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Rams Defeat Conference Rival BYU 12-10, Move to 10-0 on the Season
Provo, UT
By Garrett Fitzgerald
March 15, 2005
In front of 800+ fans on Brigham Young's South Field the #2 ranked
Colorado State Rams defeated the #3 ranked Brigham Young Cougars
last Tuesday night 12-10. The Rams climbed to 10-0 on the season
while handing the Cougars their second loss of the year. The game
was highly contested with both teams having a share of the lead
in the 4th quarter. This CSU vs. BYU match up once again proved
again why these two teams have one of the greatest rivalries in
the MDIA.
At the start of the first period the two RMLC teams swapped possessions
for nearly 10:00 with no goals for either squad. State was the first
team to get on the board with 5:58 left the 1st quarter. Senior
captain Nick Stanitz-Harper (Eaglecrest HS, CO) split a BYU double
team with a roll dodge then fired a shot past the Cougars freshman
netminder Chris Powers. Stanitz-Harper was creating match-up problems
all day for the Cougars in route to a two goal and one assist performance.
Brigham Young was quick to answer with a Mark Tschagenny diving
cross crease goal at 5:17. The Rams got one more goal in the quarter
but BYU once again answered less than 15 seconds later to keep the
score deadlocked at 2-2 through one period of play.
In the 2nd quarter Colorado State took early advantage of a Cougar
penalty when they converted on their second man up opportunity of
the game. Senior Tim Farquhar (Collegiate HS, VA) was able to thread
the needle to an open Shay Cunningham (Algonquin HS, MA) on the
door step for the Ram's third goal of the contest. The sophomore,
Cunningham also got the next goal for the Rams after defensemen
Adam Schnirel (Mt. Lebanon HS, PA) cleared the ball the length of
the field for a fast break. Schnirel dumped it Cunningham on the
crease when he found a seam in the BYU defense putting CSU ahead
4-2 with 7:05 left in the 2nd quarter. Brigham Young got the final
goal of the half when midfielder Walker Bateman took a pass from
Tschagenny and put it home with just 49 seconds remaining. The goal
brought the Cougars to with one as the half ended.
BYU came out inspired in the 3rd quarter the Cougars was able to
tie the game just 11 seconds after the opening whistle. Brigham
Young won the face off, forced an unsettled situation and Sophomore
Zach Davis found rope to tie the score at 4-4. The Rams scored the
next two goals; the first was the Farquhar to Cunningham connection
again at 13:23. The second of the two came from sophomore midfielder
Ryan Trude (Mt. Lebanon HS, PA) who put a well placed shot just
inside the goalies shoulder. Trude's goal widened state State's
lead to 2 for the time being at 10:43. The Cougars were far from
done as the held the Rams scoreless for the remainder of the quarter
while getting three goals themselves. Tschagenny buried 2 of the
3 goals during the three goal Cougar run including an extra man
goal with just 7 seconds remaining in the quarter. The late goal
was Tschagennys third on the day, to giving Brigham Young their
first lead of the game at 7-6 just before end the third quarter.
The Cougars took the lead and the momentum going into the fourth
quarter. Their one goal advantage was short lived however. The Rams
rattled of three goals in less than 28 seconds, and scored four
unanswered goals to open the final frame. It started with Cunningham
getting his fourth goal of the game from Sophomore Danny Stevens
(Suffern HS, NY) at 13:11. On the ensuing face off Farquhar clamped
the ball and took off uncontested toward the Cougar goal where he
stuck a shot in the top corner. Farquhar was in All-American form
as he went 2-2 on the day while also taking to his new face off
duties going 9-13 at the "X". Stevens finished off the
quick spurt with his first goal of the game at 12:23. State midfielder
Tyler Blue (La Costa Canyon HS, CA) got fourth straight goal for
his squad with a blistering shot that went of the crossbar and in
the back of the goal giving State a 9-6 advantage. The Cougars looked
like they were going to mount a comeback with a goal by Mark Davis
at 8:13 and 1:00 CSU penalty. BYU won the face and shot the ball
into the side netting and it was recovered by CSU, they were able
to clear in to the Cougar end. Then Stanitz-Harper found him self
isolated with his defenseman 10 yards high of the crease. He was
able to make a move past his man and give Colorado State an 11-8
lead. Brigham Young was able to score to two more goals but CSU
got an insurance goal from junior Tim Chorey (Algonquin HS, MA)
at 4:33.The Cougars never gave up as the pressured the CSU goal
in the last 4:00, CSU got another one minute penalty with 1:28 remaining
but the Ram's Defense stepped up didn't let the Cougars score again.
When it was all said and done the Rams out scored Brigham Young
6-3 in the 4th quarter to get their second conference victory of
the '05 season.
