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TIGERS SPLIT PAIR OVER WEEKEND

The Tigers dropped a 16-7 decision to the Hempfield Black Knights of District 3 on Saturday afternoon on the first day of a two-day trip to central and eastern Pennsylvania.    Junior attack Michael Wiese scored four goals with junior attack Ryan Worsena adding a goal and three assists.  On Sunday, NA defeated Archbishop Wood, 18-8, in Philadelphia to come home with a 1-1 record on the trip.  In the second game, Worsena led NA with six goals and five assists with Wiese adding four goals, senior John Maus three, and junior Michael Eck two goals and two assists. 

Against Hempfield on Saturday afternoon, the Tigers fell behind 8-2 after one quarter and were not in the game from that point.  Junior attack Ryan Worsena got NA on the board first but Hempfield answered with three straight goals.  After junior attack Dan Wiese scored for the Tigers to cut the margin to 3-2, the Black Knights put five straight on the board to take the 8-2 lead into the second quarter.  After Hempfield made it 9-2 just 1:01 into the second quarter, Wiese scored again on a man up advantage to cut the lead to 9-3.  The home team came back with three more before halftime to take a 12-3 lead to the intermission.  The Black Knights did not let up in the third quarter with three more goals added to their total as Hempfield took a 15-3 lead into the final period.  After another Black Knight score just a minute into the final stanza to make it 16-3, the Tigers scored the final four goals of the game.  Senior David Lancia scored with 6:50 remaining on an assist from Worsena.  Wiese put in his third and fourth of the contest to cut the margin to 16-6 with 2:35 left.  A final goal by Michael Eck finished the scoring as the Black Knights captured a 16-7 win.

On Sunday morning, the Tigers took the early lead with Eck scoring on an assist by Bill Kelleher to give NA a 1-0 lead with 5:29 remaining in the quarter.  Worsena made it 2-0 late in the period, but the home team answered with a goal with just 44 seconds remaining to cut the NA lead to 2-1 after one quarter.  The Tigers pulled away in the second quarter scoring the first four goals of the period.  Lancia, sophomore Jared Yon, senior John Maus and Worsena all tallied goals as NA increased the margin to 6-1.  After Wood scored, Worsena answered with Lancia picking up the assist to increase the margin to 7-2.  The home team came back to score a pair and cut the lead to 7-4 with 3:23 left in the half.  Fourteen seconds later, Maus scored on a Worsena assist to make it an 8-4 game.  Wood added one more before halftime, but the Tigers took an 8-5 advantage to the intermission.

Maus opened the third quarter scoring just 35 seconds into the period.  After Wood came back to cut the lead to 9-6, the Tigers put the game away with five straight tallies.  Wiese, Worsena, Lancia, Worsena again, and Wiese again all hit the twine as the NA lead went to 14-6.  The home team finally stopped the run with a goal with 2:02 left.  Wiese answered with his third of the game with 1:06 remaining.  The Tigers added two more quick goals as Eck and Wiese scored to give the Tigers a 17-7 lead going into the final stanza.  In the fourth quarter, Wood picked up a goal with a man up.  Worsena finished the NA scoring with his sixth of the game as the Tigers completed the road trip on a high note with the 18-8 victory.

The two games brought the overall NA record to 4-4 on the season.  The Tigers will host Central Catholic on Wednesday night as section play resumes.  The North Allegheny Sports Network will be there to broadcast the game LIVE on the internet beginning with the pre-game show at 7:15 pm.  Game time is scheduled for 7:30 pm.

GAME SUMMARY
HEMPFIELD - 16  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 7

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GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 18  ARCHBISHOP WOOD - 8

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ECK'S LAST SECOND GOAL BEATS BUTLER, 15-14

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Junior attack Michael Eck scored with less than a second remaining to give the Tigers an exciting 15-14 victory over previously unbeaten Butler at Newman Stadium on Friday night.  Junior attack Ryan Worsena led NA with five goals and three assists with Eck adding four goals and Dan Wiese three for the winning Tigers.  Butler had tied the score with 15 seconds left in the game.

Butler started quickly at the thirty second mark with Tyler Kotch scoring after a long run down the middle of the field.  Wiese answered after taking a pass from Eck to tie the game just 1:28 into the contest.  Cody Conklin put the Tornado ahead, 2-1, with a goal from 12 yards away.  Once again the Tigers came back to tie the score as senior David Lancia scored from in front of the goal off a pass from sophomore Jared Yon.  Kotch came back with 5:28 remaining in the quarter to score his second goal on a bounce shot from 15 yards out.  Again, the Tigers responded with Wiese scoring from in front of the net after taking a pass from Worsena with 4:38 left.  Kotch notched his third of the game with Cole Harvey assisting as the Tornado took a 4-3 lead after one quarter.

