October 21, 2006
Eagles Fall to Johnson & Wales, 7-0

- Courtesy Johnson & Wales Sports Information -
The Johnson & Wales men’s soccer team captured the Great Northeast Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 7-0 victory against Daniel Webster at Pierce Stadium on Saturday evening. The game was the last regular season home game for seniors Chris Nye (Hubbardstown, Mass.), Vinny Massaro (Woodbridge, Conn.) and Brenton Blanchard (Saline, Mich.).

Johnson & Wales scored what would prove to be the only goal they would need when junior Alin Oriszi (Ypsilanti, Mich.) tallied the game-winner at the 38:57 mark of the first half. The Wildcats took the 1-0 lead into the locker room at halftime.

JWU struck again early in the second half when a goal by Nye gave the team a 2-0 advantage at 47:43. The team wasted little time getting on the board again when junior Barry Phillips (West Glover, Vt.) put the team ahead 3-0 at 49:45. Back-to-back goals by freshman Paul Dyer, first at 64:02 and then at 65:57 extended the lead to 5-0. The Wildcats then cruised to the 7-0 win after freshman Dennis Gold (Lakewood, Ohio) and Blanchard capped off the scoring for the evening.

Blanchard had one save in the win for Johnson & Wales and also played the final 20 minutes of the game in the field, scoring his first goal of the season. Junior Craig Van Tuyl (Buffalo, N.Y.)made 10 stops in the setback for Daniel Webster.

With the win Johnson & Wales improves to 12-4 overall and 7-0 in the GNAC while Daniel Webster drops to 1-14 on the season, 0-7 in league play. The Wildcats will return to action on Wednesday, October 25th when they travel to Suffolk for a GNAC contest at 6:00 p.m.

Game Summary
DWC (1-14. 0-7) 0 0 -- 0
JWU (12-4, 7-0) 1 6 -- 7

Time Team Goal Scorer (Assist)
38:57 JWU Alin Oroszi (Vinny Massaro; Chris Nye)
47:43 JWU Chris Nye (unassisted)
49:45 JWU Barry Phillips (Michael Glinecki)
64:02 JWU Paul Dyer (Brenton Blanchard; Jonah Lizotte)
65:57 JWU Paul Dyer (Barry Phillips)
73:55 JWU Dennis Gold (Alin Oroszi; Eric Flath)
85:53 JWU Brenton Blanchard (William Southall; Jeremiah Schenzel)

Saves: JWU – Brenton Blanchard, 1 saves, 0GA, 69:35; Gary Olivera, 0 saves, 0 GA, 20:25
DWC – Craig Van Tyyl, 10 saves, 7 GA, 90:00
Shots: JWU -30; DWC – 3