WSC’s men’s & women soccer players make All-FSC Team
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – The All Florida Sun Conference men and women teams were announced Thursday night at the Region XIV tournament banquet held at the Tybee Island YMCA and the Royals had four players honored, two on each team.
Senior men’s team captain Giorgio Guerrero earned first team honors and sophomore Mauricio Castano earned second team honors. Castano was the Royals points’ leader, registering 10 goals and 5 assists for the season. Castano who has earned FSC Offensive Player of the Week this season also was the FSC’s third leader in points.
Senior co-captains Gina Gallo and Alyssa McNabb also represented WSC on the All-FSC women’s team, Gallo earned second team honors and McNabb garnered Honorable Mention. Gallo an exceptional Defender also had good offensive skills, netting three goals for the season. McNabb registered four goals and two assists for the season.
10.29.2007
Royals Take Loss to Northwood University on Senior Night
LAKE WALES, Fla. - Senior night for Warner Southern men’s soccer team ended in a loss to Northwood University on Monday, October 29, 2007. Northwood University scored four goals in the second period after the Royals scored their only goal of the game.
At the end of the first period, neither team had found the net. Royal’s senior goalkeeper Luis Rincon played the first 45 minutes of the game defending the Royal’s goal totaling three saves. During the second period, the Royals used their other goalkeepers to allow Rincon to play in the field. Robert Highley started the second period as the Royals goalkeeper.
The second period started on a high note for the Royals as Reginald Francois scored Warner’s only goal of the night 2:31 into the second period. Northwood scored their first goal in the 55th minute, followed by their second goal in the 57th. Nikalas Rantenen scored for a second time in the 65th minute and Northwood’s final goal was scored in the 73rd minute.
Warner Southern totaled seven shots, 2 on goal, but only managed to find the net once. The Royals goalkeepers totaled six saves on the night.
Each of the seven seniors for Warner Southern was honored during a halftime celebration. The seniors in the game were honored a second time as they came out of the game with a little more than 2 minutes left in the game. Luis Rincon, Alvaro Puyo, Giorgio Guerrero, Michel Rodriguez, Felipe Pineda, Gary Swisher, Harold Mancilla are the seniors of the 2007 men’s soccer team.
10.26.07
Royals halt losing skid
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Warner Southern halted their 2-game skid on Thursday, Oct. 25 as they defeated the Northwood Seahawks 2-1 to improve their record to 12-3-1 overall and 6-3 in conference.
The Royals opened the scoring when Daniel Scully found the ball at his feet and rolled it past NU goalie Lars Lundgren. Warner Southern was reduced to 10 men when Pablo Cuevas received a straight red card in the 38th minute, but Mauricio Castano swung in a free kick past Lundgren three minutes later to make it 2-0.
Joonas Siikala scored the only goal for the Seahawks in the 55th minute, halving the lead, but the Seahawks could not put away another goal.
Rincon saved Jonathan Taylor’s shot, and Rincon made a fine save to deny a header from Kolhemainen.
The Royals were down to nine men with 90 seconds remaining when Bryson Francois saw red, but Northwood could not find an equalizer.
The Royals will return to action on Monday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. for their Senior Night as they face the Seahawks again in a makeup game for the game that was postponed on Oct. 5.
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10.23.07
Royals suffer tough loss to Bobcats
LAKE WALES, Fla. – In a game riddled with penalties, the Warner Southern College men’s soccer team suffered their second conference loss in a row, third overall to the St. Thomas University Bobcats to drop their record to 11-3-1 and 5-3 in the conference and to improve the Bobcats to 5-10-1 and 2-6 in conference.
The game began rather sluggish, as neither team was able to establish their offense right away. Although the offense for each team took a while to be established, the yellow cards flew rather quickly as the first yellow card was issued to Daniel De La Cruz for the Bobcats in the fifth minute. Bobcats’ midfielder Jan Wiechmann received his first yellow card of the game in the 27th minute.
The Royals broke out of their slump and attacked the Bobcats’ defense in the first half outshooting the Bobcats 10-1 but the Royals could not capitalize on their shots. The first goal of the game came in the 28th minute on a penalty kick from Sebastian Hebeir; the penalty was caused by a handball by the Royals in the box.
