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| | Division I Men : March 15, 2003 | | [ The Game StoryCornell vs Penn State Lacrosse on March 15, 2003] |
| | |  | | | Cornell | 9 | | Penn State | 8 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Sean Greenhalgh
Andrew Collins
Joe Boulukos
Frank Sands
Nate Haswell
Tim Deblois
Jp Schalk
| (5, 0)
(2, 2)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
(0, 1)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
| Marshall Feldman
Luke Ogelsby
Rob Booth
Nate Whitaker
John Eremus
Mike Jacober
Derek Howells
Greg Hale
Marc Young
| (2, 1)
(1, 1)
(2, 0)
(0, 1)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Brandon Ross
| 18 (0.692)
| Chris Garrity
| 10 (0.526)
| | | | Current Record : (3-2) | Current Record : (1-4) | | | | Team Page For 2003 | Team Page For 2003 | | | | |
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| The Game Story: | Junior goalkeeper Brandon Ross kept No. 15 Penn State at bay and sophomore
Sean Greenhalgh finished the Lions off as No. 20 Cornell remained unbeaten
at home with a 9-8 win on Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field. The win
improved Cornell's record to 3-2 overall, while Penn State falsl to 1-4.
Ross had a career-high 18 saves, including 11 in the first half, to limit
the high-scoring Nittany Lion squad to a season-low eight scores. He added
three ground balls and stopped five of the six shots he faced in the
decisive fourth period.
"That has to be a big confidence boost for Brandon," said head coach Jeff
Tambroni. "That is one of the finest goalkeeper performances we've had here
that I can remember, and with (recently graduated All-American) Justin
Cynar here, that is saying a mouthfull."
Greenhalgh, who was held to just one goal in the first three periods,
scored all four Big Red goals in the fourth period, giving him 10 goals in
the team's last two wins. He rallied Cornell from a 7-5 deficit entering
the fourth with three goals in the first three minutes of action in the
final 15 minutes, then tallied the game-winner with 6:01 remaining.
Greenhalgh ended up scoring on five of the six shots he attempted and on
all five he put on net.
"I think Sean bailed us out tonight," Tambroni said. "The offense was too
stagnant at times and we had too many turnovers, but Sean really came
through."
Andrew Collins chipped in with two goals and two assists as the team's only
other multi-point scorer.
Penn State was led Marshall Feldman's two-goal, one-assist afternoon, while
teammate Rob Booth also scored twice. Luke Oglesby had a goal and an assist
in the loss. Nittany Lion goalkeeper Chris Garrity saved 10 shots in goal.
Despite the loss, Penn State dominated in shots (44-24), but Ross more than
made up for that with his stellar play for the Red.
Penn State opened the scoring seven minutes in when Marc Young found
Feldman to make the score 1-0. Cornell evened the score exactly two minutes
later when J.P. Schalk beat Garrity, the first of six ties in the contest.
Oglesby closed out the first period with his lone score, sending Penn State
into the first break with a 2-1 lead.
Cornell outscored the Nittany Lions 2-1 in the second period on the
strength of Ross, who made seven saves in the stanza, and a man-up goal by
Greenhalgh that gave the Big Red its only lead of the half at 3-2. Booth
knotted the score at 3-3 four minutes before halftime on a feed from Feldman.
Penn State seemingly took control of the game in the third, winning four of
six face-offs and outscoring the Red 4-2. The dagger appeared to be a goal
with one second remaining in the quarter that gave Penn State its first
two-goal lead at 7-5.
That's when Greenhalgh took over.
The reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year scored three successive goals to
open the half, regaining the lead for Cornell at 8-7. His first broke
whatever momentum Penn State brought into the quarter, finding the back of
the net just 27 seconds in. He added goals 17 seconds apart, at 12:18 and
12:01 to switch the momentum totally. A goal by Derek Howell's evened the
score at 8-8 to momentarily quiet the crowd, but Greenhalgh answered with
the game-winner just 1:36 later. Ross and the defense did the job down the
stretch, as Ross saved five of the six Penn State shots in the period.
Cornell will take a week off from competition before opening Ivy League
play at No. 17 Yale on Saturday, March 22 at 1 p.m. in New Haven. Conn.
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