University of California, Los Angeles 7 Williams College 5

In a strange contest that saw just about everything, the UCLA Bruins edged the Ephmen from Williams in the final period to advance to the winner's bracket.

The game opened with the hometown team getting ejected a minute into the contest. The Bruins quickly converted the opportunity by a short-side goal from Trent Huntington. The balance of the quarter saw both teams play defense until Chris Soper turned his man at two-meters and scored to put UCLA up by two. At the beginning of the second period, Hugh Myers scored on a man-advantage to give UCLA a three-goal margin. On the next possession, Williams drew a penalty on Matt Knedel, which Will Cunningham scored to get the Ephmen on the board. Then a key play took place in the game. With 4:11 remaining in the period, UCLA took a shot which hit the outside of the net. The Bruins then had a man enter the play thinking the goal had scored. The referee called the ball out of play and ejected the player, giving Williams a man-advantage. Williams missed the opportunity and UCLA went on to win by a score of 7-5. After the game, Williams lodged a protest on the basis of a misapplication of the rules. The tournament committee met and granted the protest on the basis that Williams should have received a penalty shot, not a man-advantage. The game was then replayed from the middle of the second period with the score UCLA 3 and Williams 1. At the point of the game when the teams restarted, Williams received penalty shot, which Will Cunningham scored on a nice skip shot. Cunningham's goal and the protest gave new life to the Ephmen, bringing them to within one. Brett Marinelli continued to build their momentum, scoring to tie the contest 3-3. However, ejections continued to plague Williams, as UCLA scored on the next advantage with a goal by Andy Akers at 1:03. Brian Singleton then scored with just two seconds remaining to give the Bruins a key two-goal lead heading into the third period.

The third quarter saw both teams battling with neither able to capitalize on their opportunities, sending them into the fourth by the same score of 5-3 in favor of UCLA. Entering the fourth, UCLA opened the scoring on another ejection as Brian Singleton tallied one of his three to give the Bruins their largest lead of the game at 5:39. Alex Wentworth-Ping then answered immediately bringing them back within two on a counter goal. On the very next possession Wentworth-Ping stole the ball and drew the ejection. He then buried the shot to draw the Ephmen within one with 3:07 remaining in the game. However, Brian Singleton was not to be denied the win, even the second time around as he scored off the man advantage to give UCLA the lead with 2:37. The lead proved too much for Williams to overcome, allowing UCLA to sneak out the victory for the second time in the morning 7-5.

University of California, Los Angeles: Singleton (3), Akers, Myers, Huntington, Soper

Williams College: Cunningham (2), Wentworth-Ping (2), Marinelli

University of Arizona 12 Iowa State 2

In a game that the Wildcats won handily, last year's Player of the Year Eric Qualls scored half of his team's goals to lead them in offense. All of Qualls goals came in the first half before he retired to give others on the team an opportunity to play.

Arizona opened up a three-goal lead in the first, followed by a ten goal lead at the half, while keeping the Cyclones scoreless. Neither team scored in the third and then David Chipmen broke the stalemate tallying ISU's first goal of the game. Arizona answered back with two of their own until Dustin Tomhave finished the scoring for the day with 2:25 remaining to double the Cyclone's offensive output.

University of Arizona: Qualls (6), Dunnam (2), Seely, Shultz, Brookbank, Willis

Iowa State University: Chipman, Tomhave

Michigan State University 21 Washington University 1

Michigan State University took on Washington University in the first round match of the National Collegiate Club Championship. The Spartans jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the first two minutes of the contest. The remainder of the game was no different as they cruised to a 21-1 victory. The Spartan's Greg Jenkins led the team in scoring with four goals, followed by Dan Liebling, Jon Haga, and Evan Perry, each with three goals a piece. The lone offensive bright spot for the Bears was an impressive eight-meter shot by Senior Andrew Killips.

Michigan State University: Jenkins (4), Haga (3), Liebling (3), Perry (3), Ceo (2), King , Johnson, Wassink, Kim, Meyers, Sherdea

Washington University: Killips

Yale University 11 Colgate University 6

Yale University won a closely fought contest over Colgate on the strength of their key players, van den Berg, Williams, and Morrison. Opening up the game with a three-goal lead in the first, Morrison nailed his initial shot at 4:29. Less than thirty seconds later Colgate's Tom Noel scored to tie the game. However, the Bulldogs then went on a four-goal run that continued into the second quarter as Williams notched a pair in addition to Morrison and van den Berg. It was not until 4:18 of the second that Colgate's Hill Stoecklin scored on a man-advantage to bring the Raiders within three. That goal sparked Noel to tally his own man-advantage opportunity to draw them within two at 2:16. In a scoring sequence that seemed more like a volleyball game, Yale then tallied four in a row, taking them into the fourth period on scores by van den berg (2), Morrison, and Mittermiller, extending their lead to 9-3.This gap proved to be too much for the Raiders to overcome, as they matched goals for the remainder of the period to end 6-11.

