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Pointers Fall Short in
Setback to UW-River Falls
Box Score
UW-Stevens Point battled from behind all night, but
fell just short of knocking off seventh-ranked UW-River Falls in a 4-3 men�s
hockey setback on Saturday at Willett Arena.
The Pointers scored following deficits of 1-0, 3-1 and
4-2, but were unable to get the equalizing goal in the final minute in suffering
their second straight Northern Collegiate Hockey Association loss to open the
season. UW-Stevens Point, ranked 12th in the NCAA Division III, is now 3-3
overall and 0-2 in the league. UW-River Falls is 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the
conference.
The Falcons scored the only goal of the first period
when Tyler Kostiuk got free in the slot and scored on one of the team�s four
first period shots. UW-Stevens Point rallied to tie the game with an unassisted
goal from Taylor Guay at the 4:34 mark of the second period.
UW-River Falls went ahead midway through the period as
Jason Usher scored on a delayed penalty on a power play. The delayed penalty was
assessed and the Pointers committed another penalty just 14 seconds later,
however, they were able to kill off the nearly two-minute five-on-three power
play.
The Falcons thought they added another goal later in
the period, but it was ruled the puck never crossed the goalline. However, Derek
Hansberry won the ensuing faceoff to T.J. Dahl, who passed to Chris Robinson for
a long shot that put the Falcons up 3-1 just five seconds later.
Sean Fish scored for the Pointers midway through the
third period, rifling a high shot off a long pass off the boards from Adam
Setten. But again UW-River Falls had an answer as Pat Borgestad scored at the
14:33 mark to put the Falcons back ahead 4-2. Brett Beckfeld added a goal for
the Pointers with 4:05 left and UW-Stevens Point had several last second chances
with an extra attacker in the final minute.
Marcus Paulson made 22 saves for the Pointers and A.J.
Bucchino stopped 31 saves for the Falcons as UW-Stevens Point had a 34-26
advantage in shots. |
