No. 9 Colorado State Stumps No. 3 SFU
from press release
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Friday night provided the
Rams lacrosse team with an exciting win against Simon Fraser. While
the game wasn’t a huge upset, as the Rams were already ranked
in the top ten, beating the Clansmen was a huge win that bodes well
for the Rams future match ups against CU, Michigan and BYU.
“SFU is such a great offensive team, especially individually,
and I couldn’t have been happier with the way we played one
on one defense,” said head coach Alex Smith.
Simon Fraser is known for a having a strong offense, but the Rams
played a stronger defense, minimizing SFU’s shots on
goal.
“We won a lot of match-ups Friday and to be honest, that was
something concerning us coming into the game,” said
Smith.
At the end of the first half, the score was close and the Rams were
down.
“The second quarter showed that we are still vulnerable in
the clearing game a little bit. Against a team as dangerous as
Simon Fraser, you can’t just give them the ball over and over
because they will make you pay,” said Smith.
But the team amped up the game in the third quarter, scoring five
unanswered points and securing the lead for the rest of the
game.
This game was especially great for some of the freshmen, who played
key roles in executing plays which led to the Rams success. One of
those players was number nine, Austin Fisher. Fisher scored five
goals and had one assist in the game.
“Our defense was great and set up the offense with a lot of
opportunities that we were able to capitalize on,” said
Fisher.
The Rams will keep this game in mind when they begin their next out
of state trip to Arizona during spring break. They will hopefully
continue to make all the little connections that brought them to
victory Friday to maintain their unblemished win record.
