Albany Keeps Rolling, Beats Drexel 13-11
from press release
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| Joe Resetarits had two goals as Albany downed Drexel
13-11 on Saturday. © Kevin P. Tucker |
PHILADELPHIA – Brian Caufield had four
goals and Corey Small scored three times as UAlbany posted its
fourth straight victory in a 13-11 triumph over Drexel on Saturday,
March 14 at Vidas Field. The Great Danes upped their record to 4-1
and are off to the program’s second-best start at the
Division I level.
Greg Casey scored back-to-back goals 41 seconds apart in the third
quarter to give Drexel (2-4) an 8-7 lead. Casey, an All-Colonial
Athletic Association midfielder who had a career game with four
goals and two assists, put his team ahead in an unsettled situation
with 5:01 to play.
The Great Danes regrouped with three unanswered to end the period.
Freshman Joe Resetarits tallied consecutive goals, including a
drive from behind the cage to score while falling down to regain
the lead with 47 seconds left in the quarter. Caufield, who added
two assists in the contest, gave his squad a 10-8 lead 30 seconds
later on a shot from the top.
UAlbany won the opening face-off of the final stanza and Marc
Cometti found the net with a low shot from the left side 51 seconds
into the quarter. Joe Pompo extended the margin to 12-8 three
minutes later with a blast from the left point. The Dragons sliced
that lead in half with extra-man goals by Joe Wojciechowski and
leading-scorer Kyle Bergman.
Small, who also handed out two assists, scored from the top of the
crease for a 13-10 lead with 6:44 remaining. Drexel’s Colin
Ambler found an open net when a clearing pass sailed over the
goalkeeper’s head. From there, freshman goalkeeper John
Carroll made three saves, including one in a man-down situation to
preserve the lead. Carroll turned aside a career-high 17 shots.
“We started slow and grinded it out,” said UAlbany
coach Scott Marr, whose 2007 team began its season with eleven wins
in a row. “We had a tough time clearing the ball, but we
played sixty minutes. Joe Resetarits came up with a good individual
effort (in the third quarter) and that swung the
momentum.”
The Dragons, who won last year’s matchup, 7-6, at John
Fallon Field, jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes.
UAlbany still trailed 3-2 early in the second quarter, but then ran
off three unanswered. Matt Johnson and Small each scored with a
man-advantage in that run. Wojciechowski’s second goal of the
game tied the contest at five apiece, before Caufield’s
extra-man goal put his team ahead at the intermission.
In the third quarter, Kevin Dart’s unassisted tally tied the
contest with 12:13 remaining. UAlbany’s Small, who now has
121 career points and has scored at least one point in 22
consecutive games, ripped a shot into the net that glanced off the
pipe for a 7-6 advantage. Casey’s consecutive goals made for
the third lead change in a game that also featured six ties.
Bergman scored twice for the Dragons, who won last year’s
CAA regular-season title and set a single-season record with 13
victories. UAlbany’s Caufield has scored three or more points
in 12 of his last 14 starts.
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UAlbany (4-1) 2 4 4 3 - 13
Drexel (2-4) 3 2 3 3 - 11
UAlbany – Scoring: Brian Caufield 4-2, Corey Small 3-2, Joe
Resetarits 2-1, Kyle Crotty 1-0, Joe Pompo 1-0, Mark Cometti 1-0,
Matt Johnson 1-0; Goalkeeper(s): John Carroll (60:00, 17 saves, 11
GA).
Drexel – Scoring: Greg Casey 4-2, Kyle Bergman 2-0, Joe
Wojciechowski 2-0, Kevin Dart 1-0, Colin Ambler 1-0, Dennis Murray
1-0, Scott Perri 0-3, Kevin Stockel 0-1, Andrew Collins 0-1;
Goalkeeper(s): Mark Manos (59:20, 7 saves, 12 GA), Andy Lamb (0:27,
0 saves, 1 GA), Danny Fessel (0:13, 0 saves, 0 GA).
