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LANDON 6 URBANA 2 ,KB Award and Senior Profile
The 18th victory of the season was a defensive war with theBearsrelying on their strength around the goal to assure a victory against Urbana. It was senior night and the 14 members of the Class of 2011 and their parents (siblings) were honored before the game started. The starting lineup included 10 of this class who have contributed so much to this season and the preceding lax seasons. The lineup at the end was primarily composed of players who will contribute to future senior days.
The Bears won6-2 with all of the Landon scoring in the 2nd and 3rd Quarters. The control of the game was also based largely on the Bear defensove unit and t Justin Murphy’s domination of the X, winning 9 of 9 of his faceoffs against three different Hawks.
The first quarter was uneventful; no goals, few shots and even fewer SOGs.
The second quarter was bracketed by the visitors’ goals; the Hawks scored at 9:57 and 1:59 (no Urbana roster was available). Garrett Fellows was the first Bear in the scorebook at 9:01 on a feed from Matt Potolicchio. Soon thereafter, Will Laco received a nice pass fromPatrick Keena at 6:05. Charlie Schnider provided the third Bear score at0:20.8
HALFTIME LANDON 3 URBANA 2
The Landon D strength was demonstrated with a shutout for the remaining 24 minutes. Matt Opsahl got a pair of goals. The first was a slapshot from about 10’ out at 11:45. There was a dent in the back of the net after his blast hit the corner. The second Opsahl goal was off of a nice feed from Patrick Keena at 10:15. Captain Keena initiated the sixth goal on a pass to Will Laco at9:13.
FINAL SCORE LANDON 6 URBANA 2
LANDON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS
Player Goal(s) Assist(s)
Keena 3
Laco, W. 2
Opsahl 2
Fellows 1
Schnider 1
LANDON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Team # stat individual player #
37 GBs 6 Murphy
3 CTs 1 Laco, W., Pena, Hetterman
9/11 F/Os 9/9 Murphy
7 saves 6 Joyce
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Today’s Khari Baten, That’s A Bear Award goes to JUSTIN MURPHY; please go to www.helpkhari.com for further details and to donate
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SENIOR PROFILE
LUKE HOWARD, #35, SENIOR DEFENSEMAN
The 10th goal against RP
1.When did you start playing lacrosse?
I started playing lacrosse when I came to Landon in 3rd grade. I have always played Defense and insisted on playing with a full sized stick even back then.
2.What is the brand and model of your lax stick; who strings it for you?
Iuse a Nike shaft and a STX surgeon head. Rob Adkins is my stick doctor.
3.Who is your favorite college lacrosse player and what team do you follow?
My favorite player is C.J. Costabile and I follow Ohio State.
4.What is your senior project?
Drew Hayhurst and I will be working with Sports Plus Marketing.
5.Where will you be next year?
I will be playing Lacrosse for Ohio State.
6.I understand that many people were encouraging you to pursue a football scholarship for college. How did you decide to choose to play lacrosse for Ohio State?
The lacrosse recruiting process began a full year before football recruiting and once it began I knew I wanted to pursue this sport.
7.What other interests do you have…hobbies, favorite courses, other Landon activities, etc….outside of lacrosse?
I still take ceramics seriously and look forward to taking a course in college.
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NEXT GAME WILL BE THE SECOND ROUND OF THE IAC TOURNAMENT. THE LIKELY DATE IS MAY 11 AND AT HOME.TIME AND OPPONENT?
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