Whitby, Brampton, Six Nations and Orangeville win Sunday

May 26th, 2008 by Lauren Ward

They had the lead anyway, but a five-goal third period — including a hat trick from Mark Matthews — sealed up a 10-4 Whitby Warriors win over the Brampton Excelsiors. Whitby goaltender Jesse Gill allowed just one goal in the third and turned in 41 saves on the night. In addition to his three goals Matthews chipped in with three assists. Mark Cockerton added three goals as well. For the Excelsiors, Dylan Evans and Ryan McClelland had one goal and one helper each.

Over in Orillia, the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves landed on top of a defensive battle with the Rama Kings, taking the win 4-2. Evan Kirk stopped 36 of 38 to win it on his end of the floor while Scott Tinning, Jon Thomson, Matt Hummel and Chris Lalonde beat Rama Kings keeper Derrick Gordon, who otherwise posted 39 saves. Tinning and Thomson creaked the lead open in the third with their goals while Kirk posted a shutout period.

It was Wayne Vanevery with the overtime heroics, scoring with six seconds left in OT to give the Six Nations Arrows a 7-6 win over the Burlington Chiefs. In addition to assisting on the game-winner, Cody Jamieson had another two goals and two assists to lead the Arrows with five points. Angus Goodleaf made 44 saves for Six Nations, while Gary Muzzin stopped 48 for the Chiefs. Kevin Brownell scored three in a losing effort.

In other OLA action the Orangeville Northmen topped the St. Catharines Athletics 7-5.

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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