Rivet lifts Norwich men's soccer past Albertus Magnus in OT
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Staff reports - Published: November 1, 2009
COLCHESTER – Senior Chris Rivet scored on a long restart less than three minutes into double overtime to lift the fourth-seeded Norwich University men's soccer team past fifth-seeded Albertus Magnus College 3-2 in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament quarterfinal match.
The game was played at Duffy Field on the campus of Saint Michael's College due to poor field conditions at NU's Howard Field.
Senior Bobby Begin and freshman Bridger Van Ness also chipped in offensively for the host Cadets, registering one goal apiece.
With the victory, the Cadets will now travel to Standish, Maine, on Tuesday to face top-seeded St. Joseph's of Maine in the GNAC Tournament semifinals. The Monks advanced with a 3-0 victory over eighth-seeded Johnson and Wales in their quarterfinal match.
Albertus Magnus (10-7-1) opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when Jamal Howard placed a feed from Mike DaSilva under the crossbar to put the Falcons up 1-0.
The goal came in transition, when DaSilva hit Howard with a pass from the left side into the box.
Van Ness jump-started a listless Norwich offense early in the second half when he curled a shot just inside the left post in the 56th minute. The defender beat two Falcon players to a loose ball and unleashed a low rocket from 30 yards out that found the back of the net for his first goal of the season and tied the game at 1-1.
Norwich (10-6-2) kept the momentum in its favor when Begin scored off a scramble in front of the net in the 77th minute to give the Cadets their first lead. The play started when Van Ness shot a low pass across the box to the left post where sophomore Ryan Robertson's shot was saved by Albertus Magnus goalie Gerald O'Connor. Begin was there to pounce on the rebound and put it in the open net. Van Ness and Robertson were each credited with assists on the goal.
AMC knotted the score at 2-2 less than two minutes later when Taylor Sasloe lofted a high shot in transition over the head of Norwich senior goalie Charles Maxwell. Nick Hamasian assisted on the tally, which came at the 79:06 mark.
Rivet's goal came in the second overtime session when Albertus Magnus was whistled for a foul just inside the center circle.
He lined up the ball and blasted a shot that carried and tucked into the right side of the net to end the game. The overtime game-winner was Rivet's fifth goal of the season.
NU outshot AMC 19-12 and the Cadets held a 6-5 advantage in corner kicks.
Maxwell stopped three shots to earn the victory for the Cadets. O'Connor finished the game with seven saves in a losing effort.
Castleton 2, Paul Smith's 0
PAUL SMITH'S, N.Y. – The College of St. Joseph Fighting Saints scored a goal in each half and posted their second-straight shutout in Sunrise Conference action.
Kandy Desrosiers scored unassisted in the first half and Nate Kobbash tallied unassisted in the second half.
Donald Purcell made nine saves for the 5-6 Saints, who still have an outside chance of making the conference playoffs as the No. 4 seed.
Art Slater had seven saves for Paul Smith's. CSJ plays SUNY Canton today.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Castleton 6, UMF 0
CASTLETON – Courtney Chadburn scored two goals and added an assist as Castleton advanced to the North Atlantic Conference women's soccer championship.
Ashley Ledoux opened the scoring in the 15th minute of play, striking from 25 yards out for her sixth goal of the season. Chadburn made it 2-0 off a Ledoux assist just three minutes later.
An indirect kick from the 6-yard line was awarded when a Farmington player was called for a dangerous play on the goal line. Ledoux touched it towards Chadburn, who slipped it under the dive of Farmington keeper McKell Barnes (12 saves).
Kelly Gerken gave Castleton a 3-0 lead when she corralled a turnover inside the 18-yard box and struck for her second goal of the season. Sarah Ethier scored the first of her two goals of the game on a nifty hook up from Chadburn and then Chadburn and Ethier each scored unassisted tallies in the second half for the final margin.
Cady Kerin stopped the lone shot that came her way to record the shutout. Castleton has yet to yield a goal in nine games (8-0-1) at Spartan Stadium this year, outscoring their opponents 28-0.
Farmington's season ends at 8-10-1. Castleton will host the NAC championship game next Saturday.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Northeastern 1, Vermont 0
BURLINGTON — Brittany Esposito's shorthanded goal with less than seven minutes remaining gave Northeastern a 1-0 victory over the University of Vermont in women's hockey action on Saturday evening at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
Esposito corralled a loose puck in Northeastern's zone and split two Vermont defenders to get herself one-on-one with Vermont goalie Kristen Olychuck.
Esposito quickly moved the puck from her backhand to her forehand and rifled the shot past Olychuck's glove side.
Northeastern goalie Florence Schelling shut the Catamounts out for the second consecutive game as she made 15 saves while Olychuck made 26 saves.
UVM excelled again on the penalty kill as the Catamounts shut down all five power plays for the Huskies. They had a perfect penalty kill for the weekend as they turned away all nine Northeastern power plays.
Vermont falls to 4-4-0 on the season and 0-2-0 in Hockey East while Northeastern improves to 7-1-1 and 3-0-1-1 in Hockey East games.
The Catamounts return to action on Friday when they travel to Boston College for a weekend series. The game on Friday is scheduled for 7 p.m., while Saturday is slated for 4 p.m.
Cortland 3, Castleton 1
CORTLAND, N.Y. – Cortland women's ice hockey team scored three straight goals over the second and third periods to erase a 1-0 deficit and defeated visiting Castleton. The Red Dragons evened their record at 1-1 on the season, while the Spartans dropped to 0-1.
