Moeller High School 2000-01 Lacrosse Articles

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::St.- X lacrosse ;beats Moeller 11-7 if--;L:L- (}/

By Dave Schutte ='!1!£ Cincinnati Enquirer ::Four goals in 3:17 during the -..third quarter, lifted the St. Xavier •:lacrosse team to an 11-7 victory over Moeller at Reading Stadium on Saturday. -.- "Three of the four goals came "J}'hen Moeller was a player short because of penalties," said St. X ,Senior attacker Niall Wright who commited to the University of Delaware. · "It doesn't make any difference who you're playing. It's hard to come back, and I could feel them ...(Moeller) letdown. The goals ~were also a big emotional lift for us." · Until last season, St. Xavier -Was one of the only Cincinnati ""teams to defeat Moeller (12-8), ~"the first Cincinnati school to es:~fablish a lacrosse program begin"'ning in 1988. This is St. X's sixth l'P" season. ~~--."We were Division II last year. -~and a lot of Moeller people said 'the victory was a fluke," said ;Wright, who scored three goals ; and had one assist Safurday. "The

monkey is now off our backs." Wright's decision to quit select soccer and take up lacrosse eight years ago has paid dividends, not only in terms of an athletic scholarship but also for the St. X program. A 6-foot-3, 195 pound attacker, · Wright is the Bombers' all-time leading scorer with 163 goals, 30 this season. The Crusaders took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Tim Faessler 1:50 into the game. St. Xavier tied the score less than a minute later, but Moeller's Brendan Doran and Ben Brugger scored to make it 3-2 . Wright tied the score 3-3 with 20 seconds remaining in the first quSarteXr. . . d . t. av1er never tra11e agam, although Moeller pulled even at 6-6 less than two minutes into the third quarter on a goal by David Overberg. . . "Lacrosse IS a game of momentum and our kids never gave up," St. Xavier coach jeff Bumiller said. "We were relaxed to start the third quarter but we got the next· two goals which were big." Bumiller was referring to goals

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~ t-f, Clj The following Moeller High s_chool lacrosse players were DiviSion I all-Ohio picks for the :?001 Lacrosse honors

St. Xavie1r's Bob Groenk• controls the ball while Moeller's Andrew Murray (left) plays defense.

by Roger Long with 7:27 remaining and by Ben Syzek at the 5:22 mar~ for an 8-6 lead. . M1ke Ralterman and Bob Groenke (4:10) also found the goal during the St. X scoring frenzy. "Lacrosse is a game of control and we had good ball control today," Bumiller said. "Blake Seifr-

ied (goalie) has stepped up and made some great saves to keep us in games like he did. today." St: Xavier next big test is May 11 when the Bombers travel to Columbus for a showdown with Upper Arlington, the defending state champions. ·

season ·- Brend an. 0 oran, senior . mld?le, first team; Nick Lobert' s~niOr,_ .defense, second team; M~ke ~lletmarschen, junior, long Stick middle, second team· Andrew Murray' JUniO~. · · · '· team· middle third· Rafael c. ourtemanche · ' att k h , sen1or, . ac_' ·: onorable mention; Mike ~lie, JUnior, .attack', honorable mentiOn; Chris LaMonde. senior . defense, honorabl~_mention. • '


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