#1 Colorado State Dismantles #16 Texas 18-6
Colorado State University Men’s Lacrosse
By Alex Smith (970-377-1390)
May 9th, 2006
Dallas, TX - The #1 Colorado State Rams jumped out to a 7-1 first quarter lead against the
16th seeded Texas Longhorns and never looked back en route to a convincing 18-6 victory. Colorado
State got points from 14 different players in the USL-MDIA first round game and advanced to
the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The Rams will play the #8 Arizona Laxcats who defeated #9
Oregon 6-5 on Tuesday.
Colorado State scored the first four goals and quickly put their mark on the game. Sophomore
attackman Tyler Treece (Upper Arlington HS; Columbus, OH) led the way with four goals and
two assists, including the first two goals of the game. Eight different Rams ended the day
with multiple points as Danny Stevens (Suffern HS; Suffern, NY) contributed with two goals
and two assists while Michael Murphy (Lake Oswego HS; Lake Oswego, OR) added three assists.
The Longhorns had some success at the face-off 'x', but the Rams finished the day 14 of
27. CSU outshot Texas by a wide margin, firing 57 shots at the Longhorn goal while Texas
only mustered 28. Texas goaltender Garrett Cox had a fine day between the pipes, stopping
17 shots, but the CSU offensive unit was simply too much.
Texas was led by midfielder Pat McCloud, who finished with four goals. Other notable efforts
from the Rams included Pat Bird (Bishop O'Dowd HS; Oakland, CA), who got two goals and one
assist and Ben Wallace (Thomas Jefferson HS; Denver, CO), who had two goals.
Colorado State (15-3) advances to play Arizona, a team they have not faced since the beginning
of the 2004 season. CSU owns a 3-0 record over the Laxcats since 2001, but have never faced
them in USL-MDIA tournament play.
Game Notes:
- Colorado State has now won five games in the state of Texas. CSU went 4-0 last year during
their trip to Arlington.
- CSU led this game 13-3 at halftime and outscored the Longhorns 5-3 in the second for the
victory.
- With this win, Colorado State now holds a 3-0 record against Texas, winning games in 2001
and 2005.
Score by Quarter: 1 2 3 4 T
Texas 1 2 2 1 6
Colorado State 6 7 2 3 18
Texas Scoring:
Goals: Pat McCloud (4); Evans Swann; Alex Kroviak
Assists: None
Colorado State Scoring:
Goals: Tyler Treece (4); Danny Stevens (2); Pat Bird (2); John Tomlinson (2); Ben Wallace
(2); Campbell Diebolt; Will Cantwell; Stephen Lundberg; Ryan MacDonald; Brian Stone; Dan
Littler
Assists: Michael Murphy (3); Danny Stevens (2); Tyler Treece (2); Tyler Bue (2); Dylan Bowman
Goaltenders:
Texas - Garrett Cox (52:00 minutes, 17 saves, 18 goals against); Todd (8:00 minutes, 1 save,
0 goals against)
Colorado State - Pete Jokisch (30:00 minutes, 3 saves, 3 goals against); Garrett Fitzgerald
(21:00 minutes, 5 saves, 3 goals against); Kurt Bisnette (9:00 minutes, 0 saves, 0 goals
against)
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