Friday, Sept. 13 - No. 16 Rollins vs. No. 1 West Florida
- 7:30 p.m.
Rollins (2-0-0) returns to Barker Family Stadium to open their
2013 home schedule, welcoming top-ranked West Florida (1-0-1) on
Friday. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
ROLLINS AT A GLANCE: The Tars opened their
season on the road, traveling to S.C. for a pair of games. First,
Rollins defeated S.C. Aiken by a score of 4-1 before ending the
trip with a come from behind 2-1 win over Anderson.
Leading the offense so far has been freshman Paxton
Sickler. The Apopka native has been involved in five out the
six goals scored this season, scoring three and assisted on two
others for a team leading eight points. Junior Brenna
McKee is right behind her with two goals on five shots. McKee
is currently 11th in school history with 16 career
goals
In goal, junior Mary
Spring ranks among the programs all-time best, sitting third in
Rollins history in shutouts (8) and is also currently third in
goals against average, allowing just 1.00 goals a contest.
UWF AT A GLANCE: No. 1 West Florida held steady
atop the NSCAA national rankings this week after going 1-0-1
against nationally-ranked opponents to open the season.
The defending national champions defeated preseason No. 13
Columbus State, 3-2, in overtime on a neutral field before tying
preseason No. 5 Armstrong, 1-1, at Armstrong at the Holiday Inn
Express Midtown Savannah "Clash on the Coast."
The Argos are led by freshman Korrie Abernathy. Abernathy was
named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Week in the first
week of her collegiate career after scoring a game-tying goal
against Armstrong and recording an assist against Columbus State
team last week.
THE COACHES: The Rollins women's soccer team is
led by reigning Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year Alicia
Schuck. Coach Schuck is in her third year at the helm, holding
a record of 28-8-4. Since taking over, she has led the Tars to a
berth in the NCAA tournament twice and has been named both the
NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year and SSC Coach of the Year.
UWF is led by head coach Joe Bartlinski. Bartlinski holds a
career record of 203-27-14 (.861) overall and a 83-4-1 record
(.949) in Gulf South Conference play, as he continues to make his
mark as one of the most successful active coaches in college
soccer. West Florida earned NCAA Tournament bids every season under
Bartlinski except 2004, when UWF's season was canceled due to
Hurricane Ivan, and 2011.
