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Freshman setter Lacey Malarky had a record-breaking week as she became the Tars single season assist leader and tallied the second most assists in a single match in program history. She gathered 70 against Lynn in the Tars regular season finale, which was preceded by a 40-assist performance against Nova and 55-assist night against Saint Leo. Malarky also tallied 12 digs in each of the Tars last two games. She finished the season with a conference leading 1620 assists, which also puts her in fourth place on the Tars career list. Malarky and the Rollins volleyball team finished the regular season 25-10 and earned a bid into the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament, their second in school history.

VOLLEYBALL HEADED TO NCAA TOURNEY FOR SECOND TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY

Last week:

Rollins 3, Saint Leo 1 (30-21,27-30,31-29,30-23)

Tampa 3, Rollins 0 (30-21,30-18,30-20)

Rollins 3, Nova Southeastern 0 (30-22,30-21,30-24)

Rollins 3, Lynn 2 (22-30,30-23,25-30,30-23,15-10)

Final regular season record: 25-10; 9-6 SSC (4 th place)

A whirlwind end of the season that included four tough SSC matches in six days was capped off early Monday morning when it was announced that the Rollins volleyball team earned a bid into the 2005 NCAA Division II South Region Championship. The only other time Rollins played in the postseason was in 1995. The Tars, who come in as the fifth seed, will match up with defending national champion and SSC foe Barry on Thursday, November 17 at 5 p.m. Top seeded Tampa will host the tournament. Joining the Tars, Buccaneers and Spartans in this year's field are Florida Southern, Florida Gulf Coast, Presbyterian, Wingate, and Francis Marion.

Rollins holds a record of 1-1 in their NCAA Tournament history with their only other trip coming in 1995. The Tars defeated North Florida 15-11, 13-15, 15-12, 13-15, 15-12 in the opening round before falling to eventual national champion Barry 15-0, 15-6, 15-12 in round two.

Due to hurricane Wilma, Rollins had to pack four matches into the final week of their schedule as the Tars went 3-1 during the stretch, completing season sweeps over Lynn and Nova Southeastern. The week began last Tuesday as Rollins hosted Saint Leo and avenged an earlier loss, taking the match 3-1. The Tars got it started with another good effort in the first game. Rollins built up an 18-10 lead on the Lions before they had a chance to react. The Tars would pour it on from there and take the first game 30-21. Saint Leo couldn't mount much of an offensive attack against the tough Tars defense. Rollins held the Lions to a .086 hitting percentage. In the second game the Lions came roaring back. The Tars struggled out of the gate allowing Saint Leo to gain a 7-3 early lead. The Lions would push their lead up to as much as four at 26-22. Rollins responded and tied the game at 27, but couldn't finish them off. The Tars would drop the game 30-27. In the third game neither Rollins nor Saint Leo could put a run together. The two teams traded kills back and forth until the final two points. With the game on the line, Christina Reinders slapped a kill past a defender and won the game for the Tars 31-29. In the fourth and final game, the Tars would have a much easier time. Rollins pushed out to a 20-12 lead early on, and would never look back. The Tars would take the game 30-23. A season high five Tars reached double digit kills. Junior outside hitter Julia Caner led the Tars with 18 kills on 50 attacks and added 14 digs to the defensive cause. Sophomore Lorena Orlandini finished with 16 kills, and sophomore Christina Reinders finished with 12 kills and a stellar .409 hitting percentage. Sophomore outside hitter Amy Barlow finished with a double-double totaling 11 kills and 12 digs. And Senior Allison North finished with 12 kills and 7 blocks. Freshman setter Lacy Malarky became the single season assists record holder with her impressive performance. She finished with 55 assists and now has 1,476 assists on the season with three matches to go. Sophomore libero Kim Cline finished with 21 digs on the night.

