Ferris Sweeps Robert Morris

The Bulldogs have won four con­sec­u­tive games and five out of six overall

Nothing but Net: Senior Blair Riley cel­e­brates a goal at Friday’s game against Robert Morris. Riley showed a strong per­for­mance with one assist and two goals, the first of which was scored in the first 37 sec­onds of the game. Photo by Kate Dupon | Photographer

Ferris posted a 5–4 over-time win Friday night over the vis­it­ing Robert Morris Colonials. Ferris jumped to a quick lead as senior Blair Riley scored 37 sec­onds into the game. The Colonials responded quickly as they scored twice to take a lead 2–1 after the first period. 

In the sec­ond period, Riley scored his sec­ond goal of the game at the 6:30 mark as he cashed in on a short­handed oppor­tu­nity. Senior Aaron Lewicki put the Bulldogs back on top as he scored his sec­ond goal of the year to make it 3–2.

Senior Casey Haines lit the lamp for his first goal of the sea­son to give Ferris a 4–2 advan­tage early in the third period. Robert Morris did not back down as they responded with back-to-back goals to tie the game and force overtime.

Haines scored just 32 sec­onds into over­time giv­ing the Bulldogs a 5–4 victory.

Sophomore goalie Taylor Nelson improved his record to 3–0 on the sea­son as he stopped 24 of 28 shots on goal.

The Bulldogs con­tin­ued the trend of out­shoot­ing their oppo­nent as they held a 47–28 advan­tage in total shots. Head coach Bob Daniels was sat­is­fied with how his team per­formed overall.

“I felt like we played well, but we spent a lot of time in the penalty box, which made it hard for us to gain momen­tum,” said Daniels.

The Bulldogs con­trolled the game on Saturday, as they were vic­to­ri­ous 4–1. After a score­less first period, the teams com­bined for four goals in the sec­ond period. 

Ferris scored first as junior Todd Pococke lit the lamp at 8:22 of the sec­ond period. The lead was short-lived, how­ever, as the Colonials responded quickly with a goal only 23 sec­onds later. The scor­ing con­tin­ued as junior Justin Menke scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with 10:03 left in the second. 

Sophomore Matthew Kirzinger gave the Bulldogs a two-goal lead at the 12:32 mark. Junior goal­tender Pat Nagle made a huge glove save near the end of the period to keep the lead intact.

Robert Morris came out very aggres­sively in the third period, but Ferris proved to be up to the chal­lenge defen­sively as they were able to hold them score­less for the frame.

“The defense has been absolutely phe­nom­e­nal, mak­ing my life easy,” said Nagle.

Senior Aaron Lewicki added an empty-net goal with 21 sec­onds remain­ing to seal the vic­tory for Ferris.

“I’m very proud of how well we played in the third period and that the team did not go into a lull,” said Daniels.

Nagle improved his record to 2–1 this sea­son and has only allowed one goal per game in his first three starts.

“We are rid­ing some con­fi­dence right now, which we have earned,” said Daniels.