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Post by FU73 on Feb 15, 2016 13:09:48 GMT -5
Stag Men's Lacrosse lost their home and season opener 10-11 to Richmond today at Rafferty Stadium. The Stags scored first and led 2-1 to start the game but then trailed 3-6 at the end of the half and 6-9 going into the final quarter. The Stags outscored Richmond 4-2 in the final quarter. The Stags were outshot 43/28 in the game and lost more than half of the faceoffs by 7/23 to 16/23. Attendance: 742 Weather: 10 degrees, flurries Kudos to the students and Stag fans that did come out to the game today in 10 degree weather. Box Score:www.fairfieldstags.com/fls/32500/Stats/MLAX/2016/ffdm0215.htmNext:Sat, Feb 20 vs. Bucknell (2-0) at Rafferty Stadium at 12:00 p.m. Sat, Feb 20 Friends of Men's & Women's Lacrosse Pre-Game Reception at Fairfield at TBA |
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Post by Stagophile on Feb 15, 2016 13:19:11 GMT -5
Frustrating...this is only the third year that the Richmond lacrosse program has been in existence. Faceoffs killed us. I believe our FOGO Will Fox was injured.
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Post by stagz on Feb 15, 2016 14:52:57 GMT -5
We got crushed on faceoffs and time of possession. We adjusted in 2nd half with a long stick on the faceoffs to at least compete, but we were already in a hole.
Very frustrating way to start the season.
Two NCAA college lacrosse points:
1. The fact that the season starts this early now is crazy. I think the season used to start early March. I think starting this early puts the Northeast schools at a disadvantage and really tilts the playing field toward these newer programs down South. I really feel this needs to be reconsidered by the NCAA.
2. Shot clock - Everyone has woken up to the importance of time of possession. Princeton really mastered this when going on their NCAA run in the late '90s, but now 15 years later everyone slows it down when they are ahead. I am not necessarily advocating a constant shot clock, but maybe a clock on the team that is leading. The game is really suffering from a spectators point of view when a team passes the ball in a circle for 5 minutes.
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Post by Stagophile on Feb 15, 2016 15:02:54 GMT -5
Frustrating...this is only the third year that the Richmond lacrosse program has been in existence. Faceoffs killed us. I believe our FOGO Will Fox was injured. I was wrong. Will Fox went 3-11 and Nick Panera went 3-10 against Richmond's Peter Moran. OUCH! |
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Post by FU73 on Feb 15, 2016 21:43:03 GMT -5
"Honestly, all that today’s loss means is that we’re not going undefeated this year,” said Head Coach Andy Copelan. “It’s never how you start a season, it’s how you finish.”....
“There’s no quit in that locker room. The guys came out in the second half and fought tooth and nail,” said Copelan, the reigning CAA Coach of the Year. “We won the ground ball battle in the second half, which obviously was one of our shortcomings in the first half.”....
"We’ve got the pieces right now, but we’re still trying to put things together,” Copelan added. “But I believe in that group of guys. I wish we could be 1-0, but we’ll move on.”
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