The Wheeling Jesuit Lacrosse team played its first game on the James LaRosa Field on Friday. Prior to the game, the Cardinals paid tribute to their fallen coach. Kevin Tyska passed away this January, and the team honored him by having his children and wife step onto the field before the game. The crowd, staff, and players took a moment of silence before the game began.

From the beginning, the Cardinals played with a great passion, scoring the first goal of the game. However, Dominican proved it would not go down easily answering right back. The two teams battled exchanging goals with one another. Dominican pulled ahead at half time by a score of 6-5. Both goalies were outstanding. Joe Sims, the Cardinal goalie made 14 saves in the game.

Dominican's Joe Assante recorded 15 saves. In the end the Cardinals came out on top. They were led by Trevor Veres who had 3 goals and an assist. Jack Malone was not far behind with 2 goals and an assist for the day. Eric Jenkins recorded 2 goals of his own with the remaining goals coming from John Miller and Jeff Arneson. Dominican's Alex Jones was the dominant player for the Chargers, scoring 4 goals. The final score was 9-8 in favor of the Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals.

The next home game for the Cards will be on Saturday, April 12th against Belmont Abbey College at 1:00.

2008-04-04