The first titles were handed out Saturday at the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association national championship tournaments at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn, in Divisions I and II. Here’s how the finalists fared in the semifinals, as well as recaps of the action in Divisions III and AA:
DIVISION I
LINDENWOOD 8, HENRY FORD 0: Landon Kooker scored twice and added an assist in the Lions’ semifinal win over the Hawks. Bryce Pierce, Clayton Liefield, Christian Acosta, Connor Bradley, Jack Wedoski and Brett Worcester all had a goal. Jackson Wozniak had a team-high four assists. Chase Christopher made one save for the shutout.
Carter Pattenaude stopped 37 shots for Henry Ford.
GRAND CANYON 2, BETHEL 1: Maxim Currie made 16 saves to lead the Lopes past the Wildcats in the semifinals. Aydin Schwartz and Dylan Guy got the goals. Brydon Frisk and Mckenna Cooper had assists.
Christopher Mahaffey scored for Bethel and Kyle Wedbush made 17 saves.
DIVISION II
MICHIGAN STATE 5: ROBERT MORRIS 2: Andrew Kramer scored twice for the Spartans in the semifinal win over the Colonials. Blake Crimmins, Jeff Keating and Shane Stoitsiadis also found the back of the net. Jason Slicker made 18 saves in goal.
Brock Mroczka scored both goals for Robert Morris and Benjamin Koral made 31 saves in the loss.
ARIZONA 2, CSU FULLERTON 0: Ethan Valentine made 11 saves for the shutout for the Wildcats in the semifinal win over the Titans. Hudson Fox and Dylan Smith each had a goal and an assist.
Kurt Yano stopped 19 shots in the loss for California State-Fullerton.
DIVISION III
MARYVILLE 6, RIT 5: Danny Walters had a hat trick and an assist for the Saints in the win over the Tigers. Sean Scanlon and John Klein each had a goal and two assists. Brendan Rainbolt also scored in the win.
Pat Gulledge potted a hat trick for Rochester Institute of Technology. Justin Bower and Dominic Lo Iacono each had a goal and an assist.
FLORIDA 3, RHODE ISLAND 1: Bohdi Duncan scored twice in the Gators’ win over the Rams. Phillip Vanderlatt had a goal and an assist in the win. David Stenzel made 16 saves in goal for Florida.
Charlie Clements scored for Rhode Island and Fionn Mcgown stopped 22 shots in the loss.
HOFSTRA 5, PENN STATE 2: Matthew Materazo led the Pride with a hat trick in the win over the Nittany Lions. Collin Ewald and Connor Hall also scored, while Matthew Levy made 15 saves in goal.
Roman Rennebeck and Adam Smeresky scored for Penn State. Sam Robinson stopped 22 shots.
TAMPA 13, COLORADO STATE 2: Nathan Duhaime recorded four goals in the Spartans’ win over the Rams. Nicholas Tartaglia, Kellen Sargolini and Derrick Watson each had two goals. David Bauer, Ryan McKinsey and Connor Christensen potted a goal each.
Keegan Barker and Mason Faulkner each scored a goal for Colorado State.
FLORIDA 6, MARYVILLE 0: Phillip Vanderlatt found the back of the net three times and added two assists in the Gators’ victory over the Saints. Michael McCoy had two goals and an assist for Florida and Ryan Maziarka also scored. David Stenzel stopped all 24 shots he faced.
Trevor Peate turned aside 25 shots in the loss.
HOFSTRA 6, CAL POLY POMONA 2: Matthew Materazo notched two goals and an assist and Britt Bischoff also scored twice in the Pride’s win. Collin Ewald scored one goal and assisted on four others and Stephen Heine tallied a goal and an assist.
Justin Salamat and Peter Lupercio scored goals for the Broncos.
AA DIVISION
ARIZONA 8, MICHIGAN STATE 4: Ethan Kavanagh tallied two goals and two assists in the Wildcats’ win over the Spartans. Jack Landry had a goal and three assists, Andrew Henuset, Christian Michalowski and Patrick Moore recorded a goal and an assist each, and Matthew Korallus and Zachary Zebrow also scored.
Luke Washe scored twice and Jordan Emmer and Leo Rihn V once apiece for Michigan State.
BOSTON U. 4, UMASS 2: A hat trick by Nicholas Saunders helped the Terriers get the in-state rival Minutemen. Brooks Wimer notched a goal and an assist for Boston University.
Ethan Barrows scored both goals for Massachusetts.
LINDENWOOD 7, SLIPPERY ROCK 1: Dillon Bilek delivered for the Lions, scoring three goals and assisting on two others in the resounding win over the Pride. Andrew Deciantis provided two goals, Nicholaus Meyer mustered a goal and two assists and Lucas Hurst scored the other Lindenwood goal.
Nathan Beam lit the lamp for Slippery Rock.
ARIZONA STATE 2, OHIO STATE 1: Miles Gurrola made 16 saves as the Sun Devils slipped past the Buckeyes. George Campbell and Zack Dartez did the goal-scoring for Arizona State.
Tanner Buck tallied the Ohio State goal.
LINDENWOOD 12, UMASS 1: Nine different players scored goals for the Lions. Dillon Bilek, Andrew Deciantis and Jay Winton scored two goals apiece, and Cameron Green, Nicholaus Meyer, Lucas Hurst, Leonardo Dantas, Shaun Sapienza and Kade Uetz each added one.
Will Stone scored for the Minutemen.
SLIPPERY ROCK 5, ARIZONA 4, OT: Luke Jordan sent the Pride past the Wildcats with the overtime winner. That completed a hat trick for Jordan, while Michael O’Hanlon and Nathan Beam also scored.
Patrick Moore scored twice for Arizona, which led 4-0 after one period. Ethan Kavanagh and Andrew Henuset also scored.
OHIO STATE 4, MICHIGAN STATE 3: Dominick Evangelisti and Tanner Buck scored 40 seconds apart early in the third period to push the Buckeyes past the Spartans in a back-and-forth game.
Robert Perkins gave Michigan State a 1-0 lead after one period, then Ryan Surdek and Nathan Weigand put Ohio State ahead before John Lapinski and Perkins made it 3-2 Spartans heading into the third period.
BOSTON U. 3, ARIZONA STATE 3, OT: The Terriers and Sun Devils settled for a tie after an eventful final two minutes of regulation and a scoreless overtime.
Boston University’s Nicholas Saunders scored with 1:46 left in the third period to tie the game 2-2, then Brooks Wimer scored on the power play 70 seconds later to make it 3-2 Terriers. George Campbell tied it for Arizona State with four seconds left to send the game to overtime.
Wimer tallied two goals in the game, and Samuel Boardman made 33 saves for the Terriers.
Campbell assisted on Jersey Bird’s first-period goal and Nicholas Johnson also scored for the Sun Devils. Miles Gurrola made 35 saves.
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