CSC, Ephs skate to tie
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Staff Reports - Published: January 11, 2009
In Williamstown, Mass., Williams and Castleton scored a goal apiece in the first three periods and settled for a 3-3 tie in ECAC men's hockey on Saturday.
The 6-3-1 Ephs were led by the two scores of Octavian Jordan and the two assists of Alex Smigelski, while Brett Haraguchi made it three straight games with a tally for the Ephs.
Castleton used good puck movement in the first period to take an early advantage, when Steven Culbertson fed teammate Jeremy Hilliard in front of the net to give the Spartans the 1-0 lead only 4:39 into the game. However, Williams answered right back just 3:30 later, when Smigelski corralled a loose puck behind the Spartan net and fed a posting up Jordan, who promptly pushed it past Castleton keeper Seth McNary (13 saves).
Haraguchi put the Ephs on top in the second period before Castleton answered, this time with just 1:26 remaining, with Steve Miles and Eric Curtis assisting Ryan Bartlett.
Octavian Jordan notched his second score of the contest five minutes into the third period to give the Ephs the 3-2 lead but the Spartans responded off the stick of Stuart Stefan with just over five minutes remaining.
Middlebury 4, Skidmore 1
In Middlebury, the Panthers bounced back after a loss on Friday against Skidmore in Kenyon Arena. The Panthers held a 38-35 shots advantage in the game, as John Yanchek made 34 saves.
Skidmore took a 1-0 lead 6:04 in as Matt Czerkowicz found Brett Bandazian, who broke in one-on-one and beat Yanchek for the goal. Middlebury responded at 13:14 as John Sullivan stuffed home a puck from the goal line after a pair of saves from Colin Bessey. Mason Graddock snapped in a shot from the right circle with 30 seconds remaining in the period for a five-on-three goal.
The Panthers came out charging in the second period, as Artie Mittnacht scored his first career goal on a rebound after a shot from Trevor Dodds was saved. Martin Drolet struck for a power play goal 2:19 later as he redirected a feed from Tucker Donohoe. The would be the game's final goal as the Panthers cruised to the 4-1 win.
Middlebury returns to action on Tuesday when they host NESCAC foe Williams at 7 p.m.
Norwich 2, Connecticut College 1
In Northfield, D.J. Fimiani and Tyler Stitt scored goals, and Ryan Klingensmith stopped 15 shots to lead the 12th-ranked Cadets in an ECAC East-NESCAC Interlock game at Kreitzberg Arena.
Connecticut College fell to 5-5-1.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Maine-Machias 62,
College of Saint Joseph 61
Zack Armstrong had 15 points to lead Maine-Machias in a Sunrise Conference opener in Rutland.
Maine-Machias took the lead late and both teams had scoring chances go by the boards in the closing moments.
Brad Drysdale and Doug Childs had 16 points apiece to lead The Fighting Saints and Tyler Herrington added nine.
CSJ, 3-9 overall, will visit RPI today for a nonconference game.
COLLEGE SKIING
Castleton sweeps
In the season opener of the Eastern Collegiate Ski Conference (ECSC) Thompson Division, Castleton took top honors in both men's and women's alpine races at Killington Ski Resort.
Freshman Katie Martin led the Spartans to victory with her first collegiate win out of a field of 90 competitors. Martin's time was 1:11.08. Holy Cross College's Marina Vornle finished in the runner-up spot with a total two-run time of 1:11.19. Heather Patterson rounded out the podium in third place for Castleton at 1:12.86.
Sisters Ali Nolan and Brenna Nolan of Pittsford finished seventh (1:15.27) and 14th (1:17.96), while Kelsey White placed ninth (1:17.06) for the Spartans. Castleton finished with a total team time of 216.91.
Boston University (231.03) finished second among 11 teams.
On the men's side, junior Greg Towle won his first race of the season with a total two-run time of 1:05.04 out of 117 athletes. Towle was followed by Tufts University's Brian Bresee (1:06.22. Sophomore Justin Garritt placed third for his first career podium result with a time of 1:08.44. Another Spartan sophomore, Brian Harvey, checked in at 1:09.00 for sixth place after having to start in the 100th position. Freshman Bobby Jones finished ninth (1:09.61), while classmate Peter Smith placed 16th (1:14.55).
Castleton's total team time was 202.48. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (213.10) finished second among 11 teams.
The Spartans race again today in another ECSC Thompson Division slalom at Killington on the Highline trail.
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
At Rickert Ski Touring Center, Rutland High School's Keely Levins raced to an easy victory, 15:43-17:08 over runner-up Hannah Wright, her teammate.
The Raiders place four skiers in the top eight, with Grace Wright taking sixth at 19:04 and Mary Kate Cirelli finishing eighth at 19:14.
Mount Mansfield's Emily Stitt was third at 17:18, Middlebury's Gretchen Powers was fourth (17:21) and U-32's Chelsea Evans rounded out the top five at 18:16.
Mount Mansfield dominated the boys race with five of the top six finishers, led by race winner Peter Hegman at 13:42. Otter Valley's Rainer Kenney was 19th at 17:16 and Rutland's lone skier, Edward Ingerman, was 37th at 19:31.
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