UWFSOCCER

The UWF Women's Soccer Team

2010 FINAL NOTES

Members of both teams pose after wining the GSC Tournament.

Coach Joe Bartlinski has a career record of 168-23-11. This year's team was typical of his teams. They played with finesse and skill. They also played hard. They didn't shy away from the physical game that modern championship collegiate soccer has become. They spent time gliding through the air and they spent time diving on the ground. A team with many new faces, they were 2-2 on September 12th. They roared back to finish 17-2-2! They were down 2-0 in their final game only to salvage a tie with a furious comeback.

Character goes hand in hand with winning at UWF. This year's team will lose two high character winners who also just happen to be outstanding athletes. You build programs around people like Noha Saleh and Shakira Duncan. This year's team had a lot of great players to replace from last year's team. Next year's team will have a roster of people with all the skill, pride, character and desire needed to be champions again. It's their team now and the program couldn't be in better hands. We can't wait.

NCAA TOURNAMENT Tampa 2, UWF 2
Tampa Advances On A Penalty Shootout After Two Scoreless Overtimes
IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR!
17-2-2

THINGS I LEARNED:
These were two excellent teams today and they played hard!

The best team doesn't always win. If they did, we could save the expense
and travel of a tournament and simply choose the winner by computer.

There are about 300 NCAA Division II schools. Two hundred and fifty did not make the
tournament this year. Of the 48 in the tournament, all but one will lose their last game of the season.

My respect for the UWF Soccer teams and their coaches increased again this
year. This has got to stop or I'll be recommending them for sainthood soon.

Noha Saleh and Shakira Duncan were good players and leaders. They will be missed.
They leave behind a great team they helped build. That team will excel again next year.

Soccer is a great game.

I have a ton of photos to process from this game. I will try to upload them as soon as possible. In addition,
I will have a CD of about 3,500 photos from this year. I'll have these for the team also as soon as possible.

HERE ARE PHOTOS OF EVERYONE WHO PLAYED IN
THE GAME..there is a link below for more than 300 more photos.

Five against one is a fair fight...if the one is Noha Saleh!

She set records despite being double and triple teamed.

MORE PHOTOS

CHAMPIONSHIP!

Noha Saleh, Shakira Duncan, Jordan Stone, Tori Fish

CLASS AND CHARACTER!

The entire team rises to applaud the team they've beaten in a hard fought and very physical match!

The game went to two overtimes and a penalty kick shootout to determine a champion.

It was said by someone that UNA had the advantage because they have the best goal keeper in the conference. She's awfully good and made the All-Tournament Team. I'll leave the comparisons to the vast majority of people who are smarter than I. All I know is when the dust settled, Ali Ryan had stopped great shots and forced others wide. She's awfully good too. Foreshadowing: Here, Ali Ryan dives to stop the first UNA shot. (Please ignore the fence and net in the shot. I was trying to get a different angle without being a distraction.)

Alexis Pugh drives the ball into the net to end the contest in great style!

Ashley Slocki races (as best she can on her recovering knee) to join her teammates in celebrating the championship season she helped to achieve!

Celebration

Class and character, Part Two: Argos players make the effort to console a distraught opponent. UNA has nothing to be
ashamed of—the NCAA recognizes this and they have been selected to join UWF in the National Championship Tournament.

President Judy Bense in a familiar role!

The GSC Tournament saw UWF defeat Harding 5-0 before the epic battle with UNA.
The following photos are of the different players who participated in the tournament:

All-Tournament Team

Here are the complete photo collections from these two games:

HARDING

UNA

Class And Character Part Three: The members of the team left me speechless after the game. They presented me with a beautiful card and special gift in appreciation for taking these photos and maintaining this web site. It's hard to make me speechless or for that matter, to bring a tear to my eye. Their thoughtfulness did both. I am the one who is appreciative. I got to photograph and enjoy championship sport at this lofty level. NCAA Division II is every bit the real deal in athletic competition. It merits more recognition. This is the age of the anti-hero and self-centered star athlete. At UWF it is the age of class and character. I tried to compliment Coach Bartlinski on the character of his players. He simply said that's who they are. As usual, he disavowed any credit and said if I met their parents I'd understand why they have such character. I tried to reiterate my contention that like attracts like. He changed the subject back to his players. I tried to express this to President Bense as I exited the park after the games. It was obvious I wasn't telling her anything she wasn't already well aware of. As great as these folks are as athletes and coaches, it is obvious they are even better as human beings. The Argos won themselves a championship on Sunday. Their various communities, states and nations are the real winners. Thank you.

