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Rams Get First Conference Win with 13-6 Victory
Over #18 Utah
Carson, CA
By Garrett Fitzgerald
March 13, 2005
The Colorado State Rams moved to 9-0 on the season and 1-0 in conference
play with their seven goal victory against the University of Utah
Utes. In a game where every member of the Rams saw the playing field
the Utes kept it close through the first quarter in a neutral site
game at Loyola Marymount University.
A lethargic Ram team came out in first period and after 15:00 of
play they only led Utah 2-1. State then scored six unanswered goals
in the second quarter to give them an 8-1 lead. Utah was able to
get the first goal of the third quarter to bring the score to 8-2
but it was CSU who got the next three goals and took a 12-3 lead
into the 4th. Colorado State had four minutes in penalties in the
final quarter and allowed the Utes to gain momentum, but it wasn't
enough as the Rams came away with the 13-6 win.
The Rams offense got production from all of their usual big guns
as they out shot the Utes 63-40. Tim Farquhar (Collegiate HS, VA)
had three goals and two assists in the game. Sophomore Pat Bird
(Bishop O'Dowd HS, CA) had a hat trick while grabbing three groundballs
and senior Nick Stanitz-Harper (Eaglecrest HS, CO) got two goals.
Danny Stevens (Suffern HS, CO) also had a good day netting two goals
and one assist.
Utah's offense was held in check for most of the day, however a
bright spot came in the form of junior attackman Stefan Turkula
who had three goals and an assist.
Tyson Ehinger (Heritage HS, CO) made his second start in goal for
the Rams. The freshman had seven saves on the day before he was
relieved after the third quarter by sophomore Adam Taylor (Air Academy
HS, CO).
For the Utes, Jeremy Johnson had a valiant effort in goal ending
the day with 23 saves against the high scoring Ram offense.
State won nearly every category in the statistical battle. CSU
scooped up 55 groundballs to Utah's 41. Lee Cates (Rangeview HS,
CO) went 9-13 at the face off X for the Rams as CSU went 15-23 overall.
Utah's defense was able to hold CSU to zero man up goals on the
day while Utah's extra man offense went 2-6.
The Rams will travel to Provo, Utah to take on No. 4 Brigham Young
University Tuesday night at 7:00pm. Then, CSU will have a little
less than two weeks before taking on No.3 Sonoma State.
Notes:
- Nick Stanitz Harper leads CSU in goal scoring with 27 after this
game.
- Shay Cunningham holds the team lead in both groundballs with 32
and assists with 19.
- Colorado State has outscored their opponents 166-49 on the season
with an average of 18.44 goals a game.
Statistics:
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 2 6 4 1 - 13
U of Utah........... 1 0 2 3 - 6
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Tim Farquhar 3; Patrick Bird 3;
Danny Stevens 2; Nick Stanitz-Harper 2; Tim Chorey 2; Ryan Trude 1.
ASSISTS: Tim Farquhar 2; Dylan Bowman 1; Danny Stevens 1.
U of Utah SCORING:
GOALS: Stefan Turkula 3; Tom Fernandez 1;
Parker Ellison 1; James Brand 1.
ASSISTS: Tom Fernandez 1; Rich Qualey 1; Stefan Turkula 1.
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
U of Utah Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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12 Jeremy Johnson...... 60:00 13 7 9 4 4 24
Colorado State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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22 Tyson Ehinger....... 45:00 3 4 0 3 0 7
71 Adam Taylor......... 15:00 3 0 0 0 3 3
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 16 27 13 7 - 63
U of Utah........... 7 4 9 20 - 40
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 4 0 3 3 - 10
U of Utah........... 7 9 4 4 - 24
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 10 21 18 6 - 55
U of Utah........... 7 9 9 16 - 41
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 3-4 6-7 3-7 3-5 - 15-23
U of Utah........... 1-4 1-7 4-7 2-5 - 8-23
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 1-3 4-6 5-7 2-3 - 12-19
U of Utah........... 2-7 4-8 6-10 4-5 - 16-30
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 - 0-3
U of Utah........... 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-4 - 2-6
PENALTIES - CSU 6/6:00; UTAH 3/2:30.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 11:45 UTAH EVEN James Brand Unassisted
2. 8:54 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Tim Farquhar
3. 3:11 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Tim Farquhar
4. 2nd 14:42 CSU EVEN Patrick Bird Unassisted
5. 11:21 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Unassisted
6. 9:56 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
7. 9:12 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Unassisted
8. 7:21 CSU EVEN Ryan Trude Danny Stevens
9. 3:40 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
10. 3rd 13:45 UTAH EVEN Tom Fernandez Stefan Turkula
11. 10:58 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Dylan Bowman
12. 9:40 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
13. 8:41 CSU EVEN Patrick Bird Unassisted
14. 5:42 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
15. 1:54 UTAH UP Parker Ellison Unassisted
16. 4th 13:35 CSU EVEN Patrick Bird Unassisted
17. 10:28 UTAH UP Stefan Turkula Tom Fernandez
18. 9:00 UTAH EVEN Stefan Turkula Rich Qualey
19. 1:38 UTAH EVEN Stefan Turkula Unassisted
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