| Saturday: Penn Yan in Overtime |
April 15, 2006 - The pre-game question asked if the strength
of the Schroeder offense would be contained
by the power of the Penn Yan defense. At
the end of the second overtime the question
could have been reversed, and it was Penn
Yan 5-4. In other games Brighton took Victor
and Aquinas took Waterloo.
 Defense
was certainly the name of the game in the
highly touted Schroeder at Penn
Yan game, played this afternoon
at the new turf field at Penn Yan Academy.
The game, played under sunny skies
and cool temperatures, was a study in defense,
with the Mustangs controlling a great deal
of the ball time as a result of their stellar
defensive unit that generally cleared the
ball with quick pitches from junior goalie
RK Wickham and the fast foot speed of defensemen
Manley and Keas along with the Mustang middies.
With the ball in the Schroeder defensive
end, the Warriors played great defense that
had been generally "less noticed"
in light of the strong offensive players.
Senior goalie Dennis Costanza played an
exceptional game, recording 23 saves for
Schroeder and close defenseman, Drew Palmer
played a great game against Mustang senior
attackman Dan McGuffie who was uncharacteristically
held to a single assist. Other starting
defensemen including Tim Winslow and Eric
Horeth along with LSM Chris Nicodemi and
short stick defensive middie John Pawluk
kept the Mustang offense from feeding the
inside and made it difficult to penetrate
the perimeter.
Penn Yan, however, used its powerful defensive
unit to gain access to ball time. Their
quickness and aggressive attacks on the
offense secured many turnovers, and Wickham
(9 saves) made a number of critical saves
that he converted into quick clears for
the Mustangs.
As for the scoring, the only goal in the
first quarter came from Schroeder's Grant
Catalino with 0:09 left. The Warriors scored
the second goal of the game at 10:52 when
senior attackman Eric Chavoustie scored
on a pass from sophomore attackman Mike
Tota. Penn Yan came back at 4:53 with an
unassisted goal by senior midfielder Dan
Mesler, but Webster returned with another
goal by Chavoustie (assisted by Catalino)
with 0:19 left in the half and with Webster
up 3-1.
The majority of the third quarter, like
the half before it, was played by the defense
and a lot of running up and down the field.
Junior middie, Steven Carlson scored at
the 4:57 mark with an unassisted goal. Schroeder
returned on the next face off scoring what
would be their last goal of the game when
Tota scored on a feed from Chris Topping
at 4:35. Penn Yan brought the score to within
one when Mesler scored on a feed from McGuffie
at 3:57 and the third quarter ended with
Webster up 4-3.
With the tension at the highest levels,
both teams showed patience on their offensive
ends of the field, taking as much time as
possible while holding on to the ball. Carlson
tied the game for the Mustangs with a bounce
shot on his drive from out front at 2:36
and although both teams took last minute
shots, the game was sent into overtime.
Usually teams are looking for a volume of
shots in overtime, as this first goal wins
the game. In this game, however, the Mustangs,
who had most of the offensive ball time
took their time, looking for the right shot.
With 0:04 left in the first overtime, junior
attackman Ben Odell drove to the goal, shooting
the ball past Costanza, but was called for
being the in the crease, and the goal was
not counted.
Odell was not to be deigned however and
at the 2:36 mark in the second overtime
period, scored an unassisted goal for the
Penn Yan 5-4 victory. Penn Yan improves
their record to 5-1 and Schroeder drops
to 4-1.
It
was Brighton with a 12-10
win over Victor in this game between
two Class B teams.
Brighton started
off with goals from Ryan Conti and Colin
Davis, Victor came back and tied the game
at two, with goals from Andy Savage and
Alex Rogemoser. The Barons finished the
scoring in the first quarter with goals
by Colin Hickey and Tim Williams and led
at the end of the first quarter 4-2.
Brighton scored the next five goals to increase
their lead to 9-2. Victor came back with
3 goals of their own and the Barons scored
one additional goal before the half for
a 10 -5 lead.
Each team had one goal in the third taking
the score to 11-6. Brighton scored the first
goal of the fourth and Victor finished with
the last four goals of the game. It was
a hard fought game for four quarters.
Scoring for Brighton were Ryan Conti (4g-1a),
Colin Davis (4g-1a), Colin Hickey (2g-2a),
Tim Williams (1g-1a), Robbie Asselin ( 2a).
junior goalie Noah Berg had 17 saves for
the Barons (2-3).
Scoring for Victor were Andy Savage (3g),
Alex Rogemoser (3g), Jason Houtenbrink (3g),
Eric Willman (3a) and Erick Rogemoser (1g).
Mitchell Liegerot made 9 saves for the Blue
Devils (4-4).
Aquinas
scored the first two goals on their way to
a 14-6 victory over host Waterloo in their
game played this morning. Nick Berkompas scored
first for the Irish (unassisted) followed
by a Marc Pincelli goal (also unassisted).
Waterloo stormed back to tie the game with
goals by Jeff Wadhams and Josh Mateo. Aquinas
then took the lead for good with Berkompas’
second goal and one scored by Nick Vincent
with an assist from Pincelli. Aquinas ended
the first quarter up 4-2.
Both teams scored four goals in the
second quarter and Aquinas led at the half
8-6. The second half, however was all Aquinas
as they scored six goals while holding the
Indians scoreless. Seniors Joe Edd, Carroll
Kennedy, and sophomore Alex Gray had noteworthy
performances in the defense as did middies
Chris Gionta and Marc Brondon. Junior Alan
Antinarelli made 10 saves for the Little Irish
(4-2).
Scoring for Aquinas were David Schmandt (2g-1a),
Nick Vincent (3g), Mark Pincelli (3g-2a),
Pat King (2g-1a), Grant Corsaro (1g), Nick
Berkompas (3g-3a) and Marc Brondon (1a).
Scoring for Waterloo were Jeff Wadhams (1g),
Mike Ruiz (1g), Bill Jolly (1g-1a) and Josh
Matteo (3g). Andy Riegel had 6 saves in goal
for Waterloo (5-3).
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