Michigan State goalie Ben Shantz made 15 saves to lead MSU over Penn 13-8

TUCSON, ARIZONA - Jon Haga (Sr., Palatine, IL) and Jared Swider (Jr., Rockford, MI) recorded hat-tricks and goalie Ben Shantz (Fr., Rockford, MI) made 15 saves to earn Player of the Game honors as the #1 nationally ranked Michigan State University Spartans defeated the University of Pennsylvania 13-6 in the second round of the 2007 National Collegiate Club Championship at the University of Arizona.

The Spartans advance to face the winner of a second round matchup between the University of Arizona and Florida International University at 8:40 p.m. this evening with a berth in the national title game on the line.

MSU, which never trailed, took the early advantage as Andrew Olesnavich (So., Beverly Hills, MI) finished a crossing pass from Dan Lebling (Sr., Naperville, IL) with 6:19 left in the first period. Penn tied the game with 4:36 left in the period when Alexander Valner (Fr., Los Angeles, CA) rebounded a missed shot and put it home to knot the contest at 1-1.

However, Michigan State dominated the remainder of the period as Haga scored from two-meters at 3:41 and nine seconds, while Swider finished a rebound off his own missed shot at 52 seconds for a 4-1 lead.

The lead expanded to 5-1 to open the second period when Haga converted on a direct shot with a laser into the left corner of the cage at the 6:10 mark. The Quakers sliced the margin to 5-2 prior to halftime when James Greene (Sr., Hillsborough, CA) back-handed in a direct shot with 3:05 left in the half.

MSU blew the game open in the third period with back-to-back goals by Olesnavich and Evan Perry (Jr., Rockford, MI) at 5:43 and 4:21 to push the lead out to 7-2 as the Spartans built their advantage out to 10-5 by the end of the period.

Penn's Michael Rico (Jr., San Jose, CA) stopped five shots in goal, while Valner and Greene led the Quakers with two goals each.

Penn will continue the tournament at 6:20 p.m. against either Arizona or FIU with a shot at the fifth place game on the line.

Michigan State Goals -- Jon Haga (3); Jared Swider (3); Dan Lebling (2); Evan Perry (2); Andrew Olesnavich (2); Brent Augustine

Penn Goals -- Alexander Valner (2); James Greene (2); Patrick Buck; Benjamin Naecker

Michigan State Assists -- Dan Lebling

Penn Assists -- John Gillette

Saves: Michigan State - Ben Shantz (15) ; Penn - Michael Rico (5)

Ejections: Michigan State - 5; Penn - 7

Sprints: Michigan State - 0 ; Penn - 4