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Colorado State's Offense Explodes for 24-7 Win Over Texas A&M
Arlington, TX
By Garrett Fitzgerald
February 12, 2005
When the Colorado State Rams arrived at Maverick Stadium on the University of Texas-Arlington campus they were greeted with a downpour that soaked just about everything including the Astroturf playing surface. For the second time in a day Colorado State suited up for the third game of their Texas roadtrip against the preseason #13 Texas A&M Aggies. Even the rain couldn't keep the Rams offense cold for long as the Rams fired 38 shots on goal in the 24-7 win under the lights.
In what was touted as the premier match up of the weekend for the Rams, the preseason #13 Texas A&M Aggies were looking to make up for a upset loss to unranked Texas Tech just 24 hours before. The teams opened up the game trading turnovers, then with the rain tapering off at 12:56 in the opening quarter veteran midfielder Tim Farquhar (Collegiate HS, VA) unleashed a blistering crank shot that found its way past A&M goalie Andrew Dabney.
Even though the Aggies came out playing an inspired brand of lacrosse in the first 20 minutes, a four goal game by freshmen Chris Deeke and solid early goaltending just wouldn't get it done. A&M was able to stay within two until the mid second quarter, however the CSU's offence couldn't be held in check forever. Colorado State went on a 5-1 run starting at 6:41 in the second to give them a six goal lead at halftime. In the third the Rams scored six of the next seven to finish off Texas A&M.
The Rams offense was fueled by several astounding individual performances, leading the way was captain Nick Stanitz-Harper (Eaglecrest HS, CO) with seven goals on eleven shots. Stanitz-Harper had several critical goals early, specifically scoring the first goal of the Rams second quarter run. Farquhar had another outstanding game scoring four goals and two assists, bringing his season total to a balanced seven goals and eleven assists. On the evening Colorado State had nine different goal scorers, freshmen David Ford (Air Academy, CO) had an impressive performance getting the first two goals of his career.
This game would mark the first time during the season that the Rams defense would play without an immediate multiple goal cushion. Junior goaltender Pete Jokisch (Rockhurst Jesuit, KS) rose to the challenge. Jokisch made several key stops while the game was close, particularly an incredible off stick kick save while the game was tied at 1-1.
Two of the Rams starting defensemen had excellent games, sophomore Adam Schnirel (Mt. Lebanon HS, PA) and senior captain Kellin Bershinsky (Poudre HS, CO) each had two takeaways and four groundballs. The CSU man down unit was great as well killing off four of the six A&M extra man opportunities.
Notes:
- The Rams thus far have gone 3-0 on their Texas trip with the last game of the weekend coming against the University of Texas- Austin for their fourth game in just over 48hrs.
- Ryan Trude (Mt. Lebanon HS, PA) a transfer from Wooster, got the his first goal of his Ram career against the Aggies.
Statistics:
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 3 7 7 7 - 24
Texas A&M........... 1 3 2 1 - 7
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Nick Stanitz-Harper 7; Tim Farquhar 4; Danny
Stevens 3; Shay Cunningham 2; Patrick Bird 2; Tim Chorey 2; David Ford 2;
Michael Murphy 1; Ryan Trude 1.
ASSISTS: Tim Farquhar 2; Shay Cunningham 1; Nick Stanitz-Harper 1;
Danny Stevens 1; Brian Stone 1; Brian Vickery 1.
Texas A&M SCORING:
GOALS: Chris Deeke 4; Nathan Tabb 2; William James 1.
ASSISTS: William James 1; Kyle Nelms 1.
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 10 13 18 17 - 58
Texas A&M........... 6 12 6 3 - 27
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 3 7 3 1 - 14
Texas A&M........... 5 2 3 2 - 12
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 6 7 5 9 - 27
Texas A&M........... 5 2 3 1 - 11
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 3-5 4-11 6-10 6-8 - 19-34
Texas A&M........... 2-5 7-11 4-10 2-8 - 15-34
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 7-9 6-6 4-4 8-9 - 25-28
Texas A&M........... 4-12 4-4 4-6 3-4 - 15-26
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 0-0 0-1 0-2 1-2 - 1-5
Texas A&M........... 0-1 2-2 0-2 0-1 - 2-6
PENALTIES - CSU 6/5:00; TEXASA&M 5/3:00.
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Texas A&M Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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27 Andrew Dabney....... 30:00 17 L 5 2 3 0 10
29 Eric Markeloff...... 30:00 7 0 0 0 2 2
Colorado State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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3 Pete Jokisch........ 57:12 6 W 3 7 3 0 13
22 Tyson Ehinger....... 8:19 1 0 0 0 1 1
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
Colorado State vs Texas A&M (Feb 12, 2005 at Arlington, Texas)
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 12:56 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar
2. 10:18 TEXASA&M EVEN Nathan Tabb Kyle Nelms
3. 8:09 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
4. 2:08 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Shay Cunningham
5. 2nd 14:00 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Unassisted
6. 13:24 TEXASA&M UP Chris Deeke William James
7. 11:04 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
8. 7:21 TEXASA&M EVEN Chris Deeke Unassisted
9. 6:41 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
10. 5:45 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
11. 4:53 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Tim Farquhar
12. 4:23 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Unassisted
13. 1:37 TEXASA&M UP Chris Deeke Unassisted
14. 0:38 CSU EVEN David Ford Unassisted
15. 3rd 14:20 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
16. 13:29 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Nick Stanitz-Harper
17. 12:15 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Danny Stevens
18. 10:31 TEXASA&M EVEN Nathan Tabb Unassisted
19. 7:25 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Unassisted
20. 6:12 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
21. 5:31 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
22. 3:57 TEXASA&M EVEN Chris Deeke Unassisted
23. 0:33 CSU EVEN David Ford Unassisted
24. 4th 11:25 CSU EVEN Michael Murphy Unassisted
25. 8:54 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
26. 8:11 CSU UP Nick Stanitz-Harper Tim Farquhar
27. 6:09 CSU DN Patrick Bird Unassisted
28. 5:24 TEXASA&M DN William James Unassisted
29. 4:39 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Brian Stone
30. 2:34 CSU EVEN Patrick Bird Brian Vickery
31. 2:00 CSU EVEN Ryan Trude Unassisted
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