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WEEKLY ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

Monday, March 27

Men's Golf at Bobcat/Georgia College and State University Invite – Lake Oconee, Ga. – All Day

Tuesday, March 28

Men's Golf at Bobcat/Georgia College and State University Invite – Lake Oconee, Ga. – All Day
Baseball vs. Saint Leo (non-conference) – Alfond Stadium – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 29

Men's Tennis vs. Flagler – Tiedtke Tennis Courts – 2:30 p.m.
Women's Tennis vs. Armstrong Atlantic – Martin Tennis Complex – 3:30 p.m.

Friday, March 31

Women's Golf at Ryder Collegiate Championships – Miami Lakes, Fla. – All Day
Softball at Florida Tech – Melbourne, Fla. – 2 p.m.
Women's Tennis vs. Northwood (Mich.) – Martin Tennis Complex – 2:30 p.m.
Baseball vs. Florida Tech – Alfond Stadium – 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 1

Women's Golf at Ryder Collegiate Championships – Miami Lakes, Fla. – All Day
Rowing at San Diego Crew Classic – San Diego, Calif. – All Day
Men's Tennis at Florida Southern – Lakeland, Fla. – 11 a.m.
Softball vs. Florida Tech (DH) – Melbourne, Fla. – 1 p.m.
Baseball vs. Florida Tech (DH) – Alfond Stadium – 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 2

Women's Golf at Ryder Collegiate Championships – Miami Lakes, Fla. – All Day
Men's Golf at Southeastern Invitational – Valdosta, Ga. – All Day
Men's Tennis at Florida Gulf Coast – Ft. Myers, Fla. – 10 a.m.

Graham McGrath (Duxbury, Mass.) and Mary Kate Donovan (Nahant, Mass.) highlighted the Tars effort last weekend at South Points #5 in Atlanta as the won seven of eight races in the B division while also taking one second place finish. Battling horrific conditions and freezing temperatures, they consistently won each race by eight boat lengths over the likes of Florida, Georgia Tech, South Florida and Florida Atlantic. Due in large part to the talents of McGrath and Donovan, the Tars are in the midst of one of their best seasons in recent years.

Rollins College women's basketball head coach Glenn Wilkes, Jr. has been named the 2006 RUSSELL ATHLETIC/WBCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year and senior forward Joslyn Giles landed on the KODAK/WBCA All-America Basketball Team.

“It is a great honor to be named the national coach of the year. It hasn't quite hit me yet how special it is to receive this award,” said Wilkes. “It really says a lot about the quality of our team and season we had this year. A piece of this honor also goes to my staff: Eddie Cole, Tami Stark and Kim Babers have been instrumental to the team's successes. My dad (legendary Stetson Head Coach Glenn Wilkes, Sr.) has given me so much guidance over the years. I would have never been able to accomplish all of this with out him.”

Senior forward Joslyn Giles (Winter Haven, Fla.) was named Honorable Mention All-America, capping off one of the best careers ever by a Tars basketball player.

“It couldn't have happened to a better player,” added Wilkes. “Joslyn is a class act on an off the court, she has been an absolute pleasure to coach these past three years. Her talent, leadership and dedication will be missed next year.”

Glenn Wilkes Jr. led this year's Tars team to an outstanding 28-2 finish in his 20 th year at the helm of the Tars program. The 2005-06 Tars became the first team in school and SSC history to go undefeated in the regular season and was the first team to go 16-0 in conference play. It was their ninth consecutive 20+ win season and 16 th under Wilkes, improving his career record to 446-141, good enough for a .760 winning percentage. His career victories and winning percentage place him in the top 15 among all active Division II coaches. During his 20-year tenure with the Tars, Wilkes' teams have earned ten regular season Sunshine State Conference (SSC) titles, six SSC Tournament championships and he has been named SSC Coach of the Year nine times. Wilkes has also earned South Regional Coach of the Year five times and advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament nine times.

Over the last seven campaigns, Wilkes has taken the Tars to an even higher level of conference and national success. Rollins is regularly found on the WBCA Top 20 and atop the Sunshine State Conference standings. The Tars have won five SSC titles, four SSC Tournament Championships, and earned berths to six out of the past seven NCAA Tournaments.

Senior forward Joslyn Giles was a huge reason for the successes of this year's Tars team. Giles became the third player in Rollins history to be named the Sunshine State Player of the Year. She led the Tars with an average of 14.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and finished third overall in the conference in points per game. In addition to her Kodak All-America team honorable mention nod, Giles was also named first team All-Conference, first team All-South Region, and she was named to the SSC All-Tournament team.

