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Junior forward Chris Cerroni has been on fire for the Tars men's soccer team, rolling up five goals and two assists in just five games on the pitch. Sidelined earlier in the year due to an illness, Cerroni came back two weeks ago and has since been playing the best soccer of his career. Last week he tallied a goal and an assist in each of the Tars victories. Against Berry, he notched the go-ahead score in the 40 th minute with a nifty move to beat the visitor's keeper. In Rollins' SSC game against Eckerd, he got the scoring going in the 31 st minute as he blew past three Triton defenders and put a shot in the back of the net.

MEN'S SOCCER SCORES PAIR OF BIG WINS

Last week:

Rollins 4, Berry 3

Rollins 4, Eckerd 3

Record: 8-4, 4-1 SSC

The Rollins men's soccer team showcased their high powered offense last week and posted a pair of big victories, each by a score of 4-3. The Tars held off Berry College after an early 4-1 lead on Monday, before keeping pace in the Sunshine State Conference with the one goal win over Eckerd.

Against Berry, Tres Loch (Longwood, Fla.) opened the scoring for the Tars in the 26th minute off of a set play out of a free kick. The Vikings were whistled for a foul, giving the Tars a free kick just outside the goal box. Chris Cerroni (Bexleyheath, UK) stepped forward to take the try and placed the ball in front of the net where Loch got his head on the ball and sent it into the net for his first goal of the year and a 1-0 Tars lead. Nine minutes later the Vikings evened the score when speedy senior Jon Mastrangelo scored his first of two goals on the night. He gathered the ball inside the goal box and put a hard shot past Tars goalkeeper Dana Singer (Longwood, Fla.). Rollins answered four minutes later and went up 2-1 when Cerroni notched his fourth goal of the season. Sophomore Scott Murrell (Naples, Fla.) sent a header in the direction of Cerroni who gathered the ball and calmly placed his shot around the Viking keeper. After the break, Chris Chafin (Lake Worth, Fla.) caught fire and scored the first of his two goals only 32 seconds into the half. The junior took control of a loose ball just outside of the goal box and sent it to the back of the net for his seventh goal of the season. Nine minutes later sophomore Jon Gruenewald (Manlius, N.Y.) sent a cross from the left side of the field right to the feet of a charging Chafin, who one touched the ball into the back of the net. Berry put up two late goals, but the Tars held tight for the victory.

Rollins got back to Sunshine State Conference play on Friday night as they hosted Eckerd in Winter Park. Once again, coach Keith Buckley's squad gathered an early lead, only to have the opponents fight back and make it close. Cerroni continued his fantastic play as Juan Kusnir (Maitland, Fla.) lofted a pass to the junior forward who then raced past three defenders and beat the keeper to give Rollins a 1-0 lead in the 31 st minute. The hosts then began their offensive onslaught early in the second half as Kusnir exploded for goals in the 53 rd and 62 nd minutes to give Rollins a commanding 3-0 lead. The first came after a Chafin pass which was blasted into the back of the net with the second coming on a tap in after a Ryan Dodds (Windermere, Fla.) cross. Eric Vergati (Plano, Texas) made it 4-0 in favor of the Tars when he stole the ball at midfield and rocked a hard curving shot around the Tritions keeper in the 68 th minute. Just as their previous game, Rollins surrendered a few late goals, but tightend up and secured the victory.

On the year, Chafin leads the team with 19 points on eight goals and three assists. Dodds is right behind with 18 points (six goals and six assists) while Cerroni has put up 12 points in just five games.

The men's soccer team continues their journey through the SSC schedule on Tuesday, October 18 when they will host Tampa at 7 p.m. The contest will be the Tars last home game of the regular season and the team will be honoring seniors David Dwyer, Ben Owen, Daniell Robertson, Ryan Dodds and Matthew Gowan.

