AC Athletics Press Release...
ATLANTA, Ga. – Two members of the Austin College men’s soccer team have been named All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference performers for the 2009 season, the league office has announced.
Senior Alex Dawson and sophomore Luis Castillo were each named 2nd Team All-SCAC in a vote by the conference coaches. Dawson, a senior midfielder from Spring, scored four goals including two game winners and had a team-best eight assists and 16 total points during the year. Castillo, a sophomore from Kingwood and last year’s SCAC Newcomer of the Year, scored five goals and added five assists for a total of 15 points, second best on the team behind Dawson.
Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
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Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges That Change Lives.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Castillo, Dawson Named All-SCAC
Sophomore midfielder Luis Castillo (Kingwood, TX) and senior midfielder Alex Dawson (Spring, TX) have both been named second team ALL-SCAC. Press release to follow...
Friday, November 13, 2009
Castillo Name Offensive POTW
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Press release from the SCAC Office...
LUIS CASTILLO OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a sophomore forward from Kingwood, Texas has been selected as the SCAC Men's Soccer Co-Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, November 2 through Sunday, November 8.
Castillo closed out the 2009 season by scoring three goals in the ‘Roos wins over Birmingham-Southern and Millsaps. In the ‘Roos 2-1 win over BSC Castillo notched both goals and also added an insurance goal in a 4-0 win over Millsaps on Friday.
On the year Castillo scored five goals and added five assists for a total of 15 points.
AC 2 - Birmingham Southern 1
On Saturday, after our Friday night game against Millsaps, we travelled to Birmingham for our Sunday game against BSC. We got a light stretch in the parking lot of the hotel and then took the boys down to a place call The Summitt where they could walk around and choose from various places to eat. Game time was set for 11:00am on Sunday.
After our pregame meal on Sunday, we headed to BSC's campus. They have a nice complex and the field was in pretty good condition. The weather was beautiful...everything was set for a great game. I knew the boys were focused and ready to play. BSC has had a great year and were undefeated at home all fall.
The game started in a hurry as both teams tried to establish the flow and possession. BSC is a well coached team and very talented. They had the momentum early, but AC would gain our share of the possession and do very well with it. We created some solid chances with a goal coming off of Luis Castillo (Kingwood, TX) in the 29th minute. Luis would take a ball that was bouncing at the top of the box and hit a fantastic full volley near post to put the score at 1-0. Luis has not had the fall the he personally expected, but has come on well in the final half of the season.
BSC would counter with a goal less than 10 minutes later to take the score to 1-1. It would remain that way into the break.
Both teams fought to control possession in the second half and it was a fairly evenly played game. AC's fitness was a key factor however, as our depth and overall fitness would wear them down. Castillo would take a break during the second half and reenter with about 6 to play. It didn't take him long to make an impact as senior Alex Dawson (Spring, TX) hit a free kick into the box that Luis would head home for this second goal of the game. It would be Al's team leading 8th assist as well. The goal came with 3 minutes to play and AC would hang on for a solid win.
The boys finished the season in an unbelievable manner, going 7-1-1 in our last 9 games, with great wins in and out of conference. The season would end with a 8-9-1 record. More to come on the season in review...
Thanks to all that traveled to our games over the weekend. GO ROOS!!
After our pregame meal on Sunday, we headed to BSC's campus. They have a nice complex and the field was in pretty good condition. The weather was beautiful...everything was set for a great game. I knew the boys were focused and ready to play. BSC has had a great year and were undefeated at home all fall.
The game started in a hurry as both teams tried to establish the flow and possession. BSC is a well coached team and very talented. They had the momentum early, but AC would gain our share of the possession and do very well with it. We created some solid chances with a goal coming off of Luis Castillo (Kingwood, TX) in the 29th minute. Luis would take a ball that was bouncing at the top of the box and hit a fantastic full volley near post to put the score at 1-0. Luis has not had the fall the he personally expected, but has come on well in the final half of the season.
BSC would counter with a goal less than 10 minutes later to take the score to 1-1. It would remain that way into the break.
Both teams fought to control possession in the second half and it was a fairly evenly played game. AC's fitness was a key factor however, as our depth and overall fitness would wear them down. Castillo would take a break during the second half and reenter with about 6 to play. It didn't take him long to make an impact as senior Alex Dawson (Spring, TX) hit a free kick into the box that Luis would head home for this second goal of the game. It would be Al's team leading 8th assist as well. The goal came with 3 minutes to play and AC would hang on for a solid win.
The boys finished the season in an unbelievable manner, going 7-1-1 in our last 9 games, with great wins in and out of conference. The season would end with a 8-9-1 record. More to come on the season in review...
Thanks to all that traveled to our games over the weekend. GO ROOS!!