The very next day Rollins hosted third ranked Tampa and fell to the Spartans 3-0. The Tars took their best shot at Tampa in the first game. Rollins got off to a nice start and pushed out to a 15-11 lead. But Tampa responded right away and their heavy hitters got started on the front line. The Spartans would tie the game at 16 and then hit cruise control the rest of the way. Tampa would take the game 30-21. The Tars struggled out of the gates in game two, falling behind 10-2 to start off. Rollins would never recover and would drop the second game 30-18. The third game was more of the same. Tampa got off to a 20-9 start, but had little trouble putting the Tars away. Rollins would chip away at the lead but still fell short. Tampa would take the game 30-19. Tampa was able to hold the Rollins hitters in check throughout the night. Rollins could only manage a .058 hitting percentage against the Spartans. The Spartans on the other hand dominated the net, crushing 56 kills to Rollins' 29. Tampa also out-dug the Tars defense 63-50, and kept the Tars off-balanced with eight service aces compared to Rollins' one. Junior outside hitter Julia Caner had eight kills on 42 attacks and also added six digs. Freshman setter Lacy Malarky had 21 assists and 12 digs. And sophomore libero Kim Cline added 12 digs to the defense.

The weekend brought a trip to South Florida and match-ups against Nova Southeastern and Lynn. The Rollins volleyball team came to Ft. Lauderdale on a mission: to stay over .500 and solidify its position in the South Regional playoffs. The Tars (24-10, 8-6) completed their first test of the weekend with a three games to zero win over the Nova Southeastern Sharks (5-19, 1-13) 30-22, 30-21, and 30-24. In the first game the Tars came out with solid intensity and pushed the Sharks right out of the gate. Nova hung around early but the Tars pulled away once they hit the 20 point mark. Rollins built a 20-16 lead and would go on to win the first 30-22. The Tars were able to force the Sharks into seven hitting errors and held Nova to a .118 hitting percentage. The Tars dominated the start of game two, with the front line trio of Allison North, Christina Reinders and Lorena Orlandini leading the way. Rollins grabbed a 20-11 lead to begin the game. Nova was able to fight back and make the score respectable, but the difference was insurmountable. Rollins would take the game 30-21. The Tars hit a sizzling .326 in the game and held themselves to only four hitting errors. The third game started off as a back and forth battle. After several early ties, the Tars broke out to a 20-13 lead. Rollins wouldn't look back from there. The Tars held the Sharks to a game low .022 hitting percentage and forced a game high ten errors. Rollins would take the game 30-24. Rollins had two players with double digit kill tallies. Sophomore Lorena Orlandini finished with 14 kills and hit a red hot .444 percentage. Junior Julia Caner had 15 kills on 42 attacks and also added 12 digs for a double-double. Freshman setter Lacey Malarky also had a double-double with 40 assists and 12 digs. Sophomore libero Kim Cline led both teams with 19 digs. And senior Lindsey Crosby and sophomore Amy Barlow also added double digit digs with 10 and 14 respectively.

The regular season came to a close on Sunday as the Tars battled with Lynn and came out on top in five games. The Knights charged out with a vengeance in the first game. Lynn built up a 17-8 lead leaving the Tars a little shell shocked. The Tars would try to recover late. Julia Caner had a streak of four straight kills that brought the game back within five at 27-22. But the Tars would get no closer. Senior Theresa Daniels put her seventh and final kill of the game away for Lynn and they took the game 30-22. In the second game it was Rollins that came out on fire. The Tars built up a quick 8-1 lead that sent Lynn reeling. The Tars would push the lead out to as much as ten before Lynn was able to respond. The Knights climbed back to within four at 26-22 but the Tars wouldn't allow them to get any closer. Sophomore Lorena Orlandini finished the game off for the Tars with a powerful kill, and Rollins prevailed 30-23. Rollins was able to hold the Knights to a .184 hitting percentage in the second game while the Tars picked it up and hit for a red hot .350 percentage. The third game was close throughout with only a point or two separating the teams throughout. With the game tied at 16, Lynn gained some momentum. The Knights went on a 10-5 run to push the lead to 26-21 and they looked to put the Tars away. Rollins wouldn't get any closer than four the rest of the way, and the Knights would take the game 30-25. The Tars took control of game four early on, but Lynn was never far behind. Rollins pushed out to a 11-6 lead to start out only to see Lynn bring it back to within two at 15-13. Rollins gained a bit more of a cushion as the game progressed leading 25-19 late. Then sophomore Amy Barlow sent the match to a fifth game with her clutch kill that gave the game to the Tars 30-23. Rollins played excellent defense in the fourth game as the Tars held the Knights to a low .073 hitting percentage. In the deciding fifth game the Tars got off to a great start. Rollins took an 8-5 lead and continued to find holes and put pressure on the Knights' defense. The Knights would not get any closer than three. And thanks to a Christina Reinders block, the Tars were able to pull out a 15-10 victory in the fifth game. The Tars played a complete match with every member of the team contributing. Five players had double digit kill tallies and four players had double digit digs. Sophomore Lorena Orlandini and junior Julia Caner each led the Tars with 17 kills apiece. Caner also added a season high 24 digs. Sophomore outside hitter Amy Barlow had a double double as well with 14 kills and 18 digs. Freshman setter Lacey Malarky had a record setting afternoon as she finished with a new Tars record 70 assists. Senior Lindsey Crosby had a season high 17 digs. And sophomore libero Kim Cline fell just one dig short of her career high when she finished with 24 digs. The Tars as a whole set a team record with 103 digs.

