons of Eckerd College. The Tars have yet to give up a run this season as they won game one 2-0 and took game two 11-0 in six innings.

In the first game, freshman pitcher Nicole Anderson (Brandon, Fla.) threw a one-hitter for her second victory of her young career. She allowed only one walk while striking out 12. Senior shortstop Kelly Cruz (Winter Springs, Fla.) led the Tars' batters, going 2-3 and knocking in the Tars' two runs of the game in the top of the seventh inning. With junior Devon Kontos (Orlando, Fla.) and freshman Ashley East (Pace, Fla.) on base, Cruz calmly hit a single to left, scoring both runners. Anderson then stepped into the circle in the bottom of the seventh and put the Tritons batters out in order to end the game. Also grabbing hits for the Tars were sophomores Jennifer Olsen (Winter Haven, Fla.) and Ingrid Schumacher (Naples, Fla.). Eckerd pitcher Amy McGathey had a no-hitter going against the Tars until the fifth inning when Olsen sent a two-out single up the middle. Freshman Danielle Sedoris had the lone hit for the Tritons in the sixth inning.

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Tars' bats lit up Eckerd's pitching for 13 hits and 11 runs, while the combined pitching of Schumacher and freshman Rachel Brenneman (Cheshire, Conn.) allowed only one hit while striking out seven. Junior Stacy Sanders (Orlando, Fla.) and freshman Jamie Rausch (Ocoee, Fla.) both hit their first home runs of the season, coming on back-to-back at bats in the five run sixth inning. Olsen, Sanders, Rausch, and sophomore Rachel Almengual (Odessa, Fla.) each had two hits in the game while junior catcher Victoria Rudolph (Titusville, Fla.) went 3-4 with one RBI. Olsen stole two bases in the game, for a team leading four stolen bases on the season.

With the wins, the Tars improve their record to 4-0 on the season. They have allowed only three hits and no runs so far this season.

Rollins will return to action on Saturday, February 25, when they travel to Tampa for a weekend match-up with conference foe Tampa. The first pitch of the double header is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

Rollins had the two time defending national champions on the ropes all afternoon but fell just short of the knockout blow as the Tars lost to West Florida 5-4 on Monday. It was a true top ten battle with eighth ranked Rollins falling to 0-3 on the year and number one ranked West Florida improving to 3-1.

Rollins took two doubles matches and gathered momentum heading into singles. Carlos Custodio and David Tafur defeated Eduardo Cavasottie and Alberto Torchia 9-8 (4) in the No. 1 match with Adrian Tan and Mike Compton scoring a 9-7 win over Gael Gaetjens and Luis Arboleda in the No. 3 position. Diego Zorzi and Nicolas Barrientos won the No. 2 match for the Argos, downing Brian Compton and Jonathan Gomez 8-5.

Rollins' Tan made it a perfect day, taking the No. 2 match 7-5, 6-3 over Torchia while Albin Hubscher won No. 6 singles 6-2, 6-4 for the Tars. Second ranked Zorzi won the No. 1 position over #19 Custodio 6-4, 6-3; Barrientos took the No. 3 match 6-4, 6-2 over Tafur and Cavasotti won No. 4 over Brian Compton 6-2, 6-1.

With the contest all tied at 4-4, it came down to the No. 5 match-up between Gomez and Gaetjens. West Florida's Gaetjens took the first set 6-3 with Gomez evening the score with a 7-5 win in the second set. Due to darkness, the third set was moved to the Martin Tennis Complex and a filled to capacity Copland Tennis Stadium. The two players battled back and forth throughout the high energy set with Gaetjens winning 6-4 and getting West Florida the victory.

After dropping three straight heartbreakers to some of the nation's best teams to open the season, the Rollins men's tennis team got back on track with a 9-0 win over Webber International on Wednesday. The Tars improve to 1-3 on the year while Webber falls to 1-3.

The Tars ruled every aspect of the contest as just one match went to three sets. Carlos Custodio and David Tafur scored an 8-6 win over Enrique Wright and Magnus Sang at No. 1 doubles while Brian Compton and Jonathan Gomez downed Cody Wright and Yuiti Lopes 8-4 in the No. 2 match. Adrian Tan and Mike Compton made it three for three in the doubles as they defeated Christoph Bonadona and Ronnie Sang 9-7 in the No. 3 position.

Custodio downed Catter 6-2, 6-4 in No. 1 singles, Tan defeated Lopes 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 2 match and Tafur scored a 6-4, 6-3 win over Wright in the No. 3 slot. Brian Compton and Bonadona played the day's longest match with Compton winning 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 in No. 4 singles. Gomez won 7-6(5), 6-2 over Hansen at No. 5 and Albin Hubscher got past Sang 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 to make up the Tars 9-0 victory.

Rollins will be back on the courts on Monday, February 20 with a trip to Palm Beach Atlantic. They will then get into Sunshine State Conference action with a match against Lynn on Saturday, February 25 at 10 a.m.

