Peterborough takes 3-2 lead, New West up 3-0

August 24th, 2008 by Lauren Ward

Last night the Peterborough Lakers went into Brampton and rebounded from Friday night’s 10-3 thrashing to take game five 12-10 and take the lead in the series. Tied 9-9 heading into the third, Ryan Sharp and Dan Dawson each scored for their respective teams but it was captain Mat Giles scoring the final two goals of the game, putting his Lakers ahead and then out of reach.

Sharp and Scott Evans also contributed two goals apiece, while Tracy Kelusky, Shawn Evans, Nick Carlson, Lindsay Plunkett, Josh Gillam, and Kyle Sorenson each added one. Blaine Manning exploded for six goals for the Excelsiors. Game six is Tuesday night, 8:00 PM in Peterborough.

Out west, the seemingly unstoppable New Westminster Salmonbellies took a 3-0 stranglehold in their series with the Coquitlam Adanacs with a 12-5 win. Chris Gill, Jamie Floris, Ilija Gajic and Peter Morgan each scored twice for the Bellies while Tyler Richards made 32 saves. Jason Wulder led the Adanacs with three goals and one assist. New West will have the chance to lock up a trip to the Mann Monday night in Coquitlam, 7:45 PM PST.

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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