On February 15, Giles became the 17 th player in Rollins women's basketball history to reach the coveted 1,000 point plateau. In her three seasons as a Tar, Giles accumulated 1,084 points. Including her 332 points she scored as a freshman at Stetson, Giles has a career total of 1,416 points. On December 4, she was named the Conference women's basketball Player of the Week after leading the Tars to two victories and averaging 19.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.0 steals per game. Giles finishes her career at Rollins at the top of many of the all-time career lists including 15 th in total point (1,084), ninth in total rebounds (607), fifth in blocked shots (106), and sixth in made free throws (343).

The Rollins College softball team spent the week in Winter Park, hosting Southern Arkansas for a double header on Monday and conference opponent Saint Leo for a weekend series. The Tars and Lady Muleriders split their double header with Rollins winning game one 4-3 and Southern Arkansas winning game two 2-1. Against Saint Leo, the Tars ran into a tough pitcher in Katie Heintz and dropped the series opener 1-0 on Friday evening and game one on Saturday 2-1 before rallying to win game two on Saturday 1-0 in eight innings.

The Tars now stand at 30-8 on the season and 8-4 in the Sunshine State Conference. Senior Kelly Cruz (Winter Springs, Fla.) notched six hits during the week, going 6-15 at the plate (.400) with one double and three RBI to lead the Tars. Cruz now has 192 hits in her four year career at Rollins, two shy of the Rollins All-Time record held by Jody Horton with 194 hits. Sophomore Ingrid Schumacher (Naples, Fla.) and freshman Nicole Anderson (Brandon, Fla.) split the pitching duties during the week, with Schumacher finishing 1-1 with an ERA of 0.84. In 16.2 innings of work she allowed only 14 hits and two runs while walking three and striking out 15. Anderson went 1-2 for the week with an ERA of 2.17. In her 19.1 innings she struck out 19 while surrendering 18 hits, six runs and four walks.

In the first game of the Monday evening double header against Southern Arkansas, Rollins jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after Cruz doubled home two runs in the bottom of the first. Southern Arkansas then scored the next three runs, one in the fourth courtesy of an Erin Litvik homerun and two in the fifth. The Tars tied the score in the bottom of the sixth when junior Victoria Rudolph (Titusville, Fla.) hit her first homerun of the season over the center field fence. Lady Mulerider pitcher Macie Astolfo then retired the next three batters, keeping the game notched at three. Rollins pitcher Anderson put Southern Arkansas down in order in the seventh, giving the Tars a chance to win in the bottom of the inning. Freshman Ashley East (Pace, Fla.) opened the inning by earning a walk and then advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt by junior Stacy Sanders (Orlando, Fla.). Freshman Jamie Rausch (Ocoee, Fla.) stepped to the plate and earned the second walk of the inning and then Cruz sent a foul ball to the third base side for the second out of the inning. Schumacher stepped to the plate with two out and two on when relief pitcher Kayla King's pitch got by the catcher advancing the runners to second and third. The catcher then attempted to throw out East as she was advancing to third and the ball went into left field, allowing East to score the winning run.

In the nightcap, both teams scored a run in the first and the Lady Muleriders got the go ahead run in the fourth to win the game 2-1. Schumacher suffered her first loss of the season, allowing six hits and two runs in six innings of work. Kayla King took the win for Southern Arkansas. Five separate Tars, East, Rausch, Cruz, Rudolph and junior Devon Kontos (Orlando, Fla.), tallied one hit in the game, as the Tars were out-hit 6-5 and left five base runners stranded.

The Tars then turned their attention to Saint Leo and unfortunately ran into a hot pitcher on Friday evening and dropped the series opener 1-0. Lions' pitcher Katie Heintz allowed only three hits and struck out 14 batters to lead Saint Leo over the Tars. Anderson recorded the loss for the Tars, throwing seven innings and allowing only six hits and one run while striking out five. Inning after inning the two pitchers held their opponents scoreless and combined to allow only nine hits in the game, seven singles, one double and one home run. Junior outfielder Hayley Mallory got a hold of an Anderson pitch and sent to ball sailing over the left field fence for the game's lone score in the fifth inning. Cruz recorded two hits in the game, going 2-3, while Kontos notched the other hit for the Tars, a single to left field in the sixth inning.

In a Saturday afternoon double header Rollins took one of two from Saint Leo, losing the first game 2-1 and grabbing the second 1-0 in eight innings. The pitchers for both teams ruled the day, as neither team was able to put together a rally to grab an out-right lead. In game one, Rollins took an early 1-0 lead as Cruz singled to center field scoring Sanders from second base. Cruz led the Tars in game one, going 2-3 with one RBI. Sophomore Jennifer Olsen (Winter Haven, Fla.) notched the other hit in the game for Rollins in the fifth, but was left stranded on second base. The Lions scored their first run of the game in the second, as Rollins pitcher Anderson hit Stasi Sattler with the bases loaded, scoring Ally Maddox from third base. The Lions scored again in the fifth as they opened the inning with a single and two doubles.

