Coast Guard Academy Sports Roundup

The Coast Guard Academy earned a homecoming win on the football field Saturday, while each soccer team fought to a tie. The Bears also competed in cross-country running and volleyball on Saturday. The following information was provided by Jason Southard, sports information director at the Coast Guard Academy.

Football: Coast Guard 61, Mass Maritime 30

Sophomore Tyler Hames rushed for 122 yards and accounted for five touchdowns as Coast Guard celebrated the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1961 by scoring 61 points in a 61-30 Homecoming win over Mass. Maritime in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) Bogan Division opener for both teams.

The win snapped a seven-game losing streak dating back to last season for Coast Guard which is now 1-2 overall and 1-0 in the Bogan Division while Mass. Maritime suffered its first loss of the season dropping to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the division.

Mass. Maritime marched down the field on the opening possession of the game and junior Barry Reopell’s two-yard run gave the Buccaneers a 6-0 lead with 9:28 left in the first quarter.

Hames scored three straight touchdowns on runs of 10, 30 and 23 yards and the Bears led 21-6 with 13:37 left in the second quarter.

Senior quarterback Jarrod Owens scored on a six-yard run and Hames caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from junior Jon Resch as the Bears led 35-6 at halftime.

Coast Guard had 241 yards at the half, 160 rushing while Mass. Maritime finished the first half with 122 yards, 108 of those in the air. The Buccaneers turned the ball over three times in the first half including a pair of fumbled punts.

The Buccaneers scored ten quick points in the first four minutes of the second half on a nine-yard touchdown pass from sophomore Mike Stanton to sophomore Chris Robery and a 26-yard field goal by senior Jake Bickley to make the score 35-16 with 11:16 left in the third quarter.

Owens fired a 37-yard touchdown to junior Eric Gerken and senior Jacob Shackleford added a 26-yard field goal for a 45-16 lead with 46 seconds left in the third quarter.

Mass. Maritime struck quickly on a 57-yard touchdown from Stanton to Robery to close the scoring in the third quarter making it a 45-22 game.

Hames scored his final touchdown of the game, a 15-yard run, with 12:29 left to extend the lead to 51-22.

Freshman backup quarterback John Trudel threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Keith Caruso with 6:55 left for the Bucs final points.

Shackled booted a 39-yard field goal and senior linebacker Nick Peters returned an interception 29 yards with 2:16 left to close the scoring. It was the second interception of the game for Peters, the first two of his career.

Hames finished with 19 carries for 122 yards and the four rushing touchdowns while also catching three passes for 19 yards and a score. He added 53 yards on three kick returns to finish with 194 all-purpose yards. The five touchdowns was one shy of the school-record of six set by running back John Thompson set in a 33-0 win over Middlebury in 1941.

Owens was 17 of 24 for 177 yards with a touchdown while Resch was 4 for 5 for 49 yards and a touchdown.

Gerken, who had a single-game school record 15 receptions last week, had ten receptions for 131 yards and a touchdown while also adding a 51-yard run on a reverse.

Stanton was 11 of 19 for 165 yards with two touchdowns and one interception while Trudel was five of seven for 80 yards with a touchdown and an interception.

Senior Matt White led the Bucs with 19 carries and 80 yards while Reopell had 14 carries for 66 yards and a touchdown. Caruso led Mass. Maritime with six receptions for 122 yards.

Coast Guard finished with 445 yards of total offense, 226 passing and 219 rushing while Mass. Maritime had 395 yards, 245 of those in the air.

Junior Dante Adams led the Bears with nine tackles while sophomore Stefan Gustafson led the Bucs with 12 tackles, nine solo.

Men's Soccer: Coast Guard 1, Clark 1

Freshman Oscar Zapata scored the game-tying goal in the 59th minute and host Clark University and Coast Guard settled for 1-1 tie in a New England Men’s and Women’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game.

With the result, the Cougars now stand at 4-3-1 overall and 0-1-1 in league play, while the Bears are 4-2-1 and sport the same league mark as Clark.

The game was remarkably even, as Coast Guard held an 11-10 edge in shots and the Cougars had more corner kicks (7-6). Even the fouls were close, as the teams were whistled for 18 and 17 and each goalkeeper – Coast Guard freshman Richard Burns and Clark’s Ryan King each sent away five shots.


The Bears’ took a 1-0 lead with some beautiful passing in the 30th minute. Joe Bodzewski was on the move on the right side when he sent a cross to Bett Godiksen - who rather than shooting a shot directly at the Clark keeper - touched a pass to his left to Bobby Copeland for his second goal of the season.

Each team had scoring chances throughout the contest but couldn’t convert. The Cougars had an excellent scoring opportunity in the 21st minute when Josh Demers headed a ball in the box to Adrian Blackadar, but the senior couldn’t gather himself for the point blank shot.

Blackadar had another good look in the 56th minute when he gathered a loose ball in the box but his attempt just sailed over the crossbar.

Coast Guard, meanwhile, had a scoring chance in the 27th minute when Matthew Bodagan headed a ball on net that King was able to deflect with a few fingers to keep the game scoreless.

Bodzewski had a chance in the 83rd minute when he got behind the defense and King, but he was only able to get a piece of the ball, allowing Ian Daly to clear it away.