Seventh ranked Rollins split singles, but were swept in the doubles competition as fourth ranked West Florida scored a 6-3 win over the Tars on Monday. Marnie Mahler, Anastasiya Shevchenko, and Cassie Webster each scored singles wins for Rollins. The Tars fall to 1-2 on the season while UWF improves to 3-0.

The Argonauts dominated doubles, winning each of the three matches handily. Fifth ranked Suzanna Cavalcante and Anne Clare Beard downed seventh ranked Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler 8-1 in the No. 1 doubles match. Tammy Kevey and Mandy Septoe downed Sonia Bernal and Shevchenko 8-2 in the No. 2 match with Paola Avevalo and Miranda Dutra making it a UWF sweep, defeating Cassie Webster and Silvia Frandji 8-0 at No. 3 doubles.

Mahler, ranked 42 nd in the nation, took the No. 2 singles match 6-4, 4-1, default over Kevey with Shevchenko winning at the No. 4 position 6-4, 7-6(1) for the Tars. Webster gave Rollins their third point with a 1-6, 6-4 (10-2) victory at No. 6 singles. Fifteenth ranked Purcell fell to third ranked Cavalcante 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 1 match with Septo downing Bernal 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 3 position for the Argos. The No. 5 match was won by Arevalo, who took Frandji 6-3, 6-1.

Rollins won the number four, five, and six singles matches each by shutout as the Tars women's tennis team downed Embry-Riddle 6-3 on Wednesday. The win evens Rollins record at 2-2 on the year with the Eagles falling to 2-5.

Visiting Embry-Riddle took the No. 1 doubles match with Nora Kulge and Alex Buttazzoni winning over Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler, 8-6. The Tars scored wins in the other two positions as Sonia Bernal and Anastasiya Shevchenko downed Nat Anaya and Lindsey Kurtz 8-6 at No. 2 doubles and Cassie Webster and Silvia Frandji took Rachel Lund and Evan Halbhuber 8-0 in the No. 3 match. Shevchenko, Frandji and Webster dominated their singles matches with Mahler also scoring a win, to lead Rollins to victory. Shevchenko downed Kurtz 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 4 match, Frandji won 6-0, 6-0 over Lund in the No. 5 match and Webster won 6-0, 6-0 over Halbhuber. Mahler won the No. 2 match for the Tars, defeating Anaya 6-3, 6-3. Kulge downed Purcell 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 1 position while Buttazzoni won over Bernal by default at the No. 3 singles match.

It was a tussle between two of the nation's best teams on Saturday as fifth ranked Lynn downed seventh ranked Rollins 8-1 in a Sunshine State Conference match. The Knights improve to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in conference play while Rollins falls to 2-3 and 0-1.

Rollins was led by 15 th ranked Tasi Purcell as she defeated fifth ranked Victoria Weltz 5-3, default in the No. 1 singles match. Marnie Mahler and Silvia Frandji also had solid days, but dropped three set heartbreakers in singles. Forty-second ranked Mahler was defeated by 30 th ranked Alexandra Schunk 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 in the No. 2 match while Frandji dropped the No. 5 position to Leigh Shelton 2-6, 6-2 (11-9). Lynn's Gedvile Norkute took the No. 3 match over Anastasiya Shevchenko 6-0, 6-0; 34 th ranked Dragana Ilic defeated Sonia Bernal 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 4 position and Alejandra Boeker won the No. 6 match 6-0, 6-1 over Cassie Webster.

Lynn was equally impressive in doubles play as they put together a sweep and took an early 3-0 lead. Shelton and Ilic teamed to defeat Purcell and Bernal 9-7 in the No. 1 match with Weltz and Norkute downing Mahler and Frandji 8-2 in the No. 2 position. Boeker and Schunk shutout Shevchenko and Webster 8-0 in the No. 3 doubles match.

The Tars return to action on Tuesday, February 21 with a 3 p.m. match against Sunshine State Conference foe Saint Leo.

Tars coach Jon Sjogren gave his former squad a proper welcome Thursday night, as his Tars handed the Bryant Bulldogs a 3-1 loss. The Tars (7-4) turned five Bryant (0-4) errors into three runs. Those three runs turned out to be plenty for the Tars staff. Juniors David Nathanson (1-0) and Jon Wano combined for a six hit, one unearned run performance.

The win was particularly gratifying for coach Jon Sjogren as it was the first meeting with the club he managed for the last 15 seasons. Over those 15 seasons, Sjogren led the Bulldogs to 360 wins.

Junior shortstop, Ryan McKenzie had the Tars' only RBI. McKenzie was 0-3 with a RBI ground out in the second inning. Junior third baseman, Gene Howard was 1-4 with a run scored. Freshman designated hitter, Ryan Maddern went 1-4 on the night with a run scored. And freshman Anthony Soto was 1-3. Rollins was out-hit in the game by the Bulldogs, 6-5.

