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ROLLINS ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS
***SOFTBALL WINS SSC SERIES OVER #8 BARRY; 6-3 IN ANOTHER BUSY WEEK
***ROWING TEAMS GET ROLLING AT ROLLINS TRI-MEET
***BASEBALL GETS INTO HEART OF SSC SCHEDULE; TAKES SERIES OVER ECKERD
***WOMEN’S TENNIS DOWNS D-I LONG ISLAND
***MEN’S TENNIS SPLITS; FALLS JUST SHORT WITH #2 TEAM IN NATION
***MEN’S GOLF FOURTH AT RAINY KAUAI COLLEGIATE CUP
***17 TARS HONORED ON SSC COMMISSIONER’S LIST OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
***NEWS AND NOTES

ROLLINS COLLEGE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Last week:

Rollins 4, Spring Arbor 1
Rollins 9, Spring Arbor 0
Merrimack 1, Rollins 0
Rollins 5, Merrimack 1
Barry 1, Rollins 0
Rollins 3, Barry 1
Rollins 2, Barry 1
Rollins 13, Southern New Hampshire 2
Northwest Missouri State 1, Rollins 0

Season record: 28-5

The Rollins softball team improved to 28-5 on the season after going 6-3 in their second straight nine-game week. The stretch was highlighted by the Tars series victory over eighth ranked and Sunshine State Conference foe Barry University.

The week started with a sweep over Spring Arbor on Monday, 4-1 in game one and 9-0 in the nightcap. Freshman pitcher Nicole Anderson (Brandon, Fla.), the Sunshine State Conference Pitcher of the Week, got the start in the circle in game one allowing four hits, one run and one walk while striking out 10 batters. The Tars gave up the first run of the game in the third inning after the leadoff hitter Lindsay Adamcyzk walked and then advanced to second on Jenna Titler's bunt single. Cougars pitcher Janna Klassen stepped to the plate and sent a double to center field scoring Adamcyzk. Anderson then struck out the next three batters, ending the inning. In the bottom of the fourth the Tars loaded the bases for sophomore Ingrid Schumacher (Naples, Fla.) and she sent a shot over the left field fence for her first home run of the season, giving Rollins a 4-1 lead. That was all the offense the Tars would need, as Anderson held the Cougars to only two more hits, recording her thirteenth win of the season.

Freshman Rachel Brenneman got the start in game two, giving up only two hits and no runs or walks and striking out six for her third win of the season. Rollins out-hit the Cougars 8-2 in the game with senior Kelly Cruz and sophomore Ingrid Schumacher leading the way. Cruz went 1-1 with a double, two runs scored, two RBI and two walks in the game, while Schumacher notched two hits, two runs scored and two RBI. Also recording hits in the game were Rachel Almengual, Jamie Rausch, Devon Kontos and Kallie Jones with two, including two runs scored. The Tars scored two runs in the each of the first three innings and three in the fourth to get the 9-0 victory.

The game two win gave Rollins head coach Michelle Frew her 300^th career victory at the helm of the Tars program.

The Tars the split a doubleheader with Merrimack on Wednesday, falling 1-0 in the opener, but coming back to win 5-1 in game two. Jen Olsen led the Rollins bats, going 2-5 with a run scored and a run batted in on the evening. Ashley East and Amanda DeFilipo each batted 1-3 with a run scored and RBI. Nicole Anderson suffered the loss in game one, scattering four hits and surrendering one run while striking out seven. Ingrid Schumacher pitched beautifully in game two as she allowed five hits and one run with six strikeouts.

The opener was an offensive struggle as neither team could get rolling. The Warriors scored their run in the third as Otto walked, then advanced to third after a Rollins error and eventually stole home. The Tars threatened in the fourth as Jamie Rauch hammered a two out double and Kelly Cruz drew a walk, but both were left stranded.

