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Rams Win 7-6 as No. 3 Sonoma State Pushes No.1 Colorado State to Double Overtime
Ft. Collins, CO
By Garrett Fitzgerald
March 29, 2005
In what was by far their biggest home contest of the year, the #1
ranked Colorado State Rams battled the #3 ranked Sonoma State Seawolves
in a gripping double overtime game on the campus of Colorado State
University. On a chilly and overcast afternoon, Sonoma pushed to
a 3-1 halftime behind staunch defending and smart goaltending. The
second half saw Colorado State tie the game but these two top five
teams needed more than 60:00 to decide this game. In the two overtime
periods, both teams had their chances but the Rams were able to
come out on top 2:30 into the second extra frame on senior Tim Farquhar's
(Collegiate HS, VA) second goal of the day.
Farquhar's goal came after numerous chances for both teams in the
initial 6:30 of extra time. Sonoma goalie Warren Pringle stopped
three shots in the first OT period while a Chris Esposito's shot
sailed just over the crossbar as the Rams dodged their own bullet.
The second OT saw the Rams squander an extra-man chance while Sonoma
was unable to back up a shot. After the Rams gained possession,
Farquhar dodged his defender from the right side of the goal and
beat him to the crease to get off a high shot on the run that ended
the drama.
Sonoma forced overtime late in the fourth quarter while trailing
6-5. After the Rams gained possession on their defensive end, Travis
Conelison snagged an errant clearing pass and shot it while CSU's
Pete Jokisch was caught out of the goal on the clear to tie the
game with 1:21 remaining. It was Cornelison's third goal of the
game in an outstanding effort by the first year Sonoma attackman.
The fourth quarter was back and forth as each team pumped in two
goals. CSU got goals from Nick Stanitz-Harper (Eaglecrest HS, CO)
and Danny Stevens (Suffern HS, NY) while Sonoma's other goal was
scored by Jeremy Dale. Colorado State junior midfielder Michael
Murphy (Lake Oswego HS, OR) had two crucial assists in the fourth
quarter as the captain came of age a bit in the final period.
Sonoma raced out to a 3-1 halftime lead thanks to a gritty defensive
effort and good goaltending by Pringle, who finished with 12 saves.
It took the Rams nearly 18:00 minutes to solve the Seawolves' defense
when Farquhar got his first goal early in the second on a man-up
opportunity. Sonoma was able to answer right back less than 15 seconds
later to give the Seawolves their 3-1 advantage. Neither team was
able to score for the rest of the first half.
CSU's man-up came through with two big goals, the first by Farquhar
in the second quarter and the second by senior Stanitz-Harper late
in the third. Stanitz-Harper played steadily all game and his two
goals were big in sustaining a sickness-depleted CSU team to the
end. Another big factor in the game was junior Tim Chorey (Algonquin
HS, MA). Chorey was moved to attack midway through the third quarter
and scored two goals within two minutes to tie the game at 3-3.
Stanitz-Harper gave the Rams their first lead of the game with his
man-up goal 10:24 into the third period.
Senior captain Ryan Price (Arapahoe HS, CO) left the game in the
first quarter with a dose of food poisoning leaving freshman Dylan
Preble to pick up the slack. Preble filled in admirably at close
defense in his most extensive field time of the year to this point
and helped the Rams kill off all four Sonoma man-ups. CSU was also
playing without the services of midfielder Pat Bird (Bishop O'Dowd
HS. VA), who rested an injury and took the day off. Junior goaltender
Pete Jokisch (Rockhurst Jesuit HS, KS) finished with 11 saves for
Colorado State in another solid performance.
With this exciting overtime game under their belts Colorado State
(11-0) will face Div. B Colorado School of Mines on Friday April,
1. State will then have another week off until they play RMLC opponent
Utah State April, 8 in an important divisional game.
Game Notes:
- The overtime game was the first for the Rams since they played
Stanford in the semifinals of the national tournament in 2002, a
game CSU won 10-9. This game was CSUs first double overtime game
since coach Flip Naumburg's arrival at CSU.
- CSU has now won the last four games against Sonoma dating back
to 2002. CSU defeated Sonoma 10-6 last year in Eugene, OR. Sonoma's
last victory against CSU was in the 2002 national championship game.
- The statistical battle was fairly even between the two teams.
o Sonoma won 11-17 face offs
o Colorado State cleared the ball 76% of the time to SSU's 68.8%
o The Seawolves scooped up 41 groundballs to the Rams 34
o CSU out shot Sonoma 49-31 in the game
- The Rams now average 16.57 goals per game while holding their
opponents to 5.76 gpg.
- Shay Cunningham still maintains his scoring lead for the Rams
with 44pts, Stanitz-Harper and Farquhar are nipping at his heels
with 42 pts and 41pts respectively.
Statistics:
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Tot
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Sonoma State........ 1 2 1 2 0 0 - 6
Colorado State...... 0 1 3 2 0 1 - 7
Sonoma State SCORING:
GOALS: Travis Cornelison 3; Brian Johnson 1; Jamey Dale 1;
Cito Williams 1.
ASSISTS: Dan McDonald 1.
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Nick Stanitz-Harper 2; Tim Farquhar 2; Tim Chorey 2;
Danny Stevens 1.
ASSISTS: Michael Murphy 2; Nick Stanitz-Harper 1.
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Colorado State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Saves
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3 Pete Jokisch........ 70:00 6 W 1 2 3 4 0 1 11
Sonoma State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Saves
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10 Warren Pringle...... 70:00 7 L 3 1 3 2 3 0 12
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Tot
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Sonoma State........ 4 6 8 9 1 3 - 31
Colorado State...... 10 12 9 9 6 3 - 49
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Tot
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Sonoma State........ 3 1 3 2 3 0 - 12
Colorado State...... 1 2 3 4 0 1 - 11
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Tot
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Sonoma State........ 10 7 9 11 2 2 - 41
Colorado State...... 12 5 8 6 3 0 - 34
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Total
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Sonoma State........ 1-2 2-4 3-5 4-5 1-1 0-0 - 11-17
Colorado State...... 1-2 2-4 2-5 1-5 0-1 0-0 - 6-17
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Total
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Sonoma State........ 5-7 4-7 6-9 4-6 1-1 2-2 - 22-32
Colorado State...... 6-7 5-8 6-6 6-9 1-2 2-2 - 26-34
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 OT O2 Total
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Sonoma State........ 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 0-4
Colorado State...... 0-0 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 - 2-5
PENALTIES - SONOMA 5/4:00; CSU 4/2:30.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 7:01 SONOMA EVEN Cito Williams Unassisted
2. 2nd 14:11 SONOMA EVEN Travis Cornelison Unassisted
3. 12:11 CSU UP Tim Farquhar Unassisted
4. 11:58 SONOMA EVEN Brian Johnson Unassisted
5. 3rd 10:08 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Nick Stanitz-Harper
6. 8:04 CSU EVEN Tim Chorey Unassisted
7. 4:36 CSU UP Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
8. 1:21 SONOMA EVEN Travis Cornelison Dan McDonald
9. 4th 13:19 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Michael Murphy
10. 7:46 SONOMA EVEN Jamey Dale Unassisted
11. 6:22 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Michael Murphy
12. 2:44 SONOMA EVEN Travis Cornelison Unassisted
13. OT2 1:29 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
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