The Sandspur

Issue date: 10/16/06 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Courtesy of Roger French Men's soccer suffers loss.

The Tars increased their standings to 4-1 in the Sunshine State Conference coming off a recent victory over Nova Southeastern on Wednesday October 4. They beat Nova
Southeastern 3-1, posting twice as many shots and more shots on goal.

Rollins' first goal came sixteen minutes into the first half when Juan Kusnir headed in a free kick from Jon Gruenewald. The Tars took this 1-0 lead into the second half, where the game remained scoreless until defenseman Eric Vergati scored off a pass from Leslie Osei in the seventy-fifth minute.

Rollins scored again after only nine minutes when Michael Aronski won a ball and pushed it forward to Christopher Chapon who scored on a breakaway. Nova Southeastern answered this goal four minutes later, but it would be their only goal of the game.

The Tars managed to dominate much of the game, controlling the ball and the play.
The Tars seemed to maintain this same control in their game on Saturday, October 7 against Eckerd. They had twenty eight shots and ten shots on goal compared to their opponents twelve and six respectively.

But Eckerd, coming off an amazing upset victory over first-ranked Lynn University, used this momentum to take another win against a nationally ranked opponent. They defeated the Tars 3-2 in double overtime. The Tars drew first blood, scoring a goal twenty five minutes into the first half when Juan Kusnir scored off an assist by Chris Cerroni. Eckerd answered by the end of the half with an unassisted goal by their forward Luke Sheekey.

Sheekey scored again off a free kick in the second half to give Eckerd a 2-1 lead. Dennis Chin, back from a recent hamstring injury, was the next to contribute to the fiercely contested match with a goal off a Cerroni cross in the seventy-eighth minute. Neither team was able to break the 2-2 tie by the end of regulation play. Eckerd clinched the victory halfway into the second overtime.

Rollins has a home game against Florida Tech on Friday October 13 at seven o'clock. They then go on the road for Sunshine State Conference opponents Flagler and Lynn on October eighteenth and twenty-first respectively.

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