By Michael Battista / @MichaelB_96

Last weekend in The Colonial saw the final undefeated team fall in conference play. The College of New Jersey had a chance last Saturday to make-ground against the University of Pennsylvania but instead the Lions were awarded their first loss of the year against the Quakers who remain in second place. Elsewhere, NJIT put up a fight against the University of Scranton and Monmouth lit the red lamp 11 times.

In the third ACHA Southeast Rankings released on Wednesday, the University of Pennsylvania is inching closer to the Top 10 after it’s impressive win last weekend. The ranked teams are:

UPenn - 11th

Rutgers - 23rd

Scranton - 24th

Millersville - 27th

Seton Hall - 28th

NJIT - 29th

 

*Note: TCNJ, West Chester, Princeton, and Monmouth will be officially ranked in the coming weeks.

 

Now, here’s the full weekend recap:

 

Friday, November 14

Scranton Royals vs NJIT Highlanders (3-2)

The University of Scranton and New Jersey Institute of Technology may be on different ends of the CSCHC standings, but the Highlanders pushed the Royals for 60 minutes in Newark on Friday night. The only game that evening saw Scranton lose the lead two times before Peter Cassidy scored the game winner halfway through the third period.

The Highlanders have yet to record a victory over Scranton in CSCHC era as they are 0-7-1 against them since 2016-2017 season.

NJIT goalie Matthew Altomare played an extraordinary game saving 40 of the 43 shots the Royals put against him. He only allowed one goal in each of the three periods. John Foster scored with a little under eight minutes to go in the first period while Ryan Fitzmaurice found John Forlenza Ii midway through the second period to give the visitors a second lead. 

The Highlanders fought hard and tied the game on two separate occasions. As both teams were playing 4v4, Dalton Smith scored NJIT’s first off assists from James Lyle and Michael Caufield. The offense returned for the home team in the third period when Matthew Sendecki tied the game a 2 each early on. 

Despite the loss, coach Robert McMorrow praised his team’s effort especially in-goal. So far this season, Altomare has been challenged by Scranton over one hundred times and has made 106 saves on 113 shots.

Other Scores

Friday, Nov. 14

Monmouth University vs University of Pennsylvania (CSCHC Game)

Cancelled

 

Millersville University (1) vs Princeton University (0) (CSCHC Game)

Forfeit

 

Saturday, Nov. 15

The College of New Jersey (3) vs University of Pennsylvania (5) (CSCHC Game)

            TCNJ Goals:

            1) Travis Beni (Andrew Summa, Sean Leonard)

            2) Kristopher Hastings (Travis Beni)

            3) Dan Martin (Kristopher Hastings, Anthony DeAlto)

           

UPenn Goals:

            1) Brett Rahbany (Matthew Keller, Alex Beckert)

            2) Alex Beckert (Alan Burd, Brett Rahbany)

            3) Will Torgerson (PP) (Jonas Toupal, Brett Rahbany)

            4) Robert Blend (SH) (Brett Rahbany)

5) Robert Blend (2) (Tyler Mcgoldrick)

 

Monmouth University (11) vs Princeton University (2) (CSCHC Game)

            Monmouth Goals: *Goals not in chronological order

            1) Richie Sabbagh

            2) Richie Sabbagh (2)

            3) Richie Sabbagh (3)

            4) Donny Califano

            5) Donny Califano (2)

6) Todd Zellers

            7) Tom Ashmore

            8) Rob Goehring

            9) Joe Scanlon

            10) Nick Smythe

11) ?????

 

            Princeton Goals:

            - Not Reported

 

Rowan University (8) vs University of Scranton (4)

Scranton Goals:

            1) Kieran Regen

            2) John Forlenza Ii (Ryan Fitzmaurice)

            3) John Forlenza Ii (2) (PP) (Ryan Fitzmaurice)

            4) John Forlenza Ii (3) (PP) (Matthew Piro, Kieran Gruby)

 

New Jersey Institute of Technology (2) vs Millersville University (5) (CSCHC Game)

            NJIT Goals:

            1) Michael Caufield (James Lyle, Joseph Cudia)

            2) Michael Caufield (2) (PP) (Matthew Sendecki, Dalton Smith)

 

            Millersville Goals:

            1) Dennis Kohajda (Nikilas Latronica)

            2) Pat McAteer (SH) (Garret Baldacci)

            3) Dennis Kohajda (2) (Jack Dreisbach, Curtis Jones)

            4) David Andrews (Tyler Browne)

            5) Pat McAteer (2) (PP) (David Andrews)