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Gilstrap and Hodge Sweep A-Sun Weekly Awards
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men's soccer and Stetson earned both honors.
Seniors Griffin Gilstrap
and Robert Hodge both played extremely well over the weekend to lead Stetson
to road wins over Florida International in Miami and Florida Atlantic in
Boca Raton. Stetson remains undefeated on the season at 3-0. Gilstrap is the
A-Sun Offensive Player of the Week and Hodge is the A-Sun Defensive Player
of the Week.
Gilstrap, a forward out
of Safety Harbor, Florida had a career game on Friday when he scored two
goals and assisted on the game-winning third goal in a 3-2 win over FIU. He
remained hot on Sunday and scored the team's only goal in the 1-0 win over
FAU. Gilstrap totaled seven points in two games. Prior to this weekend, for
his career he had two goals and four assists for 12 points.
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Hatters Remain Perfect with Win Over Owls
 Boca
Raton, Fla. - The Stetson men's soccer team improved to 3-0-0 on the season
with a 1-0 road victory over Florida Atlantic (2-1-0). The Hatters avenged
last season's 1-0 loss to the owls in DeLand. Stetson is now 7-17-1 all-time
against FAU.
For the second
consecutive game on the road trip Griffin Gilstrap (Safety Harbor, Fla.)
scored the first goal of the game with an assist from Fredrik Brustad (Oslo,
Norway). This time it turned out to be the game-winner.
In the 18th
minute of the first half the Hatters won the ball and sent Brustad on a run
down the right flank. After clearing a few defenders he delivered a perfect
cross that found Gilstrap in the box.
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Golden Panthers Cruise to 4-2 victory over Howard
 MIAMI
- Freshman Sebastian Frings is wasting no time making a name for himself on
FIU men's soccer team. Frings lifted the Golden Panthers to a 4-2 victory on
Sunday afternoon against Howard by netting two goals, including the
game-winner.
Though Howard outshot FIU, 15-8, the Golden Panthers made the most of their
opportunities. Steven Cabas helped set up Frings' first goal, which boosted
his scoring streak to four consecutive games.
Cabas then put in one of his own roughly 14 minutes into the second half off
an assist from Nicolas Chase.
The Bison cut the lead to 2-1 when Lemuel Lyons took a direct shot from the
left side of the box with more than 15 minutes remaining. Frings gave the
Golden Panthers some breathing room when he scored from the left side with
8:20 remaining in the game. more
UCF Plays to Scoreless Draw in Shortened Game
 JACKSONVILLE,
Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - After playing to a tie through 70 minutes Saturday
night on the road, the UCF men's soccer team settled for a 0-0 draw at
Jacksonville when the game was called in the 71st minute due to inclement
weather and unplayable conditions.
The Knights move to 2-1-1 on the season and runs its unbeaten streak to
three games.
"It was an excellent college soccer game, back and forth by both teams,"
said head coach Bryan Cunningham. "We hit the crossbar, they hit the
crossbar, but unfortunately in the end the weather won tonight but we will
come back ready to play on Friday night."
UCF had chances in the game with nine shots, but the Knights were unable to
push across a goal for the first time this season. Junior Gianni Piccoletti
(Bariloche, Argentina) led the Knights with three shots and now has a
team-high 14 on the season.
Redshirt freshman Shawn Doyle (Ft. Myers, Fla.) saved three shots in the
game and registered his first collegiate shutout.
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FAU Grinds Out Victory Over Howard
 BOCA
RATON, FL - The Florida Atlantic men's soccer team secured a 1-0 victory
over Howard University on Friday night from FAU Soccer Field. Sophomore
midfielder Karol Chorak tallied a penalty kick goal in the 35th minute and
FAU played solid defense the rest of the way to earn the win.
The Owls (2-1-0) also received another stellar performance from freshman
goalkeeper Jeremy Crumpton. The Orlando, Florida native recorded three saves
en route to the shutout victory. Crumpton improved to 2-0 on the season and
has recorded 11 saves in his first 195 minutes in net without allowing a
goal. final
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Rollins Gives West Florida A Run for Their Money
 WINTER
PARK, Fla. (September 11, 2009) - The
ninth-ranked Rollins women's soccer team became the first squad to score on
the No. 2 West Florida Argonauts this season in an eventual 4-2 loss to UWF
on their home turf at Barker Family Stadium and Cahall-Sandspur Field
Friday. With the loss, the Tars take their first set back of 2009 and sit
with a mark of 3-1-1, while the Argos stay perfect on the season and pick up
a record of 4-0-0.
