With only 7 recruited players we had open tryouts of anyone in the WWCC student body who was interested. We had 3 players who played with the previous regime and a handful of others that were recruited to come to WWCC. I was also encouraged by the athletics office to allow as many girls as possible on the co-ed club team so we could start a new women's club team. Through the try-outs we had 22 players stay to be a part of the team including 2 girls, 5 people who did not play soccer in high school and 5 international players.
The following is the 2005 Team Preview:
The Spartan soccer team will look to build upon the initial success of the program with more consistency and a deeper team than in years past. This year's team will boast of players from 3 different continents (North America, Africa and Asia). There will also be a very apparent southwest Wyoming flare to the team, with 15 of the 22 team members from southwest Wyoming.
This years edition of Spartan soccer will have a very talented and proven offense. We expect to be able to score goals at a great pace. Returning players captain Josh Cox and Allan Ngogolo will head the offensive attack. Newcomers Victor Hiler, John Abum, Yeon Soo Joung and Lionel Sakou will provide abundant opportunities on the offensive end. Matt Robles, a transfer student, will be an important part of the offense and one of the team's captains. Youngtae Cho, Nick Nelson, David Schultz, Matt Freeman, Adam Tricola and Eric Pasenelli will provide needed depth to the forwards and midfield positions and will be involved often in the Spartan offensive explosion.
Defensively for the Spartans: Tanner Brimhall, Tyler Gilmore, Kory Luczak, Daniel Sorensen and Stephen Taggart will be asked upon to control the Spartan back line. The Defense will be unproven at the college level for the beginning of the year but should grow into one of the strengths of the Spartan team. Kayla Grisamer, Joe Delong and Kelly Klements will provide very capable backups to the stingy Spartan defense .
Brandon Ludtke will be the goalkeeper for the Spartans this year. Many great things are expected from Brandon as he grows better and more confident each practice and game that he plays.
This was the 2005 WWCC Roster
2 - Kayla Grisamer - Freshman - Defense
3 - Josh Cox - Captain - Sophomore - Forward
4 - Joe Delong - Sophomore - Midfield
5 - Tyler Gilmore - Freshman - Defense
6 - Tanner Brimhall - Captain - Freshman - Defense
7 - Youngtae Cho - Freshman - Midfield
8 - Daniel Sorensen - Sophomore - Defense
9 - Allan Ngogolo - Sophomore - Midfield
10 - John Abum - Freshman - Midfield
11 - Yeon Soo Joung - Freshman - Midfield
12 - Eric Pasenelli - Freshman - Midfield
13 - Kelly Klements - Freshman - Defense
14 - Lionel Sakou - Freshman - Midfield
15 - Kory Luczak - Freshman - Defense
16 - Matt Robles - Captain - Sophomore - Midfield
17 - Adam Tricola - Sophomore - Midfield
19 - Nick Nelson - Freshman - Midfield
20 - Victor Hiler - Freshman - Forward
22 - David Schultz - Freshman - Forward
24 - Matt Freeman - Freshman - Forward
25 - Stephen Taggart - Freshman - Midfield
GK - Brandon Ludtke - Freshman - Keeper
Head Coach - Jeff Atkinson
Athletic Director - Jackie Freeze
Student Trainer - Jessica Marshall
Here is the 2005 Schedule and Results - Overall Team Record - (9-4-1)
9/10/05 - vs Snow College @Rock Springs WY - W (6-5)
9/10/05 - vs Central Wyoming @Rock Springs WY - W (5-0)
9/17/05 - vs Laramie County @Cheyenne WY - L (1-2)
9/24/05 - vs Central Wyoming @Riverton WY - W (4 - 2)
9/24/05 - vs Sheridan College @Riverton WY - W (6 - 1)
10/1/05 - vs Laramie County @Rock Springs WY - L (1 - 4)
10/8/05 - vs Air Force Prep @Glenwood Springs CO - W (5 - 1)
10/8/05 - vs University of Colorado "Gold" @Glenwood Springs CO - L (1 - 4)
10/9/05 - vs Weber State "B" @Glenwood Springs CO - W (3 - 1)
10/14/05 - vs Eastern Utah @Price UT - W (5 - 1)
10/15/05 - vs Southern Utah University @Ephraim UT - T (2 - 2)
10/15/05 - vs Snow College @Ephraim UT - L (4 - 5)
10/22/05 - vs Central Wyoming @Riverton WY - W (4 - 0)
10/22/05 - vs Sheridan College @Riverton WY - W (2 - 1)
This following is the 2005 Team Review
The Spartan soccer team finished the 2005 season as Wyoming College Club Soccer Champions. This marks the first state championship for the Spartan soccer program. The Spartans also finished with a winning record of 9 wins 4 loses and one draw. This years installment of the soccer team proved that they could win anywhere by finishing the season with a winning record at home, on the road and at neutral sites.
