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Western Carolinian Volume 70 Number 11

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  • 18 | WCnewsmagazine moved up quite a bit as well, \d of eight finish in basketball will add to |. Look for them to rise above dings. expected with the men's tournar d Minds and Ballin out of rome tet tournament b to , to see which will play for the. The Muresans continue to do well in Lacrosse suffers home loss versus Kennesaw State By Ryan Fussell + Wenewsmagazine Despite snowy and rainy conditions, the mens lacrosse team played their first home: game of the year against the Kennesaw State University Owis. KSU, a team from northwest Atlanta, was in their first year as a sanctioned team but had a formidable coming of age. Led by a pair of former NCAA Div | players and a coach who ran a 6-time state champion team, the Catamounts proved to have a tough match ahead. The first half was dominated by the Owls as they put seven scores on the board against the Cats three. Coming out physically strong, KSU did not seem phased by the weather, and punished inside the crease to score the first couple goals of the game. Acritical stop bythe WCU defense found a turnover sent to the attack squad, where attacker Sam Bender sparked the Cats with a goal over the keeper's right shoulder. KSU remained stalwart though, and forged several more scores before Bender scored his second goalafterpushing through a gauntlet of KSU defensemen to feed one through the keeper's legs. Steven Barksdale put Western's third goal on the board not but two minutes later. Going into half, WCU's Roddy Wilder made several moves to get the ball moved inside the crease, but KSUs defense broke up the efforts, ending the half as momentum began to build for Wester. Halftime was most unorthodox as KSU and their coaching staff took a tight huddle and discussed strategy and the game plan for the upcoming quarters, while Western essentially took a breather amongst other things. The start of the next quarter was rather brutal on Western, Coming out to face-off, WCUs Chris Visi pulled the ball free, but the Ow's long-stick took it. big hit from the Catamount mid-fielder reestablished the tone, and wih it, Western spent a lengthened period of time on the attack. After some pure ball movement, John Hayes put the ball through on a bounce in front of the keeper and moved Western to 4-7. That only start the momentum as after several hard saves by WCU keeper Wade Womble, the Cats raced the Owls downfield, but on an outside streak past the crease, Barksdale scored his second goal of the game and took the score to 7-5 in favor of the Owls. Womble remained solid for several hard shot saves, but a throw-in error gave the Owls great position to set up their offense, and in turn, capitalized on a dash to the goal comer. The Cats surged downfield, but the quarter ended just as the Cats got into position. Down 8-5, momentum seemed to'be in favor of Western. The start of the third quarter was overly promising as Hayes put his second goal of the game through the legs of the keeper on a tough shot with only minimal net to shoot on. The Cats had clawed back to 8-6, but the WCU defense faltered in getting the ball back , and on a tumover, an inbound, and a steal, the Owls notched three more ps 11-6. Bruised and battered, Bender got another shot on goal once the midfielders moved the ball to the attack, but the shot went wide. The pushing and shoving of the Owls defense was showing heavily at the end of regulation, and the field conditions had only worsened. Despite a great second half effort by the Catamounts to regroup and Capitalize, it just wasn't enough to overcome the Owls' first half damage. Kennesaw State emerged victorious 11-6.
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