Bucknell Playoff Game

On friday night the Black Knights had another devastating loss. They came so close but not close enough. The Army team lost by just two goals. They had the lead early but just couldn't hold on to it.

The sophmores had a steller game and the senior Jason Peyer had three goals. Rob McCallion had an assist. Tom Palesky had 11 saves. Brooks Korvin put Army on the board first after scooping up a ground ball; and the freshman midfielder Sean O'Sullivan scored 1 goal to tie the score, 4-4 heading into halftime.

Army would net two-unanswered goals to take the first two goal lead of the game. Senior midfielder Kevin LoRusso scored one goal and junior midfielder Tyler Oates scored one too.

The Black Knights just couldn't step up the way the other teams do in the playoffs.

Patriot League Playoffs

The Black Knights did it! They made it to the Patriot League Playoffs! They still have a chance to make it to the NCAA tournament. In order to make it they had to have one major thing happen. Lafayette had to beat LeHigh by 1 and only by 1 or another team would go to the tournament. And Lsfayette did win and by 1! So we made it.

Up Next:
-Bucknell
-Patriot League Tournament
-First Round
-At Bucknell
-Friday April 24, 2009

Duke Game

The Black Knights put up a good fight against Duke, but the #7 ranked Duke pulled away and won the game. The final score was 10-6 Blue Devils. We took the lead in the beginning of the game 2-0, but Duke's midfield put in a goal to shorten the lead to 1 goal. The Army fans thought that we wouldn't get blown away and we would put up a good fight. With a goal by Boltus the Knights went up 3-2 again with the lead. This lead was the last lead the Black Knights would have during this game. But with the Blue Devils having a stellar offense soon caught up and went ahead. The Blue Devils went on a 5 unanswered goal streak, and the Black Knights just couldn't catch up and they came up 4 goals short. But just before halftime the army squad was able to cut the lead to two going into the third. But when the teams got back on the field the Blue Devils had 3 unanswered goals to pull away for good.

Jason Peyer had three goals to help the Black Knights. Tom Palesky had 12 saves during the tough loss. Boltus had one goal. And Brooks Korvin had two goals, including the sixth and final goal for Army.

Play-By-Play Blog

On the Army Athletics page there is a blog that gives you play-by-plays of the game that night. They report scores, saves, shots, goals, assists, penalties, pregame reviews and aftergame reviews, and defensive/offensive plays. The website is https://www.nmnathletics.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11100&KEY=&SPID=4573&SPSID=48015. Then you just click the game or anything you want to see or look up.

Lafayette Game

Finally a win for the Black Knights. With the 13-12 win over the Leopards. It was a tight game. The Leopards were pulling away late in the second quater with a 3 goal lead. Then the Leopards extended their lead and it just looked like the Black Knights couldn't catch up, almost as if they ran out of steam. Palesky had 8 saves in the first half and was playing prettty well, but a couple of goals got by him in the first half. But from out of no where the Black Knights of the Hudson came back like a power house, and had a 7 goal streak with unanswered goals by the Leopards.

Jeremy Boltus who was up for the Weekend MVP (the weekend of the Lafayette game), had three goals and four assists to help the Black Knights finally claim a win. The Hendersons played a great in the game! Peyer once again was putting the ball in the goal with his fast feet, beating everyone. Rob McCallion had great looks and helped in the transitions.

Up Next:
-Ranked # 7- Duke
-Non League
-At Duke
-Faceoff at 2:30 pm

Navy Game

Saturday was yet another devastating loss for the Black Knights. The final score 8-4 with the Midshipman taking the game. The Midshipman's goalie was amazing. He was so solid that the Black Knights were only able to score 4 goals. Kevin LoRusso started the game off strong with the first goal and by carrying out the flag. With many attempts to catch up throughout the game the first couple of minutes the Naval Academy had to make the attempts to catch up. Peyer had a goal and then Kevin LoRusso had his second. The fourth and final goal was scored by Brooks Korvin.

Tom Palesky played his heartout and in the final minute got a flag called against him because of frustration and an accidental cross check.


Next Up:
-Tuesday April 14, 2009
-At West Point
-Lafayette
-Patriot League Game
-Faceoff at 7