June 29, 2005
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Tap Room Defeats Elder Statesmen for Super Masters Championship, 11-6
Vail-sponsored team wins just second-ever hometown championship
In the final day of Super Masters competition
in the Vail Shootout, Tap Room used two late Dave Melhover goals and a
dominating fourth quarter to clinch a 11-6 win over the Elder Statesmen and
Vail's second-ever hometown championship on Ford East Field. Jay Bloom led all
scores in the game with a goal and three assists for the champs. Melhover and
John Campbell were next for Tap Room with three goals and two goals and an
assist respectively. The Statesmen's Chris Rossi led his squad with two goals
and an assist.
Four alternating multi-goal runs through the game had the score at 6-5 favoring
Tap Room at the 10:35 mark of the third quarter. One additional goal per team
set up a 7-6 fourth quarter before Tap Room took control.
One early T.R. goal by Kurt Stenberg set the tone 1:35 into the fourth. Just
over five minutes later Melhover scored twice within a minute and a half (1:20)
to add all the insurance needed for his squad. The icing on the cake came with
14 seconds left when Tap Room's Steve Murphy found the back of the net to reach
the 11-6 final.
Depth on the bench (nine to six players) and consistent offensive pressure from
Tap Room proved to be the deciding factor in the game. Vail's finest out-shot
the Elder Statesmen in three of the four quarters and owned a 38-22 advantage
in ground balls through the game.
Division I:
Championship
Tap Room 11, Elder Statesmen 6
3rd Place Game
Navy 9, Frogs 3
After a five to two lead the Frogs weren't able to mount a substantial
comeback. Navy's Glen Miles led all scorers with three goals and an assist.
Super Masters 5th Place Game
CVLC 10, Tombstone 9
Tombstone dominated the first half with nine goals. CVLC came out refreshed
in the second, scoring two goals in the both the third and fourth. They
dominated in the shot catagory through the second half, winning 10-9
Super Masters 7th Place Game
Lax Planet 9, Princeton 5
Lax Planet used big quarters in the second and fourth to clintch the win (4-2
and 3-1 respectively). Although on the short side of the result, Princeton's Scott Gabriesen led all scorers with four goals.
Division II Championship
Magic Wands 6, Middlebury 1
Five goals in the first quarter were all the Magic Wands needed to secure the
Division II championship. Dave King paced all scorers with two goals and an
assist for three points.
3rd Place
Tri-City 12, Rockies 2
This game was never close. After striving for a goal a quarter through the
half, Tri-City slammed the door shut with five second-half goals to none for
the Rockies.
5th Place
Cactus 9, USA Stars 8
This game was a back and forth battle until the end. Cactus' Luke Brennon led
all scorers with three goals
Other Consolation Games:
WOOFs 6, Air Force 4
Woofs outscored Air Force 3-1 in the second half to clintch victory. Danny
Roden led all scorers with two goals and two assists for four points.
Navy Weems Creek 6, Behind the Back 4
Navy used a 5-2 scoring blitz in the second half to seal the win. Skip Miller
scored three goals to pace the Navy offense.
Division I Quarterfinals:
Elder Statesmen 5, CVLC 4
Elder Statesmen were the first to score in the match and CVLC was able to hold
them off for the rest of the half. Elder cam e out in the second half and
scored two goals immediately. CVLC came back by scoring four goals in three
minutes. With :39 seconds left, Peter Schaffer from Elder Statesmen scored the
winning goal.
Navy 8, Lax Planet 2
Tap Room 5, Princeton 1
The game was close at half with a 2-1 score. However, Tap Room came out too
strong for Princeton. They scored early and then just stalled the time away.
Frogs 3, Tombstone 2
Frogs were winning 2-0 at first, then Tombstone decided to put up a fight
making it 3-2.
Division I Semifinals:
Elder Statesmen 4, Navy 3
Down 2-0 at half, Navy came back and scored three goals leading 3-2 until there
was :58 seconds left. Then Doug Shaver tied it up. Two minutes into overtime,
Mark Moore scored the winning goal for the Elder Statesmen to move them into
the Super Masters finals.
Tap Room 9, Frogs 1
Tap Room dominated this game from start to finish, winning 9-1 and moving into the Super Masters finals against Navy. Tap Room’s defense was stellar again.
Division I Consolation:
Tombstone 2, Princeton 1
Preliminary Games:
Conference A
CVLC 5, Lax Planet 4
CVLC 9, Behind the Back 2
CVLC 6, Magic Wands 1
Princeton 7, Behind the Back 6
CVLC 13, Princeton 1
Magic Wands 8, Behind the Back 4
Princeton 8, Magic Wands 7
Conference B
Tombstone 10, USA Stars 1
Tri-City 7, Lax Planet 6
Tombstone 6, Tri-City 5
Lax Planet 9, USA Stars 2
Tri-City 11, USA Stars 2
Lax Planet 7, Tombstone 5
Conference C
Tap Room 5, Air Force 0
FROGS 5, Rockies 3
Navy 9, Cactus 3
Rockies 6, Cactus 5
Navy 5, Frogs 4
Frogs 4, Cactus 2
Navy 10, Rockies 1
Conference D
Elder Statesmen 4, Middlebury 3
Air Force 3, WOOFs 1
Tap Room 4, Elder Statesmen 3
Tap Room 6, WOOFs 0
Elder Statesmen 5, WOOFs 2
Elder Statesmen 9, Air Force 1
Middlebury 2, Air Force 1
Tap Room 4, Middlebury 1
Middlebury 5, WOOFs 3