G'day,
Game two of conference play is in the books for the NYIT bears and it was just as difficult as the first. Perhaps the most up-tempo game of the year for us and also the most exciting so far. Our game Saturday was made more interesting by a few familiar faces standing on the opposing sideline. Two former NYIT Bears players, Matt Dolan and Albert Maione, and former Offensive Coordinator Coach Tashman. It goes without saying that conference foes know one another pretty well considering we play every year but these two teams were a little more familiar with each other.
The game started unlike any game this year, we were in the hole 4-1 after the first quarter. One thing about the Bears is that we never panic. We faced a similar situation in last years Championship game in Boston. Lemoyne jumped out to a solid lead after the first but we went on a streak and were leading at the half. Same thing happened Saturday, we were down 4-1 and entered halftime leading 9-6.
The third quarter saw NYIT go on a 5-0 run only to be answered by a 3-0 run by the Lions. The score was 15-9 entering the fourth quarter. Against some other teams we may have felt comfortable with that lead but in conference play no lead is safe. The final quarter did not go in our favor. Molloy scored 6 goals to our 1 to come within one goal. Albert Maione scored with 58 seconds remaining but that was as close as Molloy could manage to get as our defense clamped down to hold on for the victory.
Chris Powers had a career high 24 saves in goal including 10 first quarter stops. The defense did their best but with some tough calls being made including 17 penalties against us it was made a tad bit more difficult. Despite being man down so often the defense held Molloy to only 3 man up goals which was very important.
Matt Sullivan had a game high 8 points on 3 goals and 5 assists. Austin Carino scored 6 goals, Keith Henderson had 3 goals 3 assists, and Matt Messina had 2 goals.
Our conditioning certainly helped us pull out the victory this week. In the week leading up to the Molloy game we stepped up our running and also the tempo and intensity in practice all to prepare for these tough conference games. Our next game could be our biggest of the regular season as we travel all the way to take on our neighbors, C.W Post. We will need a near perfect game to come out on top as this one will be a 60 minute battle. It's time to go to war.I'll post the results next week. Until then take care...
-Rob
Game two of conference play is in the books for the NYIT bears and it was just as difficult as the first. Perhaps the most up-tempo game of the year for us and also the most exciting so far. Our game Saturday was made more interesting by a few familiar faces standing on the opposing sideline. Two former NYIT Bears players, Matt Dolan and Albert Maione, and former Offensive Coordinator Coach Tashman. It goes without saying that conference foes know one another pretty well considering we play every year but these two teams were a little more familiar with each other.
The game started unlike any game this year, we were in the hole 4-1 after the first quarter. One thing about the Bears is that we never panic. We faced a similar situation in last years Championship game in Boston. Lemoyne jumped out to a solid lead after the first but we went on a streak and were leading at the half. Same thing happened Saturday, we were down 4-1 and entered halftime leading 9-6.
The third quarter saw NYIT go on a 5-0 run only to be answered by a 3-0 run by the Lions. The score was 15-9 entering the fourth quarter. Against some other teams we may have felt comfortable with that lead but in conference play no lead is safe. The final quarter did not go in our favor. Molloy scored 6 goals to our 1 to come within one goal. Albert Maione scored with 58 seconds remaining but that was as close as Molloy could manage to get as our defense clamped down to hold on for the victory.
Chris Powers had a career high 24 saves in goal including 10 first quarter stops. The defense did their best but with some tough calls being made including 17 penalties against us it was made a tad bit more difficult. Despite being man down so often the defense held Molloy to only 3 man up goals which was very important.
Matt Sullivan had a game high 8 points on 3 goals and 5 assists. Austin Carino scored 6 goals, Keith Henderson had 3 goals 3 assists, and Matt Messina had 2 goals.
Our conditioning certainly helped us pull out the victory this week. In the week leading up to the Molloy game we stepped up our running and also the tempo and intensity in practice all to prepare for these tough conference games. Our next game could be our biggest of the regular season as we travel all the way to take on our neighbors, C.W Post. We will need a near perfect game to come out on top as this one will be a 60 minute battle. It's time to go to war.I'll post the results next week. Until then take care...
-Rob
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