SSC MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS
	SSC						OVERALL
	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	W	L	T	PCT	GF	GA
Lynn	5	0	0	15	19	4	12	0	0	1.000	52	8
Rollins	4	1	0	12	15	8	8	4	0	.667	34	21
Saint Leo	3	1	0	9	9	3	11	1	0	.917	40	6
Eckerd	3	3	0	9	12	9	5	5	3	.500	18	17
Nova Southeastern	2	3	1	7	6	10	7	6	1	.536	27	18
Barry	2	3	1	7	7	11	8	5	1	.607	27	20
Tampa	1	2	2	5	5	6	6	4	3	.577	21	17
Florida Tech	1	4	0	3	2	21	3	7	1	.318	9	32
Florida Southern	1	5	0	3	12	15	7	6	0	.538	28	20
In the case of identical conference records, teams are listed in the order of seeding for the SSC Tournament if the season ended today. The top six teams will qualify for the tournament.
Teams receive 3 points for an SSC win and 1 point for an SSC tie.

WOMEN'S SOCCER BACK ON TRACK WITH SSC VICTORY

Last week:

Rollins 4, Eckerd 1

Record: 7-7, 2-4 SSC

The Rollins women's soccer team shook the monkey off their backs and returned to winning form with a 4-1 triumph over Eckerd last Friday.

The Tars dominated both sides of the field the entire game as they held a 30-5 advantage in shots and 7-1 edge in corner kicks. Jeri Ostuw (Daytona, Fla.) opened up scoring in the 15 th minute with a tap in score after passes from seniors Laura Guild (Jupiter, Fla.) and Whitney Chamberlin (Natick, Mass.). Chamberlin then hooked up with Guild in the 18 th minute as Guild put a shot over the keepers head and gave Rollins a 2-0 lead. Chamberlin got into the act 38 minutes later with a goal of her own off an Allison Tradd (Longwood, Fla.) pass to give the Tars a commanding 3-0 advantage. The Tritons cracked the scoreboard in the 81st minute when with a loose ball score in front of the Tars net to make the count 3-1. The Tars sealed it up in the 85th minute as Jacquelyn Parsons (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) sent a cross into the goal box where Guild punched it past the Eckerd keeper for her team leading fifth goal of the season. The Tars defense of Tradd, Lindsay Taylor (Jupiter, Fla.), Jen Finkel (Marlton, N.J.) and Danielle Martin (Melbourne, Fla.) controlled the tempo from the opening kick and made it easy for keeper Fran Nicoloso, who got the win with one save.

Guild's big weekend moved her to the top of the Tars season box score with 13 points on five goals and three assists. Cristina Saenz (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) has rolled up 10 points on the year with four goals and two assists while Tradd leads in assists with seven.

Rollins will return to action next Sunday, October 23 for the regular season home finale against Newberry College at noon. Prior to the game, the senior class will be honored.

SSC WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS
	SSC						OVERALL
	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	W	L	T	PCT	GF	GA
Barry	5	1	0	15	26	9	11	2	2	.800	47	14
Tampa	4	0	1	13	21	4	10	1	2	.846	49	8
Saint Leo	4	1	1	13	13	7	8	3	2	.692	30	18
Lynn	4	1	0	12	10	5	9	6	0	.600	41	25
Nova Southeastern	2	4	1	7	7	12	4	7	1	.375	19	24
Rollins	2	4	0	6	9	14	7	7	0	.500	21	26
Florida Tech	1	3	1	4	10	13	5	6	2	.462	24	23
Eckerd	1	5	0	3	2	24	2	13	0	.133	5	54
Florida Southern	1	5	0	3	3	13	4	8	2	.357	22	29
In the case of identical conference records, teams are listed in the order of seeding for the SSC Tournament if the season ended today. The top six teams will qualify for the tournament.
Teams receive 3 points for an SSC win and 1 point for an SSC tie.

