Coquitlam hops into first in Jr, Victoria downs Langley in Sr

May 22nd, 2008 by Lauren Ward

There was a shaky start to it — a 6-6 tie halfway through the second period — but in the end Joel Weber got into the Coquitlam net, blocked 19 of 20, and the Adanacs got the win that was expected, a 16-7 victory over the South Fraser Stickmen that pushes them into first place with a 6-1 record.

Scott DeFrancesco led the Adanacs with five goals and four assists while Jordan Weir added three goals and Jarrett Davis scored one and helped on seven. Mitch Dibblee had three goals and two assists for the Stickmen. With the loss the Stickmen fall to 0-9.

Elsewhere in British Columbia lacrosse, the Victoria Shamrocks handed a home opening loss to the Langley Thunder, 11-9. With the win the Shamrocks improve to 2-0.

Langley got the early jump, going up 3-0 to start the game but the Shamrocks battled back with five straight goals and kept it close until almost halfway into the third when Ryder Bateman and Lewis Ratcliff teamed up to score three goals in just over one minute and put the game just out of reach.

Ratcliff had four goals and three assists overall, Bateman had three and two, and Kelly Hall, Teddy Jenner, Luke Hinton and Tyler Heavenor had three points apiece. Nick Patterson — last week’s WLA player of the week — held the Thunder to three goals in the pivotal third period, stopping 15 of 18. Tom Johnson led Langley with two goals and two assists.
Photo credit: Gary Woodburn

Ward began covering lacrosse for The Lacrosse Journal in 2005 and became its editor-in-chief a year later. Email her at lauren.ward@nllinsider.com.

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