Wednesday, October 25, 2006

2-1 JHU Final/Thanks To MSOC, WSOC, FH and VB

Johns Hopkins holds on for a 2-1 win. Petrucci makes eight saves. WC was outshot 31-7 and 10-4 on SOG. Coble stopped three shots from JHU.

With this being my last road trip with the fall teams, I want to take this moment and thank the men's soccer, women's soccer, field hockey and volleyball teams for treating me so nicely when I was on the road with the squads and making me feel like a part of the team during the season. You are all a great group of young ladies and gentlemen. And the coaching staffs were great to me too. To the seniors, it was a pleasure watching you this year and best of luck in your future endeavors. To the rest, I can't wait to watch you play next year and travel with you.

Good night from Baltimore!

In The 77th Minute

In the 77th minute of action, JHU is ahead of WC 2-1. Shots are 26-7 in favor of Hopkins. Petrucci has made six saves for the Shoremen.

In The 63rd Minute

The Shoremen appeared to have tied the game at 2-2 on a Brian Schultz goal, but it was nullified by an offside call in the 63rd minute.

2-1 Johns Hopkins -- 56:17

The Shoremen just got on the board when Josh Todd scored on a low shot into the lower left corner past a diving Danny Coble. It is Todd's 7th goal of the season and ends Coble's shutout streak at 1010:37.

2-0 Johns Hopkins -- 54:04

The Blue Jays just made it 2-0 when Nicholas Gauna redirected a Moath Hamzeh crossing pass at the 54:04 mark.

Second Big Save By Petrucci

In the 49th minute, Petrucci stopped Max Venker on a shot from inside the box. The match is about to enter the 51st minute.

Second Half Underway

The second half is underway from Homewood Field.

1-0 Johns Hopkins -- Halftime

The Blue Jays lead 1-0 at the half. The Shoremen almost knotted it up in the 36th minute, but Jordan Lange's shot on a restart went just wide of the goal.

Stats
Shots: WC 5, JHU 15
SOG: WC 3, JHU 5
Saves: Petrucci (WC) 4, Coble (JHU) 3

More to come from the largest city in Maryland.

1-0 Johns Hopkins -- 27:37

At the 27:37 mark, Max Venker put the Blue Jays on the board with Nicholas Gauna picking up the assist.

What A Save By Petrucci

Just after the 20 minute mark, Marc Petrucci made a big save on a shot by Hopkins' Matty Carlson. Still 0-0 from Baltimore.

After 15 Minutes

It is 0-0 after 15 minutes. JHU has 4 shots to WC's 2. Each goalie has a save so far.

Kickoff

The game has just kicked off here from Homewood Field. Josh Todd and Brian Schultz started the match with the kickoff.

Starters

Here are the starters for tonight's match:

WC: 2-Josh Todd, 6-Wes Schantz, 7-Frank Borelli, 9-Brian Schultz, 12-Brian Danver, 15-Jimmy Kielek, 17-Conor Halesworth, 19-Phil Baker, 21-Jordan Lange, 22-Jonnie Jenkins and in goal 1-Marc Petrucci

JHU: 4-Nicholas Gauna, 6-Trip Neil, 7-Ben McAbee, 13-Nick Kosik, 14-Robbie Carper, 15-Ethan Mulligan, 19-Malcolm Stewart, 20-Tommy McQueen, 21-Tim Markham, 23-Matty Carlson and in goal 1-Danny Coble

More blogging to come between WC and #11 JHU.

Good Evening From Charm City

I am here in Baltimore at Homewood Field, home of Johns Hopkins. The trip from Chestertown to Baltimore was a good one and in about 50 minutes we will be ready for some men's soccer as the Shoremen take on the Blue Jays.

I will be back with starters and more from the home of the Orioles and Ravens and the former home of the Colts and Bullets.

4-1 Salisbury 30:47 2nd

Salisbury extends the lead to 4-1 as Powell scores off an assist from Lauren Correll.

3-1 Salisbury Halftime

Halftime Stats:

Shots - Salisbury 20, Washington 1
Corners - Salisbury 14, Washington 1
Saves - Washington 10, Salisbury 0

3-1 Salisbury 2:03 1st

Sgrignoli scores off a Powell assist to make it 3-1.

