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FGCU Cruises through the Big Apple in Style
Eagles go undefeated at the Siena Showcase!
November 12, 2007 by Greg Sorrells
Loudonville, NY. - The FGCU Eagles took part in a four game, tournament style road trip spread out over four days this past weekend where they took on and beat three of the top five teams in the Northeast and the number three team in the Southeast. FGCU's first game was a battle of number ones with the Eagles leading the Southeast Region while the Siena Saints lead the Northeast Region. Sienna's David DelSonno scored the first goal on a power play at 12:07. The Eagles answered back at 10:50 with the first of Justin Moore's three goals. FGCU ended the period with two goals in five minutes from the sticks of Mike Lendino and Allan Penney.  Chris Harjung of Sienna scored at 19:31 in the second. The period ended with two more goals by Moore; 18:14 and 5:51. No goals were scored in the final period and the game ended with FGCU on top 5-2. FGCU's Andrew Kobrin had 38 saves on 40 shots and Sienna's Adam Brown had 32 saves on 37 shots. The Eagles played Friday night's game against the Northeast Region's fifth ranked University of New Hampshire. Mike Lendino scored the only goal of the first at 4:44 to put the Eagles up one. FGCU opened up the second period with goals by Matt Maida and Lendino at 9:57 and 8:59 respectively. Neal Baroni of New Hampshire got them back into the game with a goal at
Transfer Player from Central Michigan, Evan Crawford had an excellent weekend in NY.
Justin Aquino socred a goal against Central Conneticut State University.
Kevin Mixon's two way style of play is a huge asset to the FGCU Eagles Hockey Team.
Senior Matt Maida notched nine points during the Siena Showcase,
7:09. Baroni scored again at 13:25 in the third to pull them within one. New Hampshire gave the Eagles a scare late in the period when they tied the game following a goal by Tyler Loopley at 7:18. Undaunted by the chain of events that led to that goal, the Eagles sealed the deal with a game winning goal by Maida at 7:11. FGCU skated by in a close one, 4-3. Kobrin had 27 saves on 30 shots and New Hampshire's Joe Bramante had 40 saves on 44 shots.

Saturday night was host to a rout of the Northeast Region's second ranked Central Connecticut State University. Lendino scored the game's first goal at 19:41 and the Eagles never looked back. Maida scored twice in the period at 6:20 and 5:03. The Eagles ended the period with a commanding 4-0 lead after a goal by Evan Crawford at 2:30. A change in goaltenders proved ineffective as FGCU's Nic Williams scored at 17:45. Central Connecticut showed their only spark of hope with a goal by Rob Diclemente at 4:28. Crawford scored again at 3:12 and Justin Aquino found the net at 2:35. Quality defense ruled the ice on both sides during the third period as no penalties were called and the only point came off a hat trick goal by Maida with 37 seconds left. FGCU's Nick Fernandez had 18 saves on 19 shots and the Central Connecticut goalie duo had 30 saves on 38 shots. The final score was 8-1.

FGCU ended the weekend on a high note with a victory over the Southeast Region's third ranked Wagner. The Eagles found themselves down 1-0 entering the third period, but were able to tie the game up after an Allan Penney goal at 11:51. They added fuel to the fire with goals by Maida and Nic Williams at 7:59 and 7:09 respectively. Jamie Gardner pulled Wagner within one after a goal at 4:19. Justin Moore capped the Eagles victory with a goal at 19 seconds. The final score was 4-2.

FGCU (14-3-0-1) plays at home against the Golden Nights of UCF (10-2-0-0-0) at 8:30pm on Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th.