| It was a great day for the Supermasters division
that offered the most competitive first round games of the 35th annual
Vail Lacrosse Shootout. In all four of the nine Supermasters games
were decided by one goal, making for some of the most hard fought
games in the entire tournament.
With 17 teams in this years Supermasters division, Essian\Tap Room
and Lacrosse.com teams played a "play-in" game to get
into the championship bracket. It was a gritty game with Essian\Tap
Room coming out on top 6-5. Essian\Tap Room's next game was arguably
the most exciting game of the day. Facing Tsunami\CVLC, the Essian\Tap
Room team started out on fire scoring the first 5 goals. Tsunami\CVLC
was determined not to go down quietly and scored three goals in
the last 1:47 to send the game to overtime. It was only 1:14 into
overtime when Tsunami/CVLC's Leo Pates scored his third goal of
the day to give the win to his team and send them into a winners
bracket.
The Magic Wands played a nail-bighter against Boathouse\Rock-it
Pocket coming from behind to win in the 4th quarter. The Wands,
needing four goals and an assist from Dave King, won 9-8. In a lopsided
affair Tombstone defeated Lacrosse Wear 15-9. Fresh off last year's
semi-final appearance the Tri-City Canadians won 11-7 against the
Air Force Graybirds. The Navy Old Goats got by a solid NYAC 11-6.
The Frogs gave the Colorado Lacrosse Club all they could handle.
The CLC had to withstand a flurry of shots at the end to preserve
their one goal victory. In the final two games the Elder Statesmen
advanced over Cactus Lacrosse, and Middlebury topped the Princeton
Obsoletes.
First Round Results
Colorado Lacrosse Club 8, Frogs 7
Navy Old Goats 11, NYAC 6
Magic Wands 9, Boathouse/Rock-it Pocket 8
Essian/Tap Room 6, Lacrosse.com 5
Tsunami/CVLC 10, Tap Room 9 (OT)
Tri-City 11, Air Force Greaybirds 7
Tombstone 15, Lacrosse Wear 9
Middlebury Def, Princton Obsoletes
Elder Statesmen Def, Cactus Lacrosse
Day 2 - Match Ups
Quarter Finals
CVLC/Tap Room vs Colorado Lax Club on Ford Field 2 at 10:00am
Magic Wands vs Navy Old Goats on Ford Field 2 at 12:00pm
Tri-City Canadians vs Tombstone on Ford Field 1 at 2:00pm
Elder Statesmen vs Middlebury on Ford Field 2 at 2:00pm
Consolation Bracket
NYAC vs Boathouse/Rock-it Pocket on Donovan at 1:30pm
Frogs vs Essian/Tap Room on Ford Field 1 at 12:00pm
Lacrosse Wear vs TBA (Lax.com or AF Greybirds) on Donovan at 11:30am
Princeton Obsoletts vs Cactus Lacrosse on Ford Field 1 at 10:00am
AF Greybirds vs Lax.com on Donovan an 10:00am
GRANDMASTERS DIVISION PREVIEW:
Four teams made it up to Vail to participate in the second year
of the Grandmasters Division (ages 50+). The Rockies, USA Stars,
Navy Grand Goats and Los Viejos are all set to take to field on
Thursday.
Thursday Schedule:
Rockies vs. Navy Grand Goats on Ford Field 2 at 8:30am
USA Stars vs. Los Viejos on Ford Field 1 at 8:30am
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