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Ashland, Ohio -- The Tiffin University Men's Soccer team claimed the 2008 GLIAC Men's Soccer Tournament, the school's first championship as a member of the conference.
-- Men's Soccer Weekly Notes --
Ashland - The Eagles lost in
the opening round of the GLIAC tournament last week to Saginaw
Valley State, 4-2. The loss puts Ashland's record at 15-3-2. AU
should be in position to make the NCAA tournament for the first
time since 2003. In the loss to the Carndinals, junior Adam
Spannbauer scored his 16th goal of the season to continue his team
lead. Junior Tom Mangotic scored Ashland's other goal, his sixth of
the year. Freshman Kenny Hewitt added an assist to tie senior Tom
Rankin as the team leader with nine assists.
Findlay - The Oilers were idle last week, at their 2008
season is complete.
Northwood - The Northwood University men's
soccer team saw its 2008 season come to an end with a 4-2 loss to
Tiffin in the GLIAC Tournament Semifinals Thursday night (November
6)...The Timberwolves got on the board in the opening 10 minutes,
as Ryan Morales (Brandon, Mich.) headed in a feed from Ross
Aitchison (Berwick, Scotland) to give Northwood an early 1-0 lead.
But the Dragons responded with three goals before the half to take
a 3-1 lead to the break...NU eventually cut the lead to 4-2 in the
61st minute on a penalty kick goal by Aitchison...Northwood
finished with a 19-14 edge in shots on goal for the game, while
Tiffin had a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.
Saginaw Valley State - Saginaw Valley State University won
two matches this week and lost one in the GLIAC Finals. In the
regular season finale on Sunday (November 2), the Cardinals pounded
five goals against Northwood University as senior defender Larry
Ferreira (London, Ont.) scored two goals, while senior midfielder
John Pizanis (East Lansing, Mich.), and senior midfielder Matt
Weigand (Dearborn, Mich.) and junior midfielder Colin Selahowski
(Holy, Mich.) each scored once. In the GLIAC semifinals, senior
forward Brent Walker (Owosso, Mich.) scored twice, senior forward
Kevin Fox (Flushing, Mich.) and Wiegand each scored once to beat
top-seeded Ashland University 4-2 on Thursday (November 6). In the
GLIAC Finals on Saturday, (November 8) the Cardinals lost to
Tiffin, 4-2. Juniors Brock Humphries (Shelby Township, Mich.) and
Vinny Vasilevski (Shelby Township, Mich.) each scored a goal.
Junior goalkeeper Piotr Kazmierczak (Stargard, Poland) accumulated
a 2-1 record on the week, with 14 saves in the three games. SVSU
finishes the season with an 8-10-2 record overall, and were 2-6 in
the GLIAC.
Tiffin - Ashton Campbell accounted for 3 goals and an assist as the Dragons won the GLIAC Championship. He had 2 goals against Northwood and a goal and assist against the Cardinals in the championship game. Campbell was also named the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Year by vote of the conference coaches...Rhys Cannella and Tony Iyayi scored goals against Northwood, while Ryan Kiekbusch added an assist...Jeff Frisch went 2-0 in the nets, making 11 saves in the two games...Michael O'Neill had a goal and assist in the championship game, as did Roger Kummer...Ryan Kiekbusch had a goal in the title game, while Cannella added an assist.