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Show JL September 17, 2002 Hb FORUM Page 7 Griffins Sweep, Hope for Top Rank Andy Sullivan Staff Writer Westminsters mens soccer team earned a little bit of retribution Sunday by beating Albertson College, the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year, by a score of Westminster dominated the game from start to finish, and looked good doing it. Westminster won this weekends tournament by winning both their games, the other was Fridays 1 overtime win over Alliant International University. The wins came at just 4-- Goals Brian Fairbanks Nima Mahak Brady Smith 6 Xadier Gonzalez 3 6 4 0. Assists Freshman defender Dave Rogers tallied his first goal of the season Albertson College. Sunday in a 0 win over regional-riva- l 4-- into the back of the net, putting Westminster up Only a freshman, Rogers gives Westminster soccer a bright future. He the right time for the looks to have the potential Griffins, as they were only to be a great player with a few votes away from a his speed and ball han- national ranking and had dling ability, as well as the climbed to No. 2 in the ability to consistently regional poll - their highmake his presence felt on est such ranking in at least both defense and offense. four years. Now 3 on the Midfielder Isaac James season, Westminster will likely take over the No. 1 2-- 3-- 0. 8-- regional ranking while climbing into the NAIA top 25 national poll. After going up 0 in the first half against Albertson with goals from Carlson and Nima Mahak, Westminster got off to a slow start in the second half. Forward Xadier Gonzalez missed a wide-ope- n shot in front of the goal that would have put Westminster up 0 in the 48th minute of the game. There were a few minutes of worry when an We care about rankings.. .it just puts 2-- 3-- Albertson player received a yellow card for a hard, cleats-u- p foul on defensive leader Ryan Walcott. A senior and captain, Walcott was slow getting up and hobbled off the field with an ankle injury. He reentered the game a few minutes later after being checked out by the trainer and finished the rest of the half strong in his final home game as a Westminster player. Freshman defender Dave Rogers made the play of the game when he took the ball just behind the midfield line, made his way up the sideline, dribbling through and past three Albertson defenders to the middle of the field. He got off a hard shot just inside the penalty box that found its way past the Albertson goalkeeper and dont really . a target on your back - Issac James; Junior, Midfielder 2-- 1-- man from Salt Lake City, Taylor made a diving stop but Alliant International picked up the carom and put the ball in the back of the net. Junior Brady Smith scored in regulation, and Matt Carlson got the overtime goal to give Westminster the win on Friday. 3 2 2 After the win over Albertson Westminster Athletic director Tommy Connor presented the team with a trophy. Westminster coach Chris Dorich felt good about his teams victories this vmm" 'I j- We Vt ii'r V Vr- ' t V-- V. S y':-- k t , t ! ' 1 MEM 3 .; 1 the, Cru -- 6 tioUtt c'swxrt r .'s beginning in Nampa, Idaho against Montana State a game against ; if ; 8 i , P ' ,v V i f ' , MCdrtVj' rU 4 fat- 4 , t .1 y. - 1 " Vjfoty.y .... P . ' 0 rsMt Uk& i: -- v' box-iu- it ;? ,P. V:i'4 a 't ; .11 ' ;7:''C:: V'.s . i.: , - V.: . ''.A U '1 , . u US tickets to see Creed, complete with timo services Good, for you a walking nightmare forme. So Im giving them away, m a drawing. Vant to win them? it s easy '.f'PThare's no purchase necessary, just go to zionwodegrcen.com for complete ipfo ort .nki how lo.slgn up for CodeGreenythe. new student banking package from Sons. Pi . ' vi ', Which is only smart . - University on Thursday. Westminster finishes up their first road series of the sea- v I ......... home games, the Griffin soccer team will embark on the nine-gam-e away part of their season y i.- tar- 11 Northwest.Nazarene University on Saturday. s' ? i Up next with ; t , I.i son .ft scholarships. because it just puts a get on your back. . v , ' ' I Westminster appeared to be the better team in every aspect, even though they have no players attending school on athletic scholar- ships, and lost three of last years top players to graduation. Junior Isaac James felt the team played well together on Sunday, and brushed off the fact that Albertson came into this game ranked ahead of Westminster in their region, saying, We dont really care about rankings, wed rather not be ranked After - week- - this against the (NCAA) D-- 2 schools in Denver, but I think we can. Dorich was referring to the trip to Colorado the team will make in three weeks to take on such NCAA Division II schools as Regis University. He also pointed out that Albertsons entire team is stocked with players attending the school on e ' - i beat two very solid teams, now we just need to be able to do end, saying, full-rid- scored the final goal of the game with a nice shot into the top corner of the net off a crossing ball in the 71st minute. James cel- ebrated his goal with his signature flip, appearing to linger sideways in the air for a second before coming back to the ground. In the first game of this weekends tournament, Westminster topped Alliant International University 1 in a hard fought overtime victory. Alliant took a 0 lead in the first half when they put pressure on Westminster goalkeeper James Taylor. A fresh- 6 Taylor Lever Gonzalez Tyler Olson Dan Dworshak , antoay. 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