Biola to Host Semi-Final Game on May 1
La Mirada, CA - The Biola Eagles will host the 49ers of Cal State Long Beach on Saturday, May 1 at Biola University. The game will be a Southwestern Lacrosse Conference semi-final game, with the winner advancing to the finals on Sunday, May 2, at Chapman Univeristy.
Biola ended the regular season as the #2 seed in the conference by way of a goal differential tie-breaker between them, Long Beach and Concordia. A full regular season wrap-up will be coming soon.
High Powered Offense Continues
La Mirada, CA - Biola's high scoring offense continued as the Eagles took home a 25-3 win over Pacific. The Eagles jumped out to a fast 9-1 first quarter lead and never looked back. At halftime the Eagles held a 15-1 lead, and a 23-2 lead after three quarters. Despite the score, Pacific held their own having only one substitute for the game.
For Biola's attackman, Jeff Clark had five goals and one assist, Billy McMahan had four goals and two assists, and Adam Kingston had one goal and two assists. Amongst the midfielders, Marc Morgan scored twice, while 12 players each had one goal: Andrew Acker, Jordan Adams, Alex Bustrum, Nate Chaim, John Crowell, Scott Gamelson, Michael Harris, Sean Lane, Joe Lee, Nathan Palatsky, Scott Shiokari and David Sigley.
Several assists came from the midfielders as well; Adams, Sigley and Shiokari all had two, with Morgan and David Ha adding one a piece. Not to be outdone, defenseman Patrick Murphy scored his first career goal. Goalie Jon Lowell made four saves and allowed only one in his time in the cage; back-up goalie/midfielder Chaim stepped in in the second half, recording seven saves.
Biola Wins Big in Second League Game
Los Angeles, CA - Biola got off their four game losing streak in a big way, winning over Occidental, 20-3. The win also evens up the Eagle's league record to 1-1. Biola jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first quarter, a lead that ballooned to 9-0 at halftime. Occidental scored three in the second half, but the Eagles responded with 11 goals of their own.
The offensive production was led by attackmen Billy McMahan, Adam Kingston and Jeff Clark, a new addition to the attack line. Kingston had four goals and two assists, McMahan netted three goals and two assists, and Clark ended his first game at attack with three goals and one assist.
Not to be outdone, eight midfielders put their names in the scoring column as well. Jordan Adam, Alex Bustrum, John Crowell and David Sigley all ended the night with two goals; Adams added an assist to his totals. Nate Chaim and Scott Gamelson each had one goal, while Andrew Acker and Riley Gilmore added an assist each. Goalie Jon Lowell had eight saves for a .727 save percentage.
Biola Continues Slide, Loses League Game
La Mirada, CA - Biola's losing streak was pushed to four games, after a 10-9 loss to Long Beach. The back and forth game saw Biola up by one after the first quarter, and tied 6-6 at the half. After three quarters, both teams were knotted up at 8-8. Long Beach scored the eventual game winner on a tipped shot with under two minutes left. Biola had two chances to tie the game, but were unsuccessful to do so.
Attackman Adam Kingston led Biola with two goals and two assists. Getting one goal each were attackmen Billy McMahan and David Sigley, and midfielders Jordan Adams and Scott Shiokari. Midfielder David Ha added an assist to the scorebook. Goalie Jon Lowell did his best to keep Biola in the game, recording 18 saves.
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