Rollins blew game two open in the third as back-to-back singles by DeFilipo and Olsen put two on with one out. After a Rollins strikeout, Kallie Jones knocked a single to left that got between the fielder's legs and rolled to the wall, allowing both DeFilipo and Olsen to score, putting the hosts up 2-0. In the Tars fourth, Schumacher rapped a one-out double, followed by an East RBI double to make the score 3-0. DeFilipo hit an RBI grounder to put Rollins up 4-0 before Olsen blasted a double to center field that scored Devon Kontos and gave Rollins the 5-0 advantage. The Warriors stranded a runner in each of the fifth and sixth innings and got on the board in the bottom of the seventh as Stephanie Simon led off with a double and eventually scored on a wild pitch. That would be all Merrimack would get, however, as the Tars held on for the victory.

The weekend brought a huge three game set with Sunshine State Conference foe and eighth ranked Barry University. The Tars couldn’t get the bats heated in the opener and lost, but posted a doubleheader sweep on Saturday to win the series.

In the series opener, the Buccaneers were able to hold the Tars scoreless, taking the 1-0 victory. Barry pitcher Ramie Garcia allowed only two hits in seven innings to post her eighth win of the season while Rollins freshman pitcher Nicole Anderson gave up four hits and one run in seven innings of action. The Bucs opened the game with two hits in the top of the first, an infield single by Shyla Rider and a single to right field by Maile Keeney. Keeney's single sent Ashley Loose across home plate for the game's only run after Loose reached base on a fielder's choice and stole second. The one run would stand up the entire game as both teams struggled to hit the ball. Rollins recorded two hits on the night, both in the fifth inning, a single to left field by Devon Kontos and an infield single by Rachel Almengual.

Rollins came to play on Saturday as they once again used timely hitting and tough pitching for the doubleheader sweep, defeating #8 Barry University 3-1 in game one and a come from behind 2-1 victory in game two. Freshman pitcher Nicole Anderson got the win in both games, throwing 8.2 innings, allowing only four hits, one run and one walk while striking out five batters on the afternoon. The Tars got an early lead in game one, scoring three runs on three hits in the bottom of the first inning against Bucs pitcher Ramie Garcia. Sophomore Jennifer Olsen opened the game with a single to left field and scored on junior Stacy Sanders' double to left field. Freshman Jamie Rausch was the next hitter and she notched her third homerun of the season, sending the ball over the center field fence.

Anderson held strong through the later innings, allowing only one hit after the fourth. Rausch led the Rollins bats, going 3-3 with two RBI and one run scored. For the Bucs, Maile Keeney went 2-3 at the plate. Rollins out hit the Bucs five to four in the game and both teams had one error.

In game two, the Bucs opened the scoring in the fourth inning, when Keeney got a hold of an Ingrid Schumacher pitch and sent the ball over the left field fence. That was all the scoring Barry could muster in the game, as Schumacher and Anderson combined to allow only six hits and one run, while walking only one batter and striking out three. The Tars rallied in the bottom of the sixth, scoring two runs on three hits. Senior Kelly Cruz stepped to the plate with runners on first and third and two out and sent an Amber Jack pitch to the left field corner, scoring both runners. Anderson, who came on for Schumacher in the middle of the sixth inning, then promptly put out the next three Barry hitters in order, preserving the Tars 2-1 advantage. Recording hits for the Tars in game two were Rausch, Cruz, Sanders, and Kallie Jones with one hit apiece and Olsen with two.

On Sunday, the Tars headed to South Orlando and the Osceola Softball Complex for the final day of the Rebel games. The Tars split the two games, defeating Southern New Hampshire 13-2 and then falling 1-0 to Northwest Missouri State.

In game one, the Tars exploded for 12 hits and 13 runs on Southern New Hampshire, a team that was playing only the second game of their season. Sophomore Ingrid Schumacher led the Tars, going 3-4 with one RBI and two runs scored. Senior Kelly Cruz and juniors Victoria Rudolph and Amanda DeFilippo all had two hits in the game, with Rudolph and DeFilippo picking up three RBI as well. Sophomore Rachel Almengual also had three RBI in the game, as she went 1-2 with two runs scored. Sophomore Jennifer Olsen walked four times and scored three of the Tars' runs. Freshman Rachel Brenneman was in the circle for the Tars where she allowed five hits and two runs while striking out 11 en route to her fourth win of the season. The second game of the day for the Tars was a different story, as Rollins and Northwest Missouri both went scoreless through six innings, and it took a mistake by the Tars for the Bearcats to grab the 1-0 victory.

