October 19, 2006 Issue                                       

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CHA soccer picks up 7th win against Lawrenceville
by Devon Grieb

CHA keeper Thomas Culp. (Photo by Jimmy J. Pack Jr.) For more photos visit chlocalphotos.com

Chestnut Hill Academy soccer (7-3-1) hosted Lawrenceville School (4-4-1) last Wednesday afternoon and got their seventh win of the season with a score of 5-0. Playing through cold and rainy conditions, Chestnut Hill still managed to put on quite a show, that is for the few spectators who were huddled under the trees to see it.

Joe Breen started the attack for the Devils but was denied by what seemed to be a very talented Lawrenceville goalkeeper. Despite talent, no one person can win a soccer game, and when Lawrenceville’s defense broke down, the scoring frenzy began for the Devils.

Co-captain Brent Campman scored the first goal of the game. Towards the end of the first half, Campman scored again after the Lawrenceville goalkeeper had committed himself to coming out of the net to stop the play, misreading the ball and Campman’s kick.

The second half of the game Lawrenceville tried to jumpstart their depleted offense but to no avail. Junior Penn Steel and co-captain Ian DeSantis kept Devil goalkeeper, Chip Culp safe for most of the game and Lawrenceville’s offense non-existent.

Campman scored his third goal midway through the second half and got the natural hat trick. Soon after the hat trick celebration, Breen scored the fourth goal against a less energetic Lawrenceville goalie, showing that Capman wasn’t the only one who could score in the rain.

With 10 minutes of play left, a controversial goal issue almost took away the shutout for Culp. After what looked like a nice save by the Devil goalkeeper, one of the referees signaled that Culp didn’t have possession of the ball when it slipped out of his hands after he made a diving catch. Although the ball did roll out of Culp’s hands after the save attempt, the referees concluded that he maintained possession and that this would not be the break Lawrenceville needed.

Taylor Ferry scored the last goal for the Devils, contributing to the shutout on the not so perfect day. Chestnut Hill’s next game is Friday, 10/20/06, against Haverford School.