FINAL SSC VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS
	SSC			OVERALL
	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Tampa	13	1	.929	25	3	.893
Florida Southern	14	2	.875	32	3	.914
Barry	10	3	.769	17	9	.654
Rollins	9	6	.600	25	10	.714
Saint Leo	6	9	.400	12	18	.400
Lynn	5	9	.357	10	13	.435
Florida Tech	4	12	.250	9	24	.273
Eckerd	3	11	.214	12	16	.429
Nova Southeastern	2	13	.133	6	19	.240

MEN'S BASKETBALL GETS HUGE EXHIBITION WIN OVER STETSON; READY FOR UCF

Last week:

Rollins 70, Stetson 67 (exhibition)

The Tars gathered a huge head of steam heading into the regular season after an exhibition road win over Stetson on Friday night. Rollins' Kevin Hogan drained a three pointer with 90 seconds left to break a 67-67 tie and Stetson missed on five final minute attempts to seal up the Tars win. John Thinnes paced Rollins with 19 points on 7-11 shooting, including 5-8 from beyond the arc. Hogan finished with 12 points with Jordan Kolosey and Jonny Reibel each netting 10.

The game was a true battle from the opening tip as neither team held a lead of more than five points the entire first stanza. After falling behind by five at 25-20 with five minutes to go, Rollins went on a 10-5 run to head into the locker room with a 35-30 advantage. The second half again was back and forth with the Hatters grabbing a four point advantage, 65-61, with 4:11 to go. Hogan nailed a trey to cut it to one, but SU came back with a lay-up and took a three-point edge. Reibel then stepped back and drained a three pointer of his own to knot the score a 67-67 with 2:37 on the clock. Rollins forced a turnover on the ensuing Hatters possession to set up Hogan's second three pointer and eventual game winner as a barrage of threes from Stetson down the stretch couldn't find the net and Rollins walked away with the win. Stetson ended the game with a pair of 20-point scorers with Anthony Register pouring in 24 and E.J. Gordon racking up 23. The Tars shot a blistering 51.9 percent from the field in the second half and finished the game hitting 43.9 percent.

The Rollins men's basketball team opens their season on Tuesday, November 15 hosting Southeastern College at 7:30 p.m. before traveling to UCF for an 8 p.m. clash on Friday, November 18. The Tars last matched up against their cross-town rival on November 13, 1998 with the Golden Knights winning a slugfest, 104-98. UCF holds a 24-15 record in the all-time series and is 14-4 when the Tars visit the east side of town.

For ticket information to the UCF-Rollins game, call the Golden Knights ticket office at 407-823-Gold.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BLOWS OUT SCC IN FINAL TUNE-UP

Last week:

Rollins 73, Seminole Community College 42

Exhibition record: 2-0

The Rollins College women's basketball team easily defeated the Lady Raiders of Seminole Community College 73-42 in their last exhibition game prior to the start of the 2005-06 regular season. The Tars were led by senior Joslyn Giles who recorded her first double-double of the year with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Juniors Larissa McDonough and Jennifer Catti also added 15 points each for the Tars.