Kotch needed only 16 seconds to give Butler a two-goal lead as he converted from long range.  Conklin made it a 6-3 game when he knocked the ball away from junior goalie Anthony Ferraro and into the goal.  Ferraro got the start with NA starting goalie Dan Williamson out with illness.   After an NA time out, the Tigers scored three goals in 2:32 to tie the game.  Senior John Maus bounced one in from 15 yards away to cut the margin to 6-4.  Worsena followed with his first goal on an assist from senior Dane Bralich to make it a 6-5 game.  Eck tied the game on a pass from Worsena with 4:42 remaining in the half.  The Tornado came back to take the lead on a tally by Zach Harrison with just 1:19 remaining.  Butler took a 7-6 advantage to the intermission.

In the third quarter, Kotch struck again at the beginning of a period needing 30 seconds to score after he won the face off, raced down the left side and cut across the middle to score and make it 8-6.  Once again, the Tigers rallied to tie the game.  Eck scored his second from 12  yards out on the left side just a minute later.  Wiese completed the hat trick with his third of the game on a feed from Bralich with 8:53 left in the quarter to tie the game at 8-8.  Kotch continued to baffle the Tiger defense as he sent home his sixth of the game with 6:47 left to put the Tornado back ahead by one.   Three minutes later, Cody Bachman scored on an assist from Harrison to extend the margin to 10-8.  NA continued to battle back, however, and tied the game again before the end of the period.  Worsena got his second with Bralich assisting with 3:01 remaining.   With just 35.5 on the third quarter clock, Yon scored off a Worsena assist to tie the game at 10-10.  The teams went to the final stanza even.

Once again, Butler scored first in a quarter but this time it was Cole Harvey with a long attempt that hit the net to give the Tornado an 11-10 lead at the 3:08 mark of the period.  Just nine seconds later, Worsena came back with his third of the game to tie the score at 11-11.  Senior Alex Mesoras won the face off cleanly, raced down field, and fed Worsena in front of the net for the equalizer.  Eck gave NA their first lead of the game with his third goal with Worsena picking up another assist as the Tigers took a 12-11 lead with 7:38 remaining in the game.  Worsena made a great move coming out from behind the net to beat Butler goalie Alex Hill and extend the lead to 13-11 with 6:51 left.  After a Butler time out, the Tornado rallied to tie the game once again.  Conklin's third from in front of the game and Kotch's seventh on a man-up advantage brought Butler even at 13-13 with 4:28 left.  One minute later, Worsena tallied his fifth of the game on an assist from Bralich to put NA back on top, 14-13.  After a Butler time out with 25.8 remaining, Kotch tied the game again at 14-14 with just 15.5 left.  On the ensuing face off, Mesoras again won the draw and sent a pass to Maus who raced down the left sideline.  The Tiger senior found Eck open in front of the goal and he converted with just .5 left on the clock.  Eck's fourth goal was the difference as time ran out on the Tornado with NA taking the 15-14 victory.

The Tigers had the edge statistically as well outshooting the Tornado, 41-34.  NA had a large edge in ground balls, 25-12, and forced errors, 20-11.  Senior Alex Mesoras won the face off battle winning 23 of 33 including a majority of wins in the fourth quarter.  NA was 1 of three in man up situations and allowed Butler one in two chances.  For his efforts on the offensive end, the North Allegheny Sports Network named Ryan Worsena as the Player of the Game.

With the win, the NA overall record improved to 3-3 on the season.  The Tigers will travel to central Pennsylvania this afternoon to meet District 3 Hempfield.  Tomorrow morning, NA will face Archbishop Wood in Philadelphia with the starting time set for 11:00 am.

GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 15  BUTLER - 14

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HAMPTON HAMMERS TIGERS, 18-8

The Hampton Talbots pulled away from the Tigers in the fourth quarter to take an 18-8 victory over NA at Newman Stadium on Wednesday night.  Junior attack Ryan Worsena scored three goals and recorded two assists to pace NA while senior John Maus added a pair of goals for the Tigers.

