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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. - No. 5 Davenport will meet No. 4 Briarcliffe College in the quarterfinals of the 2011 MCLA D2 National Tournament on Wednesday, May 18 at 12:00 pm EST. The two teams each won their opening round games in convincing fashion on Tuesday afternoon at the Dicks Sporting Goods Park. Live video and stats will be provided.
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Day: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tipoff: 12:00pm EST
Location: Commerce City, Colo. – Dick's Sporting Good Stadium
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The Opponent: #4 Briarcliffe
The Bulldogs posted a perfect record, and defeated the Coast Guard Academy in the PCLL finals to earn a spot in the2011 MCLA D2 National Tournament.
The meeting is the second time this season as the Bulldogs posted a 10-7 win over Davenport back on March 27. That game was played at Briarcliffe and was part of a 2-game trip for the Panthers where they also defeated Grove City College.
Briarcliffe opened their national tournament with a convincing 21-14 win over Hope College while Davenport cruised to an easy 23-9 win over Utah Valley. Wednesday's game will feature some highly anticipated offensive players that are in the tournament as BC has three players that have put up 50 or more points during the regular season.
Leading the way is senior Matt Karp as he leads the team with 35 goals to go along with 15 assists. Second on the team in scoring is freshman Jonathon Trama who has 50 points as well (30 goals and 20 assists) and third is Jonathon Bonacore with 53 points. Each of the three had two goals and one assist when they two teams played in late March.
Kevin Collica will most likely get the start in net for BC as the junior got the win against DU by posting 12 saves and allowing only 7 goals. Collica has a GAA of 3.375 and has 82 saves on the year.
Briarcliffe as a team is great on defense as they have given up 10 goals or more only three times thus far which includes the 14 that CCLA foe Hope College put up against them in the opening round here in Denver.
The Series: Briarcliffe leads 1-0 (10-7 win on March 27, 2011)
MCLA National Tournament History for DU: Davenport is making its third straight appearance at the National Tournament and boasts a record of 3-2...The Panthers have made the last two Final Four's in Denver...DU's wins all-time include Emory in 2009 and Western Washington and Grand Valley in 2010...Both of Davenport's losses have come to the eventual national champion St. Thomas (Minn.)...Davenport has been outscored 45-58 in their five tournament games all-time
2011 Post-Season Quick Facts: Davenport won the CCLA North Division Title going a perfect 3-0..DU's only loss in conference play was a setback to No. 1 ranked Grand Valley State...DU has a record of 8-5 vs. teams ranked in the MCLA Top 25 Poll...Panthers have faced seven of the 16 teams at the MCLA D2 National Tournament...Six players were named to the All-CCLA 1st Team: Tadas Anuzis, Mac Ganzak. Adam Bowers, Kyle Anguilm and Cody Cross as well as the defensive player of the year in Zach Higgins...DU has three players that have scored at least 70 points, Jordan Richtsmeier (86), Dominic Boggiano (80) and Shawn Beer (70)
