ROLLINS COLLEGE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Kim Cline

Volleyball – Sophomore

Lake Worth, Fla.

 

Rollins sophomore Kim Cline had a career week on the volleyball court last week. In the Tars three matches this past week, Cline totaled 58 digs and averaged 5.8 digs per game.  She helped hold the Tars opponents to a .208 hitting percentage, and led Rollins to two big Sunshine State Conference victories over Lynn and Nova Southeastern.  Cline had at least 16 digs in every match this past week, totaling 16 against Nova, a new career high 25 against Lynn, and 17 against Barry.  In the match against Lynn, she also added a career high four service aces. For the season, Cline has 393 total digs and averages 4.52 digs per game.  Her 393 total digs leads the SSC while her 4.52 digs per game ranks third in the conference. She was also honored as the SSC Player of the Week for her play, the second time she won the award this season.

 

 

TENNIS TEAMS CONCLUDE FALL SEASONS WITH VARNER INVITATIONAL

Last week: Men's and women's tennis at C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational

Official Web site: http://www.rollins.edu/athletics/2005Varner.shtml

 

Men:

The Rollins men's tennis team enjoyed a successful weekend at their fall season finale as the Tars hosted the six school C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational.   The event was washed out on day one and delayed throughout the weekend due to weather, but that didn't deter the great tennis action.

 

Senior and fourth seeded singles player Carlos Custodio highlighted the Tars effort in the flight A singles, advancing to the finals, but falling on Monday to Miles Koprivica of FSC 3-6, 4-1, ret, inj. He received a first round bye before defeating Lonardo Gomes of UNF 6-2, 6-1 and Sinan Sudas from UCF 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3. His semifinal opponent then defaulted due to injury to set up Custodio's finals match against Miles Koprivica of Florida Southern. Also in the A singles, Brian Compton advanced with a 6-0, 6-2 first round win over Anas Aladhoud of Saint Leo, but fell to Miles Koprivica of Florida Southern 7-6, 6-2, 6-1. Teammate David Tafur won his first round match 6-4, 6-4 over Martin Jensen of Barry before falling to UNF's Jose Terrera 6-2, 6-0. Rollins' Jonathan Gomez lost in a first round battle in flight A, falling to Justin Laflamme of Florida Southern 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

 

In flight B singles, Brian Irvin advanced the farthest for the Tars, making it to the quarterfinals. He downed Andrew Sheets of Saint Leo 6-1, 6-0 before defeating Florida Southern's Dustin Dixon 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round. He then fell to Dirk Benninghaus of Barry 7-6, 6-1. Mike Compton won his first round match 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 over Greg Heartt of FSC but fell to Jimmy Roesch of UCF 6-2, 6-2 in round two. Roesch advanced to that match after defeating the Tars Noah John 6-0, 6-1. Michael Schwartz defeated Shane Dalton from Jacksonville 6-3, 6-4 in his first round match, but fell to Elad Gabay of UNF 6-2, 6-4. Drew Hill received a first round bye and was downed by top seeded Norman Alcantra 6-3, 6-1. Fellow Tar Albin Hubscher also got a first round bye and defeated Adam Richardson of UNF 6-2, 6-4 in the second round, but fell to Brandon Delanois of UCF 6-1, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. Will Thwaites (6-4, 6-3), Ryan Fickes 6-4, 4-6, 6-2) and Jason Hamidi (6-1, 6-1) each fell in their opening round matches for the Tars.

 

In the consolation B flight, Thwaites defeated Sheets 8-2 and was set to match up with Fickes, but a double default allowed teammate Hill a free pass into the finals. Hill took advantage of the defaults and won the consolation final over Adam Richardson of North Florida by a score of 8-4.

