September 6 , 2005

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ROLLINS ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS

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***WOMEN'S SOCCER WINS PAIR TO STAY PERFECT ON THE SEASON

***VOLLEYBALL STAYS HOT WITH BIG FLA. SOUTHERN CLASSIC

***MEN'S SOCCER STRUGGLES IN ALABAMA SWING

***CROSS COUNTRY OPENS WITH SOLID RUN AT SAINT LEO

WEEKLY ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Friday, September 9 Volleyball vs. Augusta St. (Armstrong Atlantic Invite) – Savannah , Ga. – 1 p.m. Volleyball vs. Wingate ( ArmstrongAtlantic Invite) – Savannah , Ga. – 7 p.m. Women's Soccer vs. West Florida – Cahall-Sandspur Field – 5 p.m. Men's Soccer vs. West Florida – Cahall-Sandspur Field – 7 p.m. Saturday, September 10 Cross Country at Florida Tech Invitational – Melbourne , Fla. – 8 a.m. Sailing at South Points #2 – Lake Virginia – 8 a.m. Volleyball vs. Presbyterian (Armstrong Atlantic Invite) – Savannah , Ga. – 9 a.m. Volleyball vs. Francis Marion (Armstrong Atlantic Invite) – Savannah , Ga. – 1 p.m. Waterski at U.S. Open – Lake Buena Vista , Fla. – All Day Sunday, September 11 Sailing at South Points #2 – Lake Virginia – All Day Waterski at U.S. Open – Lake Buena Vista , Fla. – All Day Women's Soccer vs. Armstrong Atlantic – Cahall-Sandspur Field – 1 p.m. Men's Soccer vs. Flagler – Cahall-Sandspur Field – 4 p.m.

ROLLINS COLLEGE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Laura Guild

Senior – Forward

Jupiter , Fla . / Cardinal Newman

 

Senior Laura Guild tallied two huge goals last weekend, lifting Rollins to a pair of region victories and keeping the Tars perfect on the season. She scored the game winner in the Tars 1-0 triumph over Alabama-Huntsville as she sent a strike past the UAH keeper just 5:23 into the contest. She then opened scoring in the Tars 2-1 overtime win against Montevallo with a goal in the 39 th minute. Guild sits fifth in the Tars all-time goals scored list with 22, just four back of fourth place.

 

WOMEN'S SOCCER WINS PAIR TO STAY PERFECT ON THE YEAR

Rollins 1, Alabama-Huntsville 0

Rollins 2, Montevallo 1 (OT)

Season Record: 3-0

Defense has been the key to the Tars success this season as they have allowed just one goal and are 3-0 for the first time in program history. After blanking Flagler 1-0 to open the year, Rollins headed to Alabama for a pair of south region games last weekend. Senior Laura Guild ( Jupiter , Fla . / Cardinal Newman) scored the lone goal and game winner just 5:23 into the contest. After a stop on the other end of the field, the visitors moved the ball up field with quick passes from Alison Tradd ( Longwood , Fla . / Lake Mary) and Cristina Saenz ( Altamonte Spring , Fla. /Bishop Moore ). Guild then broke away from a pack of defenders and found the back of the net for Rollins' lone score. Goalkeeper Francesca Nicoloso ( Tallahassee , Fla . / Lawton Chiles) and the defense of Tradd , Lindsay Taylor (Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter Community), Jen Finkel (Marlton, N.J./The Lawrenceville School) and Danielle Martin (Melbourne, Fla./Melbourne Central Catholic) took care of the rest, allowing UAH just two shots on goal. Nicoloso's shutout was the 15 th of her career.

The Tars then headed to Montevallo , Alabama for another big region game. Guild put Rollins up 1-0 as she found the back of the net in the 39 th minute after a Martin offering for her second goal of the road trip. The hosts fought back 13 minutes later with a goal to knot the score 1-1. The score was the first surrendered by the Rollins defense of the season and ended their 231 minute scoreless streak. Both schools defenses locked down for the remainder of the period and regulation ended with the score locked. Rollins was on the attack right out of the gate in overtime, firing off three shots. The game winner came off the foot of freshman Dana Trunzo ( Port Orange , Fla . / Spruce Creek) in the 98 th minute as a Dana Merrill (Melbourne, Fla./Melbourne Central Catholic) corner kick bounced around in the box until Trunzo fired to the back of the net.

Rollins is looking at another big weekend coming up as they host a pair of matches. West Florida comes to town Friday, September 9 for a 5 p.m. contest, followed by a 1 p.m. Sunday, September 11 match-up with Armstrong Atlantic. All home contests are played at The Barker Family Stadium at Cahall-Sandspur Field.

 

VOLLEYBALL STAYS HOT WITH BIG FLORIDA SOUTHERN CLASSIC

Rollins College 3, Dowling 1 (30-24 ,30 -27,34-36,30-22) 

Mount Olive 3, Rollins College 1 (30-27 ,30 -25,16-30,32-30)

Rollins College 3, Franklin Pierce 0 (30-21 ,30 -17,30-24) 

Rollins College 3, Bryant 2 (30-27 ,27 -30,29-31,30-15,19-17)

 

Season Record: 7-1

 

The Rollins volleyball team continued their hot start to the season, going 3-1 at the Florida Southern Classic. The Tars opened with a 3-1 victory over Dowling in a Friday home match, winning the first two games 30-24 and 30-27 before falling 36-34 in game three. The Tars bounced back to seal the victory with a 30-22 win in game four.   Julia Caner ( Boca Raton , Fla . / Olympic Heights) rolled up 27 kills and 10 digs to lead the Tars in the match. Lorena Orlandini ( Miraflores , Lima Peru/ Nuestra Senora Del Carmen) tallied 16 kills in the match with Kim Cline ( Lake Worth , Fla. /John I. Leonard) racking up 22 digs. Setter Lacey Malarky ( Lawrence , Kan . / Free State ) posted 56 assists in the game. In the day one night cap, Rollins was locked in a battle with Mount Olive , but fell 3-1 (30-27 ,30 -25,16-30,32-30).   Allison North ( Mobile , Ala . / McGill Toolen Catholic) blasted 15 kills in the match while Caner   rocked 12 kills and recorded a team best 16 digs.

