Castleton was outshot 51-20 and picked up just 29 groundballs as the team dropped to 5-4 overall. The Thoroughbreds, meanwhile, picked up 38 ground balls, forced 24 turnovers and won 16 of 26 faceoffs to improve to 5-5 overall.
Senior Taylor Swarter paced the offense with a hat trick, and Tom Pardew added one goal, one assist
and three ground balls. Peyton Faasse had three ground balls and three caused turnovers while Isaac Devoid won 7 of 10 faceoffs while picking up a team-high seven ground balls.
Ten different players scored for Skidmore, led by Brendan Halloran and Jack Metzler who each had three goals and one assist. Eric Megnia added four assists and one goal while Logan Hart had three caused turnovers and five ground balls.
The Thoroughbreds led just 1-0 early, before back-to-back goals 38 seconds apart pushed the lead to 3-0 with nine minutes remaining in the period. They added two more goals, before Pardew put Castleton on the board with just two seconds left in the quarter to trail 5-1.
Skidmore scored six straight to open the second quarter, pushing its 11-1 advantage with four minutes left in the period. However, Swarter scored his first goal with 13 seconds left off a feed from Kyle Lutinski to trail 11-2 at the half.
In the second half the Thoroughbreds extended their lead to 14-3, before three goals trimmed the Spartan deficit to 14-6 with 14 minutes left in regulation. Skidmore added four goals in the final seven minutes for the 12-goal victory.
Senior Peter Latulippe took the loss in net as he allowed 11 goals in 25:54 while making six saves. Freshman Romello came on in relief, stopping nine shots while giving up seven goals in 34:06.
The Thoroughbreds' Chris Baughan played the first 45 minutes and gave up five goals while making one save to secure the win. Josh Worley made one save and allowed a goal in the fourth quarter.
Castleton returns to action today at 4 pm when the team hosts Lyndon at 4 pm.
No comments:
Post a Comment