The Colby Echo

Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Rob Kievit

In the season home opener on March 31, the men's lacrosse earned a double overtime victory over Middlebury College, currently the second ranked team in the New England Small College Athletic Conference and the defending champions since 2001, when the league was first established as it is today.

"Beating Middlebury was nothing less than epic for this team," Captain Kyle Haskett '07 said. "It taught us that we can play with the best if we hold ourselves accountable and play as a unit, not as ten guys running around doing their own thing."

Coach Kristofer Koerber echoed that sentiment. "The players defined who they were as individuals and as a team in that game against Middlebury," he said, "they truly played with their heads and their hearts."

This win came at the end of what had been a somewhat disappointing spring break. Having suffered an overtime loss to Keene State and losses to Trinity College in Connecticut and then Roanoke College in Virginia, to come home and win over an extremely difficult team was a much needed morale booster.

More recently, the team suffered a 12-9 loss to fifth ranked Tufts University this past Saturday in Medford. Colby had a 6-5 lead at the end of the first half due to great performances from the defense and goalie Alex Farmer '09. The third quarter would belong to Tufts, as they outscored Colby three goals to one. "Our loss to Tufts was the first time [this season] we really lost to another team instead of beating ourselves," Haskett said, "[but] I have absolute faith that we can win the rest of our league games and make it to the post season, where if we play Tufts again we will defeat them."

With only three weeks left in the regular season, the Mules have no time to waste in getting themselves into playoff position. "At this point in the season it is essential that we continue to play with a sense of urgency [as in the Middlebury game]," Koerber said. "I would expect a strong finish this season from this group of guys. There is no doubt in my mind that they will leave every piece of their heart out there."

The Mules take on the Wesleyan University Cardinals, currently ranked third in the NESCAC, this coming Saturday on our own Alfond field at 1:00 p.m., followed by a visit from the Bowdoin College Polar Bears, currently ranked seventh, this coming Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

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