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ScoreboardAthleticsMen’s Soccer Ranked #1 in NationJoel M. BachThe men’s soccer team achieved a #1 national ranking this fall,marking the first time that a Mines team has been ranked at the top ofa national Top-25 poll.Head Coach Frank Kohlenstein’s squad began the year at #18. Intheir 2010 season opener, the Orediggers recorded a 1-0 shutoutvictory over defending national champion Fort Lewis College. TheOrediggers proceeded to amass a 13-0-1 record during their firsteight matches and climbed to the top of the National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America’s weekly Top-25 poll in late September. In mid-October, Mines learned that it would host the 2010 RMAC Men’s SoccerTournament.Last season, Mines went 15-3-4 overall and qualified for the NCAATournament for the second time in program history. Kohlenstein, whowas selected as the NSCAA/Mondo Central Region Coach of the Year,guided the team to a #18 ranking in the final 2009 NSCAA Top-25 poll.Kohlenstein, now in his 13th season at Mines, was also selected as theRMAC Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year for the fourth time in 2009.Courtesy of CSM Athletics16 Fall/Winter 2010Junior Chike Sullivan, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, finished 5th in the RMAC in 2009 with 11 goals.