WINTER PARK — Embry-Riddle (5-0-4, 1-0-2) pushed its season-opening unbeaten streak to nine games as they defeated Rollins, 1-0, on the road Wednesday evening.

The lone goal of the game came at 50:22 when St. Johns Country Day School graduate Calli Berrang, a freshman at Embry-Riddle, placed her shot past the keeper from outside the box after a quick layoff from Lauryn Mateo found the freshman in plenty of space. Mateo, a senior at Embry-Riddle, is also a St. Johns Country Day School graduate and one of the Eagles' top scorers with three goals.

"I love the team here and the coaching staff," said Berrang, who got some playing time in a 2-2 tie with unbeaten Barry University last week. "I'm getting more and more familiar with the college game."

Rollins, now 5-3, had five shots in the final 10 minutes but the Eagles' back line blocked four of the shots and did not require Stella Roane to make a save.

For Mateo, the addition of Berrang is a continuation of the St. Johns legacy in college.

"It's great to have her here just to have a familiar face," said Mateo, who played pro soccer this summer in North Carolina before returning to Embry-Riddle. "So far, we have not lost and we hope that continues."

ERAU withstood 13 shots from the Tars, including a penalty kick at 26:41 to earn its fourth clean sheet in the last five games.

In the second half and the game still scoreless, Berrang scored the game's only goal at 50:22 with the opening shot of the half. It was the first goal of her career.

Mateo and Agnes Vigholm were each credited with an assist after Vigholm advanced the ball past midfield, and she found Mateo in the center of the field, She flicked it to Berrang and saw her take a shot from 20 yards out that beat Mehos. ERAU continued to pile on the pressure after the opening goal with three shots and two corner kicks in a six-minute stretch from 63:33 to 69:40 that saw Berrang nearly score a second goal before being denied by the left post. Embry-Riddle only conceded one shot in the second half when McMurry saw her effort saved by Roane at 78:55.

Embry-Riddle will have a week off before they travel to Melbourne to face reigning national champions and No. 1 ranked Florida Tech (7-0-2) on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Rick Stottler Field. Florida Tech beat ERAU last year, 2-0, in the NCAA Division II national tournament opener before beating Franklin Pierce University, 3-0, for the national title.

Area fishing guy wins Major League fishing title

By Joe Opager, Major League Fishing League

PALATKA – Boater Cody Morgan of Green Cove Springs, Florida, caught a total of 10 bass weighing 61 pounds, 9 ounces, over two days to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Super Tournament Presented by T-H Marine on the St. Johns River.

The tournament was the fifth and final event of the season for the BFL Gator Division Presented by Merman’s Revenge. Morgan earned $3,920 for his victory.

Morgan had a plan mapped out for the two-day event, and it focused on big largemouth on shell flats.

“On Saturday, I started off on a school of big ones I’d been saving for a while,” Morgan said. “All of them were between six and 10 pounds. My first cast was a six-pounder. And on my second cast, I caught a [9-pound, 7-ounce bass]. I picked up the trolling motor and left. I wanted to save them for Sunday. There were a bunch of them still in there.”

Morgan’s two early bass came on a Zara Heddon Spook and a wakebait.

Morgan said he made a long run south to a shell flat that had groups of three-to-four fish roaming on it, where he added two five-pounders and a four-pounder using a Z-Man Original ChatterBait, a Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap and a Carolina rig in four feet of water. He finished his first day of the competition fishing docks and never culled up.

Sunday morning, Morgan returned to the spot he had saved the previous day only to find the fish were not there.

“There were like two there and they wouldn’t bite,” Morgan said. “I went to my other spot and caught a three-pound, 11-ounce [bass] on my first cast. Then I went an hour without any bites. I had nine minutes left in my (forward-facing sonar) period and I saw a giant one. She was sitting on the bottom. I threw my ChatterBait at her, because that’s what I had in my hand, and she chased it. I threw at her again and caught her literally hovering it over her. It weighed 12 [pounds] 11 [ounces] on my scale.

“I had been down in the dumps, but when I caught that 12-pounder it gave me hope,” Morgan added.

Morgan said he then went through a lull and only had two bass at noon. Then he went through a quick flurry and continued to pound the shell bar to grind out a limit to finish the tournament and secure the win.

“This is just unbelievable,” Morgan said. “I got second place last year to my best friend (Green Cove Springs Parker Stalvey). At the beginning of the tournament I told him I was coming for him. And this year he finished second. So, we swapped places. And I’ve worked for this. I’ve busted my butt for this.”

Although Morgan caught the 12-pounder on Sunday, he also earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award on Day 1 with his nine-pound, 7-seven ounce bass worth $300.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st: Cody Morgan, Green Cove Springs, 10 bass, 61-pounds, 9-ounces, $3,920

2nd: Parker Stalvey, Green Cove Springs, 10 bass, 51-11, $1,980

3rd: Dylan Quilatan, Windermere, 10 bass, 45-12, $1,010

4th: Tracen Phillips, Lake Placid, 10 bass, 44-2, $840

5th: Austin Black, East Palatka., 10 bass, 42-11, $720

6th: Coltyn Morris, Crescent City, 10 bass, 41-5, $690

7th: John Mobley, Macclenney, 10 bass, 35-10, $670

8th: Tyler Sheppard, Yulee, nine bass, 33-9, $640

9th: Fred Chivington Jr., San Mateo, 10 bass, 25-9, $610

10th: Jeremy Barbour, Lucedale, Miss., 10 bass, 22-4, $580