Starting pitcher, David Nathanson had yet another solid outing for the Tars. The junior struck out eight batters over seven innings of work. He allowed only six hits, mostly on the infield, and one unearned run on the evening. Nathanson was able to lower his ERA to a stingy 1.43. Jonathan Wano worked the eighth and ninth innings for his first save on the season. He struck out three and walked none.

Rollins had their best offensive output of the season, totaling 21 hits in a doubleheader sweep over St. Thomas on Sunday. The Tars won the opener 11-3 then came from behind for a 7-4 victory in the night cap. The wins improve Rollins' record to 9-4 on the season while St. Thomas falls to 6-5.

The Tars were led on the day by Gene Howard who hit 5-8 with seven RBI and five runs scored in the two games. Leadoff man Gary Martoccio was 4-6 with six runs scored and Ryan McKenzie went 3-6 with a pair of RBI.

Senior hurler Eduardo Chile had a great outing in game one, throwing seven solid innings, allowing six hits and one earned run while striking out 10. Bill Bradley came on to pitch the final two innings, surrendering just one hit.

Michael Eppich improved to 3-0 on the year, scoring the game two victory in relief. He had two innings on the hill, allowing just one hit. Mario Lombardo started the game, scattering seven hits and allowing four runs in five innings of work.

In game one, the Tars got one in the first inning, but blew the game open in the third with a six run, six hit inning. Howard had a two RBI double to the wall in the frame with Rollins manufacturing the other four with solid base running. The Bobcats got one back in their half of the fourth, but the hosts added three more in the sixth with Howard's second two RBI double of the game and a Stefano Foggi sac fly to make the score 10-1. Saint Thomas scored two in the top half of the seventh and Rollins added another in the bottom of the frame behind a McKenzie double down the left field line.

The Bobcats came out firing in the night cap and jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the top of the first. Rollins made the score 2-1 after their at-bat as Tyler Hartman sent a screeching double to the right field fence that plated Martoccio. STU scored another in the third, but Rollins got it back in the fourth after Brent Magnuson smacked a double and was brought around with a Rob Cloar single to make the count 3-2. The Bobcats manufactured a run in the fifth to take a 4-2 lead only to see Rollins fight back and knot the score with another Howard RBI double and a Jason Cutlip RBI single. Eppich came on to shut down the visitors in the sixth and set up the wild Rollins half of the inning. Back to back line outs to right field put the Tars in a hole, but Martoccio reached and stole second and Hartman was plunked to put runners on first and second. Howard then worked a full count and poked a single to center that scored Martoccio to put Rollins ahead. Foggi came up and cleared the paths with a two RBI triple to right and put it away for Rollins. Eppich cleaned up the ninth and gave Rollins their third straight win.

The Tars will return to action on Tuesday, February 21 when they will host defending SSC and national champion, Florida Southern at the Alfond Stadium. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m.

It took Rollins a round to warm up the clubs, but they finished strong, taking seventh place at the Florida Southern Matlock Invitational to kick off the spring championship season. The Tars shot 307 in the first round and finished with back to back 302's for a 47 over par 311.

Host Florida Southern won the 15 team event for the second straight year, carding 891 (288-300-303) in the tournament at Grasslands Golf and Country Club. The University of West Florida finished three shots back in second place (290-309-294) with Lynn University taking third with 894 strokes (306-292-296).

Andrew Pranger shot even par on the final day and jumped into a tie for 26th to lead Rollins, totaling 228 strokes for the tournament (80-76-72). Dan Walters recorded rounds of 76-75-78 to tie for 32nd at 229 shots while Darren Lundgren fired 72 on Tuesday, to go with rounds of 77-81 on the first day, and tied for 35th (230). Tim Acquaviva shot 79-73 on day one and finished with an 80 on Tuesday to tie for 45th place (232) with Scott Wilson shooting 75-78-81 to tie for 54th with 234 strokes.

Florida Southern's Greg Koch took medalist honors, opening with a 69 and following with rounds of 72 and 74 for a one under par 215.

The Rollins men's golf team will take a long break before heading to Hawaii for the Kauai Collegiate Cup, hosted by Western Kentucky. The tournament will be March 16-18 at the Makai Golf Club in Kauai.

Student-athletes and the Greeks faced off in a tricycle race around the Alfond Sports Center parking lot on Saturday in the first annual “Laps for Leukemia.” The event was all about endurance as 10 teams of five had a relay race to see who could do the most laps in one hour. There was also a dunk tank and free food courtesy of Domino's Pizza and Chick-Fil-a. The Rollins baseball team was also manning the grill with hamburgers and hotdogs.

By the end of the event, the Rollins students raised more than $5,000 dollars for St. Jude's Children's hospital. The Rollins Athletic Department and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee would sincerely like to thank all of the sponsors who made the event a success:

BOYD COFFIE GOLF TOURNAMENT – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 – NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB

The annual Myers-Miller Rollins Team Golf Tournament will be held this year on Monday, April 24th at Interlachen Country Club .

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