Mens
Lacrosse Bested by Wheeling Jesuit, 11-1
by Channing Joseph
In
a disappointing continuation of recent events, the Oberlin mens
lacrosse team came away with another defeat, 11-1, this past Tuesday,
in a home game against Wheeling Jesuit University.
During the first half of the match, the Yeomen suffered a pounding
by the visitors, who scored 10 goals to Oberlins zero. Yet
by the second half, Oberlin had mustered enough defensive chutzpah
to push their opponents into check, allowing the Jesuits to score
merely one more goal for the remainder of the match. It may have
been, however, that too much of the Oberlin teams newly-found
energy during the second half was diverted to defense, preventing
the team from scoring more than a single goal during this period.
Senior Brian Lange, who scored the lone goal for the Yeomen, said,
We transitioned into a zone type defense for the second half
to better answer the two men they had at the exposition [or behind
the goal]. When that happened, they employed a more perimeter type
game. With that, [senior] Dave Smolev was able to make some pretty
good saves. We got the ball up-field. I got a pass from [sophomore]
Logan Hegg and found the upper right side of the net, which is pretty
much the only place that shot could have gone.
Commenting about the game as a whole, junior Sam Bryar said, We
were trying to get ourselves together. They were a tough team. They
were a good team. We didnt know how we were going to fare
against them. And thats what we were trying to figure out
during the first half. We [only] found a rhythm during the second
half, [which was] a really strong performance by our defense. We
owe a lot to our goalie Smolev. Its too bad we didnt
have the same energy for the first half.
The
Yeomen play their penultimate game this Saturday, May 4, against
the College of Wooster at 1:30 p.m. in Dill Field.
Regarding the upcoming event, Bryar further said, I was glad
to see Brian getting that goal this time. Hes been a help
this year. Hopefully well see some more of that this Saturday.
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