The second half opened up with the Royals back on the attack, outshooting the Bobcats nine to two in the second half. The up-tempo attack of the Royals caused fits for the Bobcats as they racked up five more yellow cards in the second half; Wiechmann received a red card in the 69th minute. Although the Bobcats shots were limited, they made sure they counted as Andres Amortegui put the Bobcats up 2-0 in the 67th minute with an unassisted goal.
In a move that paid off, Coach Bienias switched out starting goalkeeper Luis Rincon for Robert Highley and made Rincon play in the field. The switch was helpful as Rincon scored the lone goal for the Royals on a penalty kick in the 88th minute.
Overall, the game had nine yellow cards, one red card and23 fouls, 11 for the Bobcats and 12 for the Royals.
The Royals return to action on October 25 to face Northwood University in a conference matchup in West Palm Beach, Fla. at 7 p.m.
10.19.07
Royals Soccer Shutout by Warriors
LAKE WALES, Fla. – The men’s and women’s soccer team’s lost their game against Webber International University 4-0 on Friday, October 19, 2007.
The women’s soccer team managed 18 shots and 10 shots on goal, unfortunately not scoring in either half. Gina Gallo led the royal’s shots on goal with 5. Goalkeeper Cyndee Cason had 7 saves in the game and goalkeeper Julia Valentine had 1.
The men’s team managed to hold off the Warriors in the first half, despite receiving a red card. Reginald Francois received the red card with 23 minutes remaining in the first half. Goalkeeper Luis Rincon had 1 save in the first half despite the team being down a player kept a zero on the board.
In the 2nd half the Warriors scored 4 goals. Giorgio Guerrero, Pablo Cuevas, Daniel Scully, Jaime Garzon, Pablo Anselmo, and Omar Guerrero each had a shot on goal, although they did not find net.
Saturday, October 20, 2007, both the men ‘s and women’s soccer teams are playing in an alumni game at the Warner Southern College soccer field.
The women play Sunday, October 21, 20007 against Florida Tech here in Lake Wales.
The men’s next game is Tuesday, October 23, 2007 when St. Thomas University travels to Warner Southern for a 7:00 conference match-up.
10.17.07
Warner Southern ties NCAA D-II Sunshine State Conference leader Rollins College 1-1
WINTER PARK, Fla. – In a non-conference match with NCAA D-II Rollins College the Royals tied the Tars 1-1 to leave their record at 11-1-1.
The Royals jumped out to a 1-0 lead 15 minutes into the game thanks to a goal by Pablo Cuevas. He connected with Gary Swisher on a give-and-go play on the right side, with Swisher finding Cuevas unmarked in front of the goal for the open shot. The Tars tied the game at one just before halftime, on a goal from Zach Walker. Bradley Welch assisted the goal by beating several defenders on the right side, and he found Walker in front of the net for the goal.
In the first few minutes of the second half, Rollins was called for a foul in the penalty area and the Royals were awarded a penalty kick. Michel Rodriguez took the kick for Warner Southern with the chance to give the Royals a lead, but his shot rocketed off the right post for a miss.
Luis Rincon spent the entire game in goal and finished the game with seven saves and allowing one goal.
The Royals return to conference play on Friday, October 19 to face conference rival Webber International University at home at 7 p.m.
10.14.07
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — Penalty kicks determined the outcome of Sunday (Oct. 14) afternoon’s Florida Sun Conference men’s soccer match between No. 13 Savannah College of Art and Design and No. 20 Warner Southern College.
Warner Southern converted their opportunity while SCAD missed on their try as the Royals edged the Bees 1-0 at the Delta Athletic Complex.
The Royals improved to 11-1-0 overall and moved into first place in the Florida Sun at 5-1-0. The Bees saw their college-record winning streak at eight and fell to 9-3-0 and 5-2-0.
The Royals took a 1-0 lead when Michel Rodriguez converted a penalty kick after a Warner Southern player was fouled in the box at the 48:29 mark. SCAD, which outshot Warner Southern 17-8, had a chance to equalize with 17:54 on its own penalty-kick opportunity; however, Richard Hurlin’s attempt sailed over the crossbar.
