Game 4: 3/25 vs. Lake Washington

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Sammamish Suffers First Defeat

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Sammamish lost their first game of the season last night, 9-6, to Lake Washington. LW now stands alone at the top of the Evergreen Conference with a 3-0 record. SLC (3-1) falls to second place. LW offered the first 'real' competition for SCL. Down 2-0 early in the contest, the team hung in there, taking the lead in the third period after being tied at halftime. But with seconds remaining , LW hit net to lead 7-6 at the close of the third frame.

Entering the fourth period the guys were gassed. They were playing without a couple of guys and did not have a full rotation of players to step in and offer the middies a break. The play at that point in the game got pretty sloppy. Some of the credit needs to go to LW's defense who made things difficult when the guys got in close. But some point-blank opportunities were squandered as well.

IMHO, the guys need to learn that lacrosse is a possession game. Good passes need to be made, bad passes need to be caught, all balls in the lacrosse need to be maintained. When the ball in your possession gets put on the ground and lost, the middies have to run, will get gassed, and you loose the opportunity to control the game.

Matt had a good game in face-offs. He did 17 of the 19 draws and won 15 of those. He was credited with 12 ground balls.

Matt's season totals: 4 games, 6 goals, 2 assists, 8 points, 40 gb, 49/56 face-offs, 87.5% face-off wins.

Added Note: SLC leads the league in point differential at +37 points!