Yale University: Morrison (4), van den Berg (3), Williams (2), Mittermiller, Rose

Colgate University: Noel (2), Figueroa, Hill, Dunlavey, Falkner

Grand Valley State University 17 Middlebury College 4

The Lakers of Grand Valley State started out with an impressive first quarter, scoring on their first possession by Chris Posthumus from two-meters. At the 1:49 mark of the quarter the Lakers built upon their lead with a fast break goal from freshman Zack Heatherman. The Panther's got on the board with two seconds remaining in the first with a quick shot from sophomore Robbie Burton. Middlebury struggled to find quality offensive opportunities as Grand Valley continued to use their zone defense effectively. This was typified by even their goalie when Kirk Kauffman made the defensive play of the game with a great penalty shot block at 6:07. The Lakers extended their lead to start the second half with two consecutive counter attack goals by Pat Lowman and leading goal scorer Zach Heatherman. Middlebury had a handful of man-advantage opportunities during the third quarter, but were unable to convert, trailing at the end of quarter by 13. Middlebury's Robbie Burton netted three goals and sophomore Andrew Herzik added one in the losing effort.

Grand Valley State University: Heatherman (4), Leskovar (3), Lowman (3), Posthumus (3), Roberts, Leedy, Swalley, Vredeveld

Middlebury College: Burton (3), Herzik

University of Texas 9 Miami University 8

One of the closest games in the first round saw Texas barely sqeak by Miami University. Miami opened the scoring with a man-advantage goal by Jeff Mammon at 5:41. Texas answered back two minutes later with a man-advantage goal of their own by Tom Andrew. Andy Rennels regained Miami's leady at 1:35 and then Garrett Smith widened the gap at :38. Texas' Mitch Halquist scored on the man-advantage with just four seconds remaining in the quarter to keep the game close at 3-2. Charlie Wood opened for the Longhorns just a minute into the quarter to knot the game at 3-3. Garrett Smith then scored on a penalty shot, only to see Texas take their first lead of the game on goals by Andrew and Wood to end the half 5-4.

Texas continued to extend their lead on goals by Mitch Halquist and Matt Kowolski until Miami's Ross McConnell scored at 3:14 to keep the Redhawks within two. Teams traded goals on scores by Halquist from Texas and Smith for Miami to finish the period 8-6.

Texas gave themselves a cushion in the fourth on a goal by Nate Drummond to extend their margin 9-6. Miami, refusing to quit battled back to come within one goal of tieing the contest as Smith scored his fourth and fifth goals of the game. The comeback fell short as the Longhorns held on to win 9-8.

Miami University: Smith (5), Cammon, Rennels, McConnell

University of Texas: Halquist (3), Andrew (2), Wood (2), Drummond, Kowolski

Florida International University 7 Penn State University 5

In an exciting battle between two great goalies, Chris Arias from Florida International led the Golden Panthers past the Nittany Lions. The game was marked by defense from the start as both goaltenders turned back some great shots to keep their teams in the mix.

The only goal scored in the first was on a penalty shot, as Chris Arias scored to give them a one-goal lead. In the second Aris continued to control the offense for his team, tallying his second at 4:29. Penn State's Pat Thompson then scored to bring the Nittany Lions within one at 3:53. However, Arias rose to meet the challenge in the next possession with a nice skip shot to give the Panthers back their two-goal margin. He extended the team's lead at :50 by scoring his fifth goal of the game from the low post on a man-advantage, to bring the score to 5-2 at the end of three.

Penn State began the fourth on a counterattack goal by Brad Hartman. Murphy then scored a cushion goal for FIU at 3:00 to restablish the margin at three. Matt Guba then came alive for Penn State, scoring a beautiful skip shot at 2:54 to close them within two. Less than a minute later he ripped one to narrow the margin to one with 2:21 remaining. FIU coach Eric Lefebvre then called a time-out to regroup his team. The break was critical as they settled down defensively and sealed the victory on a goal by Danny Perez with 1:34 to win 7-5.