Sophomore Maggie Giamo recorded a goal and an assist for Cortland, and freshmen Chelsey Wright and Taylor Puckhaber each scored a goal.
Freshman Abbey Hewes netted an unassisted goal for the Spartans, and freshman goalie Katharyn Dembrowski registered 28 saves in her first career start.
WOMEN'S RUGBY
Norwich 50, Radcliffe 12
BRUNSWICK, Maine — The Norwich University women's rugby team rolled to a 50-12 victory over Radcliffe (Harvard) on Saturday to put the Cadets in the New England Championship against top-seeded Stonehill College today.
Junior wing Alicia Seda opened the scoring on one of the best Norwich tries of the season. All 15 NU players contributed to the breakdown, the movement down the line and the finish as Seda drove in for the try. Seda added one more first-half try on a power movement down the wing.
Senior center Clarissa Wynn added two tries on the day, as well as three conversions to lead all scorers with 16 points. Freshman #8 Corinne McElroy, junior scrumhalf Maria Lorentzon, sophomore flanker Marlene Dwyer and sophomore wing Adria Pickin also added tries in the game.
Freshman wing Emily Baugus added two conversions in the second half.
Norwich (7-0 NERFU, 11-3-1 Overall) will play Stonehill (7-0 NERFU) today at 1 p.m. Stonehill, which finished second in the country last year, has won the last three matches against the Cadets.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Castleton 49, Becker 44
LEICESTER, Mass. – Becker and Castleton battled through six different lead changes, as the Spartans defeated the Hawks 49-44 in college football action on Saturday.
Castleton came from behind for the final time with Shane Brozowski passed to Anthony Simms to cap the scoring in the final minutes.
Tyler Carpenter finished the day with 298 yards running and three touchdowns for the Spartans. Brozowski threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns and Evan Cassidy and Adam Farmer combined for 137 receiving yards. The Spartans defense was led by Dustin Young, who made 11 tackles. Castleton improved to 3-5 overall and 1-4 in the ECFC.
Jimmy Chery carried the Hawks on the ground, as he rushed for 198 yards and a touchdown. Edward Guerrere led the Hawks defense with 12 tackles. Becker fell to 0-9 overall and 0-5 in ECFC.
Middlebury 31, Trinity 24
MIDDLEBURY – The Panthers handed Trinity its first loss in two years, snapping a 15-game winning streak for the Bantams, dating back to a 23-14 loss to the Panthers in Oct. of 2007. The Bantams entered the game 5-0 and ranked first in New England. Middlebury led the entire game with Trinity scoring late to make it close.
Middlebury struck first after a failed fake punt play left the Panthers the ball on their own 45. Eric Rostad went over from 4 yards out.
Trinity answered with a 14-play, 91-yard drive, capped by Oliver Starnes' 1-yard plunge.
The Panthers scored on their ensuing possession, driving 80 yards on 15 plays. Rostad scored his second touchdown with a 9-yard rush. Middlebury took a 17-7 lead into the halftime break after Anthony Kuchan booted a 26-yarder with just 27 seconds left in the first half. The Panthers received the kickoff to start the second half and quickly drove 74 yards on just five plays. McKillop found Millard for 34 yards before hooking up on a 29-yard touchdown strike to Alex.
Starnes scored on a 1-yard rush to cut the lead to 24-14.
Middlebury took advantage of a Michael Bilodeau interception on its next possession, driving 74 yards for a touchdown. Tim Monaghan scored first touchdown of the season, finding himself wide open in the end zone for a 1-yard catch.
Trinity cut into the lead with 6:01 left to play as Tim Costello booted a 30-yard field goal to make it a 31-17 contest.
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY
Cadet men finish in second at GNAC Championships
NASHUA, N.H. – Senior team co-captain John Pomeroy placed eighth overall to help lead the Norwich University men's cross country team to a runner-up showing at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships Saturday afternoon. The Cadets racked up 80 points to finish second out of nine teams.
Pomeroy completed the 8,000-meter course in a clocking of 28 minutes, 54.33 seconds to lead the Cadets to the finish line and earn All-GNAC accolades.
Freshman Joseph Rosenthal was the next NU harrier to finish the race, recording a time of 29:36.10 to place 15th overall.
Junior team co-captain Michael Monaghan (29:36.10) finished 17th, while junior Michael Christopher (29:52.83) placed 18th. Freshman Richard Well (30:22.29) and sophomore John Haywood (30:51.51) rounded out Norwich's Top 6, placing 23rd and 28th, respectively.
Johnson & Wales (17 points) swept the Top 6 spots to easily win the team competition.
Norwich women place sixth at GNAC Championships
NASHUA, N.H. – Freshman Mallory Clark finished fourth overall as the Norwich University women's cross country team placed sixth at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships Saturday morning. The Cadets piled up 130 points to place within the middle third of the 10-team field.
Clark, who earned All-GNAC laurels for her fourth-place finish, toured the 5,000-meter course in a time of 21 minutes, 40.27 seconds to lead the Cadets to the finish line.
Junior team captain Jackie McElligott was the next Norwich runner finish the race, clocking a time of 22:40.94 to place 16th overall. Freshman Jana Balcarova (24:03.31) came in 29th, while senior Anna Hilton (25:10.62) took 41st place. Junior Holly Benson (25:21.44) and senior Jessica Corl (25:33.91) rounded out Norwich's Top 6, placing 44th and 46th, respectively.
Emerson (48 points) edged Johnson & Wales (56 points) for the team title. Emmanuel (96 points) finished a distant third.
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