| Men's Soccer (11/9/11) |
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STOCKTON TOPS SAGE 4-2 IN ECAC TOURNEY FIRST ROUND |
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No. 3 seed Richard Stockton (12-6-4) defeated No. 6 seed Sage College (11-8-1) 4-2 in the first round of the ECAC Metro tournament. Pat Rafferty (Brick/Christian Brothers Academy) and Ali Gocmez (Delran/Delran) scored two goals apiece for the Ospreys. Stockton advanced to face No. 2 seed William Paterson in the ECAC Metro semifinals at Drew University on Saturday. Rafferty scored the first two goals of the game. He tapped in a goalmouth feed from Jared Ruff (Delran/Delran) at 21:56 for the only goal of the first half. Just 4:34 into the second stanza, Rafferty received a feed from Anthony Procopio (Vineland/Sacred Heart) and buried a shot from six yards out for his team-leading 12th tally of the season. Gocmez answered with two goals 90 seconds apart for Stockton. On the first, he took a pass from Matt Jenne (Kinnelon/Kinnelon), deked around Sage goalie Trevor Paddy and scored into the empty net. Gocmez’s second tally came on a low shot from the top of the box and was assisted by Anthony Fiorletti (Freehold Twp./Freehold Twp.) for a 4-1 advantage. Sage netted the final goal of the game with 3:44 remaining as Chris Modelowski slipped a short pass to Wesley Finch who scored from the left wing for the 4-2 final score. Stockton starter Tim Brett (Palmyra/Palmyra) earned the win without facing a shot in 64:46 before Noah Morris (Brick/Brick Twp.) played the final 25:14 in the Ospreys’ net. Paddy finished with four stops for Sage, which earned an ECAC tournament berth in just its second season of intercollegiate play. Stockton will face fellow NJAC member William Paterson in the ECAC Metro tournament semifinals at No.1 seed Drew University on Saturday at 3:30 pm. William Paterson edged Stockton 2-1 in overtime on October 6. The ECAC championship match will be held at Drew on Sunday at 1 pm. |
