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#2 Colorado State Rams takes out #1 California
Santa Barbara Gauchos in thrilling 8-6 win at The First Four Lacrosse
Invitational
Carson, CA
By Garrett Fitzgerald
March 12, 2005
In long waited clash of MIDA #1 & #2 juggernauts, #2 Colorado
State came away victorious as they defeated the #1 UCSB Gauchos
8-6 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. The game definitely
lived up to the hype of a battle between the #1 & #2 teams in
the country, from the opening face-off neither team gave the other
an inch as it was truly a test for both squads.
The teams traded possessions in the first quarter with each teams
contrasting play becoming obvious. UCSB's possessions offense was
in full force out shooting the Rams nine to four in the first quarter
while controlling the ball for most of the period. CSU's potent
offense was up to the task however, sophomore attackman Shay Cunningham
(Algonquin HS, MA) had a goal waived off but then came back to get
the first goal of the game for the Rams with 6:25 left in the first.
Santa Barbara was quick to answer as George Granelli got UCSB on
the board less than two minutes later.
After a back an forth first period with the score tied 1-1 UCSB
came out and scored the next two goals to go up by two at 8:25 in
the 2nd. Then CSU's explosive offense then unleashed a three goal
flurry, in less than 40 seconds to bring the score to 4-3 with 7:06
left in the half. Each side got one more goal before halftime as
the teams looked almost dead even going into the break.
The second half saw the makings of a star as CSU's junior goaltender
Pete Jokisch (Rockhurst Jesuit HS, KS) possibly played the game
of his career in net for the Rams. Jokisch was literally a brick
wall stopping all ten of UCSB's shots in the third quarter. The
Rams got the only two goals of the period giving them a 7-4 lead
into the 4th.
Santa Barbara held onto the ball for the majority of the fourth
quarter but the CSU defense stayed strong in font of their outstanding
goalie. State did not let UCSB score in the second half until there
was 4:50 left in the game with a Stefan Isaken bounce shot. CSU's
junior captain Michael Murphy (Lake Oswego HS, OR) answered at 3:30
with a sensational no look shot passed UCSB's goalie Ryan Brittain
to put the Rams up by two. Santa Barbara was able to net one more
goal with 2:15 left. After that Colorado State was able to gain
possession and ran the rest of the clock off for their first win
in nearly two years against Santa Barbara.
On the offensive side of the field the Rams truly proved how efficient
they can be, despite being out shot nearly two to one by Santa Barbra
the Rams offence was able to produce with their limited chances.
The combination of senior Nick Stanitz-Harper (Eaglecrest HS, CO)
and Shay Cunningham is proving to be one of the most lethal one
two punches in the MIDA. Stanitz-Harper had two goals on the day
both coming during the second quarter run by State, Cunningham was
also magnificent netting two goals with one assist.
UCSB's lone multiple goal scorers came from their midfield, Stefan
Isaken had three goals on 16 shots primarily going against States
short stick middies. Colorado State's LSM combination of Matt Reiss
(Sycamore HS, OH) and Ian Evans (Cherry Creek HS, CO) had their
hands full with MDIA preseason player of the year Will Patton. Reiss
and Evans did and excellent job of covering Patton and held him
to just one assist on the day. The Colorado State close defense
was almost as unbeatable as their goalie. Junior defensemen Kellin
Bershinsky (Poudre HS, CO) was phenomenal shutting down the best
attackmen who was on the field at any time for Santa Barbara. Adam
Schnirel not only did his part on defense but he got into the scoring
mix as well, going coast to coast in the 2nd quarter and firing
a laser into the back of the goal.
The real story of the day was in goal, Jokisch was outstanding.
Despite being beaten in almost every statistical category by USCB,
the Ram's Jokisch was able to keep the Gauchos at bay. He finished
the day with 23 saves including several one-on-one stuffs and some
remarkably athletic saves. Brittain ended the day with only six
saves; his frustration came out when he was ejected with 1:00 left
in the 4th.
Colorado State now looks to take on conference rival #18 Utah with
a neutral site game at Loyola Marymount University. From there the
Rams will travel to Provo Utah to take on
#3 BYU.
Game Notes:
- Both teams' defenses were truly remarkable with nether team scoring
on their man up opportunities in the game.
o CSU went 0-4
o UCSB went 0-5
- UCSB's Will Patton was dominant again at the face off X going
13-18 on the day.
Statistics:
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 1 4 2 1 - 8
Cal Santa Barbara... 1 3 0 2 - 6
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Shay Cunningham 2; Nick Stanitz-Harper 2;
Patrick Bird 1; Danny Stevens 1; Michael Murphy 1; Adam Schnirel 1.
ASSISTS: Tim Chorey 1; Shay Cunningham 1.
Cal Santa Barbara SCORING:
GOALS: Stefan Isaken 3; Luke Shaw 1; Luke Wilson 1;
George Granelli 1.
ASSISTS: Will Patton 1.
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Cal Santa Barbara Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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1 Ryan Brittain....... 60:00 8 0 1 2 3 6
Colorado State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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3 Pete Jokisch........ 60:00 6 4 3 10 6 23
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 4 3 10 6 - 23
Cal Santa Barbara... 9 11 15 14 - 49
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
Colorado State...... 4 8 6 7 - 25
Cal Santa Barbara... 0 1 2 3 - 6
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 7 6 7 11 - 31
Cal Santa Barbara... 11 12 7 11 - 41
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 1-3 2-8 2-3 0-4 - 5-18
Cal Santa Barbara... 2-3 6-8 1-3 4-4 - 13-18
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 4-8 5-6 8-9 7-8 - 24-31
Cal Santa Barbara... 6-6 6-10 4-4 5-6 - 21-26
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 - 0-4
Cal Santa Barbara... 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-1 - 0-5
PENALTIES - CSU 5/2:30; UCSB 4/4:30.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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2. 4:56 UCSB EVEN George Granelli Unassisted
3. 2nd 11:48 UCSB EVEN Luke Shaw Will Patton
4. 8:25 UCSB EVEN Stefan Isaken Unassisted
5. 7:49 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Shay Cunningham
6. 7:15 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Unassisted
7. 7:06 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
8. 3:57 UCSB EVEN Stefan Isaken Unassisted
9. 2:57 CSU EVEN Adam Schnirel Unassisted
10. 3rd 12:30 CSU EVEN Patrick Bird Unassisted
11. 11:51 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Unassisted
12. 4th 4:50 UCSB EVEN Stefan Isaken Unassisted
13. 3:30 CSU EVEN Michael Murphy Unassisted
14. 2:15 UCSB EVEN Luke Wilson Unassisted
PENALTY SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team ##-Player Min Offense
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1st 10:42 UCSB 28-Dave Gorham 1:00 PP ILLEGAL BODY CHECK
2nd 12:35 CSU 33-Ryan Price 0:30 PP HOLDING
12:35 CSU 16-Tim Chorey 0:30 PP ILLEGAL PROCEDURE
09:12 CSU 77-Ian Evans 0:30 PP ILLEGAL PROCEDURE
01:33 CSU 29-Kellin Bershinsky 0:30 PP PUSHING
3rd 10:44 UCSB 15-David Nejdl 1:00 PP SLASHING
4th 13:51 CSU 16-Tim Chorey 0:30 PP HOLDING
09:04 UCSB 25-Brenden Lucker 1:00 PP SLASHING
00:40 UCSB 1 -Ryan Brittain 1:30 PP UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
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