Griffins Split Two Games at Full House Face-off
from press releases
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Westminster men's lacrosse
team split two games at the season opening MCLA Full House Face Off
over the weekend. The season began with a 14-13 loss in
double overtime against No. 16 UC-Santa Cruz on Friday, February
19. The next day, No. 8 Westminster bounced back to defeat
No. 19 Western Washington 14-7 in the consolation bracket.
Against Santa Cruz the Griffins scored eight times in the opening
half and carried an 8-4 advantage into the intermission.
Santa Cruz then scored five straight goals in the third quarter to
lead 9-8 entering the fourth quarter. Gian Sexsmith scored
for the Griffins with 32 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the
game at 13 and force overtime. Max Maisel then struck for
Santa Cruz with 1:32 remaining in the second overtime with his team
a man-up to win the game.
Hayden Dixon scored three goals on eight shots in the game for
Westminster. Josh Condas and Jake Arthur tallied two goals
apiece with Condas adding one assist. Roman Schoewe had three
points behind one goal and two assists. Dallas McLellan made
20 saves between the pipes.
Against Western Washington, the Griffins built a 9-5 advantage in
the opening half and then carried that into a 14-7 victory.
Westminster took control of the game during the second half with a
five-goal run over the end of the third and beginning of the fourth
quarters to turn a 6-5 lead into an 11-5 cushion. The
Griffins outshot Western Washington 51-35 in the game and claimed
30 groundballs to just 23 by the opposition.
Condas led the Westminster attack with seven goals while taking 10
shots. Arthur posted another four goals with Schoewe
contributing three scores. Jacob Wayman recorded five
assists. Chris Baer and Benjamin Wright had five ground balls
apiece. Jos Illya made 17 saves in his first appearance of
the season.
Arthur was the Griffins lone representative on the All-Tournament
Team, making the squad at midfield. For a complete recap of
the tournament visit www.fullhouselax.com.
