By Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports
Glendon Phua (black, #20) of NTU controls the ball against NUS. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Singapore Institute of Management, Saturday, September 13, 2014 — Defending champions (NTU) defeated National University of Singapore (NUS) 2–1 to record their third victory in the Singapore University Games (SUniG) Floorball Championship.
Brian Tan (#9) scored both NTU’s goals, while Eugene Lee (#88) scored the only goal for NUS.
Just 35 seconds into the game, Brian Tan (#9) scored his first goal through an assist by Abdul Wafiy (#7). Five minutes later, Brian scored his second goal to put NTU up 2–0.
NUS stepped up on defence in the second and final period, preventing any easy shots from the defending champions. NUS pushed the ball on offence, forcing NTU to play a defensive game for the remaining periods.
Late in the final period, NTU’s momentary defensive lapse allowed an unmarked Eugene Lee (#88) to drive a long shot from the right flank into the net, reducing the deficit to a single point.
In the final minute, an incorrect push by Abdul Wafiy (#7) resulted in a power play situation, but NUS were unable to capitalise on it. NTU held on for the eventual 2–1 victory.
Muhammad Azhari (#23), NTU vice-captain, said, “We knew that this game was a do-or-die for us to qualify for the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Games. We played well in the first period, just that towards the end, we were off-focus. That’s where NUS started to dominate plays. We held our ground and got back together on defence to dominate the centre, so they can’t shoot well.”
With the victory, NTU have a 3–1 win-loss record, while NUS have a 2–2 win-loss record. NTU will next face Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) in the final game of the SUniG season on Tuesday, September 16, at 8.45 p.m. The game will be played at Singapore Institute of Management.
“For us as a team, we like to take things one at a time and we do not focus on the future. We will definitely work things out when we play SIM. We know that they have very strong defensive players. We are going to match up to them and do our best,” added Azhari (#23).
Score by period
NUS vs NTU
1st period: 0–2
2nd period: 0–0 (0–2)
3rd period: 1–0 (1–2)
Scorers
NUS
Eugene Thaddeus Lee Chun Yin (#88) – 1 goal
NTU
Brian Tan (#9) – 2 goals
NUS Roster
Timothy Ng Wen Jie (#1), Shee Ziheng (#3), Yun Sol (#5), Yeow Di Qiang (#7), Abhishek Aravind (#8), Mohamed Rifqi Bin Mohamed Rafik Alkhatib (#9), Jared Goh (#10), Eugene Foo Zhi Jun (#11), Tan Qin Hui (#13), Najib Indra (#14), Desmond Chan (#16), Muhammad Haikal Bin Rosman (#17), Muhammad Nasriman Bin Nasir (#18), Gan Guo Wei (#19), Png Zhong Ting Sean (#20), Chua Wee Liang (#22), Koh Ye Shen (#23), Yap Chun Leong Vernon (#26), Muhammad Afi Syafiq Bin Mohamad Zin (#31), Vikash Periasamy (#70), Daniel Tan Ke Jun (#73), Eugene Thaddeus Lee Chun Yin (#88), Sharma Vipul (#99)
NTU Roster
Shaun Tan Xin Wei (#5), Yuen Zhao Peng (#6), Abdul Wafiy Bin Abdul Rahman (#7), Leong Kah Lun (#8), Brian Tan (#9), Malendrav S/O Anbalagan (#14), Adrian Lim Zhi Hao (#15), Muhammad Fauzan Bin Abdullah (#18), Sjvestrand Stefan Erik Tony (#19), Glendon Phua Zhi Ming (#20), Shukri Bin Abdul Jalil (#21), Gordon Wan Yung Yan (#22), Muhammad Azhari Bin Mas’od (#23), Ang Jun Xiang (#26), Lionel Boey Jun Wei (#30), Zainul (#31), Jiang Yuhang (#35), Muhammad Yusoff Bin Abdul Gulam (#36), Muhammad Firdaus Bin Muhammad Ali (#37), Ng Jun Hao (#55), Tay Jun Hao (#70), Sean Teh Jing Wen (#77), Hazmi Bin Hasan (#99)
SUniG Floorball Championship – fixtures and results
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