2-1 Salisbury 17:31 1st

Shane Moser redirects in a feed from Rachel Miller to cut the lead to 2-1.

2-0 Salisbury 20:56 1st

Abbey Rowe scores off an assist from Danielle Twilley to push the lead to 2-0.

1-0 Salisbury 25:45 1st

Salisbury has three shots and three corner thus far.

1-0 Salisbury 32:38

Megan Powell scores off an assist from Lynette Srgignoli after a corner with 32:38 left in the first.

Starters

Greetings from a brisk, windy afternoon in Salisbury. We are 20 minutes from game time - here are the starters.

Salisbury - Twilley, Correll, Holland, Beladino, DiFabio, Lloyd, Powell, Rowe, Pedlow, Sgrignoli, Ramoundos (G).

Washington - Ruppert, Glock, Gavin, Riley, Rainey, R. Miller, Ward, Simons, Moser, Madron, Nicholoff (G)

WC-Johns Hopkins MSOC Primer

Tonight over in Baltimore the Washington College Shoremen will take on the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays in Centennial Conference men's soccer action. This is the 63rd meeting between the schools with JHU holding a 38-22-2 lead and is the most matches WC has played against one opponent. The Blue Jays captured a 2-1 victory last season in Chestertown and have won the previous 13 meetings. The Shoremen's last win was in 1992 when WC prevailed 5-2.

Johns Hopkins captured the first meeting between the schools in 1946 by a score of 4-3. WC won its first meeting in the rivalry in 1947 with a 4-2 triumph.

I will be back with more later today from the home of Cal Ripken Jr. and Johnny Unitas.

Washington/Salisbury Field Hockey

I'm heading down to Salisbury today for the field hockey team's game against Eastern Shore rival Salisbury University. Today marks the 16th meeting in the all-time series.

Washington's only win thus far in the series came in 1998, when the Shorewomen beat the Sea Gulls, 1-0, in double overtime.

Salisbury is currently ranked fifth in Division III and has won the last three NCAA Division III National Championships.

Important note - Blogger, the site which hosts this blog, will have a scheduled outage today from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. I will bring you updates from the game for as long as I can. A full story should be up on WashingtonCollegeSports.com soon after the game is over.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Big in Guam

It's not every day that Washington College gets major ink in a newspaper in Guam. Thanks to the soccer success of senior captain Christine Chop, however, that's exactly what's happened.

Check out this feature on Christine in the Pacific Daily News:

Chop plays big as co-captain

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

2-0 Washington Final

The Shoremen hold on for their fourth shutout win in their past five games.

Time for postgame duties - hope you enjoyed the blog!

2-0 WC 4:00 Left in 2nd

Washington looking to preserve the shutout.

2-0 WC 10:29 Left in 2nd

Dopazo scores his first collegeiate goal off assists from Frank Borelli and Jimmy Kielek. Kielek's assist was the first of his collegiate career.

1-0 WC 14:15 Left in 2nd

Catholic currently on offense.

1-0 WC 23:30 2nd

Washington continuing to hold onto the one-goal lead. Catholic currently with a thrwo just to their offensive side of midfield.

1-0 WC 31:15 Left in 2nd

Washington just had a couple scoring chances and then a corner.

1-0 WC 39:20 Remaining in 2nd

Catholic is playing a new keeper this half - Joe Schettino.

1-0 WC 44:00 Left in 2nd

Lange heads a throw from Kraus and the ball just goes over the net.

1-0 WC at the Half

Halftime Stats:

Shots - WC 6, CUA 6
Corner Kicks - CUA 3, WC 2
Saves - WC 3, CUA 3 (2 for CUA GK Frame and 1 Team Save)

1-0 WC 1:32 Left in First

Halesworth scores for Washington on a broken play where the ball shoot back out into the box and Halesworth drove it home.

0-0 2:35 1st

Danver gets off a great shot, but Frame jumps up to make the save.

0-0 5:00 left in first

A couple good scoring chances for each team so far, but neither has been able to break through.

0-0 11:10 Left in 1st

McAneny blasts a shot for Catholic from the top of the box, but the shot goes high.

0-0 17:30 left in 1st

The Shoremen pick up their first corner kick, but can't get a shot off before possession changes.

