Squeaker over Barbary
Marin scrapped its way back into the game in the 4th quarter, tied the score to send the game into OT, and won it there. Nice.
San Diego Tourney Pics
SD throwing either a pass or a great head-and-stick fake in Marin's San Diego win over O Club.
Check here for lots more pictures. Pretty sure the photog was wrong about the final result.
Huge Hops in Hawaii
Marin nemesis Chaz Woodson in Hawaii, jumping over a defenseman whose jersey remains tucked in, at least.
Marin Bows Out in O.T. Battle
Marin Lacrosse Club lost a shocker to Barbary Coast LC in overtime in the Norcal Semifinals on June 9.
After going up by a goal with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game, Marin got possession and held onto the ball behind Barbary's net for over a minute. But Barbary finally got the ball on offense and scored to tie the game with 30 seconds left.
Throughout the 4th quarter and in overtime, Marin goalie Pat Brown turned away numerous point-blank shots in one of his all-time great performances, but after Barbary broke a Marin clear, resulting in a naked 1-on-1, even Brownie couldn't save the squad.
And so the season ended.
Ouch
We lost to the O Club on Saturday.
A post-game picture can be worth a thousand words.
It went like this:
That's More Like It
MLC made it to the finals of the PNLA Tournament in Portland against Team Rhino and came up just short. Most importantly, to make it to the finals, Marin beat the Olympic Club in overtime in the semis. Saturday represents a chance to take OC down twice in one week for the second year in a row. Which would be nice.
Marin Downs Palo Alto in 2007 Opener
Marin Lacrosse Club vanquished the Palo Alto Ducks in early-season action at the MLK field in Sausalito. The MLC turnout was a little light (5 subs), the field needed a shave, and it was hot out there.
The game started off slow and ugly -- lots of rust and cobwebs -- but the scoring picked up in the second half. Sean Elder played a great game between the pipes. Palo Alto turned up the tempo in the 4th quarter with some tough goals from the crease and got help from a couple of shots that skidded and floated in, but Marin answered with some deft fast break conversions and 6-on-6 goals -- one of them on a cross-cage feed from a rebuilt Luke Gilbert to the ever-crafty Dave Grose, who showed up with 3 minutes left in the game to put the nail in the coffin.
Marin won by 3, 10-7. Next up: Sacramento.
Marin Bests Olympic Club, 14-10
Marin beat the O. Club for the third time in a week on April 15, playing on the excellent turf field at a remote location: California High School in San Ramon.
The recap from Kurt Graham, who is doing a fine job of keeping the trains running on time this season, (with guidance from the Godfather, Matt Field).
Once again we proved to be a fourth quarter team. Everyone's hard work in the off season has paid off. Jimmy Mormile got a couple of goals and then got his bell rung. It took about a half hour after the hit for Jimmy to realize that it was, in fact, his birthday. Dave Grose came up big with some timely shots to put the game out of the reach of OC. Thank you to the defense for once again keeping us in the game while the offense was working out the kinks.
Marin Lacrosse Once Again Best in the West
Marin Lacrosse Club re-asserted its regional dominance, taking home the 2006 Western States tournament trophy. Marin defeated cross-town San Francisco rivals the Olympic Club twice on the way to the finals. In the championship game, Marin backed up its 2005 California state championship win by taking down SoCal's Adrenaline Lacrosse Club.
-Crowd control by Rosenbaum and Vallone:
-memo to self: stay away from the cage...
Lax 4 Life Golf Tourney
From Marin LC middie Jim Moss:
I am holding a charity Golf tournament for Lacrosse for LIFE. The date is Tuesday May 16th at the Presidio Golf Course. Fee is $225 per including lunch, golf, cart, and dinner. I have Gary Gait coming in to play as well as Kyle Harrison and some others. If you know any other lax guys that might come to town, the more the merrier!
Lacrosse for LIFE is a San Francisco charity that provides a lacrosse program to inner city youth. I know a good deal of you guys were “silver spooners” but some of us were blue collar hood rats (Philly guys that likely means you) and people gave us a leg up and got us into the sport.
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