1984 NCCAA National Soccer Tournament

"Having finished second last year, this season our goal was to have a chance to win it all" exclaimed an excited Terry Taggart, head coach for the Crusa­ ders of Tennessee Temple. And in a position they are! Temple enters tourna­ ment play boasting a 15-3 record, tops in the field. Included in those wins are 6 games during the month of October in addition to the 2 playoff wins neces­ sary to bring them here. In the District V play­ offs Temple faced arch ri­ val, and three time natio­ nal champion, Bryan Col­ lege. It took the Crusa­ ders 13 minutes to score 2 goals and a rout semed to be on. Then Bryan senior Tim Greene put home a free kick to close the game up to 2-1. But Tennessee kept up the pressure until mid­ fielder Scott Arrowood was able to ease the pressure with his 8th goal of the season. Temple scored two more times to win 5-1. Coach Taggart, in his 9th year, commended sopho­ more Tim Cook for his fine midfield play passing off for 3 assists. Southern regionals would not be as easy. Palm Beach Atlantic College put up a stiff fight and the Crusa­ ders offense was scoreless until the 40:00 mark when Chris Castle pounced on to the rebound from a shot by Frank Castelvecchi. There was no more scoring until Castelvecchi, TTU’s scor­ ing leader, tapped in his 16th goal of the year. "Frank is having another outstanding year" praised Taggart, "he is already #6 in scoring in the history of Tennessee Temple with 89 points." Others who have made big contributions up front are Rob Brinkmeier (13 goals, 9 assists) and Jeff Nolen (10 goals, 8 assists). Ta­ ggart went on "We have not had just one goal scorer, we are very balanced." Taggart is also blessed with 2 fine keepers, Randy Douglass and Mike Cash. Douglass replaced last year’s regular, Cash, and has recorded 57 saves and has 7 shutouts. His .889 goals against average is 3rdin the NCCAA. Who is #1 — Cash at .800. "Now we are ready to go against John Brown, or a- nyone',' concluded Taggart. # NAME P0S HT WT CLASS MAJOR HOMETOWN 00 Cash, Mike G 5* 9" 151 Jr Associate Pastor Wheaton, Md 1 Douglas, Randy G 6 ’ 1" 170 So Business Administration Schererville, In 2 Castelvecchi, Frank S 5' 9" 145 So Advertising Management Powhatan, Va 4 Castle, Chris HB 5 ’ 9" 155 Jr Associate Pastor Brandon, FI 5 Chaplin, Scott HB 5’10" 155 Jr Associate Pastor Cleveland, Oh 6 Brinkmeier, Rob S 5' 8" 155 Sr Physical Education Rockford, 11 7 Nolen, Jeff S 5’10" 155 So Business Administration Rossville, Ga 8 Fite, Steve HB 5 ’ 9" 167 Jr Secondary Education Milford, Oh 9 Cook, Tim HB 5*10" 160 So Business Administration Pompano Beach, FI 10 Whiteheart, Dwayne FB 6 ’ 2" 165 Jr Physical Education Statesville, NC 11 Peterson, Greg FB 5'11" 165 Sr Broadcasting Mt Holly, NC 12 Arrowood, Scott S 5 ’ 6" 145 So Physical Education Charlotte, NC 13 Smith Dean FB 5’10" 165 So Business Administration Greensboro, NC 15 Rice, Tim S 5' 8" 142 So Undeclared San Antonio, Tx 16 Buck, Barry FB 5' 7" 165 Jr Physical Education Portsmouth, Va 17 Standridge, Mark FB 6' 0" 180 Jr Physical Education Mansfield, Oh ^ ’rep, Owen HB 5' 8" 130 So Bible, Math Brandon, FI it , Donnie HB 5' 9" 170 Fr Physical Education Powhaton, Va nai , ,'cott HB 5’11" 170 So Physical Education Chattanooga, Tn Head Coach: Terry Taggart Manager: Gerald Dray Asst. Coach: Steve Winget Trainers: Mark Tidwell Student Asst: Kevin Phillips Tim Wiley ****★♦★**♦ ♦♦**♦★*♦★★>{<*♦>)'****************************************