0-0 - 21:00 Left in 1st

Petrucci makes a great divind save, but the play is wiped out anyway with an offsides call on Catholic.

0-0 25:30 Left in the First

Halesworth sends a beautiful cross to Borelli, whose header shot goes wide.

0-0 29:10 left in the first half

Todd gets off a shot from outside the box, but Frame makes a save for Catholic.

0-0 31:00

Catholic got the first corner kick of the game and O'Brien got a shot off, but Petrucci makes a save to keep the game scoreless.

0-0 32:30

A shot by Schultz has been the only scoring chance since Todd's early shot, but Washington has controlled possession for the most part.

0-0 40:00

Josh Todd gets off a great shot near the CUA goal, but a Catholic defender boots it away.

Starters

Washington - Petrucci (GK), Todd, Schantz, Borelli, Schultz, Danver, Kraus, Halesworth, Baker, Lange, Jenkins

Catholic - Frame (GK), Brady, Pappas, Barr, Hidalgo, Harris, Wyche, Otto, Clifford, O'Brien, McAneny

Greetings from Catholic

Checking in here from Catholic's Sports Information office. Looks like today's rain will continue through the game.

I'll be back close to game time.

MSOC: WC @ CUA

I'll be leaving in about an hour for today's men's soccer game at Catholic. Catholic's football field received a facelift this summer, including the installation of artificial turf, so the Cardinals' soccer games are played there now as well. So, the good news is that today's rainy weather will not hamper my blogging as I'll be high and dry up in Catholic's pressbox enjoying the blazing broadband speed my mobile card picks up in DC.

Today marks the 17th all-time meeting between Washington and Catholic in men's soccer. The Shoremen own an 8-7-1 lead in the all-time series, which began in 1952 with the Shoremen's 5-2 win over the Cardinals. The two teams last met in 2003, when they played to a 0-0 tie. The three most recent meetings prior to that game were all decided by one goal - a 2-1 overtime win for Catholic in 2002, a 1-0 win for Catholic in 2001, and a 1-0 win for Washington in 2000.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

My Day In Gettysburg

I just got back to Chestertown from my day in Gettysburg. It was a long day, but personally a satisfying day for me. I got to help out Eric and John (two very good people) by doing the scorekeeping for the men's soccer match and both I know are very appreciative. The AD, David Wright (no, not the Mets third baseman), at Gettysburg also thanked me for scorekeeping the men's match.

Between the Washington College-Gettysburg field hockey/men's soccer doubleheader, I enjoyed the Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg football game and I got to talk to Ernie (the JHU SID) and it was good to see him too. It was homecoming at Gettysburg and the school's 175th anniversary. When the band came onto the field before the game, they lined up as 175.

Weatherwise, you couldn't ask for a better day. The sunshine was just amazing. While the wind was a bit gusty at times, it was a nice fall day.

I want to thank Eric and John for their hospitality. I want to give a belated thanks to Ryan for his hospitality on Wednesday at Haverford.

Days like this remind me why I love the sports information business so much.

MSOC Final - Gettysburg Wins, 3-0

Just got off the phone with Jason. Third goal came on a penalty kick.

MSOC -Gettysburg 2, Washington 0 at the Half

Jason's having some trouble with his mobile connection at the Gettysburg soccer field, but called in a halftime scorer. Gettysburg is leading 2-0.

MSOC Starters

The second half of the WC-Gettysburg field hockey/men's soccer twinbill is about to begin in 15 minutes with the men's soccer match between the Shoremen and the Bullets.

Starters
WC: 2-Josh Todd, 6-Wes Schantz, 7-Frank Borelli, 9-Brain Schultz, 12-Brian Danver, 14-Will Kraus, 17-Conor Halesworth, 19-Phil Baker, 21-Jordan Lange, 22-Jonnie Jenkins and in goal 1-Marc Petrucci.

Gettysburg: 2-Pat Brown, 5-Ryan Pfieffer, 6-Ross Witte, 8-Chris Bayon, 9-Geoff Menge, 10-Garrett Bruno, 16-Jesse Gemberling-Johnson, 17-Matt Varner, 19-Ryan Shaffer, 23-Mike Tirney and in goal 0-Ryan Finkle.

I will be back with more later.

