November 13, 2006

Well, it was an exciting night in Piscataway... maybe not as exciting as the Rutgers vs. Louisville football game the Thursday before, but exciting nonetheless. If you were there you know what I mean.

Our guy's were FANTASTIC, playing with passion, heart and a will to win. We scored about 6 minutes in and were on our way. See if you can picture this....

It all started when freshmen goalkeeper Chris Pennock (Middlesborough, England) collected a Rugters cross and threw out immediately to Jeff Gonsalves (Markham, Ontario) who played it first time wide to Danleigh Borman (Cape Town, South Africa). Danleigh dribbled inside and found Lukasz Tumicz (Bisztynek, Poland) up top who connected with Geoff Cameron (Attleboro, MA) streaking up the field in support. Geoff went wide and got behind the Scarlet Knights on the dribble and sent a driven ball across the goal that Gonsalves (remember now, he was one of the ones who started all this!), who deposited it into an open goal. It was beautiful!

Rutgers tied it in the second half on a bomb from 30 yards... and the rest of the way either team could have won it.

After two 10 minute overtimes it was on to the shootout the boy's prevailed (4-2) in a penalty shootout with Pennock saving one after Rutgers missed one. Tri-captain Callum Bissett (Pencaitland, Scotland) drove home the game winner and it was pandemonium!

It was a performance that would have made you proud! We had an unbelievable crowd of RHODY parents, students, alums and friends at the game who just added to the tremendous atmosphere (Thanks to all of you for coming to support us!).

You can see photos of the game and our fans by clicking on the "Photo Gallery" link in the game recap on our website (http://gorhody.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/111206aaa.html).

Anyway, we are off to the 2nd round of the Division I NCAA tournament which will be held:

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH
7:00 PM
vs #16 SEED - LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Bethlehem, PA

Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for students and there is talk of a fan bus being organized so if you are interested in going drop me a line back and I will let you know. I have heard that one will go if a minimum of 40 people sign up.

If you can't make the game LIVE VIDEO and AUDIO will be broadcast online at: http://www.lehighsports.com/info/broadcast/ (click on the words "CLICK HERE" at the bottom of the schedule and above the broadcast logos) with streaming provided by Yahoo! Sports. Additionally, the game will be broadcast on 91.3 FM in the Lehigh Valley.

The winner of our game will face the winner of the Duke-Brown match in the third round of the tournament.

We really hope you can be with us, but if not, make sure you watch us on-line!

GO RAMS!