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| |  |  |  |  | | Towson | 13 |  | Drexel | 8 |  |  | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Bobby Griebe Brian Myers Drew Pfarr Oliver Bacon Alex Fountain Steve Mull Kyle Cunningham Matt Zando Ben Defelice Ryan Preuss
| (3, 0) (2, 1) (1, 2) (1, 1) (0, 2) (1, 1) (2, 0) (1, 0) (1, 0) (1, 0)
| Matt Bancroft Jeff Pfeffer Matt Musci Joe Fiore Stephen De St Aubin Pat Simpson Erik Haugen Mike Filippone Sean Moloney
| (2, 1) (1, 1) (1, 1) (1, 1) (0, 1) (1, 0) (1, 0) (1, 0) (0, 1)
|  |  | | Saves: | Saves: | Reed Sothoron
| 8 (0.500)
| Ryan Harney Bryan Maggio
| 14 (0.519) 2 (1.000)
|  |  | | Current Record : (8-3) | Current Record : (4-8) |  |  | | Team Page For 2004 | Team Page For 2004 | | | | | | The Game Story: | TOWSON, Md. - - Freshman attackman Bobby Griebe scored a game-high three
goals, as Towson University earned its second straight Colonial Athletic
Association (CAA) regular season title with a 13-8 victory over Drexel
University on Saturday evening at Johnny Unitas Stadium.
In completing a perfect 5-0 record in conference play, the 10th-ranked
Tigers improved to 8-3 overall, while the visiting Dragons fall to 4-8 on
the season and 1-4 in the CAA. The loss eliminated the Dragons from the
conference tournament, which begins on Wednesday, May 5th. Towson will
host Hofstra at Unitas Stadium, while Villanova will play Delaware in the
other semifinal at Villanova Stadium.
Drexel took a 1-0 lead early in the first quarter on a goal by midfielder
Mike Filippone. Griebe gave the Tigers a 2-1 advantage by scoring
back-to-back goals off assists from senior midfielder Brian Myers and
freshman Oliver Bacon.
The Dragons tied the game at 2-2 with 4:33 remaining in the second
quarter on an unassisted tally from Joe Fiore before Myers and junior
attackman Kyle Cunningham regained the lead for the Tigers with
consecutive goals in the final four minutes of the first half.
Towson opened the third quarter with two goals in the first three minutes
of the period before Musci scored a goal off a Matt Bancroft feed to
narrow the deficit to 6-3. After a goal by Erik Haugen cut the Tiger
advantage to 6-4, Towson went on a 6-0 run over a nine-minute span to
take a commanding 12-4 lead with 11:57 remaining in regulation. Six
different Tigers scored during the spurt.
A goal by Pat Simpson ended the Tiger run with 6:34 left in the fourth
stanza, narrowing the gap to 12-5. After a goal by freshman Ryan Preuss,
Drexel ran off three straight goals in the game^Òs final four minutes for
the five-goal margin.
Senior midfielder Ben DeFelice led the Tigers at the face-off ^ÓX^Ô by
winning 14 of 17 draws. He also registered 13 ground balls and scored one
goal. As a team, the Tigers won 16 of 25 face-offs against the Dragons.
Junior Reed Sothoron made eight saves in the victory for Towson, while
Ryan Harney and Bryan Maggio combined to make 16 saves for the visiting
Dragons.
Towson resumes its regular season schedule on Tuesday night, hosting
University of Maryland, Baltimore County at 7:30 p.m.
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