The decisive score was set up after ODU was whistled for a penalty whenAnders Haugom(Gjovik, Norway) took down Hinkey in the box after receiving a pass fromDoug Henry(Shorewood, Wi./Shorewood). On the penalty kick, Second Team All-CAAkeeper ChuckConnelly (Rockville, Md./Rockville) anticipated the shot going to hisright, but the 1999All-CAA midfielder went left and snuck the ball into the back of the netinside the rightpost.
I thought both teams had their chances tonight, said W&M head coach AlAlbert. We had afew better opportunities and Brian (Hinkey) was able to convert one.
1999 All-CAA goalkeeper Adin Brown (Pleasant Hill, Ca./Del La Salle)collected six savesfor the 13-6-3 Tribe, while posting his second consecutive tournamentshutout. With theblanking, Brown recorded his league-leading eighth shutout of the seasonand the 36th ofhis career.
Boasting a CAA-low 0.81 goals against average, Connelly was pepperedwith 12 shots andrecorded three saves for the Monarchs, who have their eyes set on anNCAA Tournament at-large bid with a 15-4-0 record.
We're on the bubble, noted ODU head coach Alan Dawson while discussinghis team'schances of earning an at-large bid. I think if we had won tonight wewould have been alock to get in.
On Sunday at 1:30pm, the Tribe will make its first CAA Tournamentchampionship gameappearance since 1996. W&M will face #2-seed Virginia Commonwealth, a4-3 overtime winnervs. Richmond, for the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
W&M 0-1=1ODU 0-0=0 W&M ODUSHOTS 12 16CORNER KICKS 2 9SAVES 6 3FOULS 13 19OFFSIDE 2 2CARDSWM-2 - (Stoddart - Y, Garcia - Y) ODU-2 - Haugom Y, Haugom - RScoring:Brian Hinkey, W&M (57:24) - penalty kick