Cortland State vs. Skidmore

May 15, 2005

Scoring
Adam Hughes	(3, 2)
Ryan Simensky	(0, 4)
Mike Abbott	(3, 0)
Kyle Lambert	(2, 0)
Adam Hyde	(2, 0)
Chris Hannon	(2, 0)
Brian Atkins	(2, 0)
Matt O Connell	(0, 1)

Saves
Ben Gaebel	9 (0.563)

Current Record
Cortland State	17-1
go to Cortland State page

Skidmore

Scoring
Tom Spinella	(3, 0)
John Kotsinonos	(0, 1)
Rich Palmer	(1, 0)
Pat O'leary	(1, 0)
Charlie Mcneil	(1, 0)
Brendan Bellefeuille	(1, 0)

Saves
James De Gorter	12 (0.462)

Current Record
Skidmore	13-3
go to Skidmore page

The Game Story:
CORTLAND, N.Y. ~V Cortland outscored Skidmore 5-0 in the fourth quarter to pull away from a tight game as the nationally second-ranked Red Dragons defeated the 14th-ranked Thoroughbreds, 14-7, in an NCAA Division III tournament second round contest. Cortland will face Nazareth in the national quarterfinals on Wednesday, May 18, at a site and time to be announced. The Red Dragons improved to 17-1 with the win and tied a school single-season record for victories. Skidmore, making its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, ends the season with a 13-3 record. Senior Adam Hughes (North Syracuse/Cicero-North Syracuse) led Cortland with three goals and two assists. He has scored 50 goals this season and is now second on Cortland's career goal-scoring chart with 148, six behind leader Mike Perkins. Junior Mike Abbott (Syracuse/Nottingham) scored three goals and four Red Dragons ~V freshman Adam Hyde (West Seneca/West Seneca East), freshman Chris Hannon (Baldwin), junior Kyle Lambert (Brentwood) and junior Brian Atkins (Adams/South Jefferson) ~V scored two goals each. Sophomore Ryan Simensky (Locust Valley) assisted on four goals and junior Ben Gaebel (Deferiet/Carthage) made nine saves, five in the fourth quarter. Junior Tom Spinella (New Hartford/Loomis Chaffee) led Skidmore with three goals. Junior James de Gorter (Ithaca) made 12 saves. The teams were tied 2-2 after the first quarter. Brendan Bellefeuille (Wilbraham, MA/Minnechaug) started the scoring for Thoroughbreds with 11:23 left, but Cortland tied the game 20 seconds later on a Lambert goal. Spinella gave Skidmore the lead at the 5:11 mark and Abbott re-tied the game with 3:44 left. Skidmore scored the first two goals of the second to take a 4-2 lead. Spinella scored with 12:11 remaining and Pat O'Leary (Needham, MA) followed with a goal 45 seconds later. Cortland, however, responded with the final four goals of the half and the first goal of the third quarter to take a 7-4 lead. Atkins and Hughes each scored twice during that stretch. The teams then traded goals before Hughes and Hyde found the net to give Cortland a 9-5 lead with 7:17 left in the third. Skidmore fought back with the final two goals of the third quarter to close within 9-7. Charlie McNeil (Spencer, MA/Williston Northampton) scored with 6:35 left and Spinella notched his third goal of the game ~V and his 54th of the season ~V with 56 seconds remaining in the period. Cortland's fourth-quarter surge started with a Hyde goal at the 12:26 mark and extra-man goals by Lambert at 10:32 and Abbott at 8:56. Hannon scored the final two goals with 8;12 and 3:30 left, respectively. Cortland finished the game 3-for-4 on extra-man opportunities, all in the second half.

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