The Royals return to action on Tuesday, October 16 when they face NCAA D-II Sunshine State Conference leader Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. at 7 p.m.
WSC’s Men Soccer Nationally Ranked for the first time this season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time this season, the Royals are ranked in the NAIA National Top 25 Ratings; the Royals are currently ranked tied for 20th with Judson University (Ill.). The 2-0 win last week over then ranked #21 Embry-Riddle solidified the Royals presence as one of the Top 25 teams in the nation; the win also knocked the Eagles out of the Top 25 Ratings.
The Royals are currently on a four game winning streak and look to extend their winning streak as they travel to Savannah, Ga. to face #13 Savannah College of Art & Design on Sunday, October 14 at 4 p.m. The Royals have already beaten the Bees in their season opener at home.
Royals sweep FSC soccer weekly honors
PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Warner Southern College men's soccer continue to be recognized by the FSC as senior midfielder Alvaro Puyo was named Offensive Player of the Week and senior goalie Luis Rincon received Defensive Player of the Week.
In the Royals' lone game last week, Puyo was instrumental scoring the game-winning goal and directing the midfield in a 2-0 win over No. 12 Embry-Riddle.
Rincon was also key to securing the Royals' 2-0 win over No. 12 Embry-Riddle. Rincon made six saves as the Royals maintained first place in the FSC.
10.05.07
Mauricio Castano wins Player of the Week for FSC
PORT ORANGE, Fla.-Warner Southern College sophomore midfielder Mauricio Castano was named Florida Sun Conference Offensive Player of the Week, conference officials announced today. Castano is the first Royals’ soccer player to win an award this season. Castano scored a pair of goals last week, including the game winner against Webber International and the third in 3-1 win over St. Thomas.
LAKE WALES, Fla.- The men’s soccer game against Northwood University was called due to lightening on Friday. The game is being rescheduled, and will be played on a later date.
10.02.07
Warner Southern defeats #12 Embry-Riddle Eagles
LAKE WALES, Fla- The Royals men’s soccer team shutout 12th ranked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2-0 on Tuesday, October 02, 2007. Goalkeeper Luis Rincon recorded six saves to ensure the Royal’s 10th victory of the season.
The Royals took 12 shots in the game, six per period. Alvaro Puyo scored the first goal of the night coming from an assist by Mauricio Castano (26:02). Castano later scored the final goal of the game unassisted (44:54).
The Royals are back on the field October 14, 2007 playing at Savannah College of Art and Design. Currently, the Royals are tied for first in the conference with SCAD, both with a conference record of 4-1.
10.01.07
Royals continue winning ways
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla - After a fast and lively start by the St. Thomas University Bobcats (1-8-1 FSC 0-5) the Royals (9-1 FSC 3-1) were able to win 3-1.
The first goal of the game came from Jaisen Labrada's foot in the 16th minute. After the goal, the Bobcats remained pumped up as it looked like they had an opportunity to end their current losing streak.
Reginald Francois would kick the goal to tie the game for the Royals a little over 13 minutes later. The first period would end with the scored tied at one. The score reflected how close the game was in the first half. Both teams also played an equally physical first half being whistled for eight fouls each.
The close nature of the game would continue in the second half until Alvaro Puyo scored during the 15th minute of the second half. Michael Rodriguez would score the final goal of the game after a Mauricio Castano assist.
The Royals look to avenge their first loss of the season when they take on Embry Riddle for the second time this season on October 2 at 7 p.m. at home.
09.27.07
Royals men soccer defeat Webber International
Babson Park, Fla. – The Royals men soccer team continue to roll as they defeated Webber International University on Wednesday, September 26 to improve their record to 2-1 in the conference and 8-1 overall and to drop Webber to 2-3 in the conference and 3-4 overall.
The first period of the game was an evenly played defensive half as neither team was able to score a goal. The Warriors took six shots in the first half but Royals goalkeeper Luis Rincon made five saves to keep the game scoreless.
