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Northport out in semis | Football team edged out by 9-0 Floyd BY ROBERT LEUNER Undefeated Wulham Hloyd <9 0. remained so as the Cotomats edged out visiting fourth seceded Northport 24 6 in a Division | football semifinal last Saturday- Waltham Movd will take on Brentwood a 44 3C winner over t ongwoand this Saturday in the Suffolk we didn't feel like we were heavy underdogs.\ Northport coach Kip I ukralle said \Going in we felt good \ But a tumble early in the game followed by -: the loss of All County quarterback Max Bartig - left the Tigers with too much to overcome. Bartug left the game - County <champronshp game. whih will be 'We had played therm early in scrambling for yardage. played at Stony Brook & & As the All-County | L m versity the year and we didn't feel IIK@ was going The Colomals we were heavy underdogs. down. two Colonial who Northport had Going in we felt gOOd a defenders hit Bartig, | played earher in the yeas, resulting in a 27 7 loss - jumped out to a 10-0 halftime lead - NORTHPORT COACH KIP LUKRALLE ang when he was caught from behind while | chipping three tecth tongue. behind a first-quarter field goal and a 34-yard scoring stike from Terry Stoner to Brendon Oresto and never looked back The Colomals added 14 points in the third quarter on a one-yard touchdown plunge by Casey Terruso and a 64-yard run by sophomore standout Brock Jackolski Northport's lone score came in the fourth quar ter on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Chns were the turning point,\ said Lukralle. ly. Deep down I think both the coaches and the players felt that this was going to be tough. Although we battled to the end, the obstacles were too great.\ Nonhport finishes the season with a 5-4 record. \We faced a tremendous amount of adversity throughout the year,\ said Lukralle. lacerating his | \Those two plays | \Both physically and emotional- | Norton to Craig Dowd. \\We had played them early in the year and Photo by Nino Ruisi \For this team to make the playoffs and win a Northport fullback Brian Haber goes up the middle in an earlier game during the season against Brentwood. Big Four championship is great.\ Men's soccer wins first Amerlca East tltle BY JOHN WESTERMANN Last Wednesday might the Stony Brook University men's soccer team played the biggest game in their history against thea closest mnval the University ai \ibanv Phe Seawolves H 4 4 hosted the Amenca East Conference sermifinal round game at LaValle Stadium before an audsence of over 500 hearty souls who braved constant wind and rain After a scoreless first half. Stony Brouvk drew first blood at 62 36 when Adam Ciklhc scored on assists from Michael Palacio and Douglas Narvaez The Albany goal came on near coll son in the box between John Moschella and Yan Gbolo. The game winner was scored in overtime by senior All-Conference for- ward Chris Megaloudis off a corner On a Binghamton comer kick in the first overtime period, Stony Brook's Mark. Zagkowrski and Rob Fucci-combine to kick from Tamer Mohamed The goal broke a long drought for the usually double-teamed Megaloudis. Senior goalkeeper John Moschella made seven saves for the Seawolves The victory wus the 12th for the Scawolves. the most ever in a single season \This has been a wonderful year for everyone involved and now we're playing for an NCAA bid in only the second year of our program,\ Stony Brook coach Cesar Markovic said. \My players and I sense the excitement growing on campus, people wishing us luck. Saturday night we are playing for everyone at Stony Brook University. We're playing for our fans, the parents, the students, and the professors.\ That Saturday was an incredible day at - Ken LaValle Stadium. After the Stony - Brook football team clinched a share of ible comeback win, the men's soccer team took the field in the nightcap with the chance to make school history. A win inthe America East Conference final over the Binghamton Bearcats would propel Stony Brook into the NCAA tournament. Binghamton has played for the con- ference championship the last three years The weather that Saturday night was windy but dry, the lively crowd in excess of a thousand, most wearing red. Stony Brook gave EJ Xikis his first stan in goal since October 19, a switch from the semifinal \I was not going to let us lose.\ Kikis sard after \ the game Xikis made four saves for Stony Brook. Binghamtion's Ryan Berion: made two saves. Binghamton ° came out, strong. and ~ struck first, on a header from Kyle Antos . off an assist by Adam Chavez. The Scarpati then scored on his kick to give the Seawolves: the America East title. Seawolves responded with physical play. Soon the yellow cards were flying. \Binghamton came out and disrupted our thythm,\ Markovic said. \But we kept plugging away.\ Megaloudis broke out of a scoring drought with his overtime goal against Albany carlier in the week. Once again, he drew the bulk of the defensive atten- tion from the opponent, but managed to free himself again for a game-changing goal -- just when it mattered most Michael Palacio fired a direct kick that found Mcgaloudis near the goal and Megaloudis put his team into overtime. -_ There were several close calls and near disasters-in both overtimes --as when mered a shot off the left post- but a 4-2 advantage in penalty kicks 'made the Seawolves the winners and the happy Stony Brook students rushed the field. Megaloudis was unconcerned with the change in goal as the team entered the rar- ified territory of the NCAA tournament. \We have two great on this team.\ he said. \Whoever is in there. we know he can do the job. Maybe it's because I'm a senior, but 1don't want to lose and I don't want tostop playing. \ In a postgamc ceremony at midfield Megaloudis and Douglas Narvaez were named to the All-Tournament team Narvaez: was also named the Most cartier the rctiring football coach had made: his moving-and thrilling: farewell - Mardcovic held aloft the America East conference trophy and the Stony Brook subsumedthenwoval o I the NEC Conference title with an incred- mammmmmmwmmmfism
