BEAR LAX TRAX FAX 04/02/2022 by John Nichols

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Apr 6, 2022
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D-I

BEARS vs BEARS

PENN (Stephen Bou) 11 OT

YALE (Jake Cohen) 12

Leads toggled back and forth in the first half of this game with six ties and each team leading three times. After Penn tied the game up at seven all early in the third period, Yale built their largest lead of the game with a run of three goals in just over a minute. Penn and Yale went back to trading goals then the Quakers produced their own three-goal run, albeit at a much slower than Yale. It took Penn a full fifteen minutes to even the score. Lots of turnovers, a couple of shots but no more scoring in regulation. Yale won the faceoff for overtime and scored on their first shot.

Jake had one ground ball for Yale.

MARYLAND (John Geppert, Matt Kopp) 20

MICHIGAN (Zach Johnson, Graham Hertzberg) 12

Maryland has dominated opponents this year with huge scoring runs. Michigan managed to avoid surrendering any huge runs, but still yielded several small multi-goal runs. While the Terps were scoring goals in sets of three, four, or five, Big Blue was unable to score back-to-back goals until the waning moments of the first half. Maryland started the second half with a bang, scoring twice quickly off faceoffs, both goals registered by Landon’s own John Geppert and then adding two more to complete a five-goal run that started at the end of the second period. Michigan bounced back with their best run of the day—three goals in three minutes, but Maryland simply answered with the same. After Michigan answered Maryland’s latest run with a single goal, the Terrapins had the last back-to-back score of the game. The teams closed out the game trading single scores.

As noted above, John had a pair of goals for Maryland on three shots. Zach had a ground ball and a caused turnover and Graham played as well for Michigan.

OTHER GAMES

BUCKNELL (Drew Wellington) 9

Army 10

After Army got out to a 4-1 lead early in the second quarter, the Bison strung together five straight scores to take a two-goal lead at the half. Army’s three-goal run to start the second half wiped out Bucknell’s lead, but the Bison then put up their own three goal run to go back up by two with four minutes left in the game. Army got the last run of the game—three straight—to seal a close win.

Drew had three ground balls for Bucknell.

DARTMOUTH (Brendan Gallagher, Brett Gallagher) 7

Cornell 8

Big Green and Big Red alternated three-goal runs across game, but Dartmouth’s last attempt at a run of three was stopped at two when Cornell got the winning goal with three minutes left in the game.

DENVER (Ryan Giles) 9

Georgetown 17

Georgetown used big runs in each half to pick up an important Big East win. Denver took and early lead by scoring three times in the middle of the first quarter. Georgetown retook the lead with a run of five to take a 7-5 lead at the half. The Hoyas took control of the game to start the second half by scoring six in a row. The teams alternated scores for the balance of the game but for one two-goal run by the Pioneers.

Ryan had one ground ball for Denver.

HARVARD (Joey Graham) 7

Colgate 6

Harvard scored six of their seven goals in a run that started midway through the first quarter and ran into the opening minutes of the third. After the teams traded goals it was Colgate’s turn to make a run. Colgate’s run was faster but came up one goal short of overtaking the Crimson

Joey played in the game.

JOHNS HOPKINS (Joey Epstein) 7

Rutgers 12

Rutgers started the game with a three-goal run and extended their lead with a set of five in a row in the middle of the second quarter. The Jays finished the half with successive scores then, after Rutgers first goal of the second half, Hopkins got two more. After that, the teams traded single goals.

LOYOLA (Cam James) 16

Holy Cross 8

Two big runs by the Greyhounds determined the outcome of this Patriot League contest. First, after Holy Cross took an early lead with a pair of goals Loyola scored five straight. Then after, each team scored twice, Loyola launched their second big run—seven in a row from the end of the second period through to the start of the fourth. The last goal of that run was the start of some high frequency scoring by the teams as they combined for five goals in three minutes. That brisk scoring pass faded as quickly as it appeared with the next (and last) goal coming with less than a minute left in the game.

Cam had on ground ball for the ‘Hounds.

NAVY (JT Thomas) 9

Boston U. 17

The Terriers got their winning margin by doing all the scoring in the first twenty minutes of the game. Navy took a small bite out of B.U.’s lead with a three-goal run. Still, the Middies were down by five at the half. Navy started and ended the second half with back-to-back scores but the Terriers put up two three-goal runs over the final two quarters to build their lead further.

PENN STATE (Nate Buller) 9

Ohio State 18

The Nittany Lions and Buckeyes traded pairs of scores then single scores before Ohio State launched a run of nine goals in a row. After that big run, Ohio State limited Penn State to no more than two successive scores while making their own mini run of three in a row late in the fourth quarter.

TOWSON (Mo Sillah) 13

Drexel 12

After trailing by three goals twice in the first half, the Tigers were able to cut Drexel’s lead to one at the half. Towson then opened the scoring in the third quarter to forge the first tie since midway through the first period. Two goals for Drexel re-established the Dragon’s lead but Towson responded with a run of three to get their first lead since early in the contest. Another two from Drexel put them back in the lead, Towson tied it up again, the Drexel took the lead back again with what proved to be their last score of the day. The Tigers got the win recording the final two goals of the game.