The Tars exploded onto the pitch and took the Argos by surprise, scoring
just one minute into the contest, and then again in the seventh minute of
action to pull ahead to a quick 2-0 lead. Senior midfielder
Joy Powell set the Tars on fire with the opening goal after dribbling
around defenders and firing a quick touch past UWF goalkeeper Courtney
Jones.
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FIU Mens Soccer Runs Out of Time against Stetson
 MIAMI
- The FIU men's soccer team (2-2-0) put together a valiant rally
with a limited roster but ran out of time in its 3-2 loss against Stetson on
Friday night.
"Injuries are not
helping us out. We had to reshuffle the lineup pretty much right before
kickoff," Coach
Munga Eketebi said. "We really only had two subs, but I still think we
should have been able to pull it off or still tie the game."
Griffin Gilstrap lifted
Stetson (2-0-0) to the win with two goals and an assist on the Hatters'
final goal of the game.
FIU's defense held the
score to 1-0 in the first half after Gilstrap scored before the 7-minute
mark. Gilstrap found the goal again nearly seven minutes into the second
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Hatters Handle Seahawks in Season Opener
 DeLand,
Fla. - The Stetson men's soccer team opened the 2009 with a soggy 1-0 win
over Northwood University. Both teams played through a steady rain for most
of the game.
As the weather began to improve, sophomore Matt Hoskins (Marietta, Ga.)
scored his first collegiate goal in the 77th minute to give the Hatters
their first win. Senior Robert Hodge (Devon, England) picked up the ball in
the right side of the box and centered a perfect pass to Hoskins who blasted
a shot to the lower left side of the goal from six yards out.
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USF Pulls Out Blue Collar 2-1 Win Against UCF
 TAMPA
- The University of South Florida men's
soccer team knew coming into tonight's regular season opener against UCF,
that it would have to battle for every inch of turf at the USF Soccer
Stadium. Granted the Bulls have dominated the all-time series against the
Golden Knights, boasting a 20-3-4 series lead in the previous 27 meetings,
but they knew that their competition from the East on Interstate-4 would be
no push over.
And a battle is exactly what USF got, as the Bulls, ranked No. 11 in the
preseason National Soccer Coaches Association Top 25, pulled out what can be
called nothing short of a "blue-collar" 2-1 win to kick off the 2009
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Eagles defeat FIU 1-0 in 2009 Opener
 MIAMI,
Fla. – The Florida Gulf Coast University men's soccer team used a
goal from Cristian Raudales off a penalty kick to open up the 2009 campaign
with a 1-0 win at FIU on Tuesday night.
The Eagles improve to 1-0-0 overall, while the Golden Panthers fall to
0-1-1. With the win FGCU picked up its first victory over FIU (FIU still
leads the all-time series 2-1).
“Tonight’s game was a good early test for us,” said head coach Bob
Butehorn. “FIU is a tough team to beat on the road, especially in their home
opener. Everyone on the team contributed including our bench which provided
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BIG EAST Champions Unveil 2009 Schedule
 TAMPA
– Head coach George Kiefer and the University of South Florida men’s soccer
team is proud to unveil their 2009 schedule. USF is seeking its
third-straight postseason appearance and its 14th berth in the NCAA
Tournament.
The Bulls are fresh off the program’s second ever appearance in the Elite
Eight and will face steep competition from 2008 NCAA Tournament, three who
advanced to the Sweet 16, in St. John’s, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Louisville
and Akron (exhibition).
“Once again I feel we have put together an outstanding schedule that
features numerous teams with NCAA Tournament experience,” Kiefer said. “The
home conference schedule will be great for our fans and we look forward to
an exciting season at the USF Soccer Stadium.”
USF opens the 2009 campaign with a duo of exhibition games. The Bulls will
kick things off by hosting the University of Tampa on Aug. 18 in the annual
edition of the Rowdies’ Cup. The Bulls finish exhibition play on the road at
Akron on Aug, 21. more
C.J. Phelps is The Palm Beach Post's boys soccer
large-school player of the year
 With
five minutes left in the first half of the Class 6A boys soccer regional
semifinals, Boca Raton was trailing Wellington 1-0. That's when Bobcats'
standout midfielder C.J. Phelps received a message from his teammate Kevin
McEntee.
McEntee, who had seen C.J. come through countless times
already in the season, told Phelps that Phelps was going to score before
halftime to tie the game.