Worsena got the Tigers off to a good start with a pair of goals with junior Dan Wiese picking up an assist on the second at the 8:31 mark.  Hampton answered with three straight tallies to take a 3-2 lead after one quarter of play.  In the second quarter, Worsena tied the game with an assist to junior Michael Eck.  After Hampton scored again, Wiese made it a 4-4 game with Worsena earning the assist at the 6:52 mark.  Four goals were scored in the final 2:53 of the half.  After Hampton took a one-goal lead again, senior David Lancia tied the game on an assist from sophomore Jared Yon.  Hampton again answered but Maus got the equalizer with just five seconds remaining as the teams went to the intermission in a 6-6 tie.

The Talbots scored the first two goals of the third quarter to regain the lead at 8-6, but Maus came back with his second of the game with 5:32 remaining to cut the margin to 8-7.  It began to look like it was the Talbots' night as the added two more goals before the end of the period to take a 10-7 lead into the fourth quarter.  The final quarter belonged to Hampton as they outscored NA, 8-1, with the only Tiger tally coming from junior Bill Kelleher on an assist from Worsena.  The Talbots scored the final four goals of the game on their way to the 18-8 victory.

The statistics also favored the Talbots as they outshot NA by a 48-27 margin.  The Tigers matched Hampton in the other stats with 34 ground balls to the Talbots' 30 and a 14-15-1 mark in faceoffs.  NA was 1 of 1 in man up chances while killing off three man down Hampton attempts.  NA forced 19 errors while Hampton forced 16 NA miscues

The loss dropped the overall NA record to 2-3 on the season.  The Tigers will host Butler tomorrow night at Newman Stadium in a non-section contest.  The North Allegheny Sports Network will be there to broadcast the game LIVE on the internet beginning with the pre-game show at 7:15 pm.  Game time is scheduled for 7:30 pm.

GAME SUMMARY
HAMPTON - 18  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 8

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UPPER ST. CLAIR FALLS TO TIGERS, 12-5

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The Tigers evened their overall record at 2-2 with a 12-5 victory over Upper St. Clair at Newman Stadium on Friday night.  Junior attack Dan Wiese led NA with seven goals with junior attack Michael Eck adding three goals and three assists.  Junior attack Ryan Worsena scored a goal and recorded six assists while junior Jared Yon added a goal and an assist.

The Tigers took a 3-0 lead after one quarter and added three more in the second for a 6-0 advantage at the intermission.  Both teams scored four goals in the third quarter as the score went to 10-4.  NA posted two goals to one for the Panthers in the final stanza as the Tigers went on to the 12-5 victory.

Once again, NA dominated the statistics outshooting USC, 38-27, in the game.  The Tigers gathered in 32 ground balls to 23 for the Panthers.  USC had the edge in forced errors, 17-14, while the clears were even with NA successful in 21 of 23 while USC had 20 of 24+.  The Panthers won the face off battle, 12-9.

SCORE BY QUARTERS
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 12  UPPER ST. CLAIR - 5

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SEWICKLEY ACADEMY EDGES TIGERS, 11-9

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The Tigers dropped their first section game of the season as they were defeated at Sewickley Academy, 11-9, on Wednesday afternoon.  Junior attack players Michael Eck and Ryan Worsena led NA with three goals each while sophomore Jared Yon scored twice and junior Dan Wiese once for the Tigers.  Eck, Worsena, and Wiese all picked up assists.

After a 1-1 tie after one quarter, the Panthers built a 6-1 lead at halftime.  After extending the margin to 10-4 after three quarters, the Tigers rallied in the fourth period, outscoring SA, 5-1, but falling short by two in the 11-9 loss.

NA had a statistical edge outshooting SA by a 43-27 margin.  In ground balls, the Tigers were ahead, 39-23, and NA forced 35 Panther errors to just 12 for SA.  NA cleared 9 of 14+attempts while SA clear 20 of 24+.  In man up goals, the Tigers were 2 of 10 (20.0%) while the Panthers converted 3 of 5 (60.0%).

The loss gave NA a 1-1 record in section play, a 1-2 mark overall.  The Tigers will host Upper St. Clair tonight at Newman Stadium in a non-section contest.  The starting time is scheduled for 7:30 pm.

SCORE BY QUARTERS
SEWICKLEY ACADEMY - 11  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 9

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TIGERS HOLD OFF SHADY SIDE, 11-10, IN SECTION OPENER

by Mike Wiese

Junior Ryan Worsena scored four goals and added an assist to lead the Tigers to an exciting 11-10 victory over Shady Side Academy in the section opener at Newman Stadium on Thursday night.  Senior Dane Bralich added three goals and senior David Lancia two as NA held off a late SSA rally to secure the victory.  Junior Mike Eck recorded a goal and three assists to aid the NA cause.