Florida International University: Arias (5), Murphy, Perez

Penn State University: Hartman (2), Guba (2), Thompson

University of Oregon 21 Georgetown University 6

In the final first round game of the evening the Oregon Ducks took on the Hoyas of Georgetown. The Ducks struck first, scoring two goals in the first minute of play. The Hoyas countered with a goal by Danny Ellghazi at the 5:32 mark. Oregon then rattled off three more goals to end the first quarter 5-2. Georgetown looked to be creating positive offensive when Chuck Treece scored in the first minute of the second half. Not to be out done, the Ducks responded using their speed and agility and rattled off five unanswered goals to go up by nine. The Ducks opened the third quarter with a tremendous two-meter maneuver from Ross Bowman, who had four goals in the contest. Georgetown continued to have difficulty with Oregon's constant fast break and pressure defense as the Duck's extended their lead to 12. Ultimately, Oregon proved too strong for the Atlantic Division Champion and won going away 21-6.

University Of Oregon: Bowman (4), Welch (4), Slavich (3), Felt (3), Leach (2), Ashford (2), Schrager (2), Ellsberg

Georgetown University: Elghazi (2), Hyland (2), Behr, Treece

Middlebury College 10 Colgate University 9

In a real exciting match-up, Colgate University took on Middlebury College to determine who will advance to Sunday's games. The game was close throughout the first three quarters with no team gaining more than a one-goal advantage until late in the third period.

Opening the scoring for the quarter was Robbie Burton from Middlebury at 5:22. Colgate quickly answered with two of their own on shots by JJ Figueroa and Tom Noel. Andrew Herzik then tied the game for Middlebury at :28. Just when everyone believed the period would end, Middlebury drew an ejection with seven seconds left, scoring on a shot by Herzik as time expired to give Middlebury the 3-2 edge.

In the second quarter it took Colgate about half the period before Marc Falkner tallied one to tie the game. The remainder of the quarter went scoreless until :17 left, when Herzik worked his last second magic again by scoring to give his team an advantage heading into the half.

As the third period began, Middlebury's Burton notched one on their first possession to extend the Panthers margin to two. Hill Stoecklein came right back just 15 seconds later to cut the lead to one at 5:21. Just like he did in the first, Tom Noel came through for the Raiders by scoring a laser form the outside to tie the game at 5-5. But defense was not the emphasis for either team right now as Herzik came down the pool on their next possession to regain their edge, 6-5 at 3:29. In the next possession Colgate drew a penalty, which Noel converted to tie the game once again at 3:05. Then for the first time all game, one of the teams stepped up their defense. Middlebury proceeded to shut out the Raiders for the next few minutes, while going on a three-goal run of their own behind the scoring of Satoshi Kido and Burton part way through the fourth. The first goal scored by Kido in the run was really due to the amazing play of Herzik. As he drove into the center with the ball, Colgate's team collapsed. When everyone thought the ball was about to turn over, Herzik made a blind pass to a wide open Kido for the easy shot.

As the fourth period progressed, the Raiders faced a three-goal deficit with just 4:42 remaining. Undaunted, Colgate decided to make a game out of it as Tom Noel took control, scoring the next two goals including a shot from eight meters as he pretended to look away from the goal, catching the Middlebury goalie offguard. His offense brought the Raiders within one with 2:13 left in the game. The score stayed this way until Alex Demas scored on the man-advantage for Middlebury to take a 10-8 lead with just :46 remaining. Colgate tried to close the gap with a goal by Stoecklein, but ran out of time as Middlebury clinched a 10-9 victory.

Middlebury College: Burton (3), Herzik (3), Demas (2), Kido (2)

Colgate University: Noel (5), Stoeclein (2), Falkner, Figueroa

Miami University 15 Washington University 5

In their second game of the day Miami was determined to make a statement as they faced Washington University. Mike Schrock earned two goals in the first quarter, one of which was a well placed cross cage skip shot as the Red Hawks stormed out to a 4-0 lead to end the first period. The Bears appeared winded as Miami continued to counter attack, extending their lead to seven. Washington's Andrew Killips tried to keep it close with two consecutive cross cage goals. Unfortunately, the fire power of Senior Garrett Smith and the rest of the Red Hawks proved to be the difference maker in the game as they won handily 15-5.

Miami University: Smith (4), Mike Schrock (3), Rennels (3), Murrill (2), Keller, McConnell, Mark Schrock

Washington University: Killips(2), Young(2), Clark

Penn State University 11 Iowa State University 6

Penn State bounced back from a tough loss to Florida International by taking an early lead and controlling the contest throughout all four periods en route to an 11-6 victory over the Cyclones. Opening the scoring for the Nittany Lions was Pat Thompson at 6:16. No one else found the net until Richard Wolf from Iowa State scored at :57 to tie the contest. Thompson was not ready to head into the quarter before giving his team a lift, as he notched one with six seconds remaining to give the Lions a slight edge heading into the second quarter.