Some WC Football History

Washington College has not had football since 1950, but from 1914-49, Johns Hopkins and WC played 19 times, with WC winning eight times. WC won the first meeting on October 17, 1914 by a score of 16-14. Johns Hopkins catpured the final meeting, 19-7, on October 7, 1949. Washington College's last victory was on October 11, 1941 in Chestertown by a score of 6-0. The two teams played 11 consecutive seasons from 1931-41. WC won four in a row from 1934-37 by scores of 13-0, 10-0, 8-7 and 33-0.

Info courtesy of Johns Hopkins Football Media Guide.

From Gettysburg

With the field hockey game over and almost four hours until men's soccer kicks off, I will enjoy the picture perfect weather from Gettysburg and watch some of the Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg football game.

I will be back with more blogs during the men's soccer match in the second half of the WC-GC field hockey/men's soccer doubleheader.

4-0 Gettysburg -- Final

Gettysburg netted a goal with :31.6 left in the contest on a goal by Krissy Browning, deflecting a Maura Downey pass.

Stats
Shots -- WC 3, GC 24
SOG -- WC 2, GC 16
Saves -- Elena Nicholoff (WC) 12, Katherine Corkhill (GC) 2

Lindsey Riley had a defensive save for WC.

3-0 Gettysburg

3-0 Gettysburg at the 38:59 mark on a goal by Lexie Hearn.

2-0 Gettysburg -- Halftime

The Bullets lead 2-0 at halftime.

Some Stats
Shots -- WC 2, Gettysburg 18
SOG -- WC 2, Gettysburg 10

Saves
WC -- Elena Nicholoff -- 8
Gettysburg -- 2

Second will begin shortly here from Historic Gettysburg.

2-0 Gettysburg

Lexie Hearn netted the second goal of the match at 29:18 from Maura Downey for Gettysburg.

1-0 Gettysburg

Cristi Farrell netted the first goal of the contest at 7:25 of the opening half. The goal was unassisted.

Good Morning From Gettysburg

I arrived at Gettysburg around 9:15 am after a pleasant 2 hrs, 20 min drive from Chestertown to Gettysburg.

Starters
Washington College: 4-Melanie Ruppert, 6-Wendy Glock, 7-Molly Gavin, 9-Amy Spadanuta, 12-Lindsey Riley, 14-Megan Rainey, 19-Kristin Ward, 22-Ally Simons, 25-Shane Moser, 33-Katie Madron and in goal 31-Elena Nicholoff

Gettysburg: 1-Lexie Hearn, 2-Anne Ritter, 3-Maura Downey, 5-Sarah Latta, 6-Cristi Farrell, 9-Molly Latta, 11-Krissy Browning, 15-Michelle Marsnick, 17-Molly Myer, 22-Savannah Ruth and in goal 39-Katherine Corkhill.

I will have more blogs with field hockey and men's soccer on a beautiful Saturday fall day on Gettysburg's Homecoming and HOF Weekend.

Friday, October 13, 2006

WC-Gettysburg FH/MSOC Primer

Tomorrow I head up for the WC-Gettysburg doubleheader in field hockey and men's soccer. It is Hall of Fame and Homecoming Weekend at Gettysburg.

Field hockey plays Gettysburg in a key Centennial Conference game at 10 am. The Bullets lead the all-time series 11-4 against the Shorewomen. Gettysburg won 1-0 last year in Chestertown and has won the last two. WC last won in 2003, when current senior Ally Simons, then a freshman, had a goal and an assist in the victory. The win capped a stretch of three out of four over the Bullets in the regular season. WC's other victory over Gettysburg came in 1994.

At 3:30 pm, men's soccer takes on Gettysburg in an important conference match. The Bullets lead the all-time series, 14-6-5. Washington College did take the inaugural meeting in 1947 by a score of 3-1. Last year, the two teams tied 2-2 in Chestertown. Josh Todd had a goal and an assist, Brian Schultz netted a goal and Jordan Lange tallied an assist. The Bullets captured the last meeting in Gettysburg in 2004, 2-1. In 2003, WC won its first game against Gettysburg since 1960, winning by the score of 1-0.

I will be back with more from Gettysburg, PA tomorrow!

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Washington Wins Game Three, Match

Shorewomen Take Game Three, 30-21. Jessica Smith tallies the match-winning kill.

