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Hens pull out win in double­overtime thriller, will face top­seed, defending champion Lindenwood in
By Dan Moberger
Adrian College cowbells rang out through the large Delaware crowd during the quarterfinals of the ACHCA National Championship on Sunday
night. Even though the game was held on Delaware home ice and Hen supporters composed the vast majority of the crowd, Adrian’s higher seed
and thundering enthusiasts put into question who had the real home ice advantage.
The Hens eventually pulled out a 5­4 victory that moved them within two games of the national championship, but the game tested the limits of the
team’s mental and physical toughness. Delaware was dominant with possession and opportunities, but struggled to finish on a lot of openings and
gave Adrian an opportunity to come away with a victory.
We’ve got to bury our chances, Delaware head coach M.F. Schurman said. “As teams get better, you’ve got to take advantage of your scoring
opportunities.”
Delaware scored first early in the opening period during a power play. But Mark Zeszut’s goal only put the Hens in front for about eight minutes
until the Bulldogs pulled even. The second period went similarly, ending in one more goal for each team to keep the score even, but the third
period was where it began to look grim for the Hens.
About five minutes into the third, Adrian scored a shorthanded goal that seemed to deflate Delaware. Around the 10­minute mark, the Bulldogs
scored again, making the score 4­2 and giving the Hens an uphill battle to tie the game. It looked as if, for the second straight game, the team that
scored first wasn’t going to come away with a victory.
The Hens were forced to pull their goalie to get an extra man on offense and it payed off with a goal from senior Brandon Weiner with 1:01
remaining. Less than 30 seconds later, Weiner’s second goal evened up the score and the game moved to overtime.
To score two goals like that in the last minute was so uplifting, and I think as soon as we got that tying goal we knew we were going to get it in
overtime, senior Dave Lombardi said.
After three periods of fairly high scoring play, the overtime periods got sloppy. Both teams were tired, laboring through an extra 12 minutes that
was finally decided by a goal from junior Kevin Miller. Assisting on the play was none other than third period hero Brandon Weiner.
He (Weiner) set me up. Couldn’t have made it any easier, Miller said. “Going in, knowing it’s over and going on, it’s destiny it feels like.”
To get to Adrian and the second round of the tournament, Delaware had to make it past Robert Morris on Saturday night.
Even though the score was 3­1, the game was close throughout, and the final Delaware goal came on an empty net after Robert Morris was forced
to pull their goalie. Dave Lombardi, Michael Piet and Christian Tasker had the goals and SJ Broadt had an impressive game in net with 26 saves
on 27 shots.
The Hens get a well­needed rest day on Monday, then their next opponent is Lindenwood, the No. 1 seed. Lindenwood won the national
championship the past two years and was the runner up three years ago. The game is at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday night in the Rust Arena. With a
victory on Tuesday, the Hens would move to the national championship game on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. against the winner of No. 2
Davenport and No. 3 Ohio.
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