UWF SENIOR DAY
Thanks for the memories—from your fans, your UWF family and the Pensacola Community.

Shakira Duncan looks back at fans and supporters one last time as she and Noha Saleh head back to join
their teammates for the start of their last regular season home game. The good news is UWF is only losing
two seniors. The bad news is they are losing Shakira Duncan and Noha Saleh.

Some Recently Discovered Shots From 10-31

Hustle? They even drink "on the run."

MORE PHOTOS

UWF DEFEATED LAMBUTH UNIVERSITY 7-0
10-29-10
IT WAS THE WORK OF THE USUAL CAST OF CHARACTERS

Alexis Garrand

Jessica Ebanks

Noha Saleh

Annalis Cummings

Jodi-Ann Robinson

Tina Murry

Cori McCullough

Kaitlyn Kutemeyer

Sarah Fagler

Jordan Stone

Ann Ilin Osland

Tori Fish

Shakira Duncan

Courtney Mincy

Alex Pickrell

Janitta Levius

Marissa Love

Ali Ryan

Reagan Sherwin

Reagan Sherwin (In Flight)

Lauren Byrd

The Argos had to play without Rachel Cutts and Ashley Slocki due to injuries. Monica Malavassi is temporarily unavailable as she is in Costa Rica working with her national team in preparation for the Women's World Cup.

I WILL BE POSTING A LINK TO A PAGE WITH MORE THAN 200 PHOTOS FROM THIS GAME.

PLEASE TRY THIS LINK: LAMBUTH GAME

UWF 5, WEST GEORGIA 3
10-24-10

THIS WAS A HARD FOUGHT GAME. WEST GEORGIA PLAYED A CLEAN AND ENERGETIC GAME!

JODI-ANN ROBINSON

ALEXIS GARRAND SCORES AGAINST AN EXCELLENT KEEPER.

ALEX PICKRELL

ALEXIS PUGH

A rare rainy day in Paradise! Coach Bartlinski doesn't usually allow rain on game days so this was a treat.

Here are over 100 more photos from this game. There should be
at least one photo showing each player who participated in the game.

MORE PHOTOS

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS

Added 10-19...an enlargement of one of the other photos. Note the vertical leap by Shakira
Duncan! Because of the location of the ball she has already headed (below the right elbow
of #20), I'm sure Shakira Duncan is on the way down from the full height she reached.

These 22 Players Contributed To The Shutout Victory:

Keeper Ali Ryan

Alexis Garrand

Noha Saleh

Rachel Cutts

Annalis Cummings (#6 Airborne) & Kaitlyn Kutemeyer (#16), Tina Murry (#11), Ann Osland (#20)

Jodi-Ann Robinson

Jodi-Ann Robinson & Shakira Duncan

Monica Malavassi

Tina Murry (#11), Jessica Ebanks (#3) & Cori McCullough (#12)

Janitta Levius (#27) & Cori McCullough (#12)

Alexis Pugh

Kaitlyn Kutemeyer (Airborne) & Annalis Cummings (#6)

Sarah Fagler (#17) & Courtney Mincy (#24)

Jordan Stone (#18)

Ann Ilin Osland

Tori Fish

Tori Fish...
There is a reason she shows up in so many photos—she's working hard all over the field!

Shakira Duncan & Ann Osland (#20)

Courtney Mincy (#24) With Sarah Fagler (#17) And Cori McCullough (#12)

Alex Pickrell

Janitta Levius

Janitta Levius scored one goal and was stopped on this solid try!