Freshman Nicole Anderson had another fine evening in the circle, giving up only four hits and no walks while striking out five. On the mound for the Bearcats, Kelly Morris pitched all seven innings, surrendering five hits to the Tars. The two teams headed into the seventh inning scoreless and with two outs, Janelle Krohn knocked a double to right field. The next batter, Sarah Johnson sent a bouncer to the shortstop Cruz, who miss played the ball, allowing it to roll into center field. Krohn rounded the bases and scored the lone run of the game. The Tars came to bat in the bottom of the seventh with a chance to go ahead or tie, but Morris sat the Tar batters down in order.

Rollins will look to rebound from the loss as they host Southern Arkansas on Monday, March 20 at Lake Island Park. First pitch of the double header is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

Last week: Rollins hosts Tri-Meet

The Rollins women's varsity 4 out sprinted UCF in the final meters to take the victory and highlight the Tars day at the Rollins Tri-Meet, held on Lake Maitland Saturday. The Rollins men also had a solid day, posting three runner-up finishes.

The women's varsity 4 boat of Lisa Knapp, Kim Lucy, Liza Hussey, Megan Wise, and Katie Broome powered they way down the stretch and recorded a winning time of 7:41.7, just ahead of runner-up UCF who went 7:42.2. Jacksonville in third (7:43.9), Stetson in fourth (8:05.0) and Georgia in fifth (8:05.5), rounded out the field. The Tars novice 4 of Knapp, Sarah Pantages, Chelsi Wilkerson, Shannon Van Dyke and Laura Edwards took fifth in their race. The Rollins novice 8 of Knapp, Broome, Wilkerson, Hussey, Pantages, Van Dyke, Edwards, Kelly McNoldy and Rachel Todd were in the lead at the 300-meter mark, but caught an overhead crab that stopped their momentum. They recovered to finish the race in fourth place. 

In the men's competition, Rollins finished second in both varsity 4 races and the novice 4. In the varsity 4 "A" race, the boat of Colleen Reagan, Drew Brodnax, Shawn Tavares, Brandon Koch and Collin Campbell posted a time of 6:40.9, just nine seconds back of winner Jacksonville. Georgia was third in the race with Wesleyan taking fourth. In the varsity 4 "B" race, the Tars boat of Knapp, Eric Fraser, Skyler Wilson, David Bagby and Trevor Luna were also runners-up, stopping the clock at 4:46.7. In the novice 4, Donna Pola, Joey Jolly, Austin Mosley, Alex Ramirez and Tim Brierley finished in second place, just five seconds back of Wesleyan in 7:25.5.

In the men's pair race, Brodnax and Bagby posted a winning time of 7:22.3 with Campbell and Koch close behind in 7:44.2. Tavares and Wilson took fourth in the race in a time of 7:32.6.

The Rollins rowing teams will host the Spring Break Race Saturday, March 25 on Lake Maitland in the heart of Winter Park. Competition is slated to begin at 8 a.m.

Last week:

Rollins 4, Bentley 2
Rollins 8, Bentley 6
Rollins 11, Eckerd 7
Rollins 18, Eckerd 5
Eckerd 10, Rollins 6

Season record: 16-10

The Baseball team got themselves going in the right direction once again as they posted a 4-1 record last week against Bentley College and SSC rival, Eckerd College. The Tars started off the week on Monday with a win at home against Bentley, 4-2. They followed that up on Thursday with a come from behind victory over Bentley once again, 8-6. Then over the weekend, the Tars took the first two games against Eckerd College in St. Petersburg 11-7 and 18-5, then dropped the last game to the Tritons 10-6.

The Rollins offense consistently put up some big numbers last week. The Tars scored more than 10 runs twice last week including an 18 run effort against Eckerd in the first game of a double header.