 

In flight A doubles action, the team of Custodio and Tafur won their first match 8-2 over Terrera and Sigal of UNF before retiring to Soltane and Sackey of UCF in the semifinals. Gomez and Brian Compton were turned back 8-5 by Elanaamni and Farinz in their opener. In the B flight, Schwartz and Irvin downed teammates Thwaites and Fickes 8-3 in the second round, but fell to Sudas and Alcantra 3-0, ret. in the semifinals. The team of Michael Compton and Hubscher defeated Sheet and Strange 8-0 before falling to Roesch and Delanois of UCF in round two. Hamidi and Hill lost their opener 8-3 to Dixon and Heartt.

 

The Rollins men's tennis team begins their 2006 NCAA dual match season on Thursday, February 2 at home against UCF.

 

Women:

The Rollins women's tennis team battled through rainy weather and the hot Florida sunshine to put together the cap on a successful fall season at the C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational.

 

Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler highlighted the Tars effort as Mahler reached the quarterfinals of singles flight A and the pair advanced to the doubles flight A semi-finals. Mahler downed Carolina Melo 6-3, 6-1 in Saturday's opener and defeated Andrea Moncada from Nova Southeastern to advance to the quarterfinals. She matched up with top seeded Emese Sulyos of Jacksonville, but was turned back 6-2, 6-1. Purcell, the tournament's sixth seeded player, defeated Robin Rogers of UNF 6-0, 6-1 in her opening round before falling to Ana Maria Zuleta of Barry University 6-1, 7-5.

 

In doubles play, the duo came in as the second ranked team and received a first round bye. They then defeated the team of Talaenko and Korotkevich of Nova Southeastern 8-4 before falling to Mila Milovanovic and Marina Levin 8-4 in the semis.

 

Also in A flight singles for Rollins, Anastasiya Schevchenko was downed by Vanessa Sanches of UNF 6-2, 6-3 and Soni Bernal fell to Meritexel Gol from Florida Southern 6-4, 6-3. In the consolation round, Schevchenko defeated Anna Leonenko from Stetson 8-5 and Elvi Serrot of UCF 8-5 before falling to Melo 8-3 in the semifinals. Bernal dropped a close 9-7 decision to UNF's Catalina Castillo.

 

In the B draw, Cassie Webster was downed by Katherine de Vera 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round after a first round bye. Silvia Frandji also received a free pass into round two, but fell 6-3, 6-1 to Danielle Mollman of Stetson. Katie Parent fell in her first round match to Samantha Lange 6-0, 6-1 while teammate Sam Rothenberger also lost 6-0, 6-1 to Lauren Cockbill. In the back draw of the B flight, Webster received a pair of byes in to the semifinals where she defeated Parent, who advanced after an 8-5 win over Weronika Lomacka of Florida Southern, by a score of 8-6. Webster would then fall to the Megan Hunter of UCF in the back draw final 8-0.

 

In B flight doubles action, the team of Parent and Rothenberger were defeated by Lomacka and Fincham of FSC 8-5 while Frandji and Webster fell to Canady and Leonenko of Stetson 8-4.

 

The Rollins women's tennis team will begin their 2006 NCAA dual match season on Wednesday, February 8 at home against Stetson.

 

 

VOLLEYBALL PICKS UP MOMENTUM WITH BIG SSC WINS

Last week:

Rollins College 3, Nova Southeastern 0 (30-20,30-19,30-24)

Rollins College 3, Lynn 1 (30-24,28-30,30-28,30-17)

Barry 3, Rollins College 0 (30-25,30-23,30-27) 

 

Record: 16-7, 3-5 SSC

 

The Rollins women's volleyball team returned to their winning ways last week, going 2-1 including a pair of huge conference wins. The Tars dismantled Nova Southeastern in three games on Wednesday and took care of Lynn 3-1 on Friday. Rollins ran out of gas on Saturday as three matches in four days caught up with them and they dropped a 3-0 decision to defending national champion Barry.