Marissa Love

Lauren Byrd makes the save of the day, literally!
UWF out shot Delta 32-3 and this was the only save.

Lauren Byrd

CLICK HERE FOR
MORE 10-17 PHOTOS

With this game, we went over the 2000 mark for photographs. Honestly, even the ones of lesser quality look pretty decent when viewed as a full screen slideshow. Of course it helps if you are a fan!

STRANGE PHOTOS AND
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS : CLICK
HERE FOR INFORMATION

10-15-2010
UWF 2, UAH 0

Goal keeper Ali Ryan

Coach Bartlinski And Monica Malavassi

Jodi-Ann Robinson

Tina Murry is hidden behind 4 Opponents

Tori Fish

Monica Malavassi Scores The First Of Her Two Goals

Ann Ilin Osland

Alexis Garrand

Shakira Duncan and Jodi-AnnRobinson

Shakira Duncan

Ali Ryan

Shakira Duncan

It's A Physical Game

Monica Malavassi

Shakira Duncan Passes

Keeper Lauren Byrd

Keeper Reagan Sherwin Warms Up With Janitta Levius In The Background

Keeper Ali Ryan

Janitta Levius

Tina Murry

Annalis Cummings

Team Game

Alexis Garrand Drove This Long Shot Off The Crossbar

Click HERE For More Shots From This Game

Some Recently Discovered Photos From The 10-5 Night Game Vs Mobile

Annalis Cummings played all out!

Alex Pickrell jumps in front of an opponent to take a pass.

Like many of her teammates, Pickrell's biggest obstacle is getting playing time.

L to R, Kaitlyn Kutemeyer, Monica Malavassi, Alex Pickrell, Tori Fish and Jordan Stone defend against a throw-in.

Tina Murry is the kind of player who makes everyone better. Despite a knee injury and everything else she does, she takes the corner kicks.

October 9. 2010
UWF 4, CBU 0

Shakira Duncan seems to be tarketed by defenders. It doesn't seem to faze her!

Monica Malavassi is always a threat to score.

Kaitlyn Kutemeyer is listed as a freshman...she doesn't play like it.

Jordan Stone is relied on for leadership. She takes the penalty kicks for the Argos.

Alexis Pugh is a talented freshman fromTennessee!

Jodi-Annn Robinson has been outstanding!

Cori McCullough is another of a super class of freshmen. She is from Jacksonville.

Cori McCullough, Kaitlyn Kutemeyer and Jodi-Ann Robinson

Courtney Mincy is still another of this great freshman class. She is from Pensacola!

Argos don't shy away from contact even though their game is based on finesse!

Courtney Mincy

Again

Alexis Garrand is from Orlando. Here she appears hidden by the ball
she just passed. She is one more member of that great freshman class.

Alexis Garrand passes to Tina Murry.

Annalis Cummings is a talented junior from Trinidad!

Alexis Garrand and Annalis Cummings

Sarah Fagler outplays an opponent. This hardworking sophomore is from Gainesville.

Goalkeeper Ali Ryan is a skilled junior from Australia. I haven't done justice to the great Argos'
goalkeepers because the majority of the action in a UWF game is usually at the offensive end.

Goalkeeper Lauren Byrd, like her fellow keepers, doesn't get the photo recognition she deserves. In this
game, the Argos outshot their opponents 27-3. That tends to keep the photographers at the other end of the field.

Marissa Love, another one of the super freshman, is from Tallahassee.

Tori Fish is tough on offense as well as defense.

Ann Ilin Osland seems to show up in the middle of everything good happening on the field. She is a freshman from Norway.

Tina Murry is another key player on both ends of the field. She is a junior from Jamaica.

Jodi-Ann Robinson is equally capable of going through or around defenders.

Rachel Cutts is a key defender. It's a lonely position with a lot of pressure. Other teams have
good scoring threats too and a defender has to make split second decisions. She does it well.

You wonder if goalkeepers have nightmares about Shakira Duncan.

