So - I have an article being edited for the Daily Universe but I wanted to get some stuff up online for those die hard Cougar lacrosse fans. Especially the ones who toughed out the snowy first half and the freezing cold second half to watch the Cougars run away with a 16-8 win over Simon Fraser from British Columbia.
Scoring recap (this is what I have in my notes - might not be perfect)
Cougars - Simon Fraser
First Quarter
1-0; 12:45 Shumway unassisted
1-1; 15 for SF
2-1; 4:26 Matheson unassisted
3-1; 3:20 Harding (assist Monteath)
3-2; 16 for SF
3-3; 18 for SF
Second Quarter
3-4; 22 for SF assist to 11
4-4; Harding (assist Monteath)
4-5; 19 for SF
5-5; 9:30 Monteath
6-5; Harding
7-5; 2:42 Matheson
7-6; 16 for SF
8-6; Mathay (assist Monteath)
(4 ties and 3 lead changes in the first half)
Third Quarter
9-6; Shumway
10-6; Matheson
11-6; Cole
12-6; 4:50 Monteath
12-7; 15 for SF
Fourth Quarter
13-7; Monteath (assist Cole)
14-7; Gunderson
14-8; 22 for SF
15-8; Gunderson
16-8; Monteath
BYU had a great offensive attack. As you can see Ted Ferrin didn't have much effect on the score but Simon Fraser had their best defender shutting him down which left guys like Monteath and Matheson in midfield to take the ball to the net and capitalize. Very balanced scoring game again for the Cougars.
I was able to get a couple of post-game interviews with some players and coach Schneck.
Interviews
Pat Matheson
What changed in the 2nd half?
We just turned it up. It was a cold game. Because of the snow I think we were a little slow to get off and going, but once we got the blood moving, once we got things flowing everyone started picking up, getting excited and we put it down their throats.
Did the snow effect the beginning of the game?
Yeah, it was hard to see, the ball gets all wet. When it got colder your pocket would freeze so it would make it hard to pick up the ball and throw and catch, but we were able to adjust our game as needed.
Coach Schneck
What changed there in the second half?
It helped that we were able to clear the field off, we were slipping and sliding a lot in the first half. Our guys, all year long, have had really good 3rd quarters and hopefully we can continue to do that. In the first half we were playing a lot of Simon Fraser's game instead of our own, that's what kept things close. As they started to focus in and do things that we normally do it started to pay off.
Your offense was scoring from all over the place today, what does that say about your offense?
Their number 36, he's their best defender and they put him on Ferrin and he did a great job defending him. We expect that that's going to happen throughout the year. They did a good job of shutting down Ted but then we had other weapons.
What are you looking forward to improve on?
We didn't really do a great job of being ready to play in the snow like this tonight.
Did Simon Fraser's fatigue play a factor in this game?
Of course it does. But when you get to the end of the season you don't have the luxury of having days off. Having those types of opportunities to be able to play back-to-back is good for the team.
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