It's time for postgame duties and then the drive home.

Washington Wins Second Game

Shorewomen take game two, 30-24. Kelli Canada's kill provides Washington's 30th point.

Washington Takes Game One

Shorewomen win game one, 30-27. Mallory Kurtz served an ace for the winning point.

Greetings from Dover

Good news - I have an electrical outlet here, so I'll try to sneak in a post between games if possible.

I just chatted with Jonathan Webb ('06), Washington's fourth-leading all-time scorer in men's basketball. "Webby" is a graduate assistant men's hoops coach here at Wesley now and is also helping out in sports information. He's doing public address duties tonight. For those of you who are counting, that makes two recent Washington grads now coaching at Wesley - women's lacrosse single-season assist school-record holder Lindsey Eichner ('05) was named Wesley's head women's lacrosse coach over the summer.

Washington-Wesley Volleyball

I'm about to depart for the shortest road trip we have in Washington College Athletics as the volleyball team plays at Wesley College tonight in Dover, DE. There's not much history between the two teams since Wesley just added volleyball last year. (The Shorewomen beat the Wolverines, 30-14, 30-13, 30-21, in Wesley's first season.)

The two schools have an interesting rivalry, though, being less than 40 miles apart. (No other Division III school is closer than 70 miles from Washington College.) Chestertown is located in Kent County, MD, while Dover is in Kent County, DE.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to update in-match at all tonight, since I'll be busy keeping stats for our team, but I'll do my best afterwards at the very least.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The Trip Back

Just got back from Haverford. Stopped at Peace of Pizza, it's a very good place. It's right near the Haverford and has a great sign, "sorry we're open!" The ride back was quick, Sybil DiMeo and I talked about our music tastes. This is the last time I will travel with the women's soccer team in 2006 and I enjoyed my three trips with the squad. They are a great group of young ladies.

4-0 Haverford -- Final

Haverford scored with 1:39 to make it 4-0 on a goal by Katie Johnston-Davis. She grabbed a rebound off a shot by Annie Turner on a restart to conclude the scoring.

Final Stats
Shots -- Hav 23, WC 6
Saves -- Caroline Grier (WC) 9, Lindsay Festa (Hav) 1

In The Second Half

With 16 minutes to go, Haverford is leading 3-0. Caroline Grier has made six saves for the Shorewomen. Haverford holds the shots edge, 18-6.

Second Half Underway

The second half has began at Haverford. Lindsay Fox and Heather Roberts were in the circle to commence the second half.

3-0 Haverford

The Fords made it 3-0 at 42:18 when Therese Verkerke converted a pass from the top of the box from Monica Stegman.

2-0 Haverford

The Fords struck 11:44 into the match when Monica Stegman's cross was missed by WC and Sarah Morris finished off the cross.

At 13:16, Annie Turner scored from 20 yards out on a chip shot over the head of Caroline Grier.

Kickoff

We are underway here in the Commonwealth. Haverford kicked off to start the match.

Starters

Today's Starters

WC
1-Christine Chop, 2-Kaitlin Thomas, 4-Kali Brown, 6-Nicole Amorosi, 7-Joelle Hupp, 8-Heather Roberts, 9-Megan Russell, 15-Erin Beskid, 20-Sybil DiMeo, 24-Lindsay Fox and in goal 00-Caroline Grier

Haverford
6-Therese Verkerke, 7-Allison O'Donnell, 9-Sarah Morris, 12-Katie Garrett, 14-Annie Turner, 17-Rachael Pardini, 18-Allison Frank, 19-Southey Saul, 22-Ryan Hedrick and in goal 44-Linday Festa

Updates to come from The Land of Rocky!

Ryan Says Hello

To all the fans of Washington College, former assistant SID Ryan Griswold says hello and misses you all!

Greetings From Haverford

Good afternoon from Haverford, PA for today's women's soccer match between Washington College and Haverford. The Fords lead the all-time series 8-0, including a 6-0 win last season here in Haverford. In 2004, the Shorewomen fell 3-1. Stephanie Bradley gave WC a 1-0 lead in the first half, but Haverford netted three second half goals to come out on top in Chestertown.

I will be back for more from suburban Philadelphia.