Week 5 • March 17, 2015
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WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE LACROSSE ASSOCIATION Contacts: Chris Day (Association Director) 970-424-0486 • [email protected] Website: www.thewila.com Twitter: @WILA_SID ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Week 5 • March 17, 2015 2015 WILA MEN’S STANDINGS WILA Overall Institution W-L Pct. GF GA W-L Pct. GF GA Streak Last 5 Rockhurst 2-0 1.000 36 17 5-0 1.000 84 33 W5 5-0 Colorado Mesa 2-0 1.000 36 18 2-1 .667 45 31 W2 2-1 Adams State 1-2 .333 43 41 1-2 .333 43 41 L1 1-2 CSU-Pueblo 0-3 .000 19 58 0-5 .000 27 97 L5 0-5 WILA PLAAAYERS OF THE WEEK UPCOMING WILA SCHEDULE/ (WEEK #4) RECENT RESULTS Offensive Wednesday, March 11th *-Adams State 19, @ CSU-Pueblo 8 Nick Bagatti • Adams State Sunday, March 15th #39, Fr., A, 5-11 *-Rockhurst 13, @ Adams State 11 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville HS Tuesday, March 17th &-Adams State vs. Vassar (N.Y.), 11 a.m. Bagatti scored seven goals netting hat-tricks *-Rockhurst at Colorado Mesa, 6 p.m. in each of his first two career starts during the Grizzlies’ 1-1 Wednesday, March 18th week. On Wednesday (Mar. 11), he scored four goals on *-Rockhurst at CSU-Pueblo, 7 p.m. eight shots, including the game-winner in ASU’s 19-8 win at Saturday, March 21st CSU-Pueblo. He then netted another hat-trick with three Adams State at Rollins (Fla.), 1 p.m. (EDT) goals on five shots on Sunday (Mar. 15) against Rockhurst (L, CSU-Pueblo at Brevard (N.C.), 4 p.m. (EDT) 11-13). Sunday, March 22nd Adams State at Florida Southern, 3 p.m. (EDT) Tuesday, March 24th Adams State at Saint Leo, 7 p.m. (EDT) Defensive Wednesday, March 25th Alex Pfeil • Rockhurst CSU-Pueblo at Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.), 3 p.m. (EDT) #77, Fr., G, 5-10 Colorado Mesa at Shorter (Ga.), 5 p.m. (EDT) Ellisville, Mo./Eureka HS *- WILA Game Pfeil stopped nine shots while playing all 60 & - @ Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado College) minutes in goal during the Hawks’ 13-11 win [#]- Current USILA Rank (RV = Receiving Votes) at Adams State on Sunday (Mar. 15). He has a 3-0 record and has made 26 saves in 180 minutes this season, good for a 8.33 goals against average, which ranks him 14th nationally, and a WILA-best .510 save percentage. The Players of the Week are selected by a vote of the WILA Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors. Games played between Mar. 9-Mar. 15 were included. 2015 WILA Men’s Lacrosse News & Notes Week 5• March 17 QUICK HITS... USILA Coaches’ Poll ROCKHURST continued its perfect start to the campaign with a 13-11 win at Regular Season #4 (Mar. 16) ADAMS STATE on Sunday and in the process set up a battle for first place in the ................................... Record Votes Prev. WILA standings tonight (Tuesday, Mar. 17) at COLORADO MESA... The Hawks, 1. Limestone (S.C.) ............ 8-0 148 (8) 1 who were the first team in WILA history to start a season 4-0, are now 5-0 overall 2. Adelphi (N.Y.) .............. 5-0 142 (2) 3 and 2-0 in WILA play... Their 5-game winning streak is equal to the longest in WILA 3. NYIT ...................................4-1 122 4 history... Colorado Mesa, which was idle last week, is also 2-0 in WILA play and 4. Lake Erie (Ohio) .......... 4-0 116 5 sports a 2-1 overall mark... The Mavericks have won four straight WILA home 5. LIU-Post (N.Y.) ...............5-1 105 2 games dating back to 2013, tied for the fourth longest streak in association his- 6. Merrimack (Mass.) ...... 4-0 102 6 tory... They have also won 11 of the last 13 overall at Walker Field since 2012... 7. LeMoyne (N.Y.) ..............3-1 98 7 Adams State, which did claim a 19-8 win at CSU-PUEBLO last Wednesday (Mar. 8. Seton Hill (Pa.) ..............4-1 82 9 9. Tampa (Fla.) ................. 7-1 75 8 11), also plays today facing Vassar (N.Y.) in a neutral-site match-up on the campus 10. Molloy (N.Y.) .................3-1 45 10 of Colorado College in Colorado Springs... John McCreery, ASU’s head coach from 11. Mount Olive (N.C.) ....... 6-2 39 12 2012-14, is now an assistant coach at Vassar... The Grizzlies’ win over CSU-Pueblo 12. Florida Tech ................... 5-1 31 RV was the first for new head coach Jason Levasque... After playing at Colorado 13. Mercyhurst (Pa.) .......... 