St. Anthony’s vs. Chaminade Standout

Statistically, Rappaport was good but didn’t blow anyone away with his seven saves. Rather, it’s the timeliness of his saves that deflated the Flyers for the second meeting in a row. Last May, he came on at halftime and reversed the Friars’ fortunes with some huge saves. This time, he accelerated the process with when he made his saves. He stymied a good Will Ferraro-Reich (Richmond) look after Cacciabaudo had given St. Anthony’s its first lead at 6-5. Rappaport made another save in tight and followed it up shortly after on a point-blank look from Michael Mayerhofer (Towson) to keep the game at 8-5. Navy-bound defenseman Pat Heron then put the finishing touches on a 7-0 Friars run that essentially cemented the game. The 6-3 Rappaport was very good once again on low shots and cleared up some of his clearing mistakes from the opener against Culver.

St. Anthony’s vs. Culver Standout

Rappaport was really the only reason why Culver didn’t build a huge lead early as the Friars struggled to keep a handle on the ball. The Loyola signee was excellent in the cage, making eight of his 12 saves in the first half. Even though he’s around 6-3, Rappaport was outstanding on low shots, showing great quickness and agility to get to tough shots from a stacked Culver offense. One save in particular was a showstopper, where Rappaport went post-to-post to take away a sure goal. He had a couple of clears that he’d like to have back. Despite that, it’s clear that Rappaport has built off of last year’s championship performance against Chaminade and he’s very comfortable being the unquestioned starting goalie for the Friars.