VOLLEYBALL TAKES TWO OF THREE AT SOUTH REGION CHALLENGE

Last week:

Rollins 3, Francis Marion 2 (24-30, 30-24, 30-22, 24-30, 15-9)

Rollins 3, Carson-Newman 0 (30-24, 30-24, 30-23)

USC-Aiken 3, Rollins 0 (30-23, 30-22, 30-27)

Record: 18-8, 3-5 SSC

The Rollins volleyball team took a weekend off from the SSC schedule and hosted the South Region Challenge with some of the very best teams in the South. The Tars took victories in two of their three matches, including avenging an earlier loss to Francis Marion.

The Tars began the tournament against the Patriots and came out on top of a hard fought five game battle. Francis Marion came out with a lot of energy and gave the Tars problems in the first game. The Patriots gained a 20-14 advantage and kept plugging away to take the game 30-23. The second game was close throughout with the score going back and forth the entire game. The score was tied at 24 when the Tars went on a 6-0 run to win the game. The Tars used superb defense to hold the Patriots to a dismal .062 hitting percentage in the second frame. Rollins came out ready to fight in the third game taking a commanding 15-9 lead to start off the third. Francis Marion would pull to within two at 23-21, but Rollins wouldn't allow them to advance any closer as they took the game 30-22. The Patriots showed a lot of heart and determination by clawing back into the match in the fourth game by winning 30-24. But in the fifth game the Tars just seemed to want it a little more as they won 15-9. Four Tars had double figure dig totals and as a team they dug out a season high 90 balls. Sophomore libero and Sunshine State Defensive player of the week Kim Cline (Lake Worth, Fla.) finished with a team high 21 digs. Junior Julia Caner (Boca Raton, Fla.) added 14 while senior Lindsey Crosby (Largo, Fla.) and sophomore Amy Barlow (Phoenix, Ariz.) each added 13 for the Tars. Senior middle blocker Allison North (Mobile, Ala.) had one of her best matches of the year finishing with 18 kills and a .375 hitting percentage. Sophomore Stephanie Nichols (Lake Mary, Fla.) got back on the right track putting up 19 kills to lead all scorers. Sophomore setter Lacey Malarky (Lawrence, Kan.) contributed a game high 60 assists to the offensive effort as well.

Rollins then played a pair of matches the following day and split, beating Carson-Newman 3-0 and falling to the University of South Carolina-Aiken in three games. In the first game against Carson Newman the Tars came out a little flat, allowing the Eagles to hang with them. The score was tied at 18 when Rollins finally made its move and doubled up the Eagles in a 12-6 run to take the game 30-24. In the second game Rollins took control early, building a 20-14 lead and finished off Carson Newman 30-21. The Tars hit for a sizzling .400 percentage while smashing home 17 kills. In the third game the Rollins defense simply outmatched the Eagles' hitters. Rollins held Carson Newman to 11 kills and forced 10 errors for a .019 percentage. They took the game 30-23. Barlow finished with 13 kills and 6 digs while hitting for a .333 percentage to lead the Tars. Sophomore Malarky had 42 assists and fought for 10 digs on the defensive end while junior hitter Julia Caner had nine kills and 12 digs, which led the team.

Against USC-Aiken, the Tars struggled early, dropping the first frame 30-23. In the second game the offense didn't fair much better as they managed a .029 hitting percentage and hit 10 errors in the 30-22 loss. Rollins played its best game of the match in the third game but still fell a little short, falling 30-27. The Tars offense couldn't figure out the tough Pacer defense. The Pacers dug out 49 balls, forced 24 hitting errors and held Rollins to a .096 percentage. Sophomore hitter Lorena Orlandini (Miraflores, Lima Peru) proved to be a bright spot for the Tars. She finished with nine kills and a .409 hitting percentage while Caner hit for 8 kills and also dug out 11 balls.

Orlandini leads the Tars on the season with 285 kills with North adding 269 and a team best .340 hitting percentage. Setter Malarky is on pace to smash the season record for assists in a season as she has 1,195 on the year with the record standing at 1,421. Cline leads the team in digs with 434 on the year.

Rollins will be back in action on Thursday October 20 th , when they will do battle with Sunshine State Conference rival Tampa in Warden Arena. The Tars will be looking for a little pay back after the Spartans beat Rollins back in September three games to none. This will be the last game of a season long seven match home stand for the Tars. So come on out and support Rollins volleyball Thursday at 7:00pm in Warden Arena.

