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MEN'S LACROSSE: GAME SUMMARIES (2006)
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BUCS GET FIRST OOC WIN EVER AGAINST #19 ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY! (4/1/06)
The Bucs woke up early on Saturday after a late game and tough
loss to #7 Harding to get ready to play a team that had leapfrogged the Bucs in the national polls.
St. Louis arrived with 13 guys, and the Bucs knew what they had to
do. Inserting all 4 lines in regularly, the Bucs ran St. Louis up
and down and controlled much of the game. Jeffcoat had a career
day, literally scoring the first 4 goals of the game. When St.
Louis did have the ball on offense they did have a few moments of
brilliance. You could tell if they had numbers this might have
been a much different game. However, our defense, once again, was
able to make solid checks and take the ball away, even when the
Billikens were trying to slow it down.
Overall, it was a fun game on tough field conditions with the Bucs
coming away with a 14-5 win, after leading 6-1 at half-time and 11-
3 after the third. Everyone got in and had a chance to play.
McDonough made two of the nicest stops of the year after being
inserted for the last 6 minutes of the game, on two direct stuffs,
one on a one on one. Derek played an exceptional game and
Arrington notched his second goal in as many games, as the third
line is starting to produce offensively as well.
The solid win, and first OOC win ever for the Bucs made the ride
home much more pleasing. Speaking of the trip, there are a few
things that must be clarified.
First, as often happens, nicknames find players, not the other way
around. Ian "Old Maid" Flechsig was a fit from the beginning, as
he was constantly the "old maid" in the card game that literally
had the entire bus riveted for hours. There were more "ultimate
final" games of old maid than one could shake a stick at,including
a massive ten person game to decide the ultimate old maid that
literally took an hour and a half. I have seldom seen Ian so
focused as when he was playing the game.
Next, it should be noted that coach was forced to sign a score
card for Spades, and disputes the final results against Ehrlich and
Pritchett to this day. He still has not found a player that is
worthy of his "unique" prowess, and considers all those that have
left him for other partners...traitors.
Finally, no matter what, it was considered a successful trip, as
not once did Joe Dirt materialize on the trip, and because there
actually were quite a few guys that did an awful lot of studying.
Next week the Bucs return to the field to play a very tough UTA
team, followed up by the scrappy SFA Lumberjacks. A win against
both teams will almost ensure the Bucs the First seed in the
playoffs, which this year will be held on home turf. A loss to
the Mavericks will mean all kinds of ruckus in the standings.
The good thing is that no matter what, the Bucs remain at home for
the rest of the season through however far they go in the
playoffs. We hope to see all our fans, and some that we can
convert, starting this weekend. Two years ago, the Bucs had to
come from behind to win in overtime to beat UTA. It should be one
of our toughest games of the year, as Gary always has these guys
ready to play.
As we begin to wind down the regular season, there are still a few
glitches on the team offensively and defensively that we need to
take care of in order to be clicking on all cylinders come the
playoffs at the end of the month. We hope everyone comes along
for the ride.
- Bill Bowman
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