 

In the home stand opener against the Nova SE Knights, the Tars came flying out of the gate and were in control the entire contest. Rollins grabbed a quick 20-13 lead on their way to an opening game 30-20 win.   The Tars limited themselves to only five hitting errors and forced the Knights into eight errors of their own.   The host Tars fell behind 12-10 early in game two, but tied the contest at 15 all before roaring to a 30-19 win. Rollins once again limited their mistakes, only hitting four errors in game two.   The Tars hitting percentage reached .364 in the second game.   The third game saw the Tars pull away from the Knights late.   The game was close with Nova leading 19-18, when the Tars went on another run to take a 25-22 lead.   The Tars would only give up two more points as they coasted to a 30-24 victory. The Tars had three players with double digit kills.   Sophomores Amy Barlow (Phoenix, Ariz./Seton Catholic) and Christina Reinders (Orlando, Fla./Winter Park) had their second good match in a row.   Barlow, the outside hitter, had 15 kills and only one hitting error for a .424 hitting percentage.   Reinders, the middle blocker, had 12 kills and only two errors for a .435 hitting percentage.   Senior middle blocker Allison North (Mobile, Ala./McGill Toolen Catholic) passed another milestone as a Tar.   With her seven kills on the night, North moved into seventh place on Rollins all-time kills list.   Junior outside hitter Julia Caner (Boca Raton, Fla./Olympic Heights) had her second straight double-double as she finished with 12 kills and 13 digs.   Sophomore Kim Cline (Lake Worth, Fla./John I. Leonard) had 16 digs to lead the defense.

 

Rollins was nearly as dominate in Friday night's home match with Lynn as the Tars cruised to a 3-1 victory. They again used large runs to pull away from the Fighting Knights.   With the opening game tied at five, Rollins went on a 13-2 run to take an 18-7 lead.   The Knights responded with an 11-6 run of their own to bring the score to 24-19 before another Tars run finished the Knights off   30-24.   The second game was a back and forth battle where neither team had a lead of more than two.   But with the score tied at 25, Lynn went up 27-25 and was able to maintain their two-point lead to win 30-28.   The third game was another seesaw battle, and once again the leads were small throughout.   The Tars went up 25-23 late in the game and were able to withstand the Knights charge and win the game 30-28.   The fourth game was pure domination by the Tars squad as Rollins held leads of 12-9 and 22-12 in the 30-17 victory. Caner shrugged off eight hitting errors to post her third double-double in a row with 14 kills and 17 digs with the 17 digs establishing a new season high.   Sophomore right side hitter Lorena Orlandini (Miraflores, Lima Peru/Nuestra Senora Del Carmen) had a big night with 15 kills and two blocks.   Barlow had her third straight match with double figure kills as she posted 13, and also added 15 digs to the defense. Cline had a career night for the Tars once again as she posted 25 digs and added four services aces to the cause.  

 

The following afternoon, the Tars hosted defending national champion Barry University and fell 3-0. Barry started off the first game by opening up a sizeable 17-10 lead on the Tars.   Rollins would close within two, but the Bucs would shut the door on the rally, and take the first game 30-25.   Barry pulled away from the Tars mid-way through the second game.   With the score tied at 12-12, the Bucs went on a 8-1 run to leave the Tars mesmerized, with the score 20-13.   Barry never looked back from there and finished the game with a 30-23 win.   The third game saw Barry pull away late.   After trailing early by as much as five, Rollins pulled to within three at 23-20.   But the Bucs refused to let Rollins get any closer from there as they maintained their three point lead throughout the rest of the game and won 30-27.

 

Rollins hit the ball fairly well against the Barry defense, but they were still not able to come up with the victory.   Rollins hit for a .276 average, but it still looked miniscule compared to Barry's .338 mark.   Rollins held themselves to only 16 errors in the match, which was their fourth lowest total of the season.   The Tars struggled with their passing and were hurt by the limited front-line play of junior outside hitter Julia Caner who injured her hand.

 

Rollins had only two players with double digit kills.   Barlow had her third straight match in double digits as she posted 16 kills and hit for a .364 percentage while also adding six digs.    Freshman outside hitter Stephanie Nichols (Lake Mary, Fla./The Masters Academy) came off of the bench and produced very well for the Tars hitting for 13 kills.   Cline again led the defense with 17 digs with Caner chipping in 11 digs.