SSC VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS
	SSC			OVERALL
	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Tampa	8	0	1.000	19	2	.905
Florida Southern	7	1	.875	23	2	.920
Barry	6	2	.750	13	8	.619
Saint Leo	4	4	.500	9	13	.409
Lynn	3	4	.429	8	7	.533
Rollins	3	5	.375	18	8	.692
Eckerd	3	5	.375	12	8	.600
Florida Tech	2	6	.250	7	18	.280
Nova Southeastern	0	9	.000	3	15	.166

CROSS COUNTRY CAPS REGULAR SEASON AT STETSON; HOST SSC's THIS WEEKEND

Last week at Stetson Hatter Invitational: Men 11 th of 12 teams/Women 10 th of 14 teams

The Rollins women finished 10 th and the men 11 th as the Tars cross country team finished up their regular season at the Stetson Hatter Invitational on Friday. Freshman superstar Kristina Aronson extended her streak of top 10 finishes to five with a ninth place showing to lead the women while Rob Hoffman took 47 th to lead the Rollins men.

Aronson kept pace with the lead pack the entire race and stopped the clock at 20:26 on an extremely muddy track for a ninth place finish overall while being the top Division II finisher. Elizabeth Arthur powered down the stretch and led the Rollins chase pack with a 58 th place in a time of 22:43. Kelly Rolfes-Haase wasn't far behind her and finished in 62 nd place with a time of 22:53 while Kristen Hechler was right on her heels with a 63 rd place finish in 22:53. Monica Pena took 89 th place for Rollins with a time of 24:46 while Cristina Esposito (25:22) finished 92 nd and Salem Willis 107 th (31:49). As a team, the Tars totaled 260 points and finished 10 th in the 14 team meet. UCF took the title with 44 points while Florida International was runner up and Jacksonville was third.

In the men's competition, Hoffman's 47 th place with a time of 31:05 paced the Tars while Patrick Flynn recorded a time of 31:47 and finished in 61 st . Karl Reicken was hot on his trail and took 63 rd in 32:27. Whitney Wismar finished in 83 rd place for the Tars with a time of 36:28 and John Watson took 88 th in 40:24. The Tars totaled 304 points to finish in 11 th place. UCF won the team title with 43 points with Florida International taking second and Embry-Riddle finishing third.

For her efforts at Setston, Aronson was named the Sunshine State Conference Athlete of the Week, her second nod of the season.

The Rollins harriers will be back on the course on Saturday, October 22 at the 2005 Sunshine State Conference Championships. Rollins will host the event at Central Winds Park in Winter Springs with competition beginning at 7:30 a.m.

Host Web site: http://www.j7sports.com/sunshinestateconference.htm

SSC Cross Country Preview:

The 2005 Sunshine State Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships will be held at Central Winds Park in Winter Springs on Saturday, October 22. Hosted by Rollins College, the championships will consist of two races. Starting at 7:30 a.m., the men's race will cover a distance of 8,000 meters. The women's race will be a 6,000-meter event, with the gun scheduled to go off at 8:15 a.m.

Host Rollins will be joined by teams from Florida Southern, Florida Tech, Nova Southeastern, Saint Leo and Tampa in the men's and women's divisions.

Florida Southern will be seeking their ninth consecutive men's championship and 10th in the last 11 years. The Moccasins have won more SSC men's titles (nine) than any other conference school, closely followed by Florida Tech, winners of six league championships from 1984 through 1991.

On the women's side, the University of Tampa will be trying to capture its fourth consecutive SSC championship, and fifth overall, which would match Florida Southern conference record. Last year, the Spartans claimed their third conference title, which comes on the heels of Florida Southern's string of five consecutive SSC women's championships from 1997 through 2001.

