BELLINGHAM, WA (October 26, 2009) – The Simon Fraser men's lacrosse team wrapped up their 2009 fall competition schedule as the Clan travelled 25 miles south of the border to play regional PNCLL Div. II opponents Central Washington and Western Washington on the WWU campus. Each scrimmage consisted of two 30 minute halves, with a running clock and was played in front of approximately 50 northwest lacrosse fans in attendance.

The Fraser offense generated 33 goals on the day with 16 goals registering an assist. Twelve of the 19 players dressed for the Clan were underclassmen with, senior attack Ben Towner (Port Coquitlam, BC) 13g, 5a and freshmen Colton Dow (Coquitlam, BC / Heritage Woods) 7g, 4a and Stu Mills (Campbell River, BC / Timberline) 7g, 3a leading the way.

Simon Fraser will now begin their off-season strength and conditioning program before resuming pre-season practices on the field in January. The Clan open the 2010 regular season at home versus Western Washington on Saturday, February 6 in Burnaby, BC.

Scores by Half        1    2    Total
Simon Fraser          8    9     17
Central Washington    3    1      4
 
Simon Fraser         11    5     16
Western Washington    3    2      5

GOALS SCORED
Simon Fraser – Ben Towner 13, Colton Dow 7, Stu Mills 7, Josh Simons 3, Eric Dufresne, Mark Hilker, Russel Thomas

ASSISTS
Simon Fraser – Ben Towner 5, Colton Dow 4, Stu Mills 3, Mark Hilker 2, Rick Bezuidenhout, Taylor MacIntosh

GOALKEEPING
Simon Fraser – Mike Ripley, 60:00 played, 6 saves, 6 goals allowed; Kyle Middleton, 60:00 played, 5 saves, 3 goals allowed

NOTES

- Fraser dressed nineteen (18) players comprised of nine (9) freshmen, three (3) sophomores, two (2) juniors and four (4) seniors. Not dressed for the Clan were seniors Adam Foss and Ben Johnson and juniors Curt Brown, Ben Davies, Kevin Riley, Bryan Scott, Dean Stewart and Chris Tessarolo.

- SFU registered 81 ground balls over two games. Sophomore Ryan Hodge led the Clan with 20 while junior Luke Genereux had 11.

2009-10-27