Wednesday, Sept. 11 - No. 7 Rollins vs. No. 4 Flagler -
7 p.m.
Seventh ranked Rollins (1-0-0) will welcome fourth ranked
Flagler (2-0-0) to Winter Park on Wednesday for their home opener.
The teams last met back in 2012 when then No. 20 Rollins traveled
to No. 5 Flagler and left with a 3-3 draw.
ROLLINS AT A GLANCE: The Tars opened with a
dominating win at Embry-Riddle this past Saturday, blowing past the
Eagles by a score of 5-1.
Senior Philipp
Schad led the way with a pair of scores while Rob
Crowley, Brett
Durrance, and Rafa
Faria each added a score each.
2012 All-SSC goalkeeper Keneil
Baker played every minute in goal, collecting two saves. Baker
currently is second in career shutouts (22), just 0.33 behind
current Rollins Goalkeeper coach Joe
Raymond. The Ocoee, Fla. native is also third in goals against
average (0.78) and eighth in career saves with 168.
FLAGLER AT A GLANCE: The Saints return 17
players from a year ago and were picked to finish second, along
with Young Harris College, in the Peach Belt Conference's preseason
coaches' poll
Flagler comes to Barker Family Stadium fresh off a 2-1 win over
non-conference opponent Limestone College.
Senior Zach Shanahan's first goal of the season broke a 1-all
tie and proved to be the game-winning goal. With the win, Flagler
remained undefeated at 2-0-0.
In the 38th minute, Shanahan received a cross pass from the
right wing from Michael Amaya and took it in and blasted a shot
from 15 yards out and tucked the ball inside the right post to give
Flagler its first and only lead of the contest.
Junior Camp Bissell recorded two saves in goal for Flagler
THE COACHES: The winningest coach in Rollins
soccer history, Dr. Keith
Buckley is in his 23rd year at the helm of the Tars
program in 2013. His career record of 259-127-24 is the
34th best in the history of NCAA Division II men's
soccer and ranks 22nd among active coaches. In the past
decade, Buckley's Tars have posted a record of 142-55-14, won four
Sunshine State Conference Championships, three SSC tournament
titles, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament six times.
John Lynch begins his 15th year at the helm of the men's soccer
program at Flagler College and has a career mark of 165-134-26 in
17 seasons. In four seasons in the Peach Belt Conference, Flagler
has posted a 25-6-3 record, the best mark in that four-year span of
all the conference members.