The Tars got a monumental effort from their power hitting third baseman, Gene Howard. Howard doubled his RBI total last week as he now leads the team with 30 runs batted in on the year. On the week, Howard hit for a blistering .435 batting average with 10 hits in 23 at bats including two doubles, a triple, two home-runs, 15 RBI, seven runs scored, and a .870 slugging percentage. The Tars also got nice efforts from freshman Anthony Soto and sophomore Gary Martoccio. Soto hit for a .429 batting average with nine hits in 21 at bats including three doubles, a home-run, five RBI, with a .714 slugging percentage. Martoccio hit .375 with a homer, four RBI, eight walks and an outstanding on base percentage of .583. On the season Martoccio leads the team in on base percentage at .559 and has been incredible at second base defensively.

The senior ace of the staff, Eduardo Chile, got his second straight win on Saturday against Eckerd. Chile went eight innings giving up one run on seven hits, walking three and striking out seven. Chile had been a hard luck loser earlier this season, but the bats produced for him the last two games and he’s been elusive to hitters. Michael Eppich picked up his team leading fourth victory on the year with a relief victory in the Tars come from behind victory over Bentley on Thursday. Eppich worked 2.1 innings in relief of starter John Masklee giving up two hits and a walk but no runs while striking out one. Eppich also leads the team in appearances with 11. Junior Mario Lombardo pitched brilliantly against Bentley on Monday when he went eight innings striking out six while giving up two unearned runs on the way to his third victory on the season. And David Nathanson also picked up a victory for the Tars staff as well. Friday night, Nathanson allowed Eckerd only one base 
runner for the first four innings. He ended up going 6.1 innings giving up five earned runs on eight hits while striking out three en route to his third victory of the season.

The Tars began the week with a win at home against the Bentley College Falcons, 4-2. Junior starting pitcher Mario Lombardo got his third win on the season for the Tars as he went eight strong innings giving up two unearned runs on four hits, walking two and striking out six. Sophomore third baseman Kevin Schnacke led the team offensively going 2-3 with a run scored and a walk.

The Tars completed the two game home sweep of Bentley on Thursday when they came back to defeat the Falcons 8-6. Freshman reliever Michael Eppich got the win in relief of starter John Masklee for his fourth victory. Eppich went 2.1 innings giving up just two hits and a walk striking out two. Junior pitcher Jon Wano got the save working two innings giving up just two hits for his third save on the year. The Tars were led by freshman designated hitter Anthony Soto, junior third baseman Gene Howard and freshman outfielder Tyler Hartman. Soto was 3-4 with four runs batted in, a run scored, and his second homer of the season. Howard was 2-4 with two runs scored, two runs batted in and a double. And Hartman was 2-4 with two runs scored and a double.

Friday the Tars began a three game set with the Eckerd College by beating the Tritons 11-7. Junior starting pitcher David Nathanson got his third win on the season as he went 6.1 innings giving up five runs on five hits while striking out three. The Tars were led offensively by third baseman Gene Howard who went 4-5 with five runs batted in, two runs scored, and his second homer of the year.

Saturday the Tars split a pair in a double-header against the Tritons taking the first game big, 18-5 and then dropping the second one 10-6. Senior starting pitcher Eduardo Chile got his third win on the season to draw even on the year. Chile went eight innings giving up one run on seven hits while striking out seven. The Tars were led by third baseman Gene Howard who went 3-6 with five runs batted in, a double and a triple. Senior outfielder Brent Magnuson also had a good day going 3-5 with two runs scored, four runs batted in, and his first homer of the season.

In the second game, junior Mario Lombardo took the loss getting through just 2.1 innings while giving up eight runs, six of which were earned, on seven hits. The Tars defense had all kinds of trouble as they accounted for six errors as a team. Gene Howard was once again the Tars leading hitter as he went 1-4 with a three run home-run. Anthony Soto also had a productive day. Soto went 3-4 with two runs scored, a double, and a stolen base.

This week, Rollins hosts the UMass-Amherst on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. before traveling to Miami for a Sunshine State Conference series with Barry this weekend.

Last week:

Rollins 7, Long Island 2

Season record: 9-5

The Rollins women's tennis team rolled to a sweep in doubles play and took the top three singles matches as the Tars defeated Long Island University 7-2 on Wednesday. The victory improves Rollins to 9-5 on the year while the Blackbirds fall to 5-5.

