Minnesota Points Toward Home

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(St. Paul, MN) Minnesota dominated this game from warm ups.  Bringing only 11 players to the game, Steven’s Point was never in contention for the win.  This is disappointing for a team who only a few years ago was a competitive program in the UMLL.  The loss of Coach Munson has clearly had an impact on this program.  Minnesota hopes the Pointers can regain the fire he brought to their program, and again become a force to be reckoned with in the UMLL.

UWSP started out in a zone package, which was unexpected.  Minnesota’s offense took a bit of time to adjust, only putting in two goals in the first quarter.  The Pointers strategy was solid, as with so few subs a full man to man defense would have proved exhausting.  The goals started flowing in the second quarter, with Minnesota getting solid looks from 6-8 yards, causing UWSP to abandon their zone and try to play man to man.
Minnesota led comfortably at the half 8-0.

The third quarter opened with quarterback Kevin Bice (4g, 1a) making good decisions and dictating the deliberate pace of the offense.  Fellow Attackman Alex Eckstein (4g, 1a) also had a nice game for Minnesota, making good on the majority his opportunities to score.  Minnesota scored 9 goals, and held UWSP to a single goal in the third quarter.  The fourth quarter found Minnesota content to work on possessing the ball.  With the poor weather on the horizon, and another game to play afterwards, the clock was best kept running.

Highlights of the game also included team President JC Stahl (3g) scoring not just his first collegiate goal, but three of them for the hat trick.  The team was nothing less than overjoyed to see their leader make an impact on the score board.  Switching from Close Defense as a freshman, JC played short stick defense last year, and is starting to make his presence known on the offensive half of the field.  Despite being a somewhat quiet leader, JC carries a big stick.  It was good to see him score some goals, in addition to playing some good defense during the Pointers limited possessions.

Senior Danny Nides (0g, 0a) played a nice game at the midfield, nearly scoring a goal on the crease.  He also takes credit for the newly established record of largest number of frat bros in attendance at a Gopher home game.  Many thanks to Danny and his bros for the support, we hope to see you folks at the next game.