Show f Bruins' Bruins Soccer Heads to Nationals By Eric Bresee Contributing Writer The wait is over In the early evening Oct 24 the Salt Lake Community College t f Bruins mens men's soccer team received their bid to the National Tournament The bids were to be announced r on Oct 20 but Head Coach Enrique Velasquez was informed of the bid Friday evening I was able to sleep Friday night Velasquez said It was like a two ton brick lifted off my ders The women's team received their bid to Nationals on Oct 20 20 They will enter the tournament as the number one seed Velasquez had the free time on Friday evening because the games against Ricks College in Rexburg ID were cancelled Perhaps the eight inches of snow on the ground had something to with that i The Ricks head coach forfeited the games due to the snow and the fact the games do my teams any good I would just as soon play the game than have the points handed to tome tome me Velasquez said The Bruins travelled to Idaho I r State Oct 25 The women's team defeated ISU 2 i Jamie Boren and Shana Hawsk Haws k scored the goals for the Bruins as Sommer Densley and Jill Bennion shared the shutout Haws scored on a 35 yard free kick that Velasquez called a beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- shot The Lady Bruins have allowed only one goal in the last five game while they have scored 10 The mens men's team defeated ISU 3 1 Josh Morgan scored his team high goal of the year as Jeremy Sharp and Cale Robinson added the theother theother theother other goals After the game Velasquez had glowing remarks for Morgan I haven't seen anyone that can handle him Morgan he said He should be playing professionally in a couple of years Hes He's fast strong and has quick feet Both teams have three league games left and Velasquez said these games are tune ups for Nationals We have to work on our possession possession possession posses posses- sion of the ball Velasquez said We want to control the ball 25 to 30 minutes per half Well We'll try to run the legs off of people Velasquez explained when the opposing teams get tired after chasing chasing chasing chas chas- ing the Bruins goals and scoring chances come by themselves The mens men's team has games against Southern Utah Dixie and Boise State while the women have an additional date with Utah State |