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Streep's Last-Second Goal Gives Bucknell Men's Lax Dramatic 8-7 Win over No. 12 Navy
2/28/2009 7:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 28, 2009
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LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell freshman middie Charlie Streep (New Canaan, Conn./Loomis-Chaffee) scored a spectacular diving goal as time expired, lifting the Bison to a wild 8-7 victory over 12th-ranked Navy before 1,015 fans at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Freshmen accounted for half of Bucknell's goals in the game, while senior Nick Sciubba (Sea Cliff, N.Y./Salisbury School) backstopped a strong defensive effort with 13 saves as Bucknell assumed the early lead in the Patriot League standings.
Bucknell (1-2, 1-0 Patriot League), which was coming off a pair of close losses to nationally ranked Duke and Ohio State, led 7-3 after three quarters, but Navy (2-2, 0-1) stormed back with four straight goals and tied the game at 7-all on Joe Lennon's goal with 1:30 remaining.
Bison sophomore Jake Clarke (Cos Cob, Conn./Greenwich) finally picked up the ground ball on the ensuing faceoff after a 19-second battle for the loose ball. He drew a pushing penalty near the sideline with 1:11 remaining. Bucknell did not score on the extra-man opportunity, but kept possession and played for a late shot. Two shots skipped wide, and after a timeout, Streep took possession deep in the right corner with five seconds remaining. With Navy short-stick defensive midfielder Geoff Leone - a Preseason First Team All-American - defending him, Streep gained inside position and scored with a diving shot from close range just as the clock hit 0:00.
The goal was Streep's second of the day, while fellow rookies Nick Gantsoudes (Redding, Conn./Avon Old Farms) and Billy Eisenreich (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) scored their first career goals. Junior attackman Tim Brandau (Owings Mills, Md./McDonogh) handed out a career-high three assists, while junior Austin Winter (Boonton Twp., N.J./Mountain Lakes) had two assists.
After Navy's Joe Lennon and Bucknell's Joe Mele (Westbury, N.Y./Kellenburg Memorial) traded goals to open the game, Ryan Klipstein (Califon, N.J./Rutgers Prep) put the Bison ahead for the first time with a highlight-reel behind-the-back shot into the upper left corner of the net.
Brendan Connors, who had two goals and two assists for Navy, scored with 14 seconds left in the first quarter to tie it at 2-2, but Bucknell outscored the Midshipmen 4-1 in the second quarter to go up 6-3 at the half. Mike Danylyshyn (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) scored his first of the season on an EMO to put Bucknell up 3-2. Gantsoudes made it 4-2 off a Brandau feed, then after Patrick Moran scored with a man up for Navy, Klipstein and Streep tallied in the final four minutes to put the Bison up by four.
Eisenreich's 15-yard shot off a pass from Brandau at the 4:51 mark of the third period made it a 7-3 game, but the tide turned in the fourth quarter. Bucknell struggled with ball possession down the stretch, turning it over seven times in the fourth quarter. Navy capitalized, as Andy Warner's goal with 12:28 started the comeback march.
Connors scored off a nice feed from Tim Paul, then Paul scored himself with Connors returning the favor on the assist with 7:25 left to bring Navy within 7-6.
A big play for the Bison came after the Paul goal, when all-star defenseman Billy Haire (Darien, Conn./Darien) went off on a slashing penalty at the same time. But Clarke won the faceoff and the Bison drained the entire penalty time.
The Mids thought they had tied with 5:50 left when Moran finished a great thread-the-needle pass from Paul, but Moran was in the crease and the goal was waved off. They finally did pull even after freshman goalie RJ Wickham made a save on Danylyshyn with 2:47 left. Navy cleared, and Connors found Lennon open on the right wing for the tying goal with 90 seconds remaining. That set the stage for Streep's buzzer-beating heroics.
Sciubba was strong all day for the Bison, finishing with a season-high 13 saves just one game after being removed in the first half against Ohio State. Wickham, who was making his collegiate debut, finished with six saves.
Navy outshot Bucknell 27-26 and won the ground ball battle 32-23. The Midshipmen won 12 of the 18 faceoffs, but the Bison won three of five in the fourth quarter.
The Bison snapped a three-game losing streak to Navy, including a 4-3 overtime loss in Annapolis last season. Navy now leads the all-time series 5-3.
Bucknell plays its next three games away from home, starting next Saturday at Hobart at 1 p.m.
