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Date: September 24, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby coach Serdjenian wins 200th game with win over UNE

WATERVILLE, Maine --

Colby College men's soccer coach Mark Serdjenian won his 200th game as the Mules took care of business quickly in a 6-0 non-conference victory over University of New England on Wednesday.

Serdjenian, a 1973 graduate of Colby, has a 200-153-32 record in his 28th season at Colby.

The Mules (3-0-1) made sure he would get the victory with three goals in the opening 27 minutes of play.

Daniel Kiernan (Roxbury Latin/Brookline, Mass.), Bobby Abendroth (BB&N/Natick, Mass.) and Chris Rogers (Hebron Academy/Atlanta, Ga.) each had two goals for the Mules. Kiernan, a first-year forward, got his first start of the season and finished with two goals and two assists. Abendroth had two goals and one assist.

Abendroth scored at 10:54 of the opening half off an assist from Dan Ruiz (Chatham/Chatham, N.J.) for what turned out to be the only goal Colby would need. Kiernan got his first collegiate goal about six minutes later off a pass from NESCAC leading scorer Ryan Boccuzzi (E.O. Smith/Storrs, Conn.). Rogers, a transfer from Hobart College, got his first goal with the Mules at 26:50 off a feed from Kiernan.

Abendroth scored a little more than three minutes into the second half from a pass by Trevor McWilliams (Millbrook/Millbrook, N.Y.). Rogers made it 5-0 off assists from fellow goal scorers Abendroth and Kiernan about 15 minutes into the second half. Kiernan closed out the scoring on a header off a pass from Donnie O'Callaghan (New Canaan/New Canaan, Conn.).

Colby's defense has allowed just two goals in four games this season.

Colby 6, University of New England 0

UNE 0-0---0

Colby 3-3---6

Scoring:

1: Colby: Bobby Abendroth (Dan Ruiz), 10:54

1: Colby: Daniel Kiernan (Ryan Boccuzzi), 16:22

1: Colby: Chris Rogers (Kiernan), 26:50

2: Colby: Abendroth (Trevor McWilliams), 48:29

2: Colby: Rogers (Abendroth, Kiernan), 60:29

2: Colby: Kiernan (Donnie O'Callaghan), 69:30

Shots: UNE 3, Colby 22. Corner kicks: UNE 0, Colby 4. Goalies: Steven Bishop (UNE) 5; Brian Davidson (Colby) 0, 45 minutes and Josh Kahane (Colby) 2, 45 minutes.