The Tars didn't waste any time showing the Lady Raiders who was in charge and jumped out to an 18-3 lead after only five minutes of action. The Tars kept the pressure on the Raiders all half and went into the locker room with a 46-17 lead. Both Catti and McDonough scored 11 of their 15 points in the first half, while Giles added 10. The Raiders were led by Sicilia LoSauro with eight points and three rebounds in the half and Lynette Jackson with six points.

The second half saw more of the same for the Tars, as they tuned up both their offense and defense for the upcoming season. Rollins shot 46.2% (18-39) from the field in the first half and followed that up by shooting 31% (9-29) in the second half while holding the Raiders to 28.8% (15-52) on the evening. The Tars also out-rebounded the Raiders 56-35. Leading the Raiders was Jackson, who finished the game with 18 points and seven rebounds.

Rollins will open their 2005-06 season Tuesday, November 15, when they take on Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Game time in Winter Park is set for 5:30 p.m.

Even though the new season has yet to begin, head coach Glenn Wilkes, Jr. is already looking ahead as he inked three players for 2006-07 on last week's signing day. Father Lopez guard Jessica Pressley, Lake Howell forward Brittainy Daiger and Staci Rossi from Sparta, N.J. will all suit up for the Tars next season.

Pressley, a 5-6 guard out of Father Lopez High School in Volusia County follows in the footsteps of current Tars junior Larissa McDonough and freshman Jessica Barker who both played for Brad Ridenour at Father Lopez. As a junior Pressley averaged 23 points, four assists and three steals a game, and connected on 40% of her shots from the three-point line. She holds her school's single season scoring record with 738 points. Last season she helped lead Father Lopez to the Florida 2A State Championship and was named the MVP of the championship game. She was also named the Volusia/Flagler Player of the Year and was selected for the All-State and the Orlando Sentinel Central Florida first teams.

Daiger comes to the Tars from Lake Howell High School and will play both basketball and volleyball for the Tars. The 6-0 forward averaged 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocks a game as a junior and was named to the Seminole County All-Conference second team. She set a school record for most blocks in a game with six and stands second on the all-time blocks in a season list with 67 blocks as a junior. In volleyball, Daiger has set school records for most kills in a season, most blocks in a season and most kills in a single match.

Rossi is a 5-8 guard from Sparta High School where she was named to the 2004-05 New Jersey State All-Junior team by the Newark Star Ledger, the Group 3 All-State third team and the league MVP as a junior. Rossi will finish her career in the top five in Sparta High history in both steals and assists. Entering her senior season, Rossi has 321 steals and 438 assists for her career.

ROLLINS BASKETBALL HOME GAMES ON WPRK AND ON THE WEB

Every home Rollins basketball games can be followed live on the Web by accessing the Tars Live Stats at http://www.rollins.edu/athletics/aow/livestatspage.shtml Most games can also be heard live from the WPRK radio broadcasts at http://www.rollins.edu/wprk/

MEN SWIMMERS SINK FLORIDA SOUTHERN; WOMEN FALL TO MOCS

Last Week:

Men – Rollins 128, Florida Southern 77

Women – Florida Southern 127, Rollins 78

The Rollins men rolled up 76 points in the freestyle events and cruised to a 128-77 victory over Florida Southern with the Tars women falling 127-78 to the Mocs on Saturday. Five different Tars won an event on the men's side with the women scoring one relay and four individual victories.

The men took first place in each of the first six races with Trevor Hughes and Jeff Mueller scoring two wins apiece. Mueller, along with Chris Sparks, Carson Nicely and Hughes, won the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 3:45.67 before taking first in the 200 yard freestyle in 1:49.82. Hughes scored a victory in the 100 yard butterfly, stopping the clock at 54.67. Daniel Paulling won the 1000-yard freestyle for the Tars, finishing in 10:44.74 and edging teammate Paul Wahbe by four seconds. Rollins went 1-2-3 in the 50 yard freestyle, led by Bill Burris in a time of 22.01. Ishviyan DeSaram took second place and Jonathan Maston took third.

The Tars ended the day with a dominating swim in the 400-yard freestyle relay, winning with a time of 3:25.41. Nicely, Hughes, Maston and Burris teamed for the victory and outdistanced fellow Tars Paulling, DeSaram, P.J. Dandridge and Tom Alexander, who took second place in 3:32.37.

