The Sandspur

Issue date: 9/11/06 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Roger French SHOOT OUT: Senior Chris Cerroni takes a shot against the University of Alabama-Huntsville keeper. The

The Tars continued being undefeated this weekend, first defeating Alabama-Huntsville 7-3 in an action packed game on Friday, and then winning again on Sunday shutting out the University of Montevallo 3-0.

Senior Chris Cerroni led the Tars in their outstanding victory on Friday by scoring three goals. This was the first hat trick the Rollins soccer club has seen since 1998, but this was only a remarkable addition to an already exhilarating game. Alabama-Huntsville beat Rollins 2-1 last year, and the Tars were obviously thirsty for revenge.

Physically, the play was brutal, as evidenced by the fact that each team racked up more than twenty fouls over the course of the game. UAH struck the first blow, knocking in a loose ball in the box for a goal. It wasn't long though before Chris Cerroni answered with a goal, assisted by both Dennis Chin and Leslie Osei. Rollins scored two more goals that period, one of which was Cerroni's second of the night, but not one came easy.

The Tars were forced to perform their plays flawlessly and take advantage of every opportunity in order to get around tough UAH defense. Defender Tres Loch led a relentless defense that rebuked UAH offense at every turn. Rollins went into the second half up 3-1 and hungry for more goals. Three minutes into the half scored off an intercepted pass from the goalkeeper. UAH seemed poised to score three minutes after that, but goalkeeper Frazer Siddall knocked down their penalty kick. Unfortunately, UAH was able to knock the rebound in for their first goal of the half, and then scored again to make it 4-3. Rollins was not deterred by this threatened comeback; instead they went on to score three more goals before the end of the game, thoroughly crushing their team with aggressive offense and impenetrable defense.

The Tars continued this kind of defense in their relatively quiet win on Sunday. Frazer Siddall had four saves in the 3-0 shut out, and Chris Cerroni added another goal to his season total of seven. His was the first goal of the second half and of the game, as the first half lacked both goals and offensive action in general for either side. Jon Gruenewald was assisted by Cerroni for his goal, the second of the game, and Juan Kusnir added the final goal with an assist by Leslie Osei. Osei lead the team with six assists.

Rollins demonstrated its passing ability in all three goals, a facet of their offense that will hopefully again lead to a victory when they play next weekend. Rollins plays away for the first time this season, first on Friday against West Florida, and then on Sunday against Thomas University in Georgia. The men join the women's team for both these road games.

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