Landon Lacrosse 11 Bullis 8

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Apr 18, 2025
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AI reversed the home and away uniforms

Bulldogs’ 11-2 record, especially since both losses were away games against ranked MIAA teams, gave them a good deal of confidence. The Bears were not intimidated, in part because their fans’ vociferous support created a home atmosphere out in Potomac. Home has been good to Bullis with a 19-0 record in front of their fans.

Bullis hit their homefield with aggressive physical play. They had problems clearing the ball in the 1^st q with the Brown jerseys successfully turning the ball over on 50% of the White Jerseys’ attempt to move the ball into their own O zone.

A sweet pass from SEAN MURRAY to AIDAN CASSEDY led to the Bears’ 1^st goal @ 10:02. The athleticism and stick skills of Landon stopped a Bulldog clear and SEAN intercepted a passwhich soon became the 2^nd visitor goal @8:06.

Bullis get its initial tally at 4:46, but their opponents restored a +2 margin @ 1:56 when JONAS HAWKINS connected with CADEN SOUTHWORTH .

STEPHEN RISO blocked one of BS’s 2 shots. HAYDEN GOOZH’s technique at X went 4 W’s 2 L’s

BEARS 3 BULLDOGS 1

The next stanza showed the Home team’s resilience with goals at 7:39, 6:06 and 7:16 on 8 SOGs. Landon reduced its SOGs with one beating the White Jersey goalie @4:42 unassisted by AIDEN. Life at X saw 3 wins, 2 losses and 2GBs by HAYDEN.

HALFTIME BEARS 4 BULLDOGS 4

Lax can be a game of swings in momentum and it went over to the visitors side in Q3. JONAS put a shot where the home goalie couldn’t stop for Bears’ 5^th score @8:00. Though Bullis broke their opponents run with a goal at 6:05, that did not deter the L offense—SEAN absorbed a heavy Bullis D check and was able to rack his 2^nd and Bears 6^th@3:50. Fellow senior attackman, AIDEN continued this sequence with his hat trick (a term that originated with cricket @4:45. JONAS then sliced the D with a pass to DEVIN STEWART @2:39.

STONEWALL RISO lived up to his moniker with 3 saves on 4 SOGs. The opponents had more FOGO success; their X man, Princeton commit, neutralized SEAN and TALEN SMITH collectively 50/50. Clears : Bears 4/1, Bulldogs 2/1.

END OF Q3 BEARS 8 BULLDOGS 5

Initiative swung to the home team—goals at 11:47, 10:28 and 4:47 equaled the score at 8-8. The Bears bounced back with CADEN ripping the Bullis nets @3:10. Then MACK COHEN passed to SEAN who buried it @1:22 for a nice 2 G margin. GOOZ must have insisted on a decisive win, won the F/O and shot the 11^th goal @ 1:15.

After the initial Bullis run, STEPHEN shut them down for the remainder of the final period. HAYDEN was 4 and 0 over the critical last minutes, The Bear ride stopped the last 4 Bullis rides, including a turnover that led to the GWG.

DEFENDERS held the Bulldogs to 7 scores below their season average of 15. By the numbers (G, Ds, LSMs and SSDMs): STEPHEN, ELI SMINK, NICO BASKOT, ROBERT SWIFT, JACOB DERWINSKI, NICO PEDROZA, JAMES SCHMIDT, CARTER DESANTO, JT MATHURA, MAC IMPERATORE, LOGAN CASSIDY, others?) stifled the Bulldogs.

The Class of 2025, leaders by action, showed up for this landmark game—with 10 of 11 goals in this game.

FINAL SCORE BEARS 11 BULLDOGS 8

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