 

The Tars take a break from their Sunshine State Conference schedule this week as they will host the 2005 South Region Challenge on October 14 and 15 in Winter Park. The Tars take on Francis Marion at 4 p.m. on Friday before battling Carson-Newman at 1 p.m. and USC-Aiken at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Visit http://www.rollins.edu/athletics/volleyball/vb_southregionchallenge.shtml for more information in the tournament.

 

SSC VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS
	SSC				OVERALL
	W	L	PCT		W	L	PCT
Tampa	8	0	1.000		18	2	.900
Florida Southern	7	1	.875		20	2	.909
Barry	6	2	.750		11	8	.579
Saint Leo	4	4	.500		8	11	.421
Lynn	3	4	.429		8	7	.533
Rollins	3	5	.375		16	7	.696
Eckerd	3	5	.375		10	8	.556
Florida Tech	2	6	.250		6	14	.300
Nova Southeastern	0	9	.000		3	14	.176

 

 

 

MEN'S SOCCER DROPS CLOSE ONE TO BAKER

Last week:

Baker University 2, Rollins 1

 

Record: 6-4, 3-1 SSC

 

The Tars men's soccer team took a break from conference action and hosted Baker University from Kansas, but were unable to overcome the visitors from America's heartland and fell 2-1. The Wildcats immediately started the game on a mission to score and were able to get a shot past Tars goalkeeper Dana Singer (Longwood, Fla./Lake Brantley) in the 7th minute.   A Baker defender sent a pass over the Rollins defense to the right side of the goal box where a forward gathered the pass and blasted a shot. The ball deflected off of a charging Rollins defender and slid into the goal for a 1-0 lead. Just seven minutes later, the Wildcats struck again with some nifty passing in front of the goal that resulted in a goal from the six-yard box to give Baker a 2-0 lead. The score remained the same through halftime until the Tars got going in the 79 th minute.   Chris Cerroni (Bexleyheath, UK/Bexley Grammer) notched his third goal of the season when   senior David Dwyer (Preston, UK/Walton le Dale) sent a long kick up to the forward line that was gathered by senior Ryan Dodds (Windermere, Fla./Edgewater).   Dodds took a shot that was blocked by the ‘Cats keeper and bounced out to Cerroni who   sent a high shot over the keeper's head into the goal.   Rollins spent the next 11 minutes pressuring the Wildcats, pushing all of their players forward.   However, they were unable to get the ball into the net and the final horn sounded with the Wildcats ahead 2-1. Baker finished the game with a 12-10 advantage in shots and the teams were even with five corner kicks apiece.   Singer finished with the game with four saves.  

 

The Tars will continue to take a break from conference play on Monday, October 10, when they play host to Berry College from Rome, Georgia.   The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. in Winter Park.

 

SSC MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS
	SSC							OVERALL
	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		W	L	T	PCT	GF	GA
Lynn	4	0	0	12	17	4		10	0	0	1.000	43	8
Rollins	3	1	0	9	11	5		6	4	0	.600	26	15
Eckerd	3	2	0	9	9	5		5	4	2	.545	14	12
Barry	2	2	1	7	7	10		8	3	1	.708	25	16
Saint Leo	2	1	0	6	8	3		9	1	0	.900	37	5
Tampa	1	1	1	4	4	3		6	3	2	.636	20	14
Nova Southeastern	1	3	0	3	3	9		6	6	0	.500	24	17
Florida Southern	1	4	0	3	12	13		7	5	0	.583	28	18
Florida Tech	1	4	0	3	2	21		2	7	1	.250	8	32
Teams receive 3 points for an SSC win and 1 point for an SSC tie.

