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JUMBOS ROLL PAST HOST CASTLETON TO WIN RUTLAND HERALD INVITATIONAL
COLLEGE HOCKEY
FINAL SCORE
Rutland Herald Invitational Championship
Tufts 5, Castleton 2
At Rutland, VT
Sunday, November 29, 2009
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| Lindsay Walker scored a goal and set one up as
Tufts won the Rutland Herald Invite |
RUTLAND, Vt. -- The Tufts hockey team built up a 4-0 lead after two periods and earned a 5-2 victory to win the Rutland Herald Invitational against host Castleton State College on Sunday afternoon. Juniors Conor Pieri (Needham, MA) and Lindsay Walker (Castlegar, BC) had a goal and an assist each to lead the Jumbos.
The tournament victory is the first for Tufts since the team won the 2000 Coca-Cola Classic at Stonehill College. Tufts, now 2-2-1 overall, defeated Neumann, the defending NCAA Division III champion, 5-2 on Saturday night in the Rutland Herald tourney. Castleton (1-2-1) beat Becker, 6-1, in the opening round.
After junior Zach Diaco (Rumson, NJ) scored a power-play goal for Tufts to open the scoring at 17:58 of the first period, the Jumbos added three goals in the second. Freshman Dylan Plimmer (Phoenix, AZ) scored his first collegiate goal at 6:43 for a 2-0 Tufts advantage. Pieri's goal was shorthanded, unassisted at 8:59, and gave Tufts a 3-0 margin. Walker made it 4-0 with his first goal of the season with 3:40 remaining in the second.
Jumbo sophomore goalie Scott Barchard (Reading, MA) made 20 of his 30 saves overall in the first two periods. Castleton's Evan Romeo put one past him at 2:15 of the third period to cut the gap to 4-1. However, five and a half minutes later, Tufts junior Dylan Cooper (Colorado Springs, CO) returned the lead to four goals (5-1) with his third of the year on a power-play at 7:48. Lindsey Gullett finished the scoring for the Spartans at 16:45.
The Jumbos had two power-play goals while holding Castleton to 0 for 6 in man-advantage situations. Eleven players overall scored points for Tufts. Diaco, Pieri, Walker and Barchard were named to the All-Tournament team.
Starter Seth McNary made 13 saves for Castleton before he was yanked in favor of Arthur Hollinger, who finished up with seven saves.
Tufts returns to league action with a weekend trip to New England College and Saint Anselm College coming up (Dec. 4-5). Castleton is at Colby and Bowdoin next weekend.
Tufts Jumbos - 2009 Rutland Herald Invitational Champions
(Photo by Chris Thayer, VermontSportsNow.com)
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