2013 Men's Lacrosse

The Cougars are ranked #3 going into the season and open at home tonight vs. BSU. The Broncos play hard, but lack the depth and talent to keep up with the Cougs. It will be interesting to see how BYU comes out in their first game of the season as they've been working on a new uptempo offense and adding more wrinkles to their defensive packages.



PS-One of my former players is a team captain this year. Makes a guy proud (even though I admittedly had nothing to do with it since he was an offensive player and I was the D-coordinator).

Cougs win home opener over BSU; final score 14-5. The Cougars got off to a strong start and then took their foot off the gas in the fourth quarter when BSU scored most of its goals. Next up: @ UNLV in two weeks.

The Boys in Blue (#3, 1-0) will play @ the UNLV Rebels (unranked, 3-0) tonight at 7:00 pm. UNLV has been hot to start the season, averaging over 12 goals a game in wins vs. SMU (1-1), Baylor (3-6), and North Texas (2-2). The Rebels defense, however, seems a little suspect, allowing over eight goals a game to teams with an overall record of 6-9.



Schmoe's prediction: Rebs show fire early, but Cougs depth will be too much and they'll pour it on in the second half. Final 14-8 BYU.

Keep up the reporting Schmoe. I really enjoy reading them.

After a sloppy, penalty-ridden game, the Cougars come out on top 9-7. The Cougars took the lead early, and while the Rebels equalized a couple times, the Cougars kept the edge. This game should be a wake up call for our guys as UNLV is not an elite club program. Hopefully we see a much more disciplined BYU squad when they battle #9 Chapman today at 7 (8 MST).

Always enjoy the lacrosse updates. Thanks SCHMOE.

Me too. Keep us informed.

It looked ugly early with the Cougars showing serious signs of a close-game-last-night hangover in the second night of their back-to-back games in Vegas. BYU didn't score a single goal in the first quarter while #9 Chapman (2-1) roared to a 3-0 lead. The Cougars soon found some fire and scored their first goal two minutes into the second quarter. Both teams then traded goals, bringing the score to 4-2, then traded two-goal runs to make it 6-4. BYU midfielder Jake Ferrin then scored a spectacular behind-the-back goal just before the half to bring the score within one.



The Cougs and Panthers again traded some goals early in the third and Chapman pushed their lead back to two, 8-6, with just over four minutes remaining, but that's where BYU's depth would start to shine. The Cougs closed out the quarter with goals from Fabrizio and Walker to tie the game, and continued on what would be a 5-0 run, shutting out the Panthers for the entire fourth quarter, final 11-8 BYU.



I gotta say, I was more than a little worried about this game after the Cougars sad showing vs. UNLV. Chapman is traditionally a VERY strong and disciplined team, but BYU showed why they are national champion contenders again this year. This team can beat anyone in the country if they can play like they did in the fourth quarter tonight.



Next up: vs. Loyola Marymount in Vegas tomorrow 5 pm (4 pm MST)



Personal note: Team captain Mickell Walker, who played for yours truly like a hundred years ago, scored three goals in the game (two goals were equalizing goals, and the last put the Cougars up by two late in the fourth).

Schmoe wrote:
It looked ugly early with the Cougars showing serious signs of a close-game-last-night hangover in the second night of their back-to-back games in Vegas. BYU didn't score a single goal in the first quarter while #9 Chapman (2-1) roared to a 3-0 lead. The Cougars soon found some fire and scored their first goal two minutes into the second quarter. Both teams then traded goals, bringing the score to 4-2, then traded two-goal runs to make it 6-4. BYU midfielder Jake Ferrin then scored a spectacular behind-the-back goal just before the half to bring the score within one.



The Cougs and Panthers again traded some goals early in the third and Chapman pushed their lead back to two, 8-6, with just over four minutes remaining, but that's where BYU's depth would start to shine. The Cougs closed out the quarter with goals from Fabrizio and Walker to tie the game, and continued on what would be a 5-0 run, shutting out the Panthers for the entire fourth quarter, final 11-8 BYU.



I gotta say, I was more than a little worried about this game after the Cougars sad showing vs. UNLV. Chapman is traditionally a VERY strong and disciplined team, but BYU showed why they are national champion contenders again this year. This team can beat anyone in the country if they can play like they did in the fourth quarter tonight.



Next up: vs. Loyola Marymount in Vegas tomorrow 5 pm (4 pm MST)



Personal note: Team captain Mickell Walker, who played for yours truly like a hundred years ago, scored three goals in the game (two goals were equalizing goals, and the last put the Cougars up by two late in the fourth).

sweet. I was following the tweets on here and was also a little worried going into the home stretch. Lacrosse is a very interesting game. Wish I had the opportunity to play, but I cam from a high school that only offered basketball, football, cross country, wrestling, golf and track. That's it.

BroncoBot wrote:

sweet. I was following the tweets on here and was also a little worried going into the home stretch. Lacrosse is a very interesting game. Wish I had the opportunity to play, but I cam from a high school that only offered basketball, football, cross country, wrestling, golf and track. That's it.

Mine didn't either; I had to drive across town to another school every day for practice. Hopefully with how mediocre our basketball team is and how boring baseball is, we can draw in some more fans to lacrosse. It's fast, hard-hitting, fun, and the tickets are cheap. I might try to organize a CC lacrosse tailgate again when the weather gets warmer.

The Cougar offense has a slow start once again and only scores one goal in the first quarter against a bad Loyola-Marymount (0-3) squad. They then find their groove and go up 4-0 midway through the second, but LMU scores two quick goals just before the half to cut the lead to two. 4-2 Cougars.

Slow starts seem to plague the Cougars this year. Hope they can figure things out.

hawkwing wrote:
Slow starts seem to plague the Cougars this year. Hope they can figure things out.

Yep, they've been relying on their depth to make runs in the second half, but that won't work against equally deep teams like CSU and ASU.

In an extremely bizarre turn of events, the lights on the field go out and cannot be turned back on, effectively ending the game in the third quarter (yep, this is the respect club lacrosse gets). Final score: 9-2 BYU. Kudos to Cougar keeper Rob Ostler for a save percentage over .500 and the BYU defense for a couple nice yard-sale checks (knocking the opposing player's stick out of his hands).



Next game: The Cougars return home to play in-state little brother USU (1-4) next Saturday, March 2 @ 4 pm MST.

Cougars (4-0) remain at #3 in the latest MCLA poll behind Arizona State (4-0) and Colorado State (2-0).



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BYU obliterated Utah St. this afternoon, 27-1. Not a whole lot to report on this one other than the Cougs let me down by not recording a shutout ;) We're now 1-0 in conference play and on top of the RMLC rankings with a 5-0 overall record.



Next game is at home in week vs. New Mexico and will be another good chance to get deep into the bench and get the young guys some experience.

Cougars move up to #2 in the country after ASU loss to Chapman.



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The No. 2 Cougars win another lopsided affair against the New Mexico Lobos, 26-0.



Next week should provide a more real test for BYU as they travel to Arizona to take on Grand Canyon, No. 5 Arizona State, and No. 21 Arizona.

Any chance this will be on tube?

urroner wrote:
Any chance this will be on tube?

Next televised game will be vs. Colorado on March 30, 4 pm MDT.