Pelham Daily Sports Digest: Pelham Hockey Has Impressive Road Trip

The Top Spot:

The Pelham Pelicans had a very impressive weekend road trip to Massena. St. Lawrence County as the team tied Salmon River 3-3 on Friday and beat Massena 2-1 in overtime on Saturday.

The Pelicans are now 12-5-2 overall and 5-0-0 in league play, giving them a half game advantage over ETB for the top spot in WRPDIIHL Conference II. Pelham leads the conference in goals allowed and is second in goals, making them a very formidable team come playoff time.

With 27 points Andrew Schauer is among the team leaders in goals (11) and assists (16), in fact the Pelicans have three players with double digit goals on the season and four with more than 10 assists. While Pelham doesn't have a player at the top of the league's offensive statistical categories, the team has several players that can hurt a defense at any time.

Goaltender Josh Borofsky currently leads the league in save percentage and goalie rating. He is a big reason the Pelicans are in their current position.

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Ice Hockey (Friday)

Game: Pelham vs. Salmon River
Score: Teams Tied 3-3

Highlights: At the Messena Tournament Graham Landin lit the lamp for the Pelicans late in the third period to tie the game. Matt Landis and Colin Reilly scored the team’s earlier goals. Salmon River is currently ranked third in the Division 2 State Rankings.

Sport: Ice Hockey (Saturday)

Game: Pelham vs. Massena
Score: Pelham Won 2-1 (OT)

Highlights: At the Messena Tournament Andrew Schauer and the Pelicans came from behind as Schauer quickly scored after Messena opened up the game with a goal. In overtime Danny Shea scored less then 90 seconds into the extra period to give Pelham the win. Massena is current the third ranked team in the Division 1 State Rankings.

Today’s Schedule:

In High School Basketball, Section 1 will be announcing the boys and girls basketball playoff parings at 9 a.m.

College Sports Notebook:

Dominican sweeps Nyack on hardwood

KC Jentzen of Pearl River, LaShonda Hathorne of Queens, and Marley Klunk of York, PA, leading the women’s team, and Leon Porter of Laurel, MD, sparking the men’s team, helped Dominican College sweep a doubleheader against rival Nyack College in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contests on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center in Orangeburg.

Jentzen and scored 10 points and pulled down seven rebounds, while Hathorne scored 13 points as the Lady Chargers defeated their counterparts from Nyack, 72-49, lifting their record to 11-10 overall and 10-4 in the CACC.

Klunk, who scored 10 points, had eight rebounds to share game-high honors with Nyack College’s Camille Nwosu of Centreville, VA.

The Dominican men’s team, which struggled against Nyack in a previous engagement before winning by three points, this time stamped its victory in 102-77 fashion behind Porter’s 26 points and five assists.

The win elevated the Chargers’ record to 14-7 all told, and 7-6 in conference play, while Nyack remained winless including 0-13 in the conference.

Preston Smith of Mays Landing, NJ, had a team-high seven assists.

Bonnies clinch first-round bye

Junior Alaina Walker of Pomona pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds, and spearheaded another strong defensive effort as the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team overcame a 15-point deficit to defeat the University of Dayton, 56-55, in an Atlantic 10 Conference game at Dayton, OH.

Walker, a graduate of Albertus Magnus, added four points and an assist in the winning effort.

Senior Megan Van Tatenhove of Sheboygan Falls, WI, scored a game-high 17 points for the Bonnies (16-6, 8-2 A-10), who grabbed a stranglehold of the conference at 11-0 while extending a program-best 13-game winning streak that lifted its overall mark to a glittering 24-2.

The victory also clinched a first-round bye (top four teams) at the A-10 Championship next month.

The game was a match up of the league's best offense (Dayton, 72.2 points per game) and second-best defense (St. Bonaventure, 54.3 points per game) – a battle which the Bonnies won by holding Dayton to its lowest scoring output in its 10 A-10 games.

St. Bonaventure returns home to the Reilly Center to face Xavier on Saturday (Feb. 18) as part of Homecoming Weekend. The game will be broadcast nationally by CBS Sports Network and is the first game of a doubleheader with the men’s team. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. from Bob Lanier Court.

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