The second period picked up where the first period ended with great defense being played by both teams until Royals forward Michel Rodriguez was able to break the scoreless tie in the 67th minute with on an unassisted goal. The Royals were not satisfied with just one goal; they continued to attack the Warriors and Mauricio Castano quickly doubled the score four minutes later. The Warriors refused to give up easily as Bryan Proia scored the first goal of the game for Webber in the 82nd minute. The Warriors continued to attack the Royals attempting to send the game into overtime but the Royals held their ground to claim the victory.
The Royals look to extend their two game win streak on Friday, September 28 as they travel to Miami, Fla. to face St. Thomas University.
09.21.07
LAKE WALES, Fla.- The men’s soccer team defeated the University of Tampa for the first time in school history 3-0 on Friday, September 21, 2007. The Royal’s used two different reserve goalkeepers to accomplish it’s shut-out, Robert Highley in the first period and Josh Havens in the second.
Marcos Duarte, Harold Mancilla, and Pablo Cuevas each scored a goal in the second period.
“Much like the women’s game, it’s great to be able to play every available player to give them game time experience,” said Coach Kurt Bienias.
The men’s soccer team is back on the field Wednesday, September 26, 2007 playing away against conference opponent Webber International University.
09.19.07
Embry-Riddle gives men's soccer first loss of the season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Royals received their first loss of the season from the 14th-ranked Embry-Riddle men's soccer team. Warner Southern fell to 6-1 and 1-1 in the Florida Sun Conference as they were blanked by lthe Eagles(3-1-2, 3-0-1) 2-0, Tuesday at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium. Senior Carl Sheard handed out two assists for the Eagles who now stand at 3-1-2 overall.
The Eagle offense came out strong to start the match, outshooting the Royals 9-3 in the first frame with the best opportunities coming from AJ Barrett, who narrowly missed to the right, and Sam Litchfield whose shot was saved on the line by a Warner Southern defender.
The game's first goal came in the 25th minute after Carl Sheard won the ball just inside the Warner Southern defensive half. After passing the ball to Phil Middleton, Sheard continued his run through the center of the park and was rewarded by getting the ball back. He dribbled to the top of the 18 and
found Barrett on the left side. Barrett took a couple of touches to get by his defender and buried his third goal of the year to put the Eagles up 1-0.
The Eagles' second goal came 14 minutes into the second half. Sheard took the ball down the right side and hit a low cross into the box and Litchfield was on hand to slot home his third goal of the season to give the Eagles a two-goal lead.
The Royals had a chance at the equalizer just two minutes later when they were awarded a penalty. Mauricio Castano took the ensuing penalty kick but was denied by ERAU keeper Viktor Bergstrand to keep the score at 2-0.
Bergstrand collected five saves in his fifth start of the year, to shut out the Royals.
The Royals take a break from conference play on Friday, September 21 when they host NCAA II University of Tampa at 7:30 p.m.
09.18.07
Men’s soccer extend winning streak
Thomasville, Ga. – The Royals continued their winning ways this weekend as they defeated Thomas University and Reinhardt College at the Thomas University Invitational to improve their record to 6-0.
Warner Southern opened the tournament on Friday, Sept. 14 defeating Thomas University 4-1. The Royals offense was clicking on all cylinders as Alvaro Puyo scored a goal with an assist from Mauricio Castano, Giorgio Guerrero scored on an unassisted goal, Harold Mancilla scored on an assist from Guerrero and Reginald Francois closed out all scorers with his own unassisted goal. Abdul Muma scored the lone goal for Thomas.
The second game of the tournament saw more of the Royals’ prowess on offense as they crushed Reinhardt College 6-1. Mancilla scored his second goal of the weekend with an assist from Castano to begin the attack on Reinhardt. Castano followed with an unassisted goal, Michel Rodriguez scored a goal on an assist from Pablo Cuevas, and Castano scored his second goal of the game on assists from Daniel Scully and Rodriguez. Scully was in a giving mood as he dished out his second assist of the game this time to Shane Monroe. Mancilla would go on to score his second goal of the game and third of the weekend on an assist from Puyo.
Goalkeeper Luis Rincon would give up his second goal of the weekend to Reinhardt’s Sanu Sowe prompting freshman Robert Highley to see a majority of the time in the goal.
The Royals return to action today (Tuesday, September 18) in a conference game against Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach, Fla.
