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BEARS WIN IAC LAX BY BEATING BULLIS 7-4
The story of the 2012 Bears’ lacrosse team has been a Band of 40 Bear Brothers and again the theme has been the display of character. Tonight at Bullis, we can put a BIG exclamation point on that statement of their constitution sentence. THESE ARE BEARS!
Tonight, when the teams played even, the Bears shut out the Bulldogs (average Goals scored per game 8.0); all of the home team goals were tallied when the Bears were serving a penalty. The Bear offense executed its game plan exquisitely—seven goals scored by 4 players and assists by 3.
The game started with a patented Matt Potolicchiohockey goal; the visitors took a shot, the ball rebounded and out of a mass of Bulldogs and Bears emerged #9 who had scooped up the ball and seemingly scored in the same motion at 9:21 unassisted. Five minutes later, Matt took the ball behind goal, drove towards the crease, caused a slide and hit Peter Laco, who quick-sticked it past the Bulldog goalie at 4:35.
END OF 1ST QUARTER BEARS 2 – BULLDOGS 0
Again, a rebound created an opportunity for Matt, who repeated scoop and shoot technique at 10:40. The Bears added to their margin at 7:59; this time Hank Browninverted behind the goal and his move toward the goal forced a Bulldog defender to move toward #15 and exposed Matt perched in front of the nets è result GOAL at 7:59. The home team was given an EMO opportunity and Kylor Bellistri scored from the perimeter of the Bear’s zone at 5:24. Peter, joining the field as a midfielder, took the ball behind goal and passed it out to Jack Falkat 2:37.
HALFTIME BEARS 5 – BULLDOGS 1
The home team was given an EMO opportunity and at 8:27, Matt Opsahl scored. The Bears responded with a long clearing pass from Alex Joyceto Charlie Schnider, who turned on the jets, streaked past the Bulldog defenders and buried a shot to close out the period.
END OF 3RD QUARTER BEARS 6 –BULLDOGS 2
The last scoring play of the prior period was repeated at 8:37, again speedy caught a great outlet pass, exploded down the field, and Charlie created separation and fired his second goal at 8:37.
The remainder of the game was a test of the Bear D. Heretofore, the referees had flagged the Bulldogs 5 times and the Bears twice. By the end of this quarter, the balance was 6 EMOs for the Bulldogs and 5 for the Bears. The primary defensive responsibilities were Matt Povichon Jake Dickstein (0 G, 0A), Mark Straboon Matt Opsahl (1 EMO G, 0 A) and Sellers Garrett on Kylor Bellistri (3 EMO goals). To add a little excitement, Bellistri scored two EMO goals at 4:46 and 3:54.
FINAL SCORE BEARS 7 – BULLDOGS 4
PLAYER | GOAL(s) | ASSIST(s) | POINT(s) |
Potolicchio | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Schnider | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Laco | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Falk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 |
GBsGBs
TEAM 25
Bear Leader Falk with 4
SHOTS
BEARS 30
BULLDOGS 27
SAVES
JOYCE 10
BURKE 7
THE KHARI BATEN “THAT’S A BEAR AWARD” usually identifies an individual, whose effort and team play exemplifies’ Khari’s exceptional performance in those selfless dimensions. Tonight, the award could literally be divided 40 ways, but symbolically it will be given to ALEX JOYCE, MATT POTOLICCHIO, MARK STRABO and GARRETT SELLERS.
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