Mens
Lacrosse Defeated in Seasons First Game
by
Jacob Kramer-Duffield
The
Oberlin College mens lacrosse team lost to Marietta College,
9-7, in the first game of their season last Monday, March 11. The
loss to Marietta hurts especially given that they were one of two
teams that Oberlin defeated last spring.
Senior
goalie Dave Smolev said of the teams performance, Im
pretty disappointed about it. We made a lot of mistakes. Most of
the guys are young and inexperienced. Hopefully, well be getting
better. At the moment, a lot of guys are sick and hurt. A lot of
the guys need to become more acclimated to the game.
Smolev
was one of seven players to score in the contest; the other six
included juniors Erik Vachon, Brian Lange and Alexander Yeh; sophomore
Logan Hegg; and first-years Nate Beckett and Robert Strauser.
Strauser echoed Smolevs feelings, but added a tint of optimism
in his assessment. It is disappointing that we lost. We fought
real hard all game. We worked the ball around a lot. Everybody got
their fair share in. We showed improvement from the start of the
game to the end. Were gonna build for upcoming games, and
were working hard in practice.
Hegg provided an even more positive appraisal of the effort, saying,
I thought we did really well. Were short on numbers
so it hurts us pretty hard. I got a goal and an assist, and Ive
got bad knees, so I thought I did pretty well. I think well
improve in years to come. We had three guys on the team who have
only played lacrosse for four weeks. So we can only improve in that
respect.
The
Yeomens next game is Saturday at St. Vincent (Pa.) College
at 1 p.m.
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