Vail Shootout: News/Results from Day Six
by Alex Smith | Special to Lacrosse Magazine Online
Day Six of the Vail Lacrosse Shootout was also Day One for the
Men’s and Women’s Elite as the tournament really began
to heat up. Weather was perfect again with sunny weather and
a cool breeze from time to time. Today was “moving
day” for both divisions and we will start to see a little bit
more competitive action tomorrow in the quarterfinals for both
groups.
Men’s Elite
Most of the top seeds moved through on day 1 of the Men’s
Elite tournament. Merrill Lynch/Lacrossewear and Team 21, the
#1 and #2 seeds respectively, both took a little time to get moving
against the play-in winners, but both pulled away to move to the
quarterfinals. Team Sasquatch won the first game of the day
in double overtime with a two-point goal in the most exciting game
of an otherwise workmanlike day.
One of the stronger teams looks to be Maverik Elite, which features
Jovan Miller and John Galloway (current Syracuse players), Casey
Powell and Sean Lindsey (old Syracuse players) and great players up
and down the roster. Merrill Lynch/Lacrossewear is likely the
other favorite, but it took them some time to get it going against
Sasquatch.
The East Coast Kings won 16-12 against the Olympic Club and should
give Team 21 a great game tomorrow in the quarterfinals. In
fact, all of the quarterfinal match-ups should be good on Friday as
Merrill Lynch plays a young Chipotle squad, The Med (Thursdays only
upset winner) matches up against Combat Sports/Rocky Mountain
Oysters and Team One’s Jammin’ Salmon play Maverik
Elite all on Ford Field.
Thursday Results:
Play-In Game 1: Team Sasquatch 12, 83 ∏ Lacrosse 10
(2ot)
Play-In Game 2: Bigfoot Lacrosse 12, Fender Benders 6
Merrill Lynch Lacrossewear 12, Team Sasquatch 7
Team Chipotle 10, Team Gutman 7
Combat Sports/Rocky Mountain Oysters 14, The Lofers 4
The Med 16, Brine Elite 13
Team One’s Jammin’ Salmon 19, Team Awesome 3
Maverik Elite 16, Victorious Secret 8
East Coast Kings 16, The Olympic Club 12
Team 21 14, Bigfoot Lacrosse 5
Friday Match-Ups:
Quarterfinals:
Combat Sports/Rocky Mountain Oysters vs. The Med – 9:00am
– Ford Field
Team One’s Jammin’ Salmon vs. Maverik Elite –
11:00am – Ford Field
Team Chipotle vs. Merrill Lynch/Lacrossewear – 1:00pm –
Ford Field
Team 21 vs. East Coast Kings – 3:00pm – Ford Field
Consolation:
Team Sasquatch vs. Team Gutman – 10:00am – Edwards
Turf
The Olympic Club vs. Bigfoot Lacrosse – 10:00am –
Edwards Grass
Brine Elite vs. the Lofers – 12:00pm – Edwards Turf
83 ∏ Lacrosse vs. Fender Benders – 12:00pm –
Edwards Grass
Team Awesome vs. Victorious Secret – 2:00pm – Edwards
Turf
Women’s Elite
The Women’s Elite Division started with Pool Play on
Thursday. The teams now sort themselves out and will move to
a championship bracket that will conclude on Sunday. Gang
Green, CRSLax.com and #1 Stunner of the Month all won their pools
and will have an advantage tomorrow in the quarterfinals as the
other teams will have to win “play-in” games in order
to move into the round of 8.
Thursday Results:
CRSLax.com 9, Portland Purple 7
Colorado Storm 11, TexLax 2
#1 Stunner 9, Team Wild 8 (ot)
Portland Purple 11, Colorado Storm 10 (ot)
Minnesota North Stars 9, Team Extreme 8
Team Wild 6, Colorado Tropics 3
Portland Purple 13, TexLax 5
Minnesota Northstars 12, Team Chipotle 7
Colorado Tropics 9, Team Wild 2
Gang Green 13, Minnesota Northstars 2
Team Extreme 14, Team Chipotle 3
CRSLax.com 12, TexLax 2
#1 Stunner 9, Colorado Tropics 8
Gang Green 14, Team Chipotle 1
CRSLax.com 10, Colorado Storm 5
Gang Green 6, Team Extreme 5
#1 Stunner 10, Team Wild 5
Pool Results:
Pool A
1. Gang Green
2. Minnesota Northstars
3. Team Extreme
4. Team Chipotle
Pool B
1. CRSLax.com
2. Portland Purple
3. Colorado Storm
4. TexLax
Pool C
1. #1 Stunner of the Month
2. Colorado Tropics
3. Team Wild
Friday Match-Ups:
Play-in Game 1: Team Chipotle vs. Colorado Tropics –
8:00am – Athletic Field
Play-in Game 2: Team Extreme vs. Colorado Storm –
9:10am – Athletic Field
Play-in Game 3: TexLax vs. Team Wild – 10:20am –
Athletic Field
Quarterfinals:
Gang Green vs. Winner Game 1 – 11:30am – Athletic
Field
Portland Purple vs. #1 Stunner – 12:40pm – Athletic
Field
Minnesota Northstars vs. Winner Game 2 – 1:50pm –
Athletic Field
CRSLax.com vs. Winner Game 3 – 3:00pm – Athletic
Field