09.12.07
Warner Southern's men soccer continue the offensive assault on Florida College
Lake Wales, Fla. – The men’s soccer team picked up where the women’s team left off by scoring 13 goals against the Florida College’s men’s soccer team on Tuesday (Sept. 11). The Royals remain undefeated extending their record to 4-0.
The onslaught of goals began from the beginning of the match with freshman Pablo Cuevas scoring the first of his four goals in the second minute with an assist from Stevens Cabas. Cabas would go on to set up teammate Michel Rodriguez for the second goal of the game in the third minute. The third goal came a minute later from Daniel Scully. Florida College attempted to break up the offensive flow of the Royals with an unassisted goal by Tim Hanlon, but that would be the Falcons only goal of the night as the Royals would use their speed on defense to shut out the Falcons for the rest of the match.
Six more goals from the Royals in the first period would follow, as Cuevas would score three more goals, Rodriguez scored his second of the night, Mauricio Castano and Alvaro Puyo each added a goal.
The second period saw a change in personnel but not in offense, as the Royals would continue their offensive prowess, scoring four more goals in the second half. Freshman Marcos Duarte was the first to strike with an unassisted goal in the 61st minute. Forward Omar Guerrero would score two goals back to back, his first in the 80th minute and the second in the 84th. Scully rounded out the scoring with his second goal of the night in the 89th minute.
Luis Rincon and Robert Highley evenly split time in the goal, Rincon gave up one goal and made one save.
The Royals take the field again on Friday, September 14 against Thomas University in Thomasville, Ga
09.04.07
Royals return from road trip undefeated
Montgomery, Ala. – The Royals (3-0) remained undefeated over the holiday weekend defeating NCAA D-III opponent Huntingdon College (0-1) and Faulkner University (0-3).
The Royals began their 2 game road trip playing Huntingdon on Saturday, Sept. 1st at Huntingdon Soccer Field where the Royals needed 2-second half goals to beat the Hawks.
The game remained scoreless until the 38th minute when Huntingdon’s Andrew Smith Parker turned and finished a goal assisted my Austin King. Gary Swisher would answer with a goal of his own assisted my Michel Rodriguez with two minutes left in the first half.
Coming out in the 2nd half Coach Bienas decided to pull his starters and start his reserves in the 2nd period. Three minutes in the 2nd half his decision paid off with a rocket to the top corner by Forward Omar Guerrero assisted by Freshman Pablo Cuevas to give the Royals a 2-1 lead.
Forward Bryson Francois put the game out of reach in the 74th minute scoring the final goal of the game with an assist from Omar Guerrero.
Time in the goal was split evenly with Luis Rincon playing the 1st period and allowing one goal and making two stops and freshman Robert Highley securing the goal the 2nd half by making three stops.
On Monday, the Royals completed their road trip by defeating Faulkner 3-0. Mauricio Castano scored his 3rd goal for the season, Michel Rodriguez scored his 2nd and Pablo Cuevas scored his first leading the Royals to their 3rd consecutive win this season.
Senior Luis Rincon played all 90 minutes in the goal, shutting out the Eagles.
The Royals next game is at home, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. against Florida College.
08.29.07 Royals Win First Conference Game of the Season
LAKE WALES, Fla. - The Men’s Soccer team narrowly escaped conference opponent 20th ranked Savannah College of Art and Design 3-2. The only goal scored in the first half came 8 minutes into the game kicked in by WSC player Mauricio Castano with an assist by Gary Swisher. SCAD’s Josiah Millar scored in the 61st minute to tie the game at 1-1. WSC’s Castano scored his second goal in the 63rd minute to give WSC a 2-1 lead. In the 89th minute, WSC’s Michel Rodriguez scored WSC’s third goal. Matt Engele scored SCAD’s final goal. WSC’s goalkeeper Luis Rincon made five saves on the night.
The men are back on the field Saturday, September 1, 2007 at Huntingdon College (AL). The men return home on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 against Florida College to a doubleheader with the women playing at 5 p.m. and men at 7 p.m., one admission fee gets you into both games.
For additional information about the men's soccer program at Warner Southern College please contact head coach Kurt Bienias at: BieniasK@warner.edu.
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