 

 

WOMEN'S SOCCER STRUGGLES THROUGH TOUGH WEEK

Last week:

Tampa 6, Rollins 1

Northwood 2, Rollins 1 (OT)

 

Record: 6-7, 1-4 SSC

 

The Rollins women's soccer team has fallen on hard times recently as they continue to battle every game, but can't seem to catch any breaks. Coming off back to back last second, one-goal losses the Tars set their sights on SSC foe Tampa last Wednesday. The 12 th ranked Spartans and their powerful offense proved to be too much for Rollins as the visitors took away a 6-1 victory.   The Spartans came into the game having already scored 41 goals on the season, while allowing only six and they were able to keep their offense   moving against the Tars. Rollins lone goal came in the 41 st minute when junior Alison Tradd (Longwood, Fla./Lake Mary) sent a free kick into the goal area and Jacquelyn Parsons (Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lake Mary) tapped the ball home, making the score 4-1 in favor of Tampa. UT continued to put the pressure on for the rest of the contest and put up two more scores en route to the five goal setback of the Tars.  

 

Rollins then matched up with non-conference opponent Northwood University on Saturday and fell in overtime by a score of 2-1 in a very physical game that saw five yellow cards and one red card issued. With the Seahawks already holding a one goal advantage in the 60 th minute, Tradd sent one of her patented free kicks into the goal box, where junior Lindsay Taylor (Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter Community) made a sliding attempt at the ball and sent it into the net for her first goal of the season and   second of her career. Over the course of the next 36 minutes and change, the Tars had three goals called back, which had they been allowed, would have given the Tars the victory.   Sophomore Jeri Ostuw (Daytona Beach, Fla./Spruce Creek) appeared to have her third goal of the season in the 79th minute, but was ruled to be obstructing the Seahawks goalie, nullifying her goal.   On the second instance, Tradd sent a free kick towards goal in the 83rd minute and the ball bounced off the crossbar and the goalie and came out of the goal into play and was ruled by the officials to not be a goal.   The game was still knotted at one apiece after the first 90 minutes and headed to overtime when senior Laura Guild (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman) put a shot past the Seahawks keeper into the net, but a late call ruled her offside which would have given the Tars the victory early in the extra period. Rollins pressured the Seahawks defense throughout the overtime, but in the 97th minute, a Seahawk forward broke free and came in on goal all alone where she was brought down by the pursuing defenders.   The officials awarded Northwood a penalty kick, which was converted for the win.

 

 

The Tars get back into the Sunshine State Conference schedule on Saturday, October 15, when the take on Eckerd College.   Kick off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Cahall-Sandspur Field in Winter Park.

 

SSC WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS
	SSC							OVERALL
	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		W	L	T	PCT	GF	GA
Tampa	4	0	0	12	20	3		10	1	1	.875	48	7
Barry	4	1	0	12	21	9		10	2	1	.808	41	13
Saint Leo	3	1	1	10	10	7		5	3	2	.600	23	17
Nova Southeastern	2	3	1	7	7	10		4	6	1	.409	19	22
Lynn	2	1	0	6	5	3		7	6	0	.538	36	23
Florida Tech	1	2	0	3	7	9		5	5	1	.500	21	19
Eckerd	1	3	0	3	1	17		2	11	0	.154	4	47
Rollins	1	4	0	3	5	13		6	7	0	.462	17	25
Florida Southern	1	4	0	3	3	8		3	7	2	.333	19	23
Teams receive 3 points for an SSC win and 1 point for an SSC tie.

HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY SET FOR OCT. 22

The Rollins Athletics Hall of Fame has been reinstituted by the Tar Boosters and will hold their 2005 Sports Hall of Fame Breakfast and Induction Ceremony on Saturday, October 22 at 9 a.m. at McKean Gymnasium in the Harold and Ted Alfond Sports Center . Those being enshrined into the HOF this year will be men's soccer players Steve Bence '94 and Oyvind Klausen '88, men's tennis players Paul C. Lennicx '92 and Barry Pelts '89, women's tennis player Stacy Moss Mager '95 and women's golfer Connie Hirschman Shorb '69

 

The breakfast is $15 per person and you must register in advance to attend. For more information, contact Judy Wolbert at jwolbert@rollins.edu.