AC 4 - Millsaps 0
Ok, to start, I apologize for the delay in getting this posted! Should have been done much sooner, but it's been a crazy week wrapping everything up.
We left for Jackson, MS on Thursday afternoon arriving late evening. The game wasn't scheduled until 6:00pm on Friday, so it allowed us to sleep in a bit. After breakfast we headed over to the field for a light stretch and kick around. We discussed what was ahead of us that weekend. The game that night was crucial in putting us in a decent position to finish conference. The loss to Rhodes hurt us, so we had to have the 3 points. Finishing the season on a positive note would be important heading into the offseason.
The game was what we expected with Millsaps playing a very disciplined defensive system. We had talked about needing to be patient in our attack, and find the penetrating pass. We did that and in the 22nd minute Alex Dawson(Spring, TX) found first year forward Chris Melton(Sherman, TX) for his team leading 6th goal of the season. The score would stay at 1-0 heading into halftime.
One thing that this team has had a difficult time doing is starting second halves appropriately. The break just does not suit us...and Friday would be no different. Millsaps came out in a hurry and really put us under. They had a great opportunity to equalize off a header the hit crossbar. We persevered however, and Chris Melton would return the favor to Dawson and assist Alex on a great goal that beat the keeper in the upper left corner. 2-0.
Millsaps would be awarded a PK minutes later, but would miss wide right. It was at this point that I knew the game was in our favor. The officiating was questionable both ways, but after the miss, I felt we could gain control. And we did. Guillermo Allande(El Paso, TX) would recieve a double assist from Johnny Lara(El Paso, TX) and Jason Campbell(Kingston, Jamaica) and beat the keeper for his first career goal. Luis Castillo(Kingwood, TX) would then get a double assist from Allande and Campbell for the final tally of the game. 4-0. A solid win and a great result to get us to 12 points in conference. The boys have really put it together the last half of the season and now all we had to do is finish with Birmingham Southern on Sunday.
We left for Jackson, MS on Thursday afternoon arriving late evening. The game wasn't scheduled until 6:00pm on Friday, so it allowed us to sleep in a bit. After breakfast we headed over to the field for a light stretch and kick around. We discussed what was ahead of us that weekend. The game that night was crucial in putting us in a decent position to finish conference. The loss to Rhodes hurt us, so we had to have the 3 points. Finishing the season on a positive note would be important heading into the offseason.
The game was what we expected with Millsaps playing a very disciplined defensive system. We had talked about needing to be patient in our attack, and find the penetrating pass. We did that and in the 22nd minute Alex Dawson(Spring, TX) found first year forward Chris Melton(Sherman, TX) for his team leading 6th goal of the season. The score would stay at 1-0 heading into halftime.
One thing that this team has had a difficult time doing is starting second halves appropriately. The break just does not suit us...and Friday would be no different. Millsaps came out in a hurry and really put us under. They had a great opportunity to equalize off a header the hit crossbar. We persevered however, and Chris Melton would return the favor to Dawson and assist Alex on a great goal that beat the keeper in the upper left corner. 2-0.
Millsaps would be awarded a PK minutes later, but would miss wide right. It was at this point that I knew the game was in our favor. The officiating was questionable both ways, but after the miss, I felt we could gain control. And we did. Guillermo Allande(El Paso, TX) would recieve a double assist from Johnny Lara(El Paso, TX) and Jason Campbell(Kingston, Jamaica) and beat the keeper for his first career goal. Luis Castillo(Kingwood, TX) would then get a double assist from Allande and Campbell for the final tally of the game. 4-0. A solid win and a great result to get us to 12 points in conference. The boys have really put it together the last half of the season and now all we had to do is finish with Birmingham Southern on Sunday.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
AC 2 - Rhodes 3
After our win on Friday we slept in and then travelled to Memphis. Saturday night we took the guys out to Beale St. for dinner and to walk around the downtown area. On Sunday morning we took our normal walk and got focused for the game against Rhodes.
Like the game against Hendrix, AC started out the first half very well. Just four minutes into the game, Luis Castillo (Kingwood, TX) would cross the ball to Sam Temple (Paris, TX) who chested the ball into the net to give AC the early lead. Rhodes would respond though shortly after off a cross to the back post to level the score. Despite the let down defensively, the guys still continued to push and were rewarded when Luis Castillo (Kingwood, TX) scored a headed ball off a service from Alex Dawson (Spring, TX). However, another defensive lapse allowed Rhodes to even the score again just before halftime. We would end the half tied 2-2.
At halftime we were very pleased with our play offensively, but were disappointed that we didn't do a better job defensively and knew that we allowed them to get back into the game.
