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November 15, 2009

Cards have hands full

By JOHN CORYER

DID YOU KNOW?


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PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh State men's soccer team has had to go into penalty kicks in its last two games.

There's a chance that trend could continue this afternoon.

The Cardinals (13-2-6) play at the University of Rochester (12-1-3) at 1 p.m. in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Yellowjackets play a very competitive schedule and have allowed just nine goals in 16 games.

"They don't give up a lot of goals — they're tough defensively and big and strong," said Plattsburgh State head coach Chris Waterbury. "They create a lot of match-up problems for opponents.

"They haven't lost at home. They're a very structured team and difficult to break down. They're intelligent and don't make many mistakes."

That will only make it that more difficult for the Cardinals, who have not scored in their last two games against very tough competition.

Plattsburgh State, however, hasn't allowed any goals during that time as the team continues to play extremely well defensively.

Rochester had a bye in the opening round of the tournament, while Plattsburgh State played Bowdoin to a scoreless tie through regulation and the two overtimes at home Thursday before prevailing, 6-5, in penalty kicks.

"We're definitely the underdogs," Waterbury said. "There certainly aren't any easy games now and the question is if we can play one more game.

"We had a pretty easy practice on Friday. The guys' legs were tired."

Rochester is ranked first in the East Region and the Cardinals are fifth. Nationally, the Yellowjackets are ranked No. 8 in the NCSCAA/Adidas poll and the Cardinals, 19th.

The Cardinals and Yellowjackets have five opponents in common.

Rochester has compiled a 4-0-1 record against St. John Fisher (W, 1-0), Oswego (W, 2-0), Cortland (W, 4-2), St. Lawrence (W, 2-1) and Clarkson (T, 0-0, OT).

Meanwhile, Plattsburgh State is 3-1-1 against St. John Fisher (W, 2-1), Oswego (L, 1-2, OT), Cortland (W, 2-1), St. Lawrence (T, 1-1, OT) and Clarkson (W, 3-1).

This is the first meeting between the two teams since 2004 when Rochester posted a 2-0 win in the ECAC Upstate Finals. The Yellowjackets own a 4-1 record in the series and have won the last four meetings.

Univ. of Rochester
Overall record: 12-1-3

Goals (for-against): 26-9

Shots (for-against): 264-131

Corner kicks (for-against): 125-63

Individual scoring

Player g a pts

J.J. Dennstedt 6 4 16

Scott Cady 7 1 15

Jake Cargill 3 1 7

Chris Blivin 3 0 6

Phil Proud 1 4 6

Scott Zorn 2 0 4

Jimmy Parrinello 1 1 3

Max Eberhardt 1 1 3

Timmer McCarthy 11 3

Steve Welles 0 3 3

Ryan Charcolla 0 3 3

Justin Bartzsch 1 0 2

Misha Carrel-Thomas 0 1 1

Jacob Findlay 0 1 1

Goaltending

Player rec. gaa

Michael Peacock 12-1-3 0.49

Brandon Campbell 0-0-0 1.68

Plattsburgh State
Overall record: 13-2-6

Goals (for-against): 40-15

Shots (for-against): 313-150

Corner kicks (for-against): 140-58

Individual scoring

Player g a pts

Chris Taylor 4 15 23

Pat Shaughnessy 7 6 20

Anis Makaren 8 2 18

Matt Hamilton 6 1 13

Joe Griffin 3 2 8

John LoGuirato 2 2 6

Brandon Levine 2 2 6

Gurtej Dhillon 0 6 6

Joe Bogart 2 0 4

Greg Wiley 1 2 4

Danny Byrnes 1 2 4

John Martin 1 1 3

Mike Pinamonti 1 1 3

Mike Payne 1 1 3

Jarred Antonucci 1 0 2

David Hickman 0 1 1

Erik Hakim 0 1 1

Goaltending

Player rec. gaa

Zack Kruizenga 0-0-0 0.00

Andy Heighington 13-2-5 0.61

Mike Lind 0-0-1 1.64

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