2-3 29 11 Mesa, Rockhurst will wrap up their 3-game, 4-day stretch in Colorado on Wednes- 14. Mercy (N.Y.) ..................4-1 27 13 day night (Mar. 18) at CSU-Pueblo, which wraps up a 3-game homestand with that 15. Belmont Abbey (N.C.) ...5-1 15 14 game... Rockhurst won an earlier meeting with the ThunderWolves on Feb. 28, Also receiving votes: Pfeiffer (N.C.), winning 23-6 in Kansas City... With intra-association play at the mid-point of the Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.), Franklin Pierce (N.H.) season, the three Colorado-based WILA teams will then resume non-conference Next Poll: March 23 play with trips to the southeastern portion of the country... Adams State will play *-Records through Mar. 15 four games in Florida, starting Saturday (Mar. 21) at Rollins... The Grizzlies are also at Florida Southern on Sunday (Mar. 22) and at Saint Leo next Tuesday (Mar. 24) WILA Teams in the Poll before wrapping up the trip at ninth-ranked Tampa on Thursday, Mar. 26... (Mar. Preseason: Colorado Mesa (RV) CSU-Pueblo will also play at Brevard (N.C.) this Saturday before heading to Tennes- see to face Lincoln Memorial next Wednesday (Mar. 25)... Meanwhile, Colorado Mesa will play at Shorter (Ga.) that day before facing defending national champion and currently top-ranked Limestone (S.C.) on Friday, Mar. 27... After the games at Colorado Mesa and CSU-Pueblo, Rockhurst will be off until Apr. 5. TEAM NOTES... Adams State Grizzlies (1-2, 1-2 WILA) www.asugrizzlies.com Twitter: @asugrizzlies, @ASUMLAX Top Offensive Player: Nick Bagatti — WILA Offensive Player of the Week Top Defensive Player: No Nomination Adams State Team Notes: The Grizzlies gave new head coach Jason Levasque his first win at the helm of the program last Wednesday (Mar. 11) as they won at CSU-Pueblo, 19-8... The Grizzlies scored five man-up goals in as many opportunities during two games last week and rank fifth in the national statistics for man-up offense (.545) this season... They also stand seventh for clearing percentage (.904), eighth for shot percentage (.364) and eighth for turnovers per game (14.33)... With 10 goals a piece, John Beedle and Danny Mayes are tied for 10th in the national statistics for goals per game at 3.33... They have both had hat tricks in all three of the Grizzlies’ games this year... Mayes, who leads the team with 14 offensive points (10G, 4A), also ranks 12th nationally for points per game (4.67)... Nick Bagatti also ranks 12th nationally with his .538 shot percentage... Five different Grizzlies scored three or more goals in last week’s win at CSU-Pueblo... Baggati and Mayes scored four goals each while Beedle, Josh Peterman and Seth Stowell each tallied three... Baggati, Beedle and Mayes also had hat-tricks in Sunday’s (Mar. 15) 13-11 loss to Rockhurst... Today (Mar. 17), Adams State will play NCAA Division III foe Vassar (N.Y.) College... The game will be played on the Colorado College campus in Colorado Springs and will be a match-up against former Grizzly head coach John McCreery, now an assistant at Vassar. McCreery recruited many of the current Grizzlies... The Grizzlies then begin a 4-game trip to Florida on Saturday (Mar. 21), facing Rollins... They play at Florida Southern on Sunday (Mar. 22) and at Saint Leo next Tuesday (Mar. 24) before wrapping up the trip at ninth-ranked Tampa on Mar. 26... The Grizzlies played each of those teams in 2013 as well... The game against Tampa, a heartbreaking 5-4 loss was played at home, while the rest were played in the Sunshine state. —Team Notes continued on page 3— 2015 WILA Men’s Lacrosse News & Notes (Cont.) Week 5• March 17 TEAM NOTES (CONT.)... Previous Colorado Mesa Mavericks (2-1, 2-0 WILA) WILA Players of the Week Week #1 (Feb. 25) www.cmumavericks.com Offensive: Michael Beckham, Rockhurst* Twitter: @cmumavericks, @COMesaMLax Defensive: Tyrone Blackmon, Rockhurst *-Also named as USILA NCAA Division II National Player of the Week Top Offensive Player: No Games Played Week #2 (Mar. 3) Top Defensive Player: No Games Played Offensive: Jake Martin, Rockhurst Colorado Mesa Team Notes: The Mavericks were idle last week preparing for tonight’s Defensive: Mike Boehm, Rockhurst encounter with Rockhurst... First place in the WILA standings will be on the line... The Week #3 (Mar. 11) Mavericks won last year’s non-conference affair (Mar. 18) in Grand Junction with the Hawks, Offensive: Austin Pridham, Colorado Mesa who joined the WILA this year, by a 21-3 margin... Entering Tuesday, the Mavericks have Defensive: Zach Weaver, Colorado Mesa won eight out of their last nine WILA games... They have also won four straight WILA home games and are 17-3 overall at Walker Field all-time... The Mavericks rank fifth nationally The WILA against... with their 15.00 goal per game scoring average and are ninth with their 22.67 offensive point NCAA Division II ..................................