After raining all day in East Texas on Saturday, and SFA playing on their field during the rain the day before, both teams stepped on to a sloppy, muddy field on Sunday for a close battle. Southwestern had 15 guys available for this game against Southern Division rival SFA, and needed all of them to pull off the 10-8 win.

SFA jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead seconds into the game as their starting middie won the face-off and went down the middle to score quicker than Beaty had the day before. After the abrupt wake-up call, however, Southwestern put in 4 quick goals and led by 1 on a hat trick in the first quarter by Beaty. Southwestern never relinquished the lead the rest of the game, leading 7-5 at half-time and always staying 1 goal up the entire second half.

With just under a minute to play, and SU leading 9-8, the defense comprised entirely of freshmen made a great stand. Matt Siekielski picked up a loose ball and motored down the field past several defenders before making a great pass to Jamin Welch on the crease for a goal to put the game away.

Welch received the game ball voted by the team for taking control of the game at key moments and scoring important goals throughout the game to maintain Southwestern's lead. Again all players did well, including Matt Garcia filling in admirably at defense for missing Mark Riddell because of bruised ribs.

The win put Southwestern in a tie for second place in the Southern division of the SWLA at 2-1. Next week SU travels to College Station to play A&M, ranked in the top 15 in the nation, and having come off very impressive wins over nationally ranked teams early in the season.

The two win weekend was exactly what Southwestern needed to get back on track for the season. The team will take a much deserved two week break after the A&M game for Spring Break before coming back for its last three games of the season.

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