March 23: In tonight's game, our defense did its part while awaiting our offense to rise to the occasion but that never happened as the University of California, Santa Barbara crept slowly but consistently to the 9-4 final. It was 3-1 after the first 15 minutes, 4-1 at the half, and 6-3 after 3 quarters. Credit goes to the Gauchos for a well played game in which 6 players accounted for their 9 goals. Alex “Big Country” Beauchamp tallied 3 goals for us and Connor Roberg on a full field rush, scored our other goal, the first by a Laxcat defenseman this season.
We now have a 2 ½ week layoff before our next game, a home game during Laxcat Family Weekend against the University of California, San Diego. We’ll use that time to re-evaluate our strengths and weaknesses while preparing for the final push of our season.
I have received positive comments on our first and successful attempt at “Twittering” the game thanks to former Laxcat Sugar Shane Morrison at the keyboard.