The hosts jumped out to an early lead in the women's competition and the Tars weren't able to recover and suffered the loss. Freshman Jessica Rothbiend kept up her hot streak and won two events to lead Rollins. She took first place in the 200 yard IM in 2:20.47 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:10.60. Casey Capron won the 50 freestyle in a time of 26.63, out reaching teammate Amanda Terr by .30 seconds while Corie Kelly came from behind and took a win in the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.99). The trio teamed with Kymm Dutch to finish second in the 400-yard medley relay in 4:17.30.

The Rollins men's and women's swim teams will hit the pool on Saturday, November 19 at 1 p.m. when they will host the University of Tampa in Winter Park.

ROWING TEAMS RECORD WIN AND TWO RUNNERS-UP AT FIRA FALL CLASSIC

Last week:

At Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association Classic

The Rollins men's varsity four boat continued to establish itself as one of the best in the South as they scored a big victory to highlight the Tars day at the FIRA Fall Classic. Rollins' also had a successful day in the eight's as the varsity crew took second and the novice boat took third. The women got into the action as their novice eight took third place and the varsity four tied for fourth.

The crew of Colleen Reagan, Drew Brodnax, Shawn Tavares, Skylar Wilson and David Bagby glided to a victory in the Varsity Four event, winning in 13:16, seven seconds ahead of second place Florida Tech. The Tars B boat of Donna Pola, Brandon Koch, Collin Campbell, Barry DeNicola and Tyler Kartzinel took seventh place in the race in 14:47. In the Novice B Four race, the boat of Lisa Knapp, Joey Jolly, James Bogush, Shareef Doumet, and Louis Curren took second place in 16:28.

The Tars eight's put up a solid day, led by a second place finish from the varsity boat. The team of Reagan, Brodnax. Tavares, Koch, Campbell, Wilson, Fraser, Bagby and Sean Weigold stopped the clock at 11:36, four seconds ahead of the third place team. In the novice event, Knapp, Jolly, Trevor Luna, Alex Ramirez, Austin Mosley, Justin Negrin, PJ McGowan, Tim Brierley and Sergio Abril teamed to take third place in 13:49.

On the women's side, the varsity four of Reagan, Kim Lucy, Liza Hussey, Megan Wise and Katie Broome tied with Miami for fourth place with times of 16:11. The Tars novice four A team took third place as Knapp, Hussey, Sarah Pantages, Shannon VanDyke and Chelsi Wilkerson covered the distance in 18:07. In the women's novice eight race, it was the Tars edging out the University of Florida by two seconds to take third place. The team of Pola, Wilkerson, Hussey, Pantages, VanDyke, Ali Baldari, Laura Edwards, Meghan McLaughlin and Rachel Todd posted a time of 17:05 in the race.

The event concludes the Tars fall schedule as they will pick things back up in March hosting the Metro Cup on Lake Maitland

MEN'S GOLF CLOSES FALL WITH DOMINATING WIN AT STETSON INVITE

Last week:

1 st of 8 teams at Stetson Invitational

The Rollins men's golf team put up three straight scores under 295 and ran away with a 20 shot victory at the Stetson/CFSC Invitational at Victoria Hills Golf Club on Tuesday. Rollins senior Tim Acquaviva captured medalist honors with teammate Dan Walters finishing one stroke behind in second place.

The Tars shot 294-290-291 for a total of 875 strokes in the tournament to easily defeat second place Jacksonville University (306-296-293) by 20 strokes. Campbell University took third place with Bethune-Cookman coming in fourth.

Acquaviva opened with 70, followed by rounds of 72 and 75 for a one over par 217. He edged out fellow senior Walters by one shot, who tied for second place with scores of 68-77-73. Darren Lundgren made it three Tars in the top five as he took fourth place after shooting 78 in the first round and recovering with 70 and 71 for a total of 219 strokes. Bobby Leopold tied for 19 th place for the Tars (78-73-79) with a 230 while Jeff Golden tied for 22 nd (84-75-72).

The tournament was the last of the Tars fall season as they will pick things back up and continue their quest for back-to-back regional titles in February.

WEEKLY RELEASE 2005-06 ARCHIVE

October 3, 2005