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Vallejo, CA: Cal Maritime
started day two of the Pacific Coast Conference
Northern Regional with a game against Chico
State. Chico was coming off the upset of the
tournament with a win on Saturday against
previously ranked St Mary’s of Moraga.
The game was a struggle
from the start, with CMA taking an early 4-3
lead after the first quarter. The Wildcats came
back to outscore the Keelhaulers 3-1 in the
second quarter to take a 6-5 lead at halftime.
CMA kicked up their effort
in the third quarter as they outscored Chico 4-0
to take a 9-6 lead after three. Maritime went
on to add two more goals to extend their lead to
11-6, and Chico was only able to add one more
goal in the quarter, dropping the game to Cal
Maritime 11-7.
The Maritime offense was
led by Fr Bryan Zitren with 6 goals. Sr
Fletcher McCue and So Nic Beene added two each,
and So Phil Spann added the final goal.
Goalie Blake Amon had 15
saves.
1 2 3
4 F
Chico State
3 3 0 1
7 Overall record: 6 – 9
Cal Maritime
4 1 4 2 14
Conference record: 3 - 4
In the second game, CMA
faced off against UC Davis, ranked #18 in the
National Top 20 poll. The Keelhaulers raced to
a 2-0 lead in the first quarter on two goals by
Phil Spann. The Aggies stormed back in the
second quarter, outscoring CMA 4-2 to tie the
game at 4 at the half. Davis pushed the score
to 6-4 before So Nic Beene scored with 12
seconds left in the quarter, to close the gap to
6-5. Fr Bryan Zitren scored in the first minute
of the fourth quarter to knot the game at 6.
The Aggies then scored twice in a minute to move
back ahead by the score of 8-6. So Nic Beene
and So Adron Beene scored back to back goals for
Maritime to tie the game again at 8 with two
minutes to go. Davis managed to score with a
minute left to go ahead 9-8. After a timeout,
the Keelhaulers had two excellent opportunities
to tie the game, getting off two quality shots
right in front of the cage. Unfortunately they
were unable to convert, and Davis went on to win
the game 9-8. |