Game two was a battle of the pitchers, as Heintz and Schumacher kept their opponents in check. In the bottom of the eighth, the Tars put together a run and scored the only run of the game, taking the 1-0 victory. After senior Kallie Jones (Chandler, Okla.) opened the eighth inning with a groundout to the shortstop, Schumacher walked. Junior Lauren Winney (Jacksonville, Fla.) pinch ran for Schumacher, advanced to second on a wild pitch and to third on a bunt by Kontos. Olsen then stepped to the plate and sent a single to center field, scoring Winney and ending the game. Schumacher went all eight innings for the Tars, allowing seven hits and three walks while striking out seven for her tenth win of the season. Heintz also went the distance giving up three hits and three walks while striking out 14.

Rollins will return to the field on Friday, March 31 when they travel to Melbourne, Fla. to take on Florida Tech for a weekend series. The two teams will play game one on Friday at 1:00 p.m. and return on Saturday, April 1 for a double header, scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.

The Rollins baseball team had a tough time last week, finishing just under .500 with a 2-3 record against Division I foe, Massachusetts and SSC rival, Barry. The Tars split a two game set at home with the Minutemen and then traveled down to Miami Shores where they lost two out of three to the Buccaneers. Junior third baseman Gene Howard led the Tars at the plate, posting a .500 batting average for the week. Junior starting pitcher David Nathanson pitched brilliantly against Barry on Friday night despite being tagged with the loss. Junior starting pitcher Mario Lombardo pitched his second complete game of the year in the Tars' victory over Barry on Sunday.

The week began with a tough defeat at the hands of the University of Massachusetts on Tuesday. Junior Jonathan Wano got the start for the Tars and found himself in a 4-0 hole early due to three unearned runs. The Tars offense couldn't recover from the damage done on the defensive end and Rollins dropped the game 7-2. Freshman outfielder Anthony Soto was the only Tar with multiple hits as he went 2-5 on the night with a run scored.

The Tars returned Wednesday night and exacted some revenge on the Minutemen with a 13-5 win. Freshman reliever John Masklee came in to pitch in the fourth inning, working five solid innings for his first collegiate victory. The Tars took advantage of six UMass errors and slugged out 11 hits on the day. Junior shortstop Ryan McKenzie led the Rollins offense going 2-3 with two runs scored, two doubles, and three runs batted in.

Friday, the Tars headed down to Miami Shores, only to get shut-out by the Buccaneers' Jayson Brown. Brown went the distance for a complete game shutout, surrendering only five hits while striking out eleven. Junior David Nathanson pitched very well for the Tars, going eight innings for the complete game and giving up two runs on seven hits while matching a season high with ten strike-outs. Gene Howard was the only Tar to get multiple hits as he went 3-4 with a double.

Saturday Barry took the first game of a double header 7-5, but the Tars were able to avoid the sweep with a 6-1 victory in the second game. In the opener the Tars led the Bucs 5-2 going into the bottom of the eighth inning only to see their lead evaporate into a 7-5 Buccaneer victory. Eduardo Chile pitched well but faltered in the end giving up six earned runs on six hits. Ryan McKenzie led the Tars in hitting once again going 2-4 with a run score and a RBI. Mario Lombardo took care of the Bucs in the second game going the full seven innings for the complete game while giving up just one run on five hits. Senior Brent Magnuson was the Tars leading hitter going 2-4 with a run scored and two RBI.

The Tars are now 18-13 overall and sit at 3-6 in SSC play. The Tars have the SSC's best rated pitching staff, leading the league in ERA at 3.14. Rollins will continue SSC play this week as they host Saint Leo on Tuesday March 28 at 7 pm, and then welcome Florida Tech for a three game set on Friday and Saturday March 31 and April 1.

The Rollins varsity sailing team concluded the regular season with a very successful trip to Atlanta for South Points #5. The sailors had to brave strong winds and temperatures hovering in the low 40s. Graham McGrath and Mary Kate Donovan highlighted the Tars effort as they won seven of eight races in the B division while also taking one second place finish. They were consistently winning each race by eight boat lengths over the likes of Florida, Georgia Tech, South Florida and Florida Atlantic.

Sailing in the A division for the Tars was skipper Alvaro Sanchez and crew Ryan Kearney for the first six races with Natalie Powers replacing Kearney for the final two trips down the course.

