Saturday, November 9th, 2002

Sean O'Brien scores off a slap shot.
Photograph by Leanne Burkle

SAN JOSE, CA - Logitech Ice hosted the battle between the University of
Washington Huskies and the San Jose State Spartans. The Huskies took
an early lead, but the Spartans were able to battle back, resulting in a
4-4 tie at the final buzzer.

Husky Shanye Sasseen opened the scoring window on an assist from
Adam Senta and Randy Shigetani to gain the 1-0 lead over San Jose.

"San Jose State is used to playing a faster paced game than we've had
to play in our first games," said UW goalie Scott Southard. "We did a
good job of adjusting and taking it to them in the first period."

The Spartans were unable to turn over any goals in the first period, but
would soon make up for it. Period two opened showing the Huskies once
more leading the way. Brett Lawrence scored on a power play assisted
by Sean O'Brien and Shaun Lawrence. However, the Spartans quickly
countered the play with their own goal 11 seconds later. The UW team
was left scrambling, as San Jose State was able to turn over two more
goals on power plays, giving the Spartans the 3-2 lead over the once
leading Huskies. But the UW team showed its prowess on the ice as it
countered with two of its own goals. Five minutes left, TJ Anderson
scored on an assist by Shaun Lawrence and Steve Savage, tying the
game at 3-3. Sean O'Brien added his own slap shot goal to end the
period with the Huskies once more in the lead, 4-3.

The UW team was unable to score in the third, nor keep the Spartans
continuous pressure from their front door. San Jose State's power play
squad was able to turn yet another goal to tie the Huskies. The UW team
managed to keep the Spartans out of the net as the game ended 4-4,
giving the Huskies their first overtime of the season.

The five-minute overtime period proved uneventful for the University of
Washington and San Jose State as the teams played the majority of the
5-minutes in the neutral zone, and a few strong rushes. Both teams
looked as if they ached for another 5 or 10 minutes once the buzzer
sounded, for a final resolution, but the game ended in a tie due to ACHA
rules.

"Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes it rains,"
Southard said. "Of course we'd rather win,but sometimes you have to
take the tie and move on.There are some positive things that happened
this weekend and we need to build on them as we prepare for the next
game."

The Huskies had one more game to play in their three-day weekend in
California, packing up to prepare for Stanford as they moved their ACHA
standings to 6-2-1.

Link to Friday's report or Sunday's report.