Forget aboout college basketball...college lacrosse is way more exciting. Last night I saw the Bucknell men's lacrosse team defeat the #1 University of Maryland men's lacrosse team. The game was super exciting. Evidence by the score:
While driving to the game, I was thinking I really hope Maryland doesn't embarass us. I figured Maryland being the #1 team in the country would be really good. I thought that they would dominate the face offs and rush to a quick lead. What ended up happening is that I saw a very sluggish Maryland team. The first three quarters they made a variety of mistakes, unable to catch the ball or even pick up the ball from the ground. This allowed Bucknell to score a few times on Maryland turnovers.
Actually, the first 3 quarters the Maryland team looked sluggish. From the very beginning of the fourth quarter it looked like the team woke up. The score at the beginning of the fourth quarter was 6-3, Bucknell. Maryland was able to score 3 quick goals to tie up the game. The game then went into OT. Maryland was still very hot and won the face off. It looked like they were going to win and in fact had two great shots on goal, but the Bucknell goalie was able to stop them. Bucknell had the ball at the end of the first overtime and tried to score the last goal with time running out. They ended up getting a pretty good shot but unfortunately it didn't go in.
Onto the second overtime period. Things were different, Bucknell won the faceoff but unfortunately couldn't score. Maryland had the ball but then they turned it over. Bucknell took control and worked the clock. With ten seconds to go, they went in to score and they did! Game over! Bucknell won! It was amazing.
Watch out college basketball...lacrosse may become my new favorite sport.
This is by far the biggest win in Bucknell's men's lacrosse history. I am pretty sure we had never beaten a number one team before.
While driving to the game, I was thinking I really hope Maryland doesn't embarass us. I figured Maryland being the #1 team in the country would be really good. I thought that they would dominate the face offs and rush to a quick lead. What ended up happening is that I saw a very sluggish Maryland team. The first three quarters they made a variety of mistakes, unable to catch the ball or even pick up the ball from the ground. This allowed Bucknell to score a few times on Maryland turnovers.
Actually, the first 3 quarters the Maryland team looked sluggish. From the very beginning of the fourth quarter it looked like the team woke up. The score at the beginning of the fourth quarter was 6-3, Bucknell. Maryland was able to score 3 quick goals to tie up the game. The game then went into OT. Maryland was still very hot and won the face off. It looked like they were going to win and in fact had two great shots on goal, but the Bucknell goalie was able to stop them. Bucknell had the ball at the end of the first overtime and tried to score the last goal with time running out. They ended up getting a pretty good shot but unfortunately it didn't go in.
Onto the second overtime period. Things were different, Bucknell won the faceoff but unfortunately couldn't score. Maryland had the ball but then they turned it over. Bucknell took control and worked the clock. With ten seconds to go, they went in to score and they did! Game over! Bucknell won! It was amazing.
Watch out college basketball...lacrosse may become my new favorite sport.
This is by far the biggest win in Bucknell's men's lacrosse history. I am pretty sure we had never beaten a number one team before.
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