ESG - Sunday: Day 4 - Last Games

July 30, 2006 -

Game 13: Central-13 vs NYC-12 - OT

The first game on Sunday morning saw an intense New York City team take Central into overtime, where Central’s Jack Venditti scored the game winner with an assist from Nick Lococo to give them a 13-12 win.
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New York City, certainly the best team from that area in tournament history, was still excited about their well played game against Western on Saturday and showed up at 7:15 am to warm up for the 8:00 am game. Soccer needed to play on the RIT turf field on Sunday and so lacrosse was moved to the Stadium field. There was concern that perhaps Central had gone to the wrong field, when, at 7:45 they still had not arrived. They did arrive, shortly thereafter and the game started on time.

Central had no problem at the start of the game, scoring the first five goals of the game and taking a 5-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. Tim Desko started the offense with his assisted goal from Jeremy Boltus at 8:35. Boltus then scored with an assist from Jack Venditti and at 4:16, Jovan Miller scored an unassisted goal. Joel White scored at 1:30 on a pass from Nick Lococo and Venditti added another at 0:51 on a pass from Jack Harmatuk. New York City finally got on the scoreboard with Max Vanboargondien scored his unassisted goal with 24 seconds left in the quarter, which ended with Central up 5-1.
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With a major change in momentum, NYC scored the next four goals to tie the game at five. Phil Dimin started it off with an unassisted goal at 9:57. Vanboargondien scored another unassisted goal, this time in man up, at 6:29 and again in man up at 6:07. Dimin scored another unassisted goal at 2:49 before White scored again for Central with an assist from Venditti, who scored the next goal in man up and with a feed from Harmatuk, giving Central a two goal advantage. The lead was cut to one Dimin scored (unassisted) at 0:47 to end the half with Central up 7-6.

After the break, NYC took control of the game, scoring the next three goals and capturing at 9-7 lead. Dimin tied the score with his assisted goal (Nick Weaver) at 10:33. Vanboargondien scored again, also assisted by Weaver and this time in man up at 9:32 and Dimin scored his fourth of the game, in man up and assisted by Vanboargondien at 3:24. Josh Amidon scored for Central at 3:10 and Tim Desko added a goal (assisted by Lococo) at 1:38 to end the quarter with the teams tied at nine.
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Central moved ahead on an unassisted goal by Tim Rommel and advanced by two with a goal by Lococo (assisted by Boltus) at 10:42. New York City returned with an unassisted goal by Forrest Sonnenfeldt. Lococo scored for Central (unassisted) at 9:24 but Dimin scored his sixth goal at 4:57 and was followed by a goal by Anthony Adler at 1:38 who scored on a pass from Vanboargondien to tie the game at twelve and end regulation.

At 3:21 in overtime, Venditti scored on an inside feed from Lococo to win the game for Central, giving them a 3-2 record in the tournament. New York City ended with a 1-4 record.

Scoring for New York City were Vanboargondien (4g-2a), Dimin (6g), Sonnenfeldt (1g), Adler (1g) and Weaver (2a).

Scoring for Central were Desko (1g), Boltus (2g-2a), Miller (1g), White (2g), Venditti (3g-2a), Amidon (1g), Rommel (1g), Lococo (2g-03a) and Harmatuk (2g).

Game 14: LI-19 vs ADK-5

(July 30, 2006)- The powerful Long Island team won the gold medal with their 19-5 win over Adirondack in the second game on Sunday. After taking a 3-1 first quarter, the Island scored four more in the second to take a 7-2 half time lead after which they open the gates and outscored the 0-5 Adirondack team 12-3.
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After a slow start, Long Island scored first (Zach Brenneman unassisted) and Adirondack returned with a goal by Jack Leary (assisted by Sam Bradman) which would be their only goal of the quarter. LI added two more, the first by Zack Howell, assisted by Cory Winkoff at 1:17 and the second by Ryan Young with an assist by Justin Turri at 0:26. The quarter ended with LI up 3-1.

Long Island extended their lead to 5-1 with goals by Dean Gibbons (assisted by Howell) in man up and twenty-six second later by Shamel Bratton (unassisted). Adirondack scored their lone goal at 10:24 when Nick DiSarro hit the back of the nets on a feed from Bradman. Long Island scored two more before the half. Shamel Bratton scored again (unassisted) and Young added another (unassisted) at 3:47. The half ended with LI up 7-2.

