CAL LUTHERAN STAR LEAVES DEFENDERS IN DUST ON SOCCER FIELD.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer Cal Lutheran University soccer coach Dan Kuntz The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. almost hates to admit it, but at times he actually feels sorry for the opposing defenders who have to mark high-scoring Kingsmen striker Brian Collins  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . Collins has a way of getting under the opposition's skin, especially the way he likes to run them around in circles during the course of a game. Collins, a Newbury Park High School graduate, was up to his usual tricks in Texas over the weekend during Cal Lutheran's two nonconference wins over Texas Lutheran and Southwestern University For other places with the same name, see Southwestern University (disambiguation). History Prior to its founding in Georgetown, charters had been granted by the Legislature (Texas Congress 1836-1845) to establish four earlier educational institutions: - scoring three goals and generally running his poor defenders ragged rag·ged adj. 1. Tattered, frayed, or torn: ragged clothes. 2. Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes: a ragged scarecrow. 3. . ``During one of the games I was watching the whole thing on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. and at one point I said they've got to get that poor defender off the field, he's not going to make it'' Kuntz said. ``Brian is the type of player who plays hard the entire 90 minutes. He'll take a defender and run him around all over the place. As a coach it's fun to watch.'' Collins says it's all a part of his plan. ``I try to tire the other guy out so that by the end of the game it's easier to beat them,'' he said. ``At the beginning of the game I'm pretty even with all the other guys. But towards the end, that's when I feel I can be effective.'' Collins and his teammates paid particular attention to conditioning work during the off-season. As a result, the Kingsmen entered the current season in much better shape then years past. And Collins is an even stronger player at the end of games. ``I feel I'm in the top shape of my life right now,'' said Collins. ``We worked a lot on fitness and it really shows.'' Kuntz describes Collins as an excellent athlete who has a nose for the goal. He scores in a variety of different ways. ``He's tough for anybody to mark because he's a very talented athlete,'' said Kuntz. ``He's got excellent acceleration, he's physically very strong and technically he has a great shot. He can put the ball right on the frame from a lot of different positions.'' Collins is pleased with his decision to stay close to home and play at Cal Lutheran because it gives his parents and family an opportunity to see him play on a consistent basis. This being his junior year, his main goal is to help the Kingsmen get to the national championship, something which eluded them by the slimmest of margins last year. Following graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. Collins plans to try to hook on to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook. See also: Hook with a professional team in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . But at some point he plans to put his physical education degree to use by coming back to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to coach and teach. He currently assists the Newbury Park soccer team. For now he's concentrating on the current season. He admits the pace with which he's scoring this year - five goals and two assists in four games - is a bit surprising. ``Right now my average has been consistent, which is good,'' he said. ``Hopefully I can keep it up.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Kingsmen striker Brian Collins wears out his opponen ts by running them all over so that he can take over at the end of matches. Jeremy Greene/Special to the Daily News |
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