After falling in their first three matches of the season, Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler made it eight wins in a row from the No. 1 double position as they defeated Merve Koksal and Krystina Bachner 8-2. Anastasiya Shevchenko and Silvia Frandji were easy winners in the No. 2 slot as they took Amy Hosotsuji and Jessica Loose 8-0. Sonia Bernal and Melanie Beck teamed for the first time this season and came out on top in the No. 3 doubles match, defeating Claudia Arteaga and Ashley Harvey 8-6.

Rollins quickly put the match away as they took four of the six singles matches with three winning in straight sets. Purcell won her sixth match in a row, downing Loose 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 1 slot. Mahler took the No. 2 match over Koksal 6-2, 6-1 with Frandji winning the No. 5 match 6-2, 6-2 over Hosotsuji. Bernal took a while to get going in the No. 3 position as she dropped the first set 0-6, but bounced back for 6-2 and 6-4 victories for a Rollins win. Harvey defeated Shevchenko 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 4 match and Arteaga took Beck 3-6, 6-0, 11-9 in the No. 6 position for Long Island. Rollins returns to action on Tuesday, March 21 as they will host Jacksonville State at 3:30 p.m.

Last week:

Rollins 7, Florida Tech 2

Ouachita Baptist 5, Rollins 4

Coming off a successful spring break trip, the Rollins men’s tennis team was right back at it as they split a pair of matches last week, downing Florida Tech and falling to Ouachita Baptist.

Rollins dropped the top doubles match, but won the next two and cruised in singles play as the Tars defeated Florida Tech 7-2 in a Sunshine State Conference match on Saturday.

The nation's 17 th ranked doubles team of Keith Kessler and Cliff Giel downed Rollins' Carlos Custodio and Brian Compton 8-6 for a Florida Tech point in the No. 1 doubles match. Rollins won other two doubles positions with Adrian Tan and Michael Schwartz downing Diego Quiros and David Fowler 8-4 in the No. 2 position and Jonathan Gomez and David Tafur taking Christian Smith and Jeremy Casperson 8-2 in the No. 3 match. Giel, the 27 th ranked singles player in the nation, downed Gomez 6-4, 6-1 in the No. 2 match, but that would be all the Panthers would get as Rollins rolled to straight set wins in the six remaining matches. Nineteenth ranked Custodio took Kessler 6-1, 6-2 in the No. 1 slot with Tan winning this third straight match, 6-0, 6-1 over Nick Bonilla. Compton won the No. 4 match for Rollins over Quiros 6-4, 6-1 with 48 th ranked Tafur winning 6-1, 6-1 over Smith in the No. 5 position. Albin Hubscher improved to 7-2 on the year with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Fowler in the No. 6 singles match.

Playing their fifth match against a top 10 opponent this season, Rollins was once again close to tasting victory, but couldn't come up with the big point as the Tars fell to second ranked Ouachita Baptist 5-4 on Sunday. The loss evens the tenth ranked Tars record at 7-7 while the Tigers improve to 9-2.

Playing in just their third match together, Carlos Custodio and Brian Compton put the Tars on the board with a victory at No. 1 doubles, 9-7 over Emilien Rabin and Alejandro Chong. In the No. 3 doubles match, Jonathan Gomez and David Tafur had a match point, but were unable to convert and fell to Joan Costa and Vagen Akapian 9-8(8). Adrian Tan and Michael Schwartz fell in the No. 2 doubles match to Ondra Vana and Jakub Smid, 8-4.

Down 2-1, the Tars were ready to take control, but couldn't get things turned around and split with the Tigers in singles play. Tan upset 31 st ranked Akapian 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the No. 2 match while Albin Hubscher also came from behind to take a victory, beating Vasek Stverka 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 6 match. Gomez and Smid locked horns in the No. 3 position with Gomez coming out on top, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (0).

Vana downed nineteenth ranked Custodio 7-5, 7-5 in the No. 1 match, Compton had a service break in the third set in the No. 4 match, but ultimately fell to Pintaluba 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 and #48 Tafur was downed by Chong 6-1 (4), 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 5 slot.

Rollins returns to action on Tuesday, March 21 as they will host Jacksonville State at 2:30 p.m.

