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Minutemen need only 20 minutes to upend Redmen in tourney finale

Published: 25 April 2010

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MONTREAL - Brendan Eckoff netted a hat-trick and Greg Moro added a pair as the University of Massachusetts Minutemen lacrosse club rallied for six goals in the final stanza en route to a 9-8 victory over ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ to capture the fifth annual ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ invitational lacrosse spring tournament at Forbes Field, Sunday.

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The Minutemen, which had lost 11-6 to ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ in the preliminary round on Saturday, erased an 8-4 deficit in the fourth quarter against rookie netminder Simon Hudson, a native of Seattle, Wash., who had replaced starter and tournament MVP Guy Fox of Glen Rock, N.J., at halftime, with ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ hanging on to a precarious 2-1 lead.

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The Redmen came out firing in the second half and surged to a 6-3 lead after three quarters before their fourth-quarter collapse.

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"This is a developmental competition in the off-season that allows many of our younger players to gain some much-needed game experience," said ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ head coach Tim Murdoch. "Full credit to UMASS. They fought back hard from a four-goal deficit to earn the win."

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The game ended on an air of controversy when an apparent tying goal by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Mike Ting, a junior from Boston, Mass., on a delayed penalty call against the Minutemen, was nullified because the ball had come into contact with a UMASS defender before Ting fired it home.

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Ting ended up with a hat-trick and led all scorers in the tourney with nine points, including eight goals, in three contests. ÌýHe was also one of four Redmen named to the all-tournament team, along with the aforementioned Fox, plus defender Brendan Farrer of Oakville, Ont., and midfielder Jishan Sharples of Vancouver, B.C.

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The Redmen offence, which had to make do without the services of all-Canadian Nick Moreau, their all-time leading scorer from Trumball, Conn., who had his car broken into on Saturday night and all of his lacrosse equipment was stolen so he was unable to play. Other missing veterans included Luke LaCava of Weston, Conn., Scott Bailey of Calgary, Alta., and Ryan Besse of Aurora, Ont., who scored four goals on Saturday but needed Sunday off to study for his final exams.

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"All in all we had awesome weather, nobody was injured and everybody played," added Murdoch, an eternal optimist who always looks on the bright side of life.

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Attackman Ossie Long tallied twice for ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, with singles going to Alex Kruse of Oakville, plus AustralianÌý Nick Shaw and Chris Wong, a native of Calgary.

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Rounding out the scoring for the Minutemen was Jeff Capello, Gavin McIver, Mike Baker and Brendan Bodi.

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SCORING SUMMARY

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UMASS 9, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 8

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SCORING BY QUARTER:

UMASS 1-0-2-6 -- 9

±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 1-1-4-2 -- 8

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PENALTIES:

UMASS 5

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 8

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SCORING:

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UMASS:

Brendan Eckhoff (3 goals)

Greg Moro (2 goals)

Jeff Capello (1 goal, 1 assist)

Gavin McIver (1 goal)

Mike Baker (1 goal)

Brendan Bodi (1 goal)

Mark Jackson (1 assist)

Todd Norton (1 assist)

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McGILL:

Mike Ting (3 goals)

Ossie Long (2 goals, 1 assist)

Alex Kruse (1 goal, 2 assists)

Ben Uveges (2 assists)

Nick Shaw (1 goal)

Chris Wong (1 goal)

Chris Cable (1 assist)

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GOALTENDERS:

UMASS:

Nick DiMaio (start, ND, 40:00, 2GA)

Greg Sbardella (ND, 20:00, 4GA)

Rich Al-Huesseini (W, 40:00, 2GA);

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±«ÓãÖ±²¥:

Guy Fox (start, ND, 1GA, 40:00)

Simon Hudson (L, 8GA, 40:00)

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5th Annual ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Lacrosse Invitational Results

(April 24-25 2010 @ Forbes Field, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥)

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April 24 Preliminary Round:

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 16, Concordia 2

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 11, UMASS, 6

UMASS 13, Concordia 4

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April 25Ìý (Championship game)

UMASS 9, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 8

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FINAL TOURNAMENT STANDINGS:

1. UMASS 2-1 (28 GF, 23 GA)

2. ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 2-1 (35 GF, 17GA)

3. Concordia 0-2 (6 GF, 29GA)

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ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

GOAL: Guy Fox, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥

DEFENCE: Brendan Farrer, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥

DEFENCE: Rob Morsi, UMASS

DEFENCE: Mike Taddeo, Concordia

MIDFIELD: Gavin McIver, UMASS

MIDFIELD: Jishan Sharples, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥

MIDFIELD: Mike Ting, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥

MIDFIELD: Costa Touristas, Concordia

MIDFIELD: Matt Willey, UMASS

ATTACK: Brendan Eckhoff, UMASS

ATTACK: Alex Hamel, Concordia

ATTACK: Todd Norton, UMASS

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TOURNAMENT MVP:

Guy Fox, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥

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TOURNAMENT SCORING LEADERS:

Mike Ting, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 8-1-9

Ben Uveges, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 3-5-8

Brendan Eckhoff, UMASS: 7-0-7

Jishan Sharples, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 7-0-7

Gavin McIver, UMASS : 5-0-5

Ryan Besse, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 4-1-5

Ossie Long, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 3-2-5

Steve Collura, UMASS: 2-3-5

Alex Kruse, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 1-4-5

Nick Moreau, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 3-1-4

Mike Baker, UMASS: 4-0-4

Alex Hamel, Concordia: 2-1-3

Gavin Lichthardt, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ : 2-1-3

Greg Henry, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 1-2-3

Jeff Capello, 1-1-2

Alexis Dolbez, Concordia : 2-0-2

John Farquharson, UMASS: 2-0-2

Greg Moro, UMASS 2-0-2

Greg Sbardella, UMASS: 2-0-2

Matt Willey, UMASS: Ìý2-0-2

Benoit Gauthier, Concordia: 1-1-2

Costa Touristas, Concordia: 0-2-2

Ryan Augustine, UMASS: 1-0-1

Brendan Bodi, UMASS: 1-0-1

Ben Haze : 1-0-1

Nick Shaw, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 1-0-1

Chris Wong, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 1-0-1

Jake Winn, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 1-0-1

Ken Brown, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥: 0-0-1

Chris Cable, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, 0-0-1

Nick DiMaio, UMASS: 0-0-1

Tim Gaylord, UMASS: 0-0-1

Mark Jackson, UMASS, 0-0-1

Todd Norton, UMASS: 0-0-1

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GOALTENDING LEADERS

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Nick DiMaio, UMASS 2.00 GAA (80 minutes)

Guy Fox, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 2.66 GAA (120 minutes)

Rich Al-Huesseini, UMASS 8.00 GAA (100 minutes)

Simon Hudson, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 8.66 GAA (120 minutes)

Greg Sbardella, UMASS 10.00 GAA (80 minutes)

Maxime Peloquin, Concordia 14.50 GAA (160 minutes)

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B

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514-398-7012 (Tel.)

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