Fall break trips include stiff competition for Milligan soccer, cross country teams

Erin Blasinski,

Reporter

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Jason Hotchkin puts a header on goal in a Buffs soccer game.

Greg Hochsetter kicks the ball in a game over fall break in Florida.
Ryan Starr and Chris Wright run with the cross country team in North Carolina.
Photos by Jason Harville

 

While most students went home or on trips with friends this past weekend, fall break was all play for some of Milligan’s sports. Some travel was involved but most of the time

was spent playing soccer, volleyball or running in a cross-country meets.

Soccer

The men’s and women’s soccer teams traveled together to Florida for fall break. The women beat Clearwater Christian College 7-1 in their only match of the trip.

“I don’t think that we played extremely well,” said senior Salem Wood. “Kim Morris played really well at midfield and Tanya Ruppert played well and scored her first goal.”

The men’s team tied Clearwater Christian College 3-3 and lost to Eckerd College 0-6.

Cross County

The cross country team traveled to Boone , N.C. for the Blue Ridge Cross Country Open. The highest finishers for Milligan were freshmen Megan Lease, who placed 12th and Chris Wright, who placed 19th.

The men’s team competed against Appalachian State, Eastern Kentucky , Virginia Tech, East Tennessee State University and Lenoir-Rhyne.