The Colorado State defensive squad led by captains Ryan Price (Arapahoe
HS, CO) and Kellin Bershinsky (Poudre HS, CO) was effective once
again. Price was a ground ball machine scooping up 7gbs on the evening.
Bershinsky despite playing with a shoulder problem was caused two
turnovers and grabbed 3gbs. In goal Pete Jokisch who was coming
of a huge game against UCSB just days before he also had several
good stops, in total ending the game with 11 saves and 10 goals
against. The BYU goalie combination of Chris Powers and Glenn Makechnie
did what they could against the Rams offense. Freshmen Chris "Chucky"
Powers started the game and had 10 saves while allowing four goals,
Makechnie had six saves while allowing 8 goals.
The Ram's next game will come against another top-ten opponent
when they take on #3 Sonoma State in Ft. Collins, CO on March 29th.
The next game for the Cougars will come against the University of
Colorado on the 19th. BYU will then face UC Santa Barbra on the
23rd, both games will be played in Provo, UT.
Game Notes:
- Both offenses got their chance with the Rams taking 50 shots
to the Cougars 35.
- Each team had three multi-goal scorers.
o For CSU Cunningham had 4-1, Farquhar had 2-2, and Stanitz-Harper
had 2-1.
o For BYU Tschagenny had 3-1, Davis had 2-1, and Stevenson had 2-0.
- The leader for overall points after the game against Brigham Young
is Shay Cunningham with 44pts.
- Nick Stanitz Harper is leading the team with 29 goals. He needs
only 7 more points to take sole possession of 3rd place on the Colorado
State all-time scoring leaders list.
- This was the first televised game of the year for the CSU as the
game was shown on BUYTV.
Statistics:
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 2 2 2 6 - 12
Brigham Young....... 2 1 4 3 - 10
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Shay Cunningham 4; Tim Farquhar 2; Nick
Stanitz-Harper 2; Danny Stevens 1; Tim Chorey 1; Ryan Trude 1;
Tyler Bue 1.
ASSISTS: Tim Farquhar 2; Kellin Bershinsky 1; Shay Cunningham 1;
Adam Schnirel 1; Nick Stanitz-Harper 1; Danny Stevens 1.
Brigham Young SCORING:
GOALS: Tschagenny 3; Davis 2; Stevenson 2; Batemen 1;
Randall 1; Cole 1.
ASSISTS: Montreath 2; Batemen 1; Davis 1; Randall 1; Tschagenny 1.
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Brigham Young Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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2 Powers.............. 30:00 4 4 6 0 0 10
28 Makechnie........... 30:00 8 L 0 0 2 4 6
Colorado State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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3 Pete Jokisch........ 60:00 10 W 3 2 2 4 11
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 7 12 13 18 - 50
Brigham Young....... 6 8 9 12 - 35
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 3 2 2 4 - 11
Brigham Young....... 4 6 2 4 - 16
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Colorado State...... 12 11 9 15 - 47
Brigham Young....... 17 11 12 15 - 55
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 1-5 3-4 3-7 5-10 - 12-26
Brigham Young....... 4-5 1-4 4-7 5-10 - 14-26
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 6-9 6-7 4-9 8-10 - 24-35
Brigham Young....... 5-8 6-8 3-5 3-7 - 17-28
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Colorado State...... 0-1 1-1 0-2 0-1 - 1-5
Brigham Young....... 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-2 - 2-7
PENALTIES - CSU 7/5:00; BYU 5/4:00.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 5:58 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
2. 5:17 BYU EVEN Tschagenny Unassisted
3. 4:50 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
4. 4:39 BYU EVEN Cole Unassisted
5. 2nd 14:26 CSU UP Shay Cunningham Tim Farquhar
6. 7:05 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Adam Schnirel
7. 0:49 BYU EVEN Batemen Tschagenny
8. 3rd 14:49 BYU EVEN Davis Montreath
9. 13:23 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Tim Farquhar
10. 10:43 CSU EVEN Ryan Trude Unassisted
11. 9:26 BYU EVEN Tschagenny Randall
12. 8:34 BYU EVEN Stevenson Davis
13. 0:07 BYU UP Tschagenny Batemen
14. 4th 13:11 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Danny Stevens
15. 12:57 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
16. 12:43 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Shay Cunningham
17. 9:44 CSU EVEN Tyler Bue Nick Stanitz-Harper
18. 8:13 BYU EVEN Davis Montreath
19. 7:45 CSU DN Nick Stanitz-Harper Kellin Bershinsky
20. 7:33 BYU EVEN Stevenson Unassisted
21. 6:46 BYU UP Randall Unassisted
22. 4:33 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Unassisted
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