PNCLL Week #6 (3/9-3/15) Predict, Scores, Discuss
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:00 pmFriday, March 11th
Utah Valley State 11 Pacific Lutheran 9
Linfield 15 Lewis & Clark 1
Saturday, March 12th
Cal-Poly 14 Simon Fraser 3
Boise State 9 Pacific Lutheran 8
Utah Valley State 17 Puget Sound 4
Washington 15 Whitman 6
Sunday, March 13th
Loyola-Marymount 15 Simon Fraser 14 (ot)
Western Washington 18 Albertson 0
Boise State 11 Puget Sound 9
Linfield 10 Western Oregon 4
Lewis & Clark 9 Willamette 7
Very light week of action here in the PNCLL as teams enter finals and spring breaks. Lewis & Clark (0-5) has two more shots to get a "W" -- Friday night at Griswold Stadium when they host B-South powerhouse and traditional rival Linfield (5-1), and Sunday down I-5 in Salem against Willamette (0-3). It wasn't quite two years ago when a terrific Lewis & Clark team knocked off favored Linfield in the B Finals at Delta Park. Now the shoe is most definitely on the other foot. LC is smarting from their first loss of 2005 and looking to pass on some pain to whatever stumbles across their path, which happens to be the Pios. This game has "blow-out" stamped clearly next to the game number, so the Pios need to really come together with pride and compete hard against their old nemesis. Maybe L&C can summon the ghosts one more time. If not, the Bearcats on Sunday might be a better fit. Willamette has also struggled in 2005, but this is a big game to avoid the B-South cellar. Expect WU to come out fired up in this one.
Albertson (0-3) gathers up for a first PNCLL road-trip to Bellingham to play WWU (1-3). As if the travel (nine hours?) wasn't brutal enough, AC gets a date with a Viking team that blew a nice lead against PLU and then lost in triple-overtime to UPS. Tough weekend, bet "Bruce the Bear" has slings on both arms? Anyway the Vikes need a win, any win, to wash away the bitter aftertaste of the two heart-breaking defeats. A healthy serving of green newbie might be just the ticket. But Albertson is rumored to have a hot Goalie and a rugged bunch of poles, so don't expect them to roll over.
With such slim pickings of B games here in the Northwest, what a perfect chance to turn our gaze east to the Rocky Mountains (okay B East you guys look south instead) as the Loggers and Lutes arrive in Boise for a do-si-do with BSU and RMLC-B heavyweight UVSC. I could hype these games endlessly, but there's really no need. The story is on the field, not here on the Message Board. We are sending two of the best B teams we have against a higher-ranked opponent in the biggest OOC games of the year for the PNCLL B Division. The power rankings for all PNCLL teams will rise and fall on how well PLU and UPS do, especially against ranked Utah Valley. Good luck boys, represent us well!
Kyle will be along when the spirit moves him to preview the A Division, where rumor has it there was some kind of surprise this past weekend. I'm waiting to read about it along with you all, wondering what happened...
Utah Valley State 11 Pacific Lutheran 9
Linfield 15 Lewis & Clark 1
Saturday, March 12th
Cal-Poly 14 Simon Fraser 3
Boise State 9 Pacific Lutheran 8
Utah Valley State 17 Puget Sound 4
Washington 15 Whitman 6
Sunday, March 13th
Loyola-Marymount 15 Simon Fraser 14 (ot)
Western Washington 18 Albertson 0
Boise State 11 Puget Sound 9
Linfield 10 Western Oregon 4
Lewis & Clark 9 Willamette 7
Very light week of action here in the PNCLL as teams enter finals and spring breaks. Lewis & Clark (0-5) has two more shots to get a "W" -- Friday night at Griswold Stadium when they host B-South powerhouse and traditional rival Linfield (5-1), and Sunday down I-5 in Salem against Willamette (0-3). It wasn't quite two years ago when a terrific Lewis & Clark team knocked off favored Linfield in the B Finals at Delta Park. Now the shoe is most definitely on the other foot. LC is smarting from their first loss of 2005 and looking to pass on some pain to whatever stumbles across their path, which happens to be the Pios. This game has "blow-out" stamped clearly next to the game number, so the Pios need to really come together with pride and compete hard against their old nemesis. Maybe L&C can summon the ghosts one more time. If not, the Bearcats on Sunday might be a better fit. Willamette has also struggled in 2005, but this is a big game to avoid the B-South cellar. Expect WU to come out fired up in this one.
Albertson (0-3) gathers up for a first PNCLL road-trip to Bellingham to play WWU (1-3). As if the travel (nine hours?) wasn't brutal enough, AC gets a date with a Viking team that blew a nice lead against PLU and then lost in triple-overtime to UPS. Tough weekend, bet "Bruce the Bear" has slings on both arms? Anyway the Vikes need a win, any win, to wash away the bitter aftertaste of the two heart-breaking defeats. A healthy serving of green newbie might be just the ticket. But Albertson is rumored to have a hot Goalie and a rugged bunch of poles, so don't expect them to roll over.
With such slim pickings of B games here in the Northwest, what a perfect chance to turn our gaze east to the Rocky Mountains (okay B East you guys look south instead) as the Loggers and Lutes arrive in Boise for a do-si-do with BSU and RMLC-B heavyweight UVSC. I could hype these games endlessly, but there's really no need. The story is on the field, not here on the Message Board. We are sending two of the best B teams we have against a higher-ranked opponent in the biggest OOC games of the year for the PNCLL B Division. The power rankings for all PNCLL teams will rise and fall on how well PLU and UPS do, especially against ranked Utah Valley. Good luck boys, represent us well!
Kyle will be along when the spirit moves him to preview the A Division, where rumor has it there was some kind of surprise this past weekend. I'm waiting to read about it along with you all, wondering what happened...