McEntee was right. Just two minutes after his prediction,
Phelps drove the ball past three defenders into the box and drilled a shot
into the right corner of the net to tie the game at 1. The Bobcats
eventually won 2-1, but it was Phelps' goal that changed the momentum of the
game.
"I think that was the biggest goal I scored in my high
school career," said Phelps, the Post's large schools boys soccer player of
the year. "It was either score the goal or go home and as a senior and
captain of the team, I didn't want to go home."
The Bobcats rode the emotional victory over their rival
Wellington all the way to the state championship game, where they eventually
lost. But to Phelps, the season was anything but a disappointment.
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Hasani Sinclair is The Palm Beach Post's boys soccer
small-school player of the year
 It's
not often the senior standout forward doesn't accomplish what he sets out to
do and this season Hasani had 47 goals and 14 assists to lead the Stallions
to the Class 2A state title.
"It was really important for me to win a state title this
year because I wanted to leave the school on top," said Sinclair, The
Post's small schools boys soccer player of the year for the second year
in a row.
Hasani said it was important for him to be remembered as a
winner at Heritage.
"I want to be always be remembered at American Heritage,"
Sinclair said. "I want my legacy as a winner to never be forgotten."
Off the field, Sinclair is a typical teenager. He loves to
joke around and goes as far as to call himself 'goofy'. But once he steps on
the soccer field, the demeanor changes.
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Pinellas sweeps Hillsborough in Senior Soccer Challenge
CLEARWATER — It has been quite the senior year for Palm
Harbor University defender Sam Venker.
In February, Venker — anchoring a back line that
surrendered just one playoff goal — led the Hurricanes to the school's third
state championship in boys soccer. Friday, Venker capped his high school
career by scoring the winner in the 16th annual Senior Soccer Challenge at
Countryside High to send the Pinellas All-Stars past the Hillsborough 3-2.
"It's been special," said Venker, chosen as Pinellas' MVP
by the Hillsborough coaching staff. "I came in with my brother (Max). He led
that state title team (in 2006). I tried to step out of the shadow a little
bit. I got my own, and it's been special."
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Soccer classic set for weekend
The Florida Athletic Coaches Association Boys' Soccer
All-Star Classic will be held Friday and Saturday at the Seminole Soccer
Complex in Lake Mary.The semifinals will be
Friday at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., with the final Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
On the South roster: Felipe Nascimento (Coconut Creek),
Kojo Thompson (Wellington), Mariano Gelso (Palm Beach Central), Joey
Maxson (Jupiter), Carlos Rubiano (Douglas), Victor Castro (Coconut Creek),
Hasani Sinclair (Plantation American Heritage), Carl Lamur (Miami
Killian), Alex Cardona (Miami Varela), Juan Lopez (Miami Varela), Steve
Salinas (Miami Killian), Matthew Rickards (Hialeah American), Randy Marin
(Pahokee), Andrew Dilallo (Wellington), Josh Oset (Jensen Beach), C.J.
Phelps (Boca Raton), Charlie Contreras (Boca Raton).
US soccer team prepares in Fla. for World Cup
qualifiers
MIAMI SHORES — Back from Europe and Major League Soccer
openers, U.S. soccer players gathered today to prepare for this weekend's
World Cup qualifier at El Salvador.
Fifteen of the 22 players on the roster
took the field for a brief workout. Six more were due in later Monday, with
Danny Califf expected to arrive from Denmark on Tuesday.
"Today it was about regeneration," U.S.
coach Bob Bradley said. "Of the 15 guys that are here today, I think 10 or
11 played 90 minutes on the weekend, and that's obviously a great thing for
us. It's important with the amount of time a lot of those guys have played
lately to understand what our week needs to be like, and with some of the
guys who haven't played as much we push them a little harder."
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Felipe Nascimento, the humble leader
 When
a player comes to a new school for his senior year, there are always
questions about how he will fit in with new teammates.
Stephen Lorenc didn't know what to expect when Felipe Nascimento transferred
from Coral Springs to Monarch. But it didn't take long for the Knights'
coach to put Nascimento in a leadership position, making him a captain.
"It speaks volumes of his leadership abilities," Lorenc said. "He didn't
come in here asking for it. He didn't come in here wanting it for himself.
He's just an extremely humble individual."
The senior didn't say much, but his play pushed his teammates all season. He
was the Knights' offensive leader with 18 goals and 19 assists. He helped
propel his team on a run to the FHSAA Class 5A semifinals.
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