OLSM nets first win of the year

By David Parr, MLive.com

ANN ARBOR - The St. Mary's varsity lacrosse team recorded the first win of the new 2011 season with a close 8-7 win over Catholic League rival Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard Saturday. However, the Eaglets could have lost their best player for the remaining part of the season with a broken leg that occured during a scrap in front of the net. Doug Boyd, a St. Mary's captain, and a lone holdover from last year's senior dominated squad, broke a small bone in his right leg after an Irish defenseman landed directly on it. And while Boyd is on the mend, the Eaglet's have a couple of emerging junior stars to thank for saving the team's first win this season. Evan Considine, a junior mid-fielder, tied the game with 3:02 left in the fourth quarter and another junior, Chris Koski, scored the game winner with .56 seconds left in the game. "When somebody like Doug goes down, you expect that somebody else will step up," Normand said. "Evan's goal was a thing of beauty....one of those....no, no, no....yes. Evan ran through three defenders and Chris just looked like he wanted the ball."

Normand said the new cast of characters will take some time to blend, but praised their heart and effort. The Eaglet's continue to blister the offensive end of the field, racking up eight goals on 39 shots, which includes six assists, but 32 unforced errors has the coaching staff concerned.

St. Mary's was led offensively by Considine's hat-trick and Chris Koski's two goals. Nick Parr, with three assists and a goal, paced the offensive along with single goals from Doug Boyd and Garrett Anderson.
Defensively, the Eaglet's held Gabriel Richard to 13 shots, but unfortunately, senior goaltender Steven Keith wasn't as sharp as he was last week during a Lake Orion scrimmage, according to the coaching staff. Chris Brecht, St. Mary's defensive coach, said Keith will have to find his bearings between the pipes before the next couple of games because the competition only gets stronger. Senior defenseman P.J. Walters played a strong game at close defense, according to Brecht and Spencer McInnis won 10 faceoffs, while only losing four.

The Eaglet's take the field Monday, again, in Ann Arbor against Huron and return home for a trip to Brother Rice on Wednesday.

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