Owings Mills, MD - Villa Julie hosted St. Mary's in their
season opener. In front of a large crowd, the Mustangs avenged last
season's CAC sem-final loss by defeating the Seahawks 13-10,
bringing their record to 1-0, while St. Mary's falls to
1-1.
Villa's Steve Kazimer (Syracuse,
NY/Henniger) set the pace for the Mustangs, scoring the
first goal at the 8:42 mark. Jimmy Dailey (Westminster,
MD/Winter Mills) followed with a goal assisted by
Kazimer. St. Mary's put themselves on the
scoreboard with 1:52 remaining in the quarter with a goals by
Dennis Rosson. Kazimer retaliated with an
unassisted goal to close the first period leading 3-1.
The second period was St. Mary's time to catch up. After one
goal by Zach Walsh (Reisterstown, MD/Loyola
Blakefield), the Seahawks scored four consecutive goals,
capitalizing on two man-up opportunities. With 16 seconds remaining
in the half, Chris Baldwin (Baltimore, MD/Calvert
Hall) tied the game at 5-5.
In the third period, St. Mary's and Villa remained tied with
three goals from each team. Richard Ford (Baltimore,
MD/Towson) contributed two goals with another coming from
Kevin Donnelly (Laurel, MD/St. Vincent
Pallotti).
The fourth period sealed the win for the Mustangs. Chris
Baldwin opened the quarter with a fast goal at 14:41.
Kazimer tallied two more goals before St.
Mary's grabbed two. Kazimer and Dave
Couglar (Rochester, NY/G. Ray Bodley) grabbed one
more goal each before the end of the game, bringing the final to
13-10.
Villa and St. Mary's were closely matched in groundballs with
36 and 37 respectively. St. Mary's took 34 shots to
Villa's 39 and the Seahawks won 16 of 26 face-offs. Leading
scorer for the Mustangs was Kazimer with five
goals and two assists. The team was led defensively by
Chole Mueller (Cockeysville, MD/St. Paul's), Zach Clark
(Pasadena, MD/Chesapeake), and Austin Hale
(Baltimore, MD/Eastern) with three caused turnovers
each. Goalkeeper Eric Fleegle (Easton, MD/St. Peter &
Paul) tallied 12 saves.
Villa is back in action on Saturday, March 1 at home versus Messiah
at 2:30 p.m.