Last week:

Rollins 4^th of 12 teams at Kauai Collegiate Cup (Princeville, Hawaii)

Playing in the middle of Hawaii’s rainiest weather in more than 40 years, the Rollins men’s golf team posted one of the best rounds of the season and took fourth at the 7^th Annual Kauai Collegiate Cup, hosted by Western Kentucky University. The event, played at the Makai Course in the Princeville Resort on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, was scheduled for 54 holes, but was shortened to just 18 due to inclement weather.

Rollins totaled 287 strokes in the round, nine shots back of winner Illinois State University (278). Western Illinois University was the runner up with 285 shots with Princeton coming in third (286).

Junior Darren Lundgren had a career round, firing 34 on both the front and back nines and tying for second place with a four-under par 68. Andrew Pranger tied for 16^th place, shooting even par 72 with Tim Acquaviva tying for 24^th place with 73 strokes. Dan Walters and Jeff Golden both tied for 30^th place with rounds of 74.

Matt Miller of Illinois State took medalist honors, carding 66 in the round.

The Rollins men’s golf team returns to the lower 48 and will compete in the Georgia College Invitational March 26-28 in Greensboro, Georgia.

Seventeen Rollins College athletes from seven sports were honored by the Sunshine State Conference Friday for their accomplishments in the month of February with the Commissioner’s List of Outstanding Achievement award. Sophomore Jonny Reibel and juniors John Thinnes and Isaac Codrey were honored from the men’s basketball team. Sophomore Jennifer Musgrove and senior Joslyn Giles were honored from the women’s basketball team. Juniors Gene Howard and David Nathanson and sophomore Gary Martoccio represented the baseball team. Freshmen Jamie Rausch and Nicole Anderson and sophomore Ingrid Schumacher all received the award from the softball team. Women’s golf had three players selected: Seniors Charlotte Campbell and Mariana de Biase and sophomore Vanessa Vela all took home the COLA. The men’s tennis team was represented by freshman Adrian Tan. And the women’s tennis team was represented by sophomore Sonia Bernal and freshman Anastasiya Shevchenko.

The conference honored 156 total athletes from each of the nine conference schools with the COLA award. The Commissioner’s List of Outstanding Achievement is designed to recognize the top athletic performers at each SSC school in a given calendar month.

The men’s basketball team finished out the month of February on a march into the NCAA Division II tournament. The Tars went 6-2 in the month and were able to close out the Sunshine State Conference’s regular season title. Rollins would then go on in the month of March to win the SSC tournament title for only the second time in school history. The Tars ended their season in the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament as they fell to Montevallo 81-68.

John Thinnes led the Tars down the last stretch of the season. Thinnes averaged 11.8 points per game during the month shooting 45 percent from the floor and 40 percent from three point range. Thinnes followed up February by tearing up the competition in the SSC Tournament and earning the tournament’s ‘Most Outstanding Player’ award. Jonny Reibel finished the season strong as well as he averaged 11.9 points per game and shot the ball 54 percent from the field and 49 percent from beyond the arc. Reibel earned a spot on the SSC All Tournament Team for his excellent play. Isaac Codrey also had a big end to the season. Codrey averaged 11.3 points per game and shot a sizzling 63 percent from the floor. Codrey lifted the Tars up in the SSC Championship game against Barry hitting the winning shot in overtime. Codrey’s performance earned him a spot on the SSC All Tournament team as well.

The women’s basketball team’s dream season has finally come to a close. The Tars went 8-0 in the month of February, finishing off a perfect regular season. After going undefeated through the entire 26 game regular season, the Tars suffered their first defeat in the SSC Championship game against Tampa when the Spartans ended the streak with a 56-47 win. The Tars then went on to the NCAA Division II tournament where the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles ended their season in a 48-46 overtime thriller.