From the very first whistle of the second half, Rhodes dominated the game. We came out on our heels early and never seemed to recover. Halfway through the second half, Rhodes would take the lead. The guys pushed to try and get the tying goal, but came up short in the end. We would go on to lose the game 3-2.
After the game the team was disappointed that we had lost. We felt like the game was our and we let it slip away. Despite the loss, the guys have been playing some great soccer over the past few weeks. It was our first loss in our last seven games. Now we start preparing for the last weekend of the year. We will travel to Millsaps and Birmingham Southern to play two quality teams. Thanks to the fans that made it to support the guys. GO ROOS!
-Matt Dickinson
Like the game against Hendrix, AC started out the first half very well. Just four minutes into the game, Luis Castillo (Kingwood, TX) would cross the ball to Sam Temple (Paris, TX) who chested the ball into the net to give AC the early lead. Rhodes would respond though shortly after off a cross to the back post to level the score. Despite the let down defensively, the guys still continued to push and were rewarded when Luis Castillo (Kingwood, TX) scored a headed ball off a service from Alex Dawson (Spring, TX). However, another defensive lapse allowed Rhodes to even the score again just before halftime. We would end the half tied 2-2.
At halftime we were very pleased with our play offensively, but were disappointed that we didn't do a better job defensively and knew that we allowed them to get back into the game.
From the very first whistle of the second half, Rhodes dominated the game. We came out on our heels early and never seemed to recover. Halfway through the second half, Rhodes would take the lead. The guys pushed to try and get the tying goal, but came up short in the end. We would go on to lose the game 3-2.
After the game the team was disappointed that we had lost. We felt like the game was our and we let it slip away. Despite the loss, the guys have been playing some great soccer over the past few weeks. It was our first loss in our last seven games. Now we start preparing for the last weekend of the year. We will travel to Millsaps and Birmingham Southern to play two quality teams. Thanks to the fans that made it to support the guys. GO ROOS!
-Matt Dickinson
AC 1 - Hendrix 0
Coming into the weekend we were really pleased with how the guys have been playing recently. We had a great win against UC Santa Cruz and were looking to validate what we did as we travelled to Hendrix.
AC started out the first half very well. We dominated possesion and were looking very dangerous. Hendrix did a good job of limiting our chances on goal. After our initial push the game settled down and both teams got into their rhythm. Since we were playing on a turf field, the ball played very fast, so we tried to play to feet as much as possible. Despite our good play in the first half, we weren't able to put any points on the board. Our defensive did a good job of not allowing Hendrix to score either. We would go into the half tied 0-0.
It seemed that the halftime break hurt us more than it helped us. We started off the second half slow, and Hendrix created some good opportunities. The game settled down though and we started to gain our composure. We had several good opportunities to take the lead, but weren't able to finish them. For the last 10 minutes the game's pace increased. Hendrix pushed to win the game and we did the same. With 15 seconds to play we collected the ball on our half of the field and found Alex Dawson (Spring, TX) in the middle of the field. Alex played a through ball to Chris Melton (Sherman, TX) who was taken down in the box with just 2.9 seconds to play. The referee awarded us the penalty kick, and Alex stepped up and buried it to give AC the 1-0 victory.
Even though we didn't play our best soccer in the second half, the guys still had a good game. We fought hard and felt like we deserved the win. Thanks to the fans who made the trip to Hendrix. It was great having people there to cheer the team on. GO ROOS!
-Matt Dickinson
AC started out the first half very well. We dominated possesion and were looking very dangerous. Hendrix did a good job of limiting our chances on goal. After our initial push the game settled down and both teams got into their rhythm. Since we were playing on a turf field, the ball played very fast, so we tried to play to feet as much as possible. Despite our good play in the first half, we weren't able to put any points on the board. Our defensive did a good job of not allowing Hendrix to score either. We would go into the half tied 0-0.
It seemed that the halftime break hurt us more than it helped us. We started off the second half slow, and Hendrix created some good opportunities. The game settled down though and we started to gain our composure. We had several good opportunities to take the lead, but weren't able to finish them. For the last 10 minutes the game's pace increased. Hendrix pushed to win the game and we did the same. With 15 seconds to play we collected the ball on our half of the field and found Alex Dawson (Spring, TX) in the middle of the field. Alex played a through ball to Chris Melton (Sherman, TX) who was taken down in the box with just 2.9 seconds to play. The referee awarded us the penalty kick, and Alex stepped up and buried it to give AC the 1-0 victory.
Even though we didn't play our best soccer in the second half, the guys still had a good game. We fought hard and felt like we deserved the win. Thanks to the fans who made the trip to Hendrix. It was great having people there to cheer the team on. GO ROOS!
-Matt Dickinson
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