Soccer update
Toccoa falls to Dogs
After suffering a one-goal loss on
the road at Warren Wilson College
two days earlier, the UNCA soccer
team recovered away from home
with a 4-1 thrashing of Toccoa Falls
College Friday. The win evened thei
Bulldog’s record at 1-1, while Toc-i
coa was opening its season at home
after an 11-8-1 campaign a year ago
that put them in the NAIA District
25 playoffs.
Freshman Gregg Sadelson hit the
nets for the first UNCA goal of the
season midway through the first
half, slamming home a 10-yard shot
off a cross from sophopiore mid
fielder Ulrich Dietrich. The
Bulldogs managed a 2-0 lead at the
half when Matt Lis found the corner
of the goal on a 25-yard free kick
that he curved around the Toccoa
defensive wall. Once again,
Sadelson had a hand in the scoring
as it was he who had been pulled
down on a foul to earn the free kick
with just one minute to go in the
period.
Toccoa's Jim Madison cut the gap
to 2-1 with 20 minutes left in the
game, but that was just the prod
ding UNCA needed, as the team
raUied back with two more scores in
a five-minute span. Sadelson,
moved up to the forward line after
an injury to Aytekin Yildiz, con
verted a goal-mouth scramble into a
score off a Neal Rhoades assist.
Dietrich then finished the barrage
when key passes from Pablo Vaca
and Steve Woody set up the
sophomore co-captain’s goal.
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High Point squeaks by
With fellow co-captain Steve
Sloan teaming with freshman
sweeper Pete Hammett, the defense
limited Toccoa to 11 shots while
UNCA was hitting on 32 efforts.
The winning effort by senior
goalkeeper Sean Kelly also kept him
in the lead among District 26 net-
minders with a 1.00 goals-per-game
average. UNCA was also leading
the NAIA district in defense.
“We finally got together and
played our style of ball, which is a
passing and control offense,” said
Coach Hank Komodowski. “We got
sucked into playing a chip-and-run
game against Warren Wilson, but
moved the ball around very well at
Toccoa. Mat Lis also had an ex
cellent game, as did Steve Sloan and
Pete Hammett. Losing Aytekin for
the second half hurt, since we're still
not finishing up our thrusts with
crisp or dangerous shots.”
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By Tim Riddle
The UNCA soccer team lost its
home opener to High Point College,
Sept. 14, but gave the Panthers all
they could handle before going down
2-1.
The Bulldogs played intensely the
first half and kept pressure on High
Point’s defense, but the Panthers
managed to score on a free kick deep
in Bulldog territory. The high ball
landed between UNCA defenders,
but bounced over their heads, and a
High Point striker volleyed it past
keeper, Sean Kelly. UNCA’s spirit
wasn’t dampened as the defense
tightened, and the midfield played
excellent transition.
The Bulldogs kept the offensive
pressure on with a patient passing
game that resulted in a Panther foul
in the penalty box. Aytekin Yildiz
put the penalty shot in the corner of
the goal to tie the score with less
than 10 minutes to play in the half.
The half ended with UNCA holding
a 9-5 edge in shots on goal.
The Panthers came out strong in
the second half with most of the
action taking place in UNCA’s half
of the field. The Bulldog defense
Was up to the challenge, however, as
they thwarted many Panther scor
ing opportunities with an array of
spectacular slide tackles, headers,
and steals. One sure goal by High
Point was headed past Kelly toward
the right corner, but freshman
fullback Pete Hammett leaped high
in the air and headed the ball safely
over the goal.
tJNCA had just as many problems
scoring. Late in the game with the
score tied 1-1, UNCA was whistled
for a foul in the penalty box. The
call was similar to the one that
resulted in UNCA’s goal. The Pan
thers scored on the penalty kick
despite Sean Kelley’s diving effort.
The Bulldogs tried in vain to score
in the waning minutes of the game,
but time expired.
Coach Hank Komodowski com
mented on his team's effort, “We
played the first half the way we
wanted. But,” he added, “a penalty
kick can swing the momentum of a
game.”
Though his Panthers won the con
test, Coach Woody Gibson com
plained about the referees. ‘ ‘ In eight
years of coaching, I've never seen of
ficiating as poor and as inconsistent
as today's,” he said. “The bad calls
went both ways too.” Regarding
the two penalty kicks he said,
’’neither should have been a penalty,
but the referee knew he made a bad
call in the first half, and had to call it
the same in the second half.”
Gibson wasn't impressed with the
officiating, but he was impressed
with the Bulldogs: “Hank’s done a
super job here. I knew they were
much improved. I thought [UNC]
Asheville outplayed us.”
UNCA's record fell to 1 and 2,
while High Point improved its
record to 3 and 2. The Panther's
only losses were to ACC members
UNC and Wake Forest.
Thursday, Sept. 23, 1982/Kaleidoscope/5
GNCA drops
Blue Hose
By Tim Riddle
The UNCA soccer team scored a
4-0 victory over Presbyterian Col
lege Tuesday, dominating the con
test for the entire 90 minutes.
The Bulldogs scored early in the
first half when Aytekin Yildiz put
the ball past the keeper off of an
Ulrich Dietrich header. Yildiz
scored again, three minutes later, off
a beautiful assist by Steve Woody.
The Blue Hose couldn’t get things
going on offense, and the half ended
with UNCA leading 2-0.
UNCA didn’t let up in the second
half. They kept the ball in
Presbyterian’s end of the field, tak
ing numerous shots on goal. The
Blue Hose had serious problems
marking men in the midfield and
backfield.
“We were making quick, sharp
passes, and they didn’t have time to
key on any one player,” said Hank
Komodowski, UNCA head soccer
coach.’
Ulrich Dietrich was about to score
when he was tripped in front of the
box. Yildiz scored on the penalty
kick to pick up the hat trick, and put
the Bulldogs up 3-0.
Hasan Inan added the final score
when he chipped the ball over the
outstretched hands of the goal
keeper.
Komodowski seemed very pleased
with the team play. “They did what
they were supposed to do. They had
dangerous forwards, but we just
kept them off balance,” he said.
Concerning the offensive punch,
Komodowski said,” Aytekin is com
ing around; he’s scor^ seven goals
in seven days; that’s as many as he
scored all last season.” He added,
“But he’s not our whole offense;
we’ve just set him up good.”
Yildiz was named NAIA District
Player of the Week for his four goals
in their three games last week.
NAIA
NEWS
Roberto Sa’, a freshman at
Guilford College, has been selected
as the first “NAIA District 26 Soc
cer Player of the Week” for the 1982
season. Sa’ led Guilford with three
goals in a 6-0 win over Catawba in a
district contest and added another
goal to his weekly statistics in a 5-2
defeat to UNC-Greensboro.
The Brazil native was also named
“Carolinas Conference Soccer
Player of the Week” for his perfor
mance.
Other players having a good week
around the league were Atlantic
Christian’s Michael George, scoring
two goals and two assists against
Catawba as ACC won 11-0; Pfeiffer
goal keeper Donnie Winkler, who
allowed only two goals in two games
and posted 13 saves; and UNCA’s
Greg Sadelson, scoring two goals in
a winning effort against Toccoa
Falls College of Georgia.