PSUA BREAKS DOWN AGAINST RMU

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

IN THE FIRST PERIOD OF SUNDAYS GAME AGAINST ROBERT MORRIS, EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE GOING THE LIONS WAY. PSUA PLAYERS CAME OUT FIRED UP AND READY TO PLAY. THEY FORECHECKED, THEY BACKEDCHECKED, AND HUSTLED IN ALL ZONES. AND THANKS TO A JAMSEY ROSSI BREAKAWAY LED 1-0. WILL GAFFNEY AND GREG JOHNSON CONNECTED ON "THE RAT" EARLY IN THE 2ND PERIOD TO GIVE THE LIONS A 2-0 LEAD. THEN THE BACKCHECKING STOPPED, THE FORE CHECKING STOPPED, PLAYERS BEGAN BLAMING THE REFEREES, BLAMING EACH OTHER. RMU WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE, SCORING THE NEXT 4 GOALS. PATRICK KINCH WOULD ADD ANOTHER TO BRING PSUA TO WITHIN ONE GOAL, BUT RMU RESPONDED WITH THREE MORE TALLIES FOR A 7-3 WIN. COACH MAGEE WAS QUOTED AFTER THE GAME "WE GAVE UP, WE STOPPED SKATING, AND WE WERE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS WE COULD NOT CONTROL." COACH LANTZ SAID "IF YOU GIVE GOOD TEAMS A SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO WIN. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN OUR EFFORT THE LAST TWO PERIODS AND HOW WE CONDUCTED OURSELVES IN FRONT OF THE REFEREES. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN." CHRIS RYAN FACED 46 SHOTS IN THE LOSS. THE LIONS TRAVEL EAST FOR A GAME AGAINST WEST CHESTER AND PSU BRANDYWINE. "SINCE A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE FROM DOWN EAST, THIS GIVES THE PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM PLAY CLOSER TO HOME."