 

For day two of the tournament, Rollins traveled to Lakeland for matches against Franklin Pierce and Bryant. The Tars scored their first 3-0 victory of the season in the day's opener over FPC , winning 30-21, 30-17, 30-24. Orlandini (13 kills), North (11 kills) and Caner (12 kills) led the Tars attack as each reached double-digit kills with Caner also adding 15 digs. Defensive specialist Cline led Rollins with 17 digs. The fourth and final game of the tournament proved to be the biggest battle as Rollins fought Bryant to a five game victory. The Tars took game one 30-27 before falling 30-27, 31-29 in games two and three. After a 30-15 win in the fourth game, the Blue and Gold pulled out a 19-17 win in game five to improve their season record to 7-1. Orlandini posted a season and career high 32 kills in the contest while putting up a .540 attack percentage. Her single match kills ranks second highest in Rollins' program history. Malarky also had a huge game, rolling up 62 assists while Cline added 23 digs. Freshman Stephanie Nichols ( Lake Mary , Fla . / The Master's Academy) posted a career best 13 kills in the game.

 

Rollins plays in their third tournament in as many weeks this weekend as they travel to Savannah , Georgia for the AASU /Chatham Orthopaedics Pirate Volleyball Classic. The Tars match up with Augusta St. at 1 p.m. and Wingate at 7 p.m. on Friday to open play. They then take on Presbyterian at 9 a.m. and Francis Marion at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The tournament can be followed by logging onto http://www.athletics.armstrong.edu/volley/vb2005classic.html    

 

MEN'S SOCCER STRUGGLES IN ALABAMA SWING

Alabama-Huntsville 2, Rollins 1

Montevallo 2, Rollins 1

 

Season Record: 1-2

 

Rollins opened up a three day, two game Alabama road trip with a Friday match-up against Ala.-Huntsville. The hosts took an early 1-0 lead in the 21 st minute with a strike deep in the box. The score remained the same at halftime as Rollins fired off seven shots in the opening period, but none found the net. With their backs against the wall in the 86 th minute, Ryan Dodds ( Windermere , Fla . / Edgewater) sent a pass to freshman Dennis Chin ( Oviedo , Fla. /Oviedo) who broke away and blasted a shot past the Chargers keeper, knotting the score at 1-1. The celebration was short lived as UAH answered just 91 ticks later with a breakaway score that proved to be the game winner. Keeper Frazer Siddall (Les Lauriers , Channel Islands/ Hautlieu ) gathered three saves, but suffered the loss.

 

The Tars then matched up with Montevallo on Sunday, but were once again turned away by a score of 2-1. The contest was almost a carbon copy of the Tars prior game as Montevallo took a 1-0 lead early into the game with a goal in the fifth minute. Rollins got on the board in the 10 th minute as a Christopher Chafin (Lake Worth, Fla./The Kings Academy) shot rebounded off the UM keeper and right to Dodds who put it past the keeper for his second goal of the season. Jon Gruenwald (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) also assisted on the play. Montevallo came back in the waning minutes of the first half to take a 2-1 lead, which was all the hosts would need as both schools defenses dominated the second period. Rollins got off 13 shots to Montevallo's eight in the game.

 

Rollins gets right back to it this weekend as they host a pair of matches in Winter Park . The Tars will clash with the University of West Florida Friday, September 9 at 7 p.m. and Flagler College Sunday, September 11 at 4 p.m.

 

CROSS COUNTRY OPENS WITH SOLID RUN AT SAINT LEO

Men – 5 th of five teams

Women – 4 th of five teams

 

The Rollins cross country team began their 2005 campaign with the Saint Leo Invitational at the Little Everglades Ranch in Dade City on Friday. Due to severe weather and lightning only one 5k race was run. Tampa took both the men's and women's team titles with Florida Southern coming in second. The Rollins men finished in fifth place on the men's side and fourth in the women's division. Robert Hoffman crossed the line in 18:43 to come in 22 nd place and lead the Tars. Patrick Flynn (24 th ; 19:04) and Karl Reicken (30 th ; 19:44) also finished in the top 30 for the Blue and Gold. The women were paced by a 10 th place finish from Kristina Aronson, who stopped the clock at 20:18. Elizabeth Arthur gave the Tars two runners in the top 20 as she took 19 th place in 22:43.

 

The Rollins cross country teams will be back in action on Friday, September 10 in Melbourne for the Florida Tech Invitational.  

2005 Saint Leo University Invitational

9/2/05 – Little Everglades Steeple Chase (5 k)

 

Men Team Scores:

 

University of Tampa – 34

Florida Southern – 35

Florida Gulf Coast – 67

Saint Leo – 114

Rollins – 124

 

Women's Team Scores:

 

University of Tampa – 28*

Florida Southern – 28

Florida Gulf Coast – 80

Rollins – 100

Saint Leo – 168

 

Men's Top 10

 

Women's Top 10

 

 

 

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