A strong performance from Idaho's defense and encouraging efficiency on offense couldn't overcome Fraser's skill and dominance between the restraining lines. Good luck on your title run, Clan.
No. 5 Fraser rolls on with 15-5 win over Idaho
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By William Howard, SFU Lacrosse Media Relations Simon Fraser University Lacrosse
Event: Men's Lacrosse Site: Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West, Burnaby, BC Score: No. 5 Simon Fraser University 15, Idaho 5 Record: SFU (3-0, 3-0 PNCLL), Idaho (1-2, 1-2 PNCLL) Next SFU Game: Friday, February 20, 2009, 3:30pm MST - vs. Brigham Young University – Provo, Utah (BYU North Fields)
Burnaby, BC (February 15, 2009) – No. 5 Simon Fraser University scored the games first four (4) goals on their way to defeating the University of Idaho 15-5 and improving to 3-0 on the 2009 season. The Clan were lead by junior midfield Russel Thomas (Nanoose Bay, BC / Ballenas Secondary) with 6 points on 5 goals and 1 assists, and junior attacks Ben Towner (Port Coquitlam, BC / Terry Fox Secondary) with 5 points on 4 goals and 1 assists and Adam Foss (Cochrane, Alberta / Cochrane High School) with 4 points on 1 goal and 4 assists.
Fraser built on a 4-2 lead after 15 minutes by blanking the Vandals 4-0 in the second frame for a half time score of 8-2.
The Clan would continue their run of unanswered goals in the second half, scoring the first two (2) goals of the third quarter and improving their lead to 10-2. Idaho would stop the bleeding by capitalizing on the man-up before surrendering two (2) more goals to close the quarter at a score of 12-3.
Refusing to give-up, a resilient Idaho offense would once again score on the man-up to open the fourth quarter, followed by their second even-strength goal of the game to bring the score to 12-5. The Vandals were awarded another man-up opportunity at 4:31 of the fourth quarter but would surrender their second short-handed goal of the game before SFU added two (2) man-up goals of their own for a final score of 15-5.
NOTES - Nine (9) SFU players registered points: Thomas 5g, 1a; Towner 4g, 1a; Foss 1g, 4a; Kevin Riley (Coquitlam, BC / Gleneagle Secondary) 3a; Jeff Matheson (Port Moody, BC / Gleneagle Secondary) 1g, 1a; Rick Bezuidenhout (Campbell River, BC / Timberline Secondary) 1g; Shawn Donahue (Kamloops, BC / South Kamloops Secondary) 1g; Ben Johnson (Calgary, AB / Berkshire Preparatory) 1g; Chris Tessarolo (New Westmintster, BC / New Westminster Secondary) 1g. - Clan goaltenders Mike Ripley (Saskatoon, SK / E.D. Feehan High School) and Dean Stewart (Duncan, BC / Claremont Secondary) once again split halves in goal combing for 3 saves and 5 goals against. - Fraser registered 51 ground balls. Midfields Johnson and Thomas and long stick midfield Curtis Manning (Surrey, BC / Fraser Heights Secondary) led the way for the Clan with 5 ground balls each. - The Clan extended their home winning streak to 12 games dating back to April 1, 2006.
QUOTES SFU Co-Head Coach Brent Hoskins On Idaho: "Idaho continues to close the gap as one of the most improved teams in the PNCLL. Coach Band has taken over from where Coach Hanavan left off in building a competitive Vandals team."
SFU Co-Head Coach Jeff Cathrea On Simon Fraser: "Today was a good day for our special teams scoring 4 goals on the man-up and adding two more goals on the man-down. It is nice to see results so early in the season and we will need to continue to build upon both if we want to be successful long term."
Simon Fraser men's lacrosse is proudly sponsored by Firstar Sports Inc., Onyx Lacrosse / Riddell Helmets and Gait Lacrosse. For further information on the Clan please visit www.sfulacrosse.com.
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