Columbus, OH (July 22, 2007) -- The Premier Development League (PDL) Champion Michigan Bucks dismantled the Ft. Wayne Fever at Columbus Crew Stadium on Sunday, as part of a Bucks/Crew doubleheader. The game against the Fever was the last regular season match of the Buck’s twelfth regular season and helped steer the defending champs in the winning direction. After Fever forward David Bauer stole the ball and placed an untouchable shot past Bucks goalkeeper Steve Clark in the 13th minute, the Bucks seemed to wake up and start pressing the match. It didn’t take long before the Bucks dynamic duo of Kenny Uzoigwe and Nate Jafta went on a tear to lead the club as the highest scoring team in the 2007 PDL (48 goals in the regular season).
Uzoigwe opened the Bucks scoring in the 16th minute on an assist from Nate Jafta (Lindsey Wilson College) and would return the favor a few minutes later when the Bucks leading scorer (15 goals) fed Jafta and put Nate in all alone on the keeper to make the score 2-0 in the 57th minute. The Bucks continued to pound offensively and finished the game with a total of 30 shots at Ft. Wayne goalie Zach Gibbons. The Bucks finished out the scoring with a strike by Alex Morisset (assist to Nate Jafta) in the 63rd minute to put the game away. With the win, the club’s final regular season record is 11-2-3 (36 points) . The top seeded Bucks will play the SECOND game of Friday’s Central Conference double header, when they take on the St. Louis Lions for the first time at 8:00 PM at Lake Orion High School. In the first game of Friday’s double header, Chicago Fire Premier will take on the Thunder Bay Chill (Canada) at 5:30. The winners of both matches will square off on Saturday at 8:00 (Lake Orion High School) with the right to represent the Central Conference in the North American Championship semi finals.
Tickets for Friday or Saturday’s matches are $10 Adult (16 and over) and $5 Youth (under 5 free). For a limited time only, the Bucks are offering a Central Conference Playoff pass that you can purchase for $11 Adults and $6 Youth and will allow you seating at ALL three of the PDL playoff games held on the weekend of July 27-28. Tickets can be purchased on line until Friday at 12:00 noon.
For more information, please visit the Bucks web site at www.buckssoccer.com.
Fort Wayne Fever vs. Michigan Bucks
Columbus Crew Stadium
July 22nd, 2007
Scoring Summary:
FTW - David Bauer (unassisted) -- 13th minute
MICH -- Kenny Uzoigwe 14 (Nate Jafta 8) -- 16th minute
MICH -- Nate Jafta 7 (Kenny Uzoigwe 7) -- 57th minute
MICH -- Alex Morisset 1 (Nate Jafta 9) -- 63rd minute
Lineups:
Fort Wayne: 0-Zach Gibbens (10-Josh Howell ’81), 2-Miseko Bonivenger, 4-Joseph Held, 19-Trevor Peaslee, 16-Jamie Bowman, 7-Jacob Capito, 17-Cameron Jordan, 3-Victor Webb, 12-Gary Boughton, (20-Justin Darvish ’71), 9-David Bauer, 8-Philip Wilson
Subs not used: 23-James McCarron
Head Coach: Bobby Poursanidis
Michigan: 25-Steve Clark, 4-Kyle Russell, 23-Eric Brunner, 3-Mike Holody, 15-Santos Perez (19-Steve Brust ’53) 17-Piotr Nowak, 14-Alex Morisset, 7-Ty Shipalane (11-Steve Bonnell ’67), 8-Nate Jafta, 21-Khelli Dube (18-Doug DeMartin ’63)
Subs not used: 1-Mitch Hildenbrandt, 6 Xavier Balc
Head Coach: Dan Fitzgerald
Misconduct Summary:
MICH -- Khelli Dube (caution) -- 63rd minute
FTW -- Philip Wilson (caution) 79th minute
Statistics:
Shots: Ft. Wayne 5, Michigan 30
Saves: Ft. Wayne 8, Michigan 2
Fouls: Ft. Wayne 7, Michigan 9
Offsides: Ft. Wayne 2, Michigan 3
Corners: Ft. Wayne 3, Michigan 8
Referees: Andrew Scott, Doug Ferguson, Ron Trevino
