true Gwynedd-Mercy 9, Marywood 7
2010 CSAC Tournament Semifinal
Box Score
SCRANTON, PA. -- Down 4-0 after the first quarter, Gwynedd-Mercy rallied for 9-7 win at Marywood on Tuesday in semifinal action to advance to the CSAC title game.
GM will take on top-seeded Cabrini, who downed Immaculata, 26-3, in the other semifinal, this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Radnor.
The Griffins (10-4) held the Pacers to just two second-half goals including none in a pivotal fourth quarter. GM scored two key man-up goals in the last quarter, the last coming from Dustin Mangin (Perkasie, Pa./Archbishop Wood) with 1:30 in regulation, giving Gwynedd its first lead of the contest.
In all the Griffins scored four times in the final 15 minutes to advance to its first championship game appearance in just the program's second year.
Things got off to a shaky start as Marywood (11-5) scored 18 seconds into the contest, and later added another a minute soon after for a quick 2-0 edge.
Two goals from freshman Roy Bakeoven (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) to close the second quater put the score at 5-4 Pacers at the half.
Trailing 7-5 going into the fourth, the Griffins cut it to a one-goal deficit with a tally from sophomore Jonathan Schmitt (Wrightstown, N.J./Northern Burlington) midway through the quarter. But after the goal, Marywood was called for a one-minute penalty, and GM cashed in as sophomore Nick Hummel (Verona, Wisc./Middleton) netted a man-up goal to knot things up at 7-7. Hummel would later add another goal in the closing seconds to help seal the win.
Bakeoven and Hummel led GM with two scores apiece. Mangin, Matt Houk (Vienna, Va./Bishop O'Connell), Stefan Hetland (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet Valley), and Craig Trueblood (Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg) each had a goal and an assist.
Goalie Rich Zagari (Hillsborough, N.J./Immaculata) recorded nine saves on the day, including three big stops in the final quarter.
GM outshot Marywood, 32-23, including a 16-10 second-half effort.
Nicholas Parks led the Pacers with three goals. George Downey IV added two scores and an assist.
