#2 Colorado State Downs Missouri 14-5
Colorado State University Men’s Lacrosse
By Alex Smith (970-377-1390)
March 20th, 2006
Lakewood, CO - After a snowstorm hit the Front Range over the weekend and rendered all fields
snowbound, the #2 Colorado State Rams had to scramble to find a field location for their game
against the visiting Missouri Tigers. Luckily for both teams, they were able to secure an
indoor turf facility in west Denver at the last minute to keep the game as scheduled. Colorado
State was able to fight off their Spring Break hangover and beat the Tigers 14-5 in their
first on-field action since their 17-3 victory over Stanford last Tuesday.
While the Rams started a bit sluggishly, junior midfielder Pat Bird (Bishop O'Dowd HS;
Oakland, CA) was a sparkplug and came away with a season-high three goals and two assists.
After Missouri's Chris Nagel tied the game at one with 6:31 left in the first period, the
Rams rattled off ten goals in a row over the next 27 minutes of game time. Bird assisted
the goals that pushed the lead to 3-1 as the Rams opened up a 5-1 lead after one quarter.
In addition to Bird's five points, the Rams got another solid contribution from junior
attackman Danny Stevens (Suffern HS; Suffern, NY), who added two goals and one assist in
what was actually his lowest scoring output of the season. Sophomore attackman Tyler Treece
(Upper Arlington HS; Columbus, OH) made the most of his limited action by scoring two goals
as well. He has scored a point in each of the last five games since earning a starting role
on the CSU attack.
Colorado State led 8-1 at halftime and pushed their lead to 11-1 before Missouri was finally
able to answer with two goals late in the third quarter. Only :25 after Missouri's third
goal, the Rams got an answer from freshman midfielder Steven Lundberg (Cherry Creek HS;
Englewood, CO) and then got the lead back to 10 on Bird's third goal of the day. Senior
midfielder Tyler Bue (La Costa Canyon HS; Encinitas, CA) and sophomore John Tomlinson (Smokey
Hill HS; Aurora, CO) each added one goal and one assist to a fairly balanced offensive output.
Missouri's sophomore goaltender Doug Mayer played extremely well for the Tigers, making
19 saves. Colorado State was able to get all four of their active goalies into the game
after senior Pete Jokisch (Rockhurst Jesuit; Overland Park, KS) made four saves in the first
half. Chris Wolf paced the Tigers with two goals.
Missouri did win the fourth quarter of this game 2-1 as Colorado State began to have trouble
clearing the ball and having good possessions as the game wore on and more players got playing
time.
Colorado State (5-2) has still not played a true home game, but they will host two of them
this weekend as Utah State and Arizona State come to town for games on Friday night and
Saturday afternoon.
Game Notes:
- While the game was not played on CSU's campus, the team still got to wear their home
white jersey/green helmet combination for the first time this season. They will take the
field on their own campus on Friday night.
- This game marked the first in the series between the two teams.
- With his four saves in the first half, goaltender Pete Jokisch is now only two saves behind
Alex Smith (2003) for the all-time save record at Colorado State. His current career total
stands at 458.
- Danny Stevens has also moved into eighth all-time for scoring as his 42 points puts him
28 behind Tim Farquhar (2005) for seventh.
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
Missouri vs Colorado State (Mar 20, 2006 at Denver)
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Missouri............ 1 0 2 2 - 5
Colorado State...... 5 3 5 1 - 14
Missouri SCORING:
GOALS: Chris Wolf 2; Chris Nagel 1; Blaine Skrainka 1; Drew Roper 1.
ASSISTS: Andy Mackley 1.
Colorado State SCORING:
GOALS: Pat Bird 3; Danny Stevens 2; Tyler Treece 2; Tyler Bue 1; John Tomlinson 1;
Brian Stone 1; Dylan Bowman 1; Steven Lundberg 1; Lee Cates 1; Ben Wallace 1.
ASSISTS: Pat Bird 2; Tyler Bue 1; Danny Stevens 1; John Tomlinson 1; Brian Vickery 1.
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Missouri............ 4 5 5 9 - 23
Colorado State...... 14 16 11 4 - 45
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Missouri............ 3 5 3 0 - 11
Colorado State...... 2 2 0 2 - 6
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Missouri............ 8 10 11 10 - 39
Colorado State...... 16 16 17 7 - 56
TURNOVERS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Missouri............ 9 8 11 11 - 39
Colorado State...... 6 9 11 11 - 37
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Missouri............ 3-7 2-4 2-8 3-4 - 10-23
Colorado State...... 4-7 2-4 6-8 1-4 - 13-23
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Missouri............ 2-5 6-8 5-9 4-6 - 17-28
Colorado State...... 6-6 9-10 7-8 6-11 - 28-35
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Missouri............ 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-3 - 0-5
Colorado State...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 - 0-1
PENALTIES - MIZZ 1/1:00; CSU 5/4:00.
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