1999 Miracle Yearbook

tOrkCER AROW era in Cedarville College men'sssfffeir resulted in a trip to the National Christian College Athletic Association ChNNOMENOin Florida.The Yellow ifiikets had madefive appearances in the NM%Nationals under24-year head coachJohn Mcaillivray. Buthe moved over to the women's program and relinquished the coaching duties to one of his former players, Roger Swigart, who paced the club to an 8-14record and 2-14 slate in the Mid-Ohio Conference. The Jackets had little post season aspi- rations after grinding through the tough American Mideast Conference with a 3-6 mark.They were fortunate to end up with a one-game playofffor theNCCAA Mid- west Region banner and responded with animpressive4-0winatIndianaWesleyan to earn the automatic berth. The kickers silenced the critics in the first round ofthe national tournament by stunning the No. 2 seed, Cumberland College,2-1.Theydropped a3-1 decision in the semifinals to eventual runner-up Judson College, and ended the season with a3-2lossin the consolation match to AMC foe Mount Vernon Nazarene. SophomoremidfielderAaronCookwas named to the NCCAA All-America Sec- ond Team. He was the team's leading scorer with 9 goals and 8 assists for 26 points. His 1.18 points per game average ranked 9th in the AMC. Senior Dave Rutledge was voted the team's MVP.He tied for second on the squad in scoring with6goalsand3assists for 15 points, and was named to the All- AMC Second Team. Fellow senior Duane Hammond totaled 15 pointson4goalsand7assists.Hejoined Cook,Rutledge,andsophomoregoalkeeper MattPowers,who had a 2.38 goals against average,on the All-NCCAA Midwest Re- gion First Team.Freshman defender Steve Zarrilli was voted to the Second Team. Swigart was tabbed NCCAA Midwest Region Coachof the Year.Hisfirst yearat the helm included not only the AMC schedule,but Cedarville's usual demand- ingnon-leagueassignments.Threeoftheir noteworthy victories included a4-0 shut- outovernewAMCmemberSaintVincent College in the Homecoming match,a sur- prising 2-1 decision againstAMCplayoff qualifier Walsh University,and a 3-0 win versus Grace College. staryNomack Huck V taity (kneeling L-r) Duane-Hammond, Michad Burguwi, MattPowers, Chris Brock, Ti Sutton',Justin,geer.(Haat& AssistantCoack Jini Mutter,Aaron,Cook,MattBicknell, Ryan,R111.4 ScottSchier, Rob Marsha,Aaron,Bair, Andrew-Chenefi RAM&P01441.44 Head CoackRoger Sseigart.(back)StudentAssistant NickSpaulding, TiniPruslui, Jock Radcliffe, MichaeiMoran', Tim/Rickert, Dave,Ruttedg4 Rod+ Willis, Stem Zarrill4 Student Trainer Andy Chouinard. AThLITIS Denver Seeley K eiji:Kg hisopponentin,check,Kurt Savage loomsthe,ballup,thefteld.