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PHOENIX (Oct. 8) It remains uncertain
whether any of the six Seattle Pacific University men's soccer
players involved in a two-car collision Saturday will play in the
Falcons' next game.
Coach Cliff McCrath said Sunday that the
availability of the players would be determined Monday, one day
before a game at Grand Canyon University.
James Coggan (Jr., San Jose, Ca./Valley
Christian), Nate Elmenhurst (Jr., Bothell, Wa./Woodinville), Jono
Henness (So., Casa Grande, Az.), Drew Macha (Jr., Eugene,
Or./Marist), Michael Morris (Sr., Bothell, Wa./Blanchet) and Andy
Willis (Sr., Gig Harbor, Wa.) all spent at least four hours being
evaluated at St. Joseph's Hospital following the accident.
McCrath said all were still experiencing
stiffness and soreness, and some had headaches.
Coggan and Morris are the team's top two
scorers and, along with Willis and Macha, have started the
majority of games. The Falcons brought 18 players on the trip.
At approximately 10:45 Saturday morning, a car
traveling at a high rate of speed crashed into the driver's side
of the SUV driven by Morris. It was the third of four rental
vehicles en route to a team meal and all had begun proceeding into
an intersection following a green light.
A second car was also struck and the
19-year-old driver was hospitalized. His condition is unknown.
Morris and Henness were taken by ambulance to
the hospital. The other four players joined them in the emergency
room later. By Saturday evening, all had been examined and
discharged, but that night's game with Hawaii Pacific was
cancelled.
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