D-I USILA POLL

1. Maryland

2. Georgetown

3. Rutgers

4. Princeton

5. Yale

6. Cornell

7. Virginia

8. Penn

9. Ohio State

10. Duke

11. Harvard

12. Jacksonville

13. Boston U.

14. Army

15. North Carolina

16. Notre Dame

17. Richmond

18. Villanova

19. Lehigh

20. Massachusetts

D-III

AMHERST (Nicholas Kopp) 11

Western New England 10

The teams swapped leads in the first half with alternating three-goal runs. In the second half, Amherst paired an early three-goal run with one of four as the game transitioned from the third into the fourth quarter. Those runs put the Mammoths up by five heading into the final five minutes of the game. Amherst needed each and every one of those goals as Western New England closed out the game with a run of four to make it a one-goal game, the last of those four coming with just one second left on the clock.

Nicholas won twelve of twenty-five faceoffs got to eight ground balls.

AMHERST (Nicholas Kopp) 12

Bowdoin 15

Bowdoin took command of the game in the second period by scoring nine consecutive goals before Amherst closed out the first half with a pair of scores and opened the scoring for the second half with a single score to cut into Bowdoin’s lead. The Mammoths managed to produce another set of three early in the fourth quarter which pulled them within three of the Polar Bears. Bowdoin defended that lead, matching Amherst goal for goal until the final horn.

Nicholas won thirteen of twenty-nine faceoffs got to five ground balls.

COLBY (Miles Tonkel) 15

St. Joseph’s of Maine 6

The Mules’ defense throttled St. Joseph’s offense throughout the game. Colby went on successive longer scoring runs while St. Joseph’s was limited to single goals before the Mules launched another run. Colby’s six-goal run that lasted from late in the second quarter to late in the third put the game out of reach. St. Joseph’s stopped that big run with a pair of quick goals, but Coby came quickly came back with the same, concluding the scoring for the game.

Miles played in the game.

COLBY (Miles Tonkel) 9

Connecticut College 16

Colby hung close with the Camels until Connecticut College got four goals in a row to open up a five-goal lead early in the third quarter. The teams swapped goals after that run then Colby tightened the game back up with three successive scores. The Camels did all the scoring after that, closing out the game with five straight goals.

Miles took two shots, placing one on goal.

COLORADO COLLEGE (Max Becker) 12

Colorado Mesa 15

After the Tigers got their first lead of the game, Colorado Mesa scored five consecutive goals to take back the lead. Colorado College finished off the first half with another set of three to cut Colorado Mesa’s lead to one at the half. Another run of three for the Tigers gave them their first lead of the game midway through the third quarter. The teams traded goals into the fourth quarter, each time Colorado College scoring to go back ahead after Colorado Mesa had tied the game. Colorado Mesa broke through in the end, scoring the game’s final four goals.

GETTYSBURG (Billy Banfield) 10

Franklin & Marshall 6

Gettysburg’s five goal run in the second quarter proved decisive in this battle of Centennial Conference foes, both rated in the top twenty of Division III.

GETTYSBURG (Billy Banfield) 11

Washington 4

The Bullets limited Washington to just one goal per quarter while scoring three in each of the first two quarters and five in the final frame. The Bullets’ advantages in shooting volume and accuracy was partially blunted by the strong play of Washington’s goalie.

SALISBURY (Jace Menendez) 15

Stevenson 12

Salisbury had a burst of scoring—five goals in four minutes—across the end of the first period into the second. Three more for the Gulls followed that pushing Salisbury’s lead out to six goals. Stevenson started to eat into Salisbury’s lead in the second half, but Salisbury was able to run their advantage back out to six. Stevenson closed the game on a three-goal run but could get no closer that within three.

TUFTS (Garrett Kurtz) 12

Union 17

Union outscored Tufts 6-1 from the closing minutes of the first quarter until early in the third. With neither team able to mount substantial scoring runs for the rest of the game, that advantage held up for Union. In the second half, Tufts twice closed the gap to three goals only to see Union take their lead back out to six.

Garrett played in the game.

TUFTS (Garrett Kurtz) 14

Middlebury 21

Middlebury built their lead with a seven-goal run that consumed most of the second quarter and lapsed into the third. After that, the Jumbos could do no better than pairs of scores while Middlebury had one more run of three.

Garrett’s one shot on the day found the back of the cage.

***Tufts had not lost successive games since the 2017 season***

WASHINGTON & LEE (Will Bou) 11

Lynchburg 10

The Generals wrapped a pair of three goal runs and around Lynchburg’s singe run of three to go up by one at the half. In the second half, its was two two-goal sets for Washington and Lee and just one for Lynchburg. In the game’s closing moments, Lynchburg had a potentially tying shot glance off a post before W&L was able to run out the clock.

D-III USILA POLL

1. Salisbury

2. Christopher Newport

3. RIT

4. Union

5. Saint John Fisher

6. York

7. Bowdoin

8. Tufts

9. Dickinson

10. Rensselaer

11. Gettysburg