MIDS FALL AGAIN TO DREXEL, 5-2, ON SATURDAY;
WILL HOST RHODE ISLAND THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
 
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Saturday, October 20, 2007) -- For the second time in less than 24 hours, Navy's ice hockey team fell behind 2-0 in the first period to Drexel and could not recover, falling to the Dragons 5-2 in an Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) clash Saturday afternoon at the class of '23 rink in downtown Philadelphia.
 
The Midshipmen dropped to 5-4 overall this season and 0-4 in the ESCHL with the defeat, while Drexel improved to 3-5 overall and 2-2 in the league.  Navy is now idle until this Friday night, Oct. 26, when the Midshipmen host the University of Rhode Island (URI) at 7:35 p.m. at the McMullen Hockey Arena.
 
Just as they did Friday night in Annapolis, Drexel's Dragons took a 2-0 lead in the first period Saturday afternoon, thanks to an even strength goal from Bruno Petrillo at 10:41 and a power play tally from Matthew Mansur at 14:55.
 
In the second stanza, Navy trimmed its deficit to 2-1 with a Matt Swezey power play goal at 17:05, assists going to sophomore Patrick Heitman and junior Jon Westerman.  It was Heitman's first point in his Navy career thus far.  But the Dragons regained their two-goal margin before the period ended with Mansur's second goal of the day, coming with just 47 seconds left to go in the middle stanza.
 
Drexel extended its lead to 4-1 mideay through the third period thanks to Alex Cohen's even strength tally at 9:36, but the Midshipmen closed to within 4-2 when senior Nick Schwob registered a power play goal at the 14:43 mark, with classmates Donnie Horner and Adam Shields assisting.
 
The Dragons closed out the day's scoring with a 5-on-3 power play goal off the stick of Andrew Lawrie at the 18:17 mark to account for their final 5-2 margin of victory in the highly physical contest.
 
Sophomore Navy netminder Eric Anderson finished with 27 saves, while Drexel goaltender Alex Gredysa was credited with 50 stops, as the Midshipmen outshot the Dragons by a wide margin for the second consecutive game, 52-32.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
 
NAVY        0  1  1 - 2
Drexel       2  1  2 - 5
 
First Period
D - Petrillo (Allen-Sandoz) 10:41
D - Mansur (Sarnatora, Cohen) 14:55  PP
 
Second Period
N - Swezey (Heitman, Westerman) 17:05  PP
D - Mansur (Lawrie, Buklarewicz) 19:13
 
Third Period
D - Cohen (Buklarewicz) 9:36
N - Schwob (Horner, Shields) 14:43  PP
D- Lawrie Sarnatora, Cohen) 1:43  PP
 
 
SAVES
Anderson (NAVY)     10    5   12 - 27
Gredysa (Drexel)      17  12   21 - 50
 
SHOTS
NAVY                     17  13  22 - 52
Drexel                    12    6  14 - 32
 
(Game report filed by Jim and Lindsey Guiberson)