Clark finally got on the board when Blackadar sent a long pass to Zapata, who beat his defender and chipped a shot over the head of Burns for his team-leading fifth goal.

Women's Soccer: Coast Guard 0, WPI 0

Coast Guard and Worcester Polytechnic Institute played to a scoreless tie in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game on Homecoming Weekend.

Coast Guard senior goalkeeper Mary Mills registered her fourth shutout of the season, just one shy of the single-season school record of five set by Joan Pavlish in 2003. It was the ninth career shutout for Mills, who had seven saves in the game.

WPI sophomore Maddie Willer also made seven saves to record her first shutout of the season for the Engineers who are now 1-6-1 overall and 0-1-1 in conference play.

The Bears snapped an eight-game winless streak in conference play dating back to last season and are now 4-2-1 overall and 0-1-1 in the NEWMAC

Men's Cross Country

Coast Guard placed four runners in the top 50 to place fifth of the 26 teams at the Cod Fish Bowl.

Trevor Siperek was the top Coast Guard finisher as he placed 17th with a time of 26:44. Kevin O'Brien was second for the Bears placing 21st in 26:49.

Gary Ezzo was 37th (27:14) while Joe Hill also placed in the top 50, finishing 46th with a time of 27:36.

Bates won the meet with 49 points, followed by Division I Boston University (77), Division II Stonehill (86), Division II Adelphi (154) while the Bears finished with 176 points.

Women's Cross Country

Coast Guard placed ninth in a field of 16 teams at the Purple Valley Classic Invitational hosted by Williams College at Mt. Greylock High School.

The Bears had a solid showing among some of the top DIII competition in the New England Region and across the nation, as well as DI and DII competition (Fordham and St. Rose).

Middlebury College won the meet with 45 points, followed by Williams College with 56, Plattsburg scoring 116, Amherst at 118, and NYU with 135.

Freshman Beth Gollin was Coast Guard first finisher placing 26th overall covering the 6K course in 23:38. Next for Coast Guard was junior Sarah Blatt and sophomore Meghan Kalinowski placing 62nd and 74th running 24:38 and 24:56 respectively. Also in scoring position was freshman Cameo Ulbricht crossing the finish line in 25:34 (94th) followed by freshman Kendall Auth at 25:51 (108th) to round out the top 5.

Coast Guard will be off next weekend and looks to return to competition on Saturday, October 8th at the James Early Invitational 5K hosted by Westfield State College.

Volleyball

Led by senior Cristy Meier’s team-high 15 kills Amherst College rallied from a 2-0 deficit, defeating Coast Guard 3-2 (13-25, 16-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-8) to wrap up play at the 2011 Amherst Classic.

With the win, the Lord Jeffs improved to 8-2 overall on the season, while the Bears fell to 9-3 on the year.

Ahead 8-4 in the first, Coast Guard extended their lead to seven at 19-12, prompting Amherst’s second timeout. The Bears continued to stay aggressive coming out of the break, finishing strong en route to a 25-13 win.

Coast Guard carried their momentum into the start of the second, building an early 4-0 edge, but Amherst battled back, knotting the set at nine. Later up 18-11, the Bears did just enough down the stretch, outscoring their Jeff counterparts 7-5 to take a 25-16 win.

Looking to stay alive, Amherst went up early in the third, taking a 12-9 edge. The Lord Jeffs later upped their margin to 19-13 before closing out the set on a Lauren Antion kill that made it 25-19. With some newfound confidence, Amherst took an 8-4 advantage in the fourth before a 6-1 Coast Guard run momentarily stalled the surging Jeffs.

Amherst responded with a 7-2 rally of its own, going up 16-12 on back-to-back Claire Hoffman spikes. A determined Bears squad fought back, pulling even at 18, but a Meier kill coupled with a Kristin Keeno service ace gave the Jeffs a two-point cushion.

Still up by two at 22-20 following another Meier kill, Amherst tallied the set’s last three points, knotting the match at two sets apiece when Abigail Hunter and Hoffman teamed up to block Coast Guard’s Catherine Walker.

Hoping to get off to a good start, Amherst registered three of the tiebreak’s first four points, going up 3-1 on a KC Kanoff kill. Up 11-6, Keeno notched her second ace of the day, extending the Lord Jeff margin. At match point minutes later, the Jeffs again turned to Hoffman, who hammered home the game winner, sealing Amherst’s come-from-behind bid.

Hoffman hit a match-best .579 with 11 kills, adding 12 digs, while Kanoff finished with 11 spikes and six digs. Junior setter Callie Neilson matched a season-high with 50 assists, while Keeno collected a match-best 30 digs.

For Coast Guard sophomore middle blocker Kelsey DePorto registered a match-high 17 kills, hitting .483 with five digs, while freshman Kelsey Hickle had 13 kills. Junior setter Karen Matic finished with 36 assists and 13 kills, while freshman Elise Sako added 17 assists. Sophomore Sam Marmolejo and junior Keriann Mason combined for 36 digs, while Walker finished with eight kills and 15 digs.

Earlier in the day, Coast Guard beat Brandeis 3-0 (25-18, 25-9, 25-17) as DePorto led Coast Guard with 10 kills.

Hickle added five kills and Matic finished with 23 assists and four kills. Mason and Marmolejo collected 16 and 13 digs, respectively. while Sako chipped in with three service aces in the win.