Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/24/12

Chris Goldberg is here at the Inter-Ac Invitational at Cabrini College. Top-seeded Haverford School (21-1) is playing second-0seeded Episcopal Academy (17-5) for the championship before a capacity crowd of over 1,000 people.

The weather is perfect and the atmosphere is awesome as the Fords try to win their fiourth Inter-Ac Invitational crown in four years. They defeated EA two years ago in a thriller and last year edged Malvern Prep, 5-4, with two goals in the final 36 seconds to earn a national championship. This year the Fords are ranked No. 2 in the nation in every national poll and could win another national crown with a win and a Garden City loss down the road.

1st Period

Jon Garino win opening FO for EA, but Fords regain possession quickly

HS – Henry Blynn puts in a lefthander past Henry Coote from Zach Rego, 10:06 – Fords up 1-0
HS – Will Gural wins FO for Haverford
HS – Blynn again in tight from James Chakeym 9:53 – 2-0 Fords
HS – Timmy Brooks drills one past Coote, unassisted, 8:15 – Now 3-0
HS – Gavin Mcbride from Sam Rohr, 7:33 – four shots, four goals – 4-0 Haverford – is it going to be a rout?

EA – Trupert Ortlieb answers for EA, unassisted, 6:17 – big goal for the Churchmen, now trailing 4-1
EA – Tyler Odell scores from Connor Haab on a man-up situation, 5:42, EA now within 4-2
EA – Haab scores on a low shot to pull EA within 4-3, unassisted, 5:14 – We have
an old-fashioned shootout!

HS – Blynn once again from Rego, his third of the game, 3:29 – Fords up 5-3

End period

Saves – Jake Landman (HS) 4, Henry Coote (EA) 0
FO – Jon Garino wins 6 of 9

Goals –
HS – Henry Blynn 3, Timmy Brooks 1, Gavin McBride 1
EA – Tyler Odell 1, Trupert Ortlieb 1, Connor Haab 1

Second period

EA – Ian Strain scores to make it 5-4 Haverford, 10:55 – The Churchmen keep coming back.
EA – Sam Lawlor ties it from Ortlieb, 7:12 – wow what a comeback from early 4-0 deficit for EA

HS – Will McNamara answers for Fords, unassisted, 6:02 – HS leads 6-5

EA – Morgan Westby from Haab, man-up, 5:29 – another tie, 6-6

HS – Rohr scores unassisted for 7-6 lead, 4:52

EA – Billy McAvoy scores on crazy over-the-head-shot, not even looking at the goal, 4:08

HS – McBride scores from Blynn, 3:24 – this game is an offensive smorgasbord, 8-7 Fords

EA – Tyler Haab unassisted, 2:47 – now 8-8 – the offensive blitz continues
EA – Strain again, from Lawelor, pinpoint passing, 1:43 – EA takes first lead at 9-8

End half
Saves – Landman 5, Coote 2
FO – Garino 13 of 19
GB – EA 16-13

Goals – EA – Strain 2, CHaab 1, Ortlieb 1, Odell 1, Lawlor 1, McAvoy 1, Westby 1, THaab 1
HS – Blynn 3, McBride 2, McNamara 1, Brooks 1, Rohr 1

3nd period

The rain has started – It’s pouring
EA on man-up situation

HS – Rego scores unassisted off a post rebound on a man-up goal, 10:33, tied 9-9

EA – Westby scores unassisted – back and fourth we go,9:28 – EA up 10-9

Still 10-9 with 3:47 left

HS – Rohr from Blynn, man-up, 3:40 – now 10-10

EA – Westby puts EA up 11-10, 1:51

End Period

saves – Landman 7, Coote 3
FO Garino 16 of 23

4th period

EA – Ortlieb from Connor Haab, 8:31, man-jup now EA has first two goal lead
EA – Tyler Odell from Dutch Buckley, 8:23 – now 13-10

HS – Rohr scores key unassisted goal, 13-11, 7:16

EA – Lawlor unassisted, EA back up 3 at 14-11, 6:21

Garino has won 19 of 27 face-offs, big reason for lead

EA last defeated HS, 5-4, in four overtimes on April 14, 2009 – have lost eight straight times since then

Only 3:00 to play – HS with possession

EA – Tyler Odell from Lawlor off transition, 1:49 – EA can taste it now, 15-11

47 seconds left – EA is going to pull off one of the biggest wins in years

FINAL – 15-11 EA!

Saves – Coote 6 for EA, Landman 9 for HS
FO – Garino an amazing 20 of 28

GB – EA wins, 27-19

Tags: Episcopal Academy, Haverford School