Joslyn Giles finished off the 2005-06 season with style as she led her team in scoring and rebounding at 14.8 points per game and 8.1 rebounds per game. Giles had an outstanding senior season. She accumulated a mountain of accolades including a spot on the SSC All-Tournament team, the SSC’s Player of the Year award, first team All-SSC, and an All-South Region team award. Giles is also up for a spot on the All-American team. Jennifer Musgrove finished the year with her best play of the entire season. Musgrove was third on the team in scoring during February with an averaged of 9.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Musgrove earned the SSC Player of the Week for the last week of the regular season and also earned a spot on the SSC All-Tournament team.

The Baseball team had a good month in February going 10-5 overall and staying tough at home at 9-3. The highlight of the month was a weekend series against regional opponent Carson Newman when the Tars took three out of four from the Eagles. The Tars also got a big win at home against head coach Jon Sjogren’s former school, Bryant.

Junior Gene Howard led the Tars offensively as he posted a .431 batting average during the month. Howard hit in a team best 12 RBI and accumulated a .586 slugging percentage while also playing a stellar third base. Gary Martoccio has been very consistent as the Tars lead-off hitter. Martoccio has the team’s best on base percentage at .563, leads the team in walks with 16 and is second in batting average at .378. David Nathanson has been the Tars most consistent starter so far in this young season. Nathanson posted a 1-1 record in February with a 1.88 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 24 innings.

The softball team is off to the best start in the program’s history. The Tars are 28-5 so far this season and went 8-1 in February. Head Coach Michelle Frew recently posted a major coaching milestone of note. Frew won her 300th game of her nine year coaching career at Rollins against Spring Arbor.

Freshman Nicole Anderson has been a huge part of the team’s successes early on this season. Anderson went 5-1 in the month of February with six complete games and two shutouts. She relinquished only 15 hits in 39 innings worked while striking out 54. She also threw her first no-hitter of the year in February. Jamie Rausch has been tearing the cover off the ball for the Tars this season. Rausch batted .556 for the Tars in February with two homers and four RBI. And sophomore Ingrid Schumacher has been another stellar pitcher for the Tars. Schumacher posted a minuscule ERA of 1.40 while winning three games in February.

The Women’s Golf team is back in championship form to start off the season. The three-time defending National Champions have started the spring off with three straight first place finishes. The Tars started the spring off with a win in the 8th Annual UCF Spring Invitational, then followed it up with a win in the Lady Moc Inviational, and their latest win was at the 31st Annual Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational.

Charlotte Campbell is out once again to set the NCAA Division II golf field on fire. Campbell finished fourth at the UCF Invitational, then first at the Lady Moc Invitational, and most recently finished seventh in the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational. Mariana De Biase started her season off with a sixth place finish in the UCF Invitational, then followed it up with a third place tie in the Lady Moc Invitational. In the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational, De Biase had another stellar showing when she finished fourth in the field of 74. Vanessa Vela started her spring season off with an 11th place finish in the UCF Invitational, followed by a sixth place finish in the Lady Moc Invitational. She most recently finished 11th once again in the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational.

Both tennis teams are off to a good start this spring for the Tars. The men’s team is even right now at 7-7 and has a SSC record of 1-1. The women’s team is 9-5 this year, and are 3-2 in the SSC.

Soni Bernal has stormed out of the gates this spring. Bernal has started off 6-3 in singles play mostly as the #3, and has won her last four matches including a win against #4 Nova Southeastern’s Andrea Moncada. Bernal is also 5-4 in doubles play this season. She has played mostly as the number two seeded player paired with Cassie Webster and they have wins over Tampa, Saint Leo and Florida Tech. Anastasiya Shevchenko matched Bernal’s record in the month of February at 6-3 as the #4. The freshman got her biggest win against #4 West Florida’s Anne Clare, 6-4, 7-6. Shevchenko was also 5-4 in doubles play in February as the #2. She and her partners also knocked off their conference opponents from Saint Leo, Tampa and Florida Tech.

Adrian Tan has been a very consistent player for the Tars men’s team this season. Tan posted a record of 6-2 in the month of February mostly as the number two seed. Tan won his first six matches of the spring including wins over #2 Armstrong Atlantic’s Robert Jendelund and #1 West Florida’s Alberto Torchia. Tan is also 5-3 in doubles play this season as the number three seed.

SAVE THE DATE!! – MYERS-MILLER TEAM GOLF TOURNAMENT

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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