NA's first home game for the 2010 Season was a nail biter to the very end. Could not have been a more perfect evening for Lacrosse in Western Pa with a game time temp of 74 degrees.  Shady Side scored first with with a goal at 11:03 on the clock. It took until 7:47 on the clock when Worsena fed s Bralich a beautiful pass that tied the game at 1. With 6:30 left in the first Eck scored his first of the night. Senior Casey Sisko was fed a great pass in front of the goal by Eck with 3:55 left in first. Just 13 seconds later at 3:42 Shady Side's Zak Meyers scored their second. Then again with 1:01 former NA player, now with Shady Side, Matt Viehe scored their 3rd and we were tied at 3.

Out of the gun with 11:46 on the clock in the second Lancia was fed a pass by Eck to score Sixteen seconds later at 11:30 The Indians responded to tie it at four.   Shady Side took the lead with 8 minutes left in the second with an unassisted goal by Ben Cohen.   With 3:20 left in 2nd Worsena was fed a pass by sophomore Jared Yon to tie it at 5.   Twenty seconds later to take the lead Worsena was fed by John Maus.   Then with just 5 seconds left in the half,  Bralich had a tremendous unassisted goal and the Tigers entered the locker room with a 7-5 lead at half.

The third quarter was a little quiet with Paul Waxler scoring for Shady Side at 10:26.   With 6:59 left Worsena scored the 8th NA goal unassisted.   The Tigers led, 8-6, after three quarters of play.

The fourth got started quickly with Bralich scoring with an assist from Eck at 11;27. Shady Side's Ben Cohen scored an unassisted goal at 8:38.   Lancia answered at 7:12 unassisted, but Shady  Side came right back at 6:37.   They then scored again at 6:23.   It was now a 10-9 NA lead.   At 3:44 NA's Worsena scored the Tigers' 11th goal with an assist to Maus. The Indians brought it to within one with a goal at the 1 minute mark. The Tigers got possession at the face off and kept the lead to a final score of 11-10.

The win gave NA a 1-0 section record and evened their overall mark at 1-1.  The Tigers will continue section play next Wednesday when they travel to Sewickley Academy for a 4:30 pm contest.

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GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 11  SHADY SIDE ACADEMY - 10

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LEBO TOPS TIGERS, 10-6, IN SEASON OPENER

The Tigers traveled to Mt. Lebanon on Monday night and were defeated by the Blue Devils, 10-6, in the 2010 season opener.  Junior attack Ryan Worsena and junior attack Dan Wiese scored two goals each as NA rallied to cut the lead to one in the third quarter.  Worsena finished with two goals and two assists while Wiese totaled two goals and an assist.

Mt. Lebanon took an early lead with three first quarter goals with the third coming with just two seconds left in the period.  In the second quarter, Worsena got NA on the board on an assist from Lloyd Carmack.  The teams went to the intermission with Lebo holding a 3-1 advantage.

In the third quarter, the Blue Devils again scored three consecutive goals to take a 6-1 lead with 5:40 remaining.  The Tigers then rallied to get back in the game.  Worsena picked up his second of the game on an assist from Wiese to cut the lead to 6-2.  Twenty-four seconds later, it was Wiese scoring with Worsena earning the assist to cut the margin to 6-3.  With 1:08 left, Mike Eck brought NA to within two at 6-4.  Finally with just 17 seconds left, Wiese tallied his second of the game on an assist from Worsena as the Tigers trailed by only one, 6-5, after three quarters of play.

In the fourth quarter, Mt. Lebanon answered with another three-goal outburst to take a 9-5 lead with 7:04 left in the game.  John Maus brought NA closer with a goal at the 6:48 mark.  The Blue Devils scored again with 6:22 left to regain the four-goal advantage.  Lebo was able to hold on and take the 10-6 victory.

With the loss, NA stands at 0-1 as they get ready for section play on Thursday.  The Tigers will host Shady Side Academy on Thursday night at Newman Stadium as section play begins.  The starting time is set for 7:30 pm.

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(Thanks to Mike Wiese for the information in this report!)

GAME SUMMARY
MT. LEBANON - 10  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 6

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Any questions or comments should be directed to Athletic Director Bob Bozzuto at:  bbozzuto@northallegheny.org