Rollins will look to continue their stellar season on April 8-9 at the SAISA Championships in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Rollins men's and women's rowing teams hosted the Spring Break Race on a very windy and chilly Saturday morning at Lake Maitland. The Tars weren't victorious in any of the fours or eights, but still posted some good times in the tough conditions.

The team men's varsity eight of Colleen Reagan, Drew Brodnax, Shawn Tavares, Skyler Wilson, Eric Fraser, Trevor Luna, David Bagby, Brandon Koch and Collin Campbell scored a second place finish, covering the distance in 5:52.7. The Tars took second and fourth in the varsity four race with the A boat of Reagan, Brodnax, Tavares, Koch and Campbell posting a time of 6:20.4 and the B team of Lisa Knapp, Fraser, Wilson, Bagby and Luna going 6:35.5. Brodnax and Bagby teamed to take first in the pairs event with a time of 7:11.4 while Campbell and Koch took second in 7:18.2.

Nova Southeastern swept the women's competition, winning each of the five races. The Tars novice eight of Knapp, Katie Broome, Cheli Wilkerson, Liza Hussey, Sarah Pantages, Kelly McNoldy, Rachel Todd, Shannon Van Dyke and Laura Edwards finished second with a time of 7:10.0, just five seconds behind Nova SE, but five seconds ahead of UCF. The varsity eight boat of Knapp, Kim Lucy, Broome, Wilkerson, Hussey, Pantages, Edwards, VanDyke and Megan Wise finished in third place with a time of 7:10.8.

The event concludes the Tars home slate, but they will get right back into it with a trip West for the San Diego Crew Classic on Saturday, April 1.

The fourteenth ranked Rollins women's tennis team scored upset victories in the top two singles matches, but were unable to overcome a tough Barry team and fell 6-3 on Saturday. The Tars drop to 9-6 overall and 3-3 in conference play while the fourth ranked Bucs improve to 7-1, 5-0.

Rollins went one for two in doubles play, scoring a win in the No. 3 match. In the No. 1 clash, fourth ranked Ildiko Csordas and Ana Maria Zuleta downed seventh ranked Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler 8-6 while Greta Trotman and Helen Wisniewski took Sonia Bernal and Cassie Webster 8-0 in the No. 2 slot. The Tars' Anastasiya Shevchenko and Silvia Frandji improved to 7-1 together as they took Muriel Sherwood and Pia Dozo-Moreno 8-3 at No. 3 doubles.

Fifteenth ranked Purcell dropped the first set at No. 1 singles, but powered back to post an upset victory over eighth ranked Csordas 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Mahler, ranked #42 in the nation, was just as successful in the No. 2 match, downing #12 Trotman 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. That would be it for the Tars, however, as Barry won the remaining four matches in straight sets.

In the No. 3 position, Zuleta took Bernal 6-2, 6-1 with Wisniewski downing Shevchenko 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 4 match. Sherwood won 6-4, 6-1 over Frandji at No. 5 singles while Dozo-Moreno took the No. 6 match 6-3, 6-3 over Frandji.

The Rollins women's tennis team returns to action on Wednesday, March 29 at home against Armstrong Atlantic. Play is slated to begin at 3:30 p.m.

Rollins went one for three in doubles, but Barry flexed their muscles in singles play as the tenth ranked Buccaneers downed the fourteenth ranked Tars 7-2 on Saturday. The loss puts Rollins at 7-8 overall and 1-2 in Sunshine State Conference play with Barry improving to 9-2, 3-1.

Brian Compton highlighted the Tars effort as he had a hand in both Rollins points. The sophomore teamed with Jonathan Gomez in the No. 3 doubles match to down Martin Jensen and Roman Werschel 8-6. Thomas Hipp and Patrick Rittenauer took Albin Hubscher and Adrian Tan 8-4 in the No. 1 position while Dirk Benninghaus and Victor Rodriguez won 8-4 over Carlos Custodio and David Tafur in the No. 2 position.

Compton also scored Rollins' lone singles point, winning the No. 5 match 6-3, 6-2 over Benninghaus. Seventh ranked Hipp downed #19 Carlos Custodio 6-2, 6-4 in the top position with Rittenauer taking Tan 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 2 slot. Number 38 Rodriguez won 6-2, 6-3 over Gomez while 48th ranked Tafur forced a super tie breaker, but fell to Werschel 6-7, 6-1, 10-7 in the No. 4 slot. Manuel Lauter won 6-4, 6-3 over Hubscher in the No. 6 singles match.

Rollins will return to action on Wednesday, March 29 against Flagler College in their last home contest of the season. Competition is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m.

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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