Apr 14, 2008

Mustangs Win First Leg of CAC Championship

Owings Mills, MD- The Mustangs hosted the Quarter-Finals of the Capital Athletic Conference Championships against Marymount. Villa beat Marymount one week ago with a score of 14-3, and held Marymount once again at three goals for a final today of 19-3. The Mustangs took 49 shots to their 23 and grabbed 47 groundballs to Marymount’s 33. Villa also won 19 of 26 face-offs.

The Mustangs quickly tallied their first goal of the match at 14:42 from Steve Kazimer assisted by Greg Furshman. Marymount retaliated with a goal of their own to tie the score. Kazimer took the lead once again for Villa, this time assisted by Shane Clift. Furshman added to the gap with 1:56 remaining in the quarter to bring the score to 3-1.

In the second quarter, Marymount took advantage of a man-up opportunity and scored at the 12:44 mark. Kevin Donnelly returned at 12:17 with an unassisted goal for the Mustangs. He was followed by five additional Villa goals to end the half with the Mustangs up 9-2.

Villa entered the third quarter and tallied four consecutive goals before Marymount added their third and final goal of the game. Richard Ford added one more for a third quarter score of 14-3.

The Mustangs scored five unanswered goals in the final quarter to overtake Marymount 19-3.

Scoring for the Mustangs were Ford with four goals and two assists; Drew Brady with four goals; Furshman with three goals and one assists; Kazimer with three goals; Donnelly with two goals and one assist; Clift with one goal and one assist; and Chris Baldwin with one goal.

The Mustangs move on to the Semi-Finals, which they will host on Thursday, April 17. The time and opponent will be announced shortly. Check the website for up-to-date information.