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No. 1 Rams Roll over Utah State in Flip Naumburg's 150th Career Victory
Ft. Collins, CO
By Garrett Fitzgerald
April 9, 2005
On a cold and windy evening in Ft. Collins, CO the #1 Colorado State Rams were simply too
much for the Utah State Aggies in a RMLC Div A clash Friday night. CSU got scoring from
10 players as the Green and Gold raced out to a 6-1 lead after the first quarter. The Rams
extended the lead to 10-1 at halftime en route to an easy 17-1 victory. Danny Stevens (Suffern
HS, NY) paced Colorado State with four goals as the Rams had 8 different goal scorers in
the winning effort. The win moved head coach Flip Naumburg to 150-28 in his career with
Colorado State.
Senior midfielder Tim Farquhar (Collegiate HS, VA) got things moving for CSU less than two
minutes into the opening quarter. From there Colorado State scored the next five goals giving
them a comfortable lead from the start. Aggie freshman Brian Miller was able to sneak one
past Ram goaltender Pete Jokisch (Rockhurst Jesuit, HS) with 4.21 left in the opening period.
However, the late goal would be the only tally Utah State could muster on the day.
Freshman Ryan Macdonald (Smokey Hill HS, CO) had a career day for CSU scoring four points
with two goals and two assists. Senior captain Nick Stanitz Harper (Eaglecrest HS, CO) also
had two goals and two assists. Kyle Rosa (Wheatridge HS, CO) had a significant impact in
the midfield for the Rams. The freshman made use of his increased role going 5/6 while facing
off for the first time. Several young Colorado State players stepped up and saw extensive
field time to gain some valuable experience heading into the playoff stretch.
All three CSU goalies saw action in the game as well. Jokisch played the first half and
finished with three saves. Freshmen Adam Taylor (Air Academy HS, CO) and Tyson Ehinger (Heritage
HS, CO) split the second half and held the Aggies scoreless. Taylor stopped the only shot
he saw while Ehinger ended the day with three saves. Utah State's Dan Gasser put in a very
solid effort in net making 18 saves on 35 shots.
Next up for the 13-0 Colorado State Rams is their final game of the regular season. The
team travels to Denver for the second annual Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Showdown against instate
rival the #6 University of Colorado Buffaloes. Sponsored by the CSU Lacrosse Alumni Association,
the game will be once again held at Shea Stadium where last year's match-up drew more than
2,000 spectators.
Game Notes:
- Despite the blustery game time conditions more than 100 fans were on the sidelines for
the game
- With the victory Colorado State coach Flip Naumburg recorded his 150th career win as Colorado
State's head coach.
- Team Leaders as of 4/9/05
Points: Shay Cunningham, 48
Goals: Nick Stanitz-Harper, 33
Assists: Shay Cunningham, 22
Ground Balls: Adam Schnirel, 35
Game Winning Goals: Danny Stevens: 4
- Utah State's team spent the morning before the game driving to Ft. Collins then left immediately
following the game trying to beat a spring blizzard through the Rocky Mountains.
Statistics:
Attendance: 100
Weather: Wind and Cold
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Utah State.......... 1 0 0 0 - 1
Colorado State...... 6 4 6 1 - 17
Utah State SCORING:
GOALS: Brian Miller 1.
ASSISTS: None.
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Danny Stevens 4; Tim Farquhar 3; Nick Stanitz-Harper 2; Ryan MacDonald 2;
Shay Cunningham 2; Michael Murphy 2; Ryan Trude 1; Ben Wallace 1
ASSISTS: Ryan MacDonald 2; Nick Stanitz-Harper 2; Tim Chorey 1;
Shay Cunningham 1; Kevin Lehman 1
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Colorado State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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3 Pete Jokisch........ 30:00 1 W 2 1 0 0 3
22 Tyson Ehinger....... 15:00 0 0 0 0 3 3
71 Adam Taylor......... 15:00 0 0 0 1 0 1
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Utah State Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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Dan Gasser. ........... 60:00 17 L 10 3 1 4 18
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Utah State.......... 6 4 1 5 - 16
Colorado State...... 23 14 13 10 - 60
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Utah State.......... 10 3 1 4 - 18
Colorado State...... 2 1 1 3 - 7
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Utah State.......... 6 10 3 3 - 22
Colorado State...... 17 13 21 9 - 60
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Utah State.......... 3-8 1-5 2-7 1-2 - 7-22
Colorado State...... 5-8 4-5 5-7 1-2 - 15-22
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Utah State.......... 3-7 4-5 1-7 3-8 - 11-27
Colorado State...... 5-9 6-10 6-6 5-6 - 22-31
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Utah State.......... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 - 0-1
Colorado State...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 0-0
PENALTIES - UTAHST 0/0:00; CSU 1/0:30.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 13:06 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
2. 12:45 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Shay Cunningham
3. 11:19 CSU EVEN Ryan MacDonald Unassisted
4. 9:20 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Unassisted
5. 6:35 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Unassisted
6. 5:03 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Ryan MacDonald
7. 4:21 UTAHST EVEN Brian Miller Unassisted
8. 2nd 14:27 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
9. 5:01 CSU EVEN Shay Cunningham Nick Stanitz-Harper
10. 3:48 CSU EVEN Michael Murphy Unassisted
11. 1:32 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Unassisted
12. 3rd 14:42 CSU EVEN Ryan MacDonald Nick Stanitz-Harper
13. 12:49 CSU EVEN Tim Farquhar Unassisted
14. 12:10 CSU EVEN Nick Stanitz-Harper Unassisted
15. 11:31 CSU EVEN Danny Stevens Tim Chorey
16. 10:24 CSU EVEN Michael Murphy Kevin Lehman
17. 4:14 CSU EVEN Ryan Trude Unassisted
18. 4th 5:31 CSU EVEN Ben Wallace Ryan MacDonald
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