During the second period, Penn State widened their margin on goals by Chris Gleiditsch, Adam Filer, and Thompson, while Iowa State did their best to keep within reach on goals by Jake Nickel and Wolf.

The Third quarter was all Penn State, as they shut out the Cyclones and scored four more goals of their own. Ed Silverman was a key to this defensive effort once again in goal, stopping everything the Cyclones shot. Contributing to the offense were Rob Thomas (2), Brad Hartman, and Thompson. Although Iowa State scored two in the beginning of the fourth, the deficit was too big to overcome, as both teams traded offense in the latter part of the quarter to finish 11-6 in favor of Penn State.

Penn State University: Thompson (4); Thomas (3), Hartman (2), Gleditsch, Guba

Iowa Sate University: Nickel (2), Wolf (2), Tomhave, Kjolsing

Williams College 14 Georgetown University 3

Williams came out strong in their second game of the day, looking to make a statement after a close loss to UCLA in their first game. The Purple Cows outscored the opposition 5-0 in the first quarter behind the strong play of Alex Wentworth-Ping, who notched three goals. The Hoyas bounced back with a goal from Danny Elghazi and Mike Conner to bring the score within seven to end the first half. Williams used their superior conditioning to wear down the Hoyas as they stretched their lead to eleven and cruised to a 14-3 victory.

Williams College: Wentworth-Ping (4), Cunningham (3), Felker (2), Doernberger (2), Lebovitz, Daub, Marinelli

Georgetown University: Elghazi, Behr, Connor

University of California, Los Angeles 10 University of Oregon 3

In the first game Saturday of the Collegiate Club National Championship, the Bruins of UCLA took on the Ducks of Oregon. The Bruins were determined to get off to a quick start after a sluggish game against Williams in the first round. Both teams were extremely focused, with the winner gaining the chance to play in the semi finals at night.

Opening the scoring for the Bruins were Brian Singleton and Matt Knedel, each of whome scored a goal in the first two minutes of the game to give UCLA a 2-0 lead. Oregon's Mark Welsch then scored at the 2:22 mark with strong outside shot to cut the lead by one entering the second quarter.

Oregon responded early in the second with a goal by Matt Sillaman, to which UCLA quickly answered with three unanswered goals to push their lead to three.

The third quarter proved to be the difference in the game, as the Bruins played tough defense and held their opponent scoreless. On the other end, UCLA tallied two of their own on goals including one by Andy Akers at 1:38 off a fast break. The other occurred off a well placed lob shot by Chris Sherman with only :04 remaining to extend the the UCLA lead to five.

The Ducks struggled to create quality offensive possessions all morning and found themselves in a difficult position attempting to overcome five goals. Although they were able to score once, they were not in a position to make up the deficit, with UCLA runing away with the victory by the score of 10-3.

UCLA: Kamaguchi (3), Akers, Singleton, Knedel, Huntington, Alexander, Sherman, Soper

Univeristy of Oregon: Welsch (2), Sillaman

Grand Valley State University 8 Yale University 7 OT

In the first overtime game of the tournament, Grand Valley State University edged out the Bulldogs by a score of 8-7 in overtime.

As the game unfolded it looked like the van den Berg and Lowman show. Chris van den Berg from Yale scored the first two from Yale, with Pat Lowman from Grand Valley answering with a pair of his own to keep the game tied at 2-2 halfway into the second period. Both players are dominant forces a two-meters, with all of their goals scored off shots from set.

As the game advanced in the second, Jason George entered the offense with 2:32 to play on a nice shot. Matt Leskovar scored on the man-advantage to bring the Lakers even with :21 remaining, only to see van den Berg notch one with :02 left in the period to give Yale a one-goal lead.

In the third, van den Berg continued his offensive clinic by scoring his fourth goal of the game at 4:01. Lowman, not to be outdone came back and converted on the man-advantage two minutes later, followed by a beautiful shot from Craig Hoogerwerf to tie the contest.

The fourth quarter was a defensive battle with the only two scores coming within 16 seconds of one another as Yale's David Williams scored first and then was answered by Chris Posthumus immediately afterwards, sending the game into overtime.

In the first extra period Leskovar gave the Lakers their first lead of the game at :28. Yale retaliated at 2:24 in the second overtime period on a man-advantage goal. Then with time running out the Lakers drew an advantage at :35. Still with the hot hand, Leskovar buried his shot to give Grand Valley the win, 8-7.