Adirondack staged a short-lived comeback at the top of the third with two in a row. Scoring first was Rob Prendergast, assisted by Bradman (his third assist) and then DiSarro scored his second, assisted by Steve D’Amario at 8:37. The rest of the quarter belonged to LI who scored five more. Zach Howell and Brian Caufield each added one while Winkoff (2g-1a) and Gibbons (1g-2a) finished the scoring with LI up 12-4 at the end of three quarters. esg31

Adirondack added one more goal in the last quarter (man up by Bradman assisted by Leary) at 4:35. Long Island piled on seven more goals, including single scores by Rhamel and Shamel Bratton and Al Kohart and two each from Gibbons and Howell. Young and Winkoff each added two assists in the fourth quarter.

Adam Ghitelman recorded 6s/5ga (55%) for Long Island while Adirondack’s Pat Corbine made 16s/18ga (47%).

Scoring for Adirondack were Leary (1g-1a), DiSarro (2g), Prendergast (1g), Bradman (1g-3a) and D’Amario (1a).

Scoring for Long Island were Brenneman (1g), Howell (4g-1a), Young (2g-2a), Gibbons (4g-2a), S Bratton (3g), Caufield (1g), Winkoff (2g-4a), R Bratton (1a), Kohart (1g) and Turri (1a).

Game 15: Western-13 vs HV-5

(July 30, 2006)- Western secured the silver medal with a demonstrative 13-4 win over Hudson Valley, who earned the bronze medal in the final game at the RIT Stadium Field.
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Going into the game, it was clear that Western needed to win by at least two goals in order to take the silver, based on the potential for a “circular tie” among teams with equal records who had beaten each other. The tie breaker involves “goals against” after looking at “record” and “head-to-head” competition. Central’s loss to Long Island (18-6) took them out of the running.

Western made their statement from the onset, scoring the first eight goals in the game and the talented Hudson Valley team simply could not keep up and never staged a come-back attempt. Canandaigua’s Charlie Sauter scored the first goal on a feed from Grant Catalino who finished the game with 3g-5a and was certainly one of the tournament’s most demonstrative players. About a minute later Mike Danylyshyn score the first of two in a row, both assisted by Catalino. Danylyshyn also stood out in the tournament and ended this game with 4g-2a. Michael White (Nichols) scored Western’s last goal of the quarter (assisted by Danylyshyn) at which point the score was 4-0.

The second quarter was much like the first with Western scoring four more. Adam Groot (Canandaigua) scored an unassisted goal at 10:32. Catalino scored (unassisted) at 8:19. Matt Pierotti (Corning East) scored a man up goal with help from Catalino and Carter Bloor added a goal less than a minute later (assisted by Groot). Hudson Valley scored their first goal of the game when Scott Kellman scored his unassisted goal at 3:45. The half ended with Western up 8-1.
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The third quarter was dominated by transition and little scoring as both teams found it hard to get back in to the game after the halftime break, and after playing four and a half games in four days. Dom Scalzo scored first for Western (unassisted) at 7:59. HV saw an unassisted goal from Andrew Collins at 4:44 and Danylyshyn ended the third quarter scoring for Western at 3:45 with an assist from Catalino. The third quarter ended with Western up 10-2.

Both teams woke up in the fourth quarter, each scoring three goals. Irondequoit’s Kevin Coholan scored on a pass from Danylyshyn at 10:57 and HV returned with an unassisted goal by Jay Lucas (Fox Lane) at 10:15. Western came back at 9:29 with an unassisted goal by Danylyshyn. Catalino added another (assisted by Pierotti) in man up and Hudson Valley returned with a goal by Robbie Bosco (assisted by Kevin Stockel) at 3:09. Stockel scored the last game of the 2006 ESG tournament at 3:00 with his goal (assisted by Andrews Collins).

Matt Witko has 8 of 13 (66%) for Hudson Valley while Carter Bloor (Corning East) won 10/18 (56%) face offs for Western. HV goalie Corey Ender (Putnam Valley) made 9 saves while allowing 13 goals against (41%). Thomas Holden, playing about 19 minutes for Western recorded 3s/3ga (50%) and RJ Wickham, who played the rest of the game for Western has 4s/5ga (33%).
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Scoring for Hudson Valley were Kellman (1g), Collins (1g-1a), Lucas (1g), Bosco (1g) and Stockel (1g-1a).

Scoring for Western were Sauter (1g), Danylyshyn (4g-2a), White (1g), Groot (1g-1a), Catalino (2g-5a), Pierotti (1g-1a), Bloor (1g), Scalzo (1g) and Coholan (1g).