2008 Woodie Awards
Sports Beat: Men's Soccer and Volleyball Roll to Wins
Men's soccer keeps up streak; volleyball sweeps day two of tournament.
Dean Hybl
Issue date: 10/22/04 Section: Sports
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The 21st ranked Rollins men's soccer team (7-1-3, 3-0-1 SSC) remained undefeated in Sunshine State Conference play with a dominating 6-0 victory over Florida Tech (3-7-1, 0-5 SSC). Christopher Chafin had two goals for the Tars while David Pitt, Juan Kusnir, Chris Cerroni and Ryan Dodds also had goals. The Tars out-shot the Panthers 26-7 in the contest.
Rollins opened the scoring just 15 minutes into the contest as Cerroni scored his team-high seventh goal with assists from Kusnir and Pitt. Just five minutes later, Chris Chafin scored his first goal on an assist from Kevin White. He added his second goal on a pass from Cerroni just three minutes later. Rollins out-shot the Panthers 12-4 in the first half as Jeff Rogers registered three saves in the period.
Kusnir continued the scoring spree with an assist from Tres Loch less than ten minutes into the second half. Dodds stole a pass and scored in the 74th minute and Pitt scored off a pass from Chafin less than a minute later.
Rollins is 7-0-2 in their last nine games and has out-scored their opponents by a score of 33-7 with five shutouts during the streak.
The Tars will play their next three games on the road before returning to Cahall-Sandspur Field on October 30th to host Saint Leo in the regular season finale. The next game is October 20th at Eckerd College.The Tars of Rollins College cracked the NCAA Div. II Top 25 for the week of October 12, 2004 entering the poll at number 21. The Tars are 7-1-3 on the season and 3-0-1 in Sunshine State Conference Play. Rollins joins Barry University as the only other SSC member in the poll.
Tars Strong in Volleyball Tournament
The Rollins College volleyball team (12-9) swept both matches in day two of the Lady Bearcat/Bluehose Volleyball Classic. They defeated Lander University (11-13) 30-21, 30-18, 30-23. Leading the Tars was Julia Caner with 15 kills and a .351 attack percentage.
In match two Rollins defeated USC-Upstate (11-10) 30-19, 30-23, 30-21. Amy Barlow and Alison North each had 16 kills for the Tars and had a .419 and .583 attack percentage respectively. The Tars opened aggressively in the match versus Lander. The played strong offense recording 46 kills compared to Lander's 28. Lorena Orlandini had 10 kills; Sarah Schneider added 14 digs and Lindsey Crosby dished out 41 assists.
The Tars entered the match with region rival USC-Upstate determined to win. They dominated offensively in game one hitting .436. They had a season-high .366 total attack percentage. Caner touched on 11 kills and 17 digs, while Crosby dished out 49 assists. Schneider added 15 digs. The Tars are back on October 21 in Valdosta, GA when they face Fort Valley State and Valdosta State.