The offense for the Spartans was its strength. Scoring at least one goal in every game and averaging 3.5 goals per game. The Spartan scoring was lead by Josh Cox with 15 goals and 7 assists (37 offensive points). The second leading scorer for the Spartans was Victor Hiler with 14 goals and 6 assists (34 offensive points). Josh and Victor both ranked near the top 20 scorers for all Junior College players for the 2005 season. Other significant offensive contributors this year were: Matt Robles with 16 offensive points (5 goals, 6 assists), Stephen Taggart with 12 offensive points (5 goals, 2 assists), 11 offensive points (3 foals, 5 assists) for John Abum, 4 goals and 8 offensive points for Allan Ngogolo and 7 offensive points (2 goals and 3 assists) for David Schultz.
Defensively the Spartans allowed an average of 2.0 goals a game and recorded 2 shutouts for the season. With a group of regular starters the defense grew into a reliable and cohesive group. Tanner Brimhall played most of the year at the central defender with Kory Luczak on his left and Tyler Gilmore on his right. Daniel Sorensen proved to be an asset to the team making several starts on the back line especially towards the end of the season. Stephen Taggart's unselfishness proved to be useful as he also made several starts on the defensive side throughout the year.
Brandon Ludtke, the goalkeeper for the Spartans, had 83 saves throughout the course of the season and a save percentage of 76%. Brandon recorded 2 shutouts and in 5 games he only allowed one goal. Brandon played every minute of every game for the Spartans this year.
The 2005 season has by far been the most successful season in the Spartan soccer program, and our future goals are to build upon this season's success.
Notes and Memories from the 2005 season
The 2005 season was one of my most memorable season for me as a coach. To say the least we were a rag tag bunch of players assembled together for one purpose win a state club championship and prove to the college we were deserving of moving on to an intercollegiate level. Even with our lack of experience and some times lack of talent we bonded together as a team and played as one.
Our first game brings my first college coaching experience. We were playing Snow College in Rock Springs and we had a great lead in the game and since we were playing another game later I decided to rest the starter. All the starters were taking off their cleats and guards when the Snow College team stormed back and got within one goal. During their comeback my thoughts went from we still have a good lead to guys get your cleats on right now and get back in the game. Luckily, the starters got back in the game with about 5 minutes to go and we held on to a 6 to 5 win.
My next memory is the following week, we went to Cheyenne to play LCCC. LCCC was the only intercollegiate team in the state at the time. Josh Cox scored early in the game, and to this day I still do not know what that goalie was doing. We just did not have the depth to hang with that team that day but a 2 - 1 score line on their home field was a good result for us that day. I am still a little mad that a former Rock Springs Tiger and a soon to be Western Wyoming soccer player, Seth Lancaster, scored the winning goal for LCCC.
The following weekend we went to Riverton and played two games. In the first game we were faced with some difficulty and found ourselves down by 2 goals but unlike the teams in the past at WWCC we did not fold we came back and beat Central Wyoming 4 - 2.
Another memory is the Glenwood Springs tournament, he first played Air Force Prep and the match got a little heated. AF Prep was called for a penalty, Stephen Taggart buried the PK and then saluted the entire Air Force Prep team. Our next game was against the Colorado "Gold" team, we knew we had to beat them to advance. It was a tight 2 - 1 game when Josh Cox was called offsides on the goal that would have tied it. We went very offensive in the last five minutes of the game, only two fullbacks, and were countered and scored on twice to lose 1 - 4, by the way that team went on to win the National Club championship. And of course the next morning playing Weber State "B" and controlling the game very well, even though we seemed a little tired as if we stayed out too late the night before. And of course the game being called a few minutes early because the Weber State team was fighting amongst themselves. By the way, I am still looking for that game ball we lost there.
Our brutal road trip to UT the following week saw a good team effort out of us on Friday against CEU in Price. I believe this was the start of the Triple A formation (Africans in the front and AA members in the back). The next day in Ephraim we survived a brutal match against SUU with just two injuries that had to be addressed at the hospital; Josh Cox with a broken nose and David Schultz with a dislocated thumb. The following game we played Snow and feel behind 4 - 0 and were without our leading goal scorer. But the entire team stepped it up especially, Tanner Brimhall, Stephen Taggart, Matt Robles and Victor Hiler. We roared back and tied up the game. Then my amigos the referees played a role in the game and red carded Kory Luczak, who had been hurt and I was carrying off the field. Down a man and beat up we allowed a late goal to lose to Snow College.
Of course the last memory would be our state tournament. We demolished Central in the opening game of the tournament. We then saw Central and Sheridan tie, which meant in the tournament set up all we had to do was score one goal and the state championship was ours. We scored early on Sheridn and were tied with Sheridan for most of the game 1 - 1. I also remember asking if we wanted to win our final game to put the icing on the cake for our championship and everyone answered yes. We reorganized ourselves and put in a final effort and scored the game winning goal and won our last game of the season and also our last game with the mascot of the Spartans. If any of you have any comments, memories or pictures of this team feel free to leave them here or e-mail me at jatkinso@wwcc.wy.edu
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