Soccer players are tough. Here Marissa Love knocks an opponent out with a short right to the solar plexus. Ok, I
lied. It's an optical illusion. The two players were contending for a ball that is just visible behind the left knee of
the CBU player. Both teams played hard but clean. Soccer at this level is very physical (but not THAT
physical—if you look closely you can see fingers extended from the alleged fist of the Argo player).

Tina Murry

Shakira Duncan

Cori McCullough

Noha Saleh

Ann-Ilin Osland

Jodi-Ann Robinson

Courtney Mincy

For those who have never seen a college level soccer game, you'll find UWF to have two exciting teams. I haven't had the opportunity to photograph the Men's team this year but they have had an equally successful season. Both teams play an up-tempo game based on skill, speed and energy.

Photos of all games are available on a free CD. They are all full size and can be seen as full screen photos or full screen slideshows. At last count we had over 1500 shots of the first 7 home games and 1 road game.

For the CBU game of 10-9-10, click HERE for around 200 more shots.

October 5, 2010
UWF 5, Mobile 2

It's a team game and every game starts the same way!

Noha Saleh is very fast and very hard working!

Jodi-Ann Robinson doesn't back down from a challenge.

Monica Malavassi fits in with Coach Bartlinski's high powered offense.

No. 7 again...

Kaitlyn Kutemeyer has been head and shoulders above the opposition...literally!

Tori Fish scored the first goal and was in the middle of the action all night, as usual.

Ann Ilin Osland has been another hard working and valuable player!

Jordan Stone, Sarah Fagler and Courtney Mincy

Jodi-Ann Robinson draws a hard foul and a penalty kick!

Courtney Mincy

As you can see, the action was great (as always) but the technical quality of the shots leaves a lot to be desired. It was a night game. Please refer to my list of excuses for why my photos aren't better, specifically, excuses 3, 4, 4a, 9, 15 a&c, 17 d and 21. (It's self-deprecating humor.) See below for a link to more game photos.

GAME PHOTOS

Game Seven
UWF 6, Lynn 1

MORE PHOTOS

Game Six
UWF 7, Spring Hill 1

Shakira Duncan scores the first of her 3 goals against Spring Hill. Like many top athletes, Shakira
Duncan's hard work often looks effortless. It's not—she works hard and is obviously targeted by defenders.

Freshman Kaitlyn Kutemeyer displays an amazing vertical leap.

Game Six Highlights Here

Game Five
UWF 4, St. Leo 1 (Road Game...no photos)

Game Four
Florida Southern 3, UWF 2 OT

Jodi-Ann Robinson displays a serious vertical leap! What are the odds I got her image at the absolute height of her jump? She's probably on the way up or the way down which means her total leap was even higher—this isn't a still from a video.

The Argos are not satisfied with a 2-2 record. A lot of schools would be 0-4 with this schedule. To them, 2-2 would be solid. OK, so what does UWF need to do? My entire soccer career could have been played in a phone booth but I'm not going to let that stop me from offering advice. Go out and play. Trust the coach...and each other. The coach may or may not make some adjustments. You are 28 excellent athletes. The game will come to you. Step out and meet it. Just play. One day it's going to dawn on you that: "Hey, we're winning."

Some Random Game Four Highlights

GAME THREE
ROLLINS 3, UWF 1

It was a very physical game. I haven't seen many at this level that weren't. These are strong, fast athletes. I guess I put the monkey on their back with my gushing accolades. Guess what—they're still great athletes with a great coach. We'll know just how great a team they are by the end of the season. (I didn't really think they'd go undefeated. This is NCAA Division II. It's the real deal in athletic competition and the Argos play a demanding schedule.)

Some Random Game Three Highlights

GAME TWO UWF 3, Barry University 2

"She soars through the air with the greatest of ease..."
Well, it's not the lady on the flying trapeze. It's Shakira Duncan.

Monica Malavassi is a relentless and skilled attacker.

Ashley Slocki and Tina Murry run past an opponent.

More photos and comments about the 9-5-10 game can be found at: Game Two