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Rams Move to 4-0 on the Season After 18-2 Rout of Texas
Arlington, TX
By Garrett Fitzgerald
February 13, 2005
In what was Colorado State's fourth game in less than 48 hours, the Rams showed no signs of slowing down as they decimated the preseason #20 University of Texas-Austin Longhorns 18-2. CSU came out firing on all cylinders scoring the first 13 goals of the game while holding Texas scoreless into the third quarter. With the win over the Longhorns, CSU rose to a perfect 4-0 on the season after sweeping a weekend road trip over Auburn, Texas Tech and Texas A&M. For the first time since the Rams arrived in Texas they were treated to sunshine and 70 degree temperatures.
Offensively, sophomore attackman Shay Cunningham (Algonquin HS, MA) was just heating up when he recorded his first of seven assists on the opening goal of the game. Cunningham was on fire offensively also getting two goals giving him a team leading total of nine points on the day, and bringing his season total to 22 points. Those 22 points tie Cunningham with Nick Stanitz-Harper (Eaglecrest HS, CO) for the team lead, Stanitz-Harper had another tremendous game by finding the back of the goal four times on the day. In addition, Stanitz-Harper assisted on another Ram goal and scooped up five groundballs.
CSU had 11 different goal scorers on the day. Sophomore attackman Danny Stevens (Suffern HS, NY) also registered a hat trick. All in all, Colorado State's starting attack accounted for nine of the team's 18 goals. Possibly the most exciting goal on the day came from an unanticipated place. After taking the ball over center on a clear, defenseman Kellin Bershinsky (Poudre HS, CO) circled the goal and rifled a shot passed the Texas goalie. The goal was the first of the captain's career and was the first goal of the season for a CSU longpole.
The Rams shut out the Longhorns for the first 35:00 minutes and the defensive unit was virtually unbreakable only allowing two goals on the day. All the CSU longpoles got playing time in the game, as well as all three active CSU goalies. Sophomore LSM Ian Wilson (Arapahoe HS, CO) who has been one of several face off men for the Rams this year was imposing going six for nine at the X, putting his season win percentage at 65.9%.
During their four game roadtrip to Texas Colorado State put up some impressive numbers, out scoring their opponents 86-18, and out shooting them 240-80. The Rams have next week off but will travel to Greeley to play Northern Colorado on February 23rd. The first true test of CSU's season will come against Division III Colorado College on the 26th. CSU defeated the Tigers 11-6 last year in an emotionally charged game.
Notes
- With Nick Stanitz-Harper scoring 22 points over the weekend he has vaulted up two spots on the CSU all time points scoring list, he only needs 25 more points to take sole possession of third place on the list.
Statistics:
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 6 7 1 4 - 18
U of Texas-Austin... 0 0 2 0 - 2
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Nick Stanitz-Harper 4; Danny Stevens 3; Shay
Cunningham 2; Tim Chorey 2; Ryan MacDonald 1; Patrick Bird 1;
Michael Murphy 1; Kevin Lehman 1; Tyler Bue 1; David Ford 1;
Kellin Bershinsky 1.
ASSISTS: Shay Cunningham 7; Tim Farquhar 2; Dylan Bowman 1;
Ryan MacDonald 1; Matt Reiss 1; Nick Stanitz-Harper 1; Ben Wallace 1.
U of Texas-Austin SCORING:
GOALS: Cody Gwins 2.
ASSISTS: None.
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 16 13 23 11 - 63
U of Texas-Austin... 2 6 7 3 - 18
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 1 3 2 1 - 7
U of Texas-Austin... 4 4 9 3 - 20
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 7 13 10 9 - 39
U of Texas-Austin... 3 2 5 6 - 16
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 6-7 3-8 2-4 3-4 - 14-23
U of Texas-Austin... 1-7 5-8 2-4 1-4 - 9-23
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 8-8 8-9 3-3 6-7 - 25-27
U of Texas-Austin... 6-8 6-8 3-5 4-7 - 19-28
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 0-1 1-2 0-4 2-2 - 3-9
U of Texas-Austin... 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-4 - 1-5
PENALTIES - CSU 5/5:00; TEXAS 9/7:30.
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
U of Texas-Austin Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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8 Rugby Scearce....... 13:11 2 0 0 0 3 3
13 Garrett Cox......... 46:49 16 L 4 4 9 0 17
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Colorado State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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3 Pete Jokisch........ 30:00 0 W 1 3 0 0 4
22 Tyson Ehinger....... 16:14 1 0 0 2 0 2
71 Adam Taylor......... 15:00 1 0 0 0 1 1
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 10:06 CSU EVEN Michael Murphy Shay Cunningham
2. 8:59 CSU EVEN Patrick Bird Tim Farquhar
3. 8:32 CSU EVEN David Ford Unassisted
4. 7:47 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Ryan MacDonald
5. 5:57 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Shay Cunningham
6. 4:10 CSU EVEN Kellin Bershinsky Unassisted
7. 2nd 12:56 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Tim Farquhar
8. 9:34 CSU EVEN Tyler Bue Shay Cunningham
9. 8:32 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Nick Stanitz-Harper
10. 6:59 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Shay Cunningham
11. 6:12 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Matt Reiss
12. 3:07 CSU UP Danny Stevens Shay Cunningham
13. 2:11 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Unassisted
14. 3rd 9:30 TEXAS UP Cody Gwins Unassisted
15. 6:07 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Shay Cunningham
16. 1:11 TEXAS EVEN Cody Gwins Unassisted
17. 4th 14:03 CSU UP Tim Chorey Shay Cunningham
18. 13:11 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
19. 10:31 CSU EVEN Kevin Lehman Dylan Bowman
20. 2:36 CSU UP Ryan MacDonald Ben Wallace
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