DSC Roundup: Soccer team closes regular season with win over Bethel

Published 8:30 pm Saturday, October 31, 2015

From DSC Reports

Offensive looks were tough to come by Saturday, but a well-placed pass from Isael Guitierrez to Emmanuel Olusanya with 9:52 remaining in the first half was all it took to give the Dalton State soccer team a regular season ending 1-0 victory over Bethel University.

Dalton State (11-6-1, 4-4) was outshot 12-8, but the Roadrunners managed their first ever Southern States Athletic Conference road win.

“Bethel has won national championships and has big tradition,”  Dalton State Kerem Daser said in a statement. “I am so proud of the defensive effort from the whole team and it was nice to get a shutout over a talented Bethel team. Our freshman keeper Diego Gonzalas, our back four with our defensive midfielders Kiko Rodriquez and Jordan Man were rock solid.”

Daser called the winning goal “an amazing world class bicycle kick.

Pairings for the SSAC tournament will be announced today.

Volleyball edged out by Martin Methodist

Dalton State’s volleyball team was edged out by Martin Methodist Saturday in five games 16-25, 25-13, 25-14, 15-25, 15-4.

The Roadrunners pulled away in the opening game with a 10-4 run down the stretch to take the early match lead.

But Martin Methodist responded with two straight dominant wins for a 2-1 match lead.

Dalton State forced a deciding fifth game with a strong performance of its own in the sixth.

But the final game was all Martin Methodist. The Redwaks won 13 of the final 15 points.

Savannah Nelson had nine kills and four digs for Dalton State. Anna Metzler had eight kills and 14 digs. Michala Askew had seven kills, 22 assists and ten digs. Karly Newman recorded 14 digs.

Dalton State (11-12 overall) and Martin Methodist (7-22) are now tied for sixth place in the Southern States Athletic Conference with 5-9 league marks.