A very talented group of individual runners will compete for team and individual honors on Saturday, as 13 of 20 all-conference runners from last year are scheduled to compete. Six members of the 2004 All-SSC women's cross country team will see action on Saturday, while five all-conference selections from a year ago will take part in the men's race.

In the women's race, competitors from last year's All-SSC team include 2004 SSC Female Runner of the Year Allison Macsas of Tampa, All-SSC first team selection Jael Koech of Florida Southern, and All-SSC second teamers Rachel Anderson, Elizabeth Garcia and Danielle Shimer of Florida Southern and Kim Dunker of Tampa.

In the men's division, returning members of last year's All-SSC team include 2004 SSC Male Runner of the Year Tyrone Bell of Florida Southern, All-SSC first team picks Lief Thomason of Florida Southern and David Forry of Tampa, and All-SSC second team honorees Eric Walker, Jimmy Murphy and Michael Murphy of Florida Southern and Caleb Slavens of Florida Tech.

WOMEN'S GOLF TAKES THIRD AT PENN STATE INVITATIONAL

Last Week at Penn State Nittany Lion Invitational: 5 th of 14 teams

The Rollins women's golf team posted the best score of round two en route to a fifth place finish among very tough Division I competition at the Penn State Nittany Lion Invitational. The Tars totaled 610 strokes in the tournament after rounds of 312 and 298 and finished 10 shots back of the University of California-Irvine, who also shot 298 in the final round. Host Penn State took second place with 601 strokes while Princeton and Maryland finished third and fourth, respectively.

Charlotte Campbell and Mariana De Basie led the Tars contingent as each recorded top 10 finishes. Campbell turned in rounds of 74 and 73 and took third place with a three over par 147. De Biase totaled 150 strokes (76-74) on the weekend and tied for eighth place. Marie-Pierre Bernier tied for 22nd place for the Tars with an 11 over par 155 (80-75) and Vanessa Vela tied for 30th place after shooting 158 (82-76). Cristina Gugler, in her first tournament for the Tars, finished tied for 40th place with a weekend score of 160 (83-77).

Maggie Lester of the Nittany Lions won the tournament with a total of 144 strokes behind rounds of 74 and 70.

The Rollins women's golf team will be back on the course October 22-24 when they will compete at the Nova Southeastern Invitational in Palm Beach Gardens.

MEN'S GOLF RANKED THIRD IN THE NATION

The Rollins men's golf team sits third in the first GCAA/Bridgestone NCAA Division II Coaches poll. The Tars gathered 301 points while receiving one first place vote.

GCAA Release:

USC-Aiken Still No. 1 in Division II GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll

NORMAN, Okla. — USC-Aiken continued its streak as the top-ranked team in Division II men's golf in the GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll. The Pacers - who received 13 first-place votes - have been No. 1 in every poll since the final poll of the 2003-04 season.

The top three spots in the poll remained unchanged as Cal. State Bakersfield held on to the No. 2 spot and Rollins - who claimed a first-place vote - stayed at third. West Florida climbed five spots to fourth and is followed by Western Washington and Cal. State-Stanislaus. Armstrong Atlantic dropped from fourth to seventh, despite collecting the final first-place ballot. Florida Southern - up nine places to eighth - and Columbus State - from No. 13 to ninth - each moved into the top 10. Lynn dropped four rungs to No. 10.

Chico State and Central Oklahoma each fell one spot to Nos. 11 and 12, respectively. Cameron and Pfeiffer tied for 13th. Hawaii-Hilo tumbled from seventh to No. 15 and is followed by St. Edward's, which made the biggest move in the poll from unranked to No. 16. Delta State, Washburn, Grand Canyon and Coker round out the top 20.

Three schools debuted in the lower portion of the rankings - Saint Martin's (No. 21), Central Arkansas (No. 23) and Eckerd (No. 25). No. 23 Barry - down from 15th - and 24th ranked Northern Alabama complete the top 25.

Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Coll. and State Univ., Northern Kentucky and UC San Diego fell from the rankings.

The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division II institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released Nov. 3.

HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY THIS SATURDAY

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