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men's soccer
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press release
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NCAA Tournament Recap
Sports Information
Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone:
(814) 871-7418
Date:
November 9, 2007
GANNON CONCLUDES SEASON WITH
LOSS AT NO. 1 NORTHERN KENTUCKY
HIGHLAND
HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Gannon men's soccer team's first trip to the NCAA Division
II Tournament did not end the way it had visioned. Northern Kentucky, the
NCAA Division II top-ranked team, exploded with four first-half goals and
rolled to a 5-2 victory over the Golden Knights Friday evening in a NCAA
Tournament first round match.
The first half was filled with offensive fireworks. Unfortunately for Gannon,
NKU set off most of the explosives. The Norse tallied the first goal in the
10th minute on Tony Capurro's third goal of the season.
Gannon wasted little time to tie the contest at one, scoring 3:55 later.
John Connelly (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) tied the match from 16
yards out inside the left post from the right side, off a pass from Geneo
Oberst (Cleveland, Ohio/St. Edward).
The hosts then turned on the offensive jets, talling three goals over the
final 27:41 of the first half and went to halftime with a 4-1 advantage.
The Norse extended the lead to 5-1 on Braden Bishop's second goal of the
match 4:55 into the second half.
Chad Wynter (Mississauga, Ontario/John Cabot Catholic) completed the
scoring in the 76th minute, finshing a play from Tomas Latocha (St. Catharines,
Ontario/St. Francis Secondary) and Dan Howell (Erie, Pa./Iroquois).
Northern Kentucky out-shot Gannon 21-12, including a 16-5 onslaught in the
first 45 minutes. The Norse held a 7-3 edge in corner kicks. Steven Boehmer
(Dayton, Ohio/Carroll) recorded five saves in the loss.
Gannon concluded its season at 16-3-1. Only three teams in school history
have won more than 16 matches in a season. Northern Kentucky improved to
21-1 and will host SIU Edwardsville in Sunday's (November 11) Great Lakes
Regional title match at 1 p.m.
A complete box score from Friday’s Gannon-Northern Kentucky NCAA Division
II Great Lakes Regional men’s soccer match can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/men/soccer/STATS.HTM/game20.htm.
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updated 11/9/07 by: drt
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