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2005 has already provided it's share of surprises. Which PNCLL story line was the most intriguing in the month of February?

Though they may not be the top story in the league this year, I think that both Western Oregon and Central Washington are two teams that are on the rise. Central has obviously put in the hours on the practice field and have become a competetive team in only two years. Western Oregon has already beaten L&C and narrowly lost to a up and coming Central team. It may be too soon to tell for Western Oregon but I think that these two teams will be competing for the PNCLL championship in the not to distant future.

Great question Dan. . .but I think from a league, and certainly national perspective. . .the SFU "upset" of Oregon in Eugene is the biggest story so far this season. Fraser has dominated this league for so many years. . .and finally were legitimately knocked from that pedestal last season.

To travel 7 hours to Eugene, knock off a ranked Chico State team and then come back the next day and beat Oregon in front of a hostile crowd?? Pretty darn impressive. The playoffs in Canada are really going to be fun to watch.

As a PNCLL fan through and through there was no way I was going to miss the triple header in Eugene this past weekend. And let me tell you it got more than a little hostile and more than a little bit of blood was shed in the three games. Lots of hard hits, plenty of great goals, tons of great saves and a real showcase of great University Lacrosse in the NorthWest.

I cast my vote for SFU I think there close victory over OSU made a lot of people question their talent. SFU has seemingly changed there attack from a run and gun style of lacrosse with an over under of 30 points to a ball control system that has there defense allowing under 6 goals per game. In fact perhaps the goal totals in SFUs games so far is the biggest surprise so far this year.

Ask me 4 years ago if I would have thought SFU beating UO as one of the biggest surprises/exciting moments, so far, in the PNCLL and I would have thought you were nuts. It sounds like the whole weekend down in Eugene was a blast and I wish I could have been there to watch. Seems like both teams are showing some respect towards each other on and off the field. Looking forward to Saturday...

I think the most shocking thing (besides SFU's win over Oregon, which I voted for) is the fact that Linfield is in the B Division. As hard as it is to hype up our rivals, these guys are ballers. Up and down the field they are experienced and talented. They have a bench that seems to get deeper as the game goes on and I believe they could give every A team a game (now I'm not saying they could beat them all, but they did beat UW by 9 last year, right?) Considering that Willamette's greatest achievement this year may be playing a 4-3 second half against the Wildcats second and third and fourth teamers, I think that tells you just how good these guys are.

Well comming off last year I am sure that Linfield was due to be a suprise. Just only think they might of not even been in the league if it wasn't for the vote how it was.

I think that western oregon winning is the biggest thing to happen. I was going to vote for SFU beating us, and that is significant, but I think that the story of a new year program, many of which I've seen go 0-fer in their first year, winning against improbability is better than SFU's winning in a game where everyone knew they had a chance.

my 2 cents. and apparently I'm in a small minority.

Wrightstuf #40

This is not just because I attend the school, but i think WOU winning their second game might have been the biggest story. What a lot of people dont know is that a month before the team started playing games no one on this team thought we would win a game. WOU came out this season not recieving a vote from anyone in the pre season ranking. They came out knowing that there was not a big name on this team, but felt like they needed to prove something to the rest of the league. I hate to take something away to all of the other "suprises of the year", but a first year team ranked 13th out of 13 winning a game and expected to win more I feel deserves these praises.