MN ELITE UPDATE

[GrayBear]

LOL!

[LAXBALLER42]

Just keep making fun of the water boy... that's fine.. I can take it...

[Gopherlax29]

what were the lines?

[LAXBALLER42]

Kip, Wesenberg and Wigdahl
Upjohn, Greisinger, Jones

Costello, Baxter, Childs
Hewitt, Moore, Stark
Mauzy, Schleider, Toffoli
Blue, Noel, Markussen

Donna, McMahon, Gilbert
Gilligan, Straus, Richards

and Fleming and Slattery split times

[LAXBALLER42]

I anticipate lines for Vail to be...

Hurley, Dooley, Libra
Wigdahl, Wesenberg, Greisinger (we might play with the lines occasionally and have Libra and Dooley run some offensive midfield.

Costello, Ficken, Johnson, Cathcart (depending on the situation they will rotate with each other)

Larson, Herring, Sanders-Lyle and Libra/Dooley (again depending on the situation the personell will change).

Dooley, Johnson (lsm) with Thomas taking some shifts

Michalski, Whites, Alden (with Dooley and Thomas subbing in as needed).

McPheeters adn Ankeny at Goalie splitting halves or games (for some odd reason lax goalies prefer halves).

HM

[LAXBALLER42]

Man up we'll run a 3-3...

Libra (r) Wigdahl (crease) Hurley (L)



Ficken (r) Costello (r) Dooley (L)



Man Down we'll rag and run box/string

Michalski Alden
Cathcart/Herring
Dooley Whites

(Johnson will sub for pole if penalty on lp)

I anticipate fo's to be split between Stello/Johnson and maybe Ficken

I'll use Dooley/Libra and Wigdahl to help clear the ball as a 4th midfielder( pull a pole off when we can).

[Gopherlax29]

how did you choose this team as opposed to the elite team? Last years players have preference then ti was a fill in as needed deal?

[LAXBALLER42]

This is the Elite team.

This tournament is a U-19 non recruiting tournament so it's more alumni. Last years core players begged and pleaded for us to do this tourney. I filled it with invitations to last years participants, then looked at seniors who weren't on the Elite team that were good players (Ficken, Gilseth) and invited them.

I filled the positions as needed by invitation starting with the better players from this years travel team. No try-outs, I knew what i was looking for. Have several sophomores/juniors who are here for pure developmental purposes.

HM

[Rob Graff]

9:00 am Ohio 8, Minnesota 6 Not a bad loss to a very good team
10:20 am Chowdaheads 8, Southern Cal 3
11:40 am Ohio 10, Chowdaheads 3
1:10 pm Minnesota 12, Southern Cal 6 Good win
2:30 pm Ohio 13, Southern Cal 4
4:00 pm Minnesota 5, Chowdaheads 4 Another good (and important win because this put them in today's championship bracket (the Div 1 bracket. )

Per the below schedule MNELITE is presently playing Colorado - one of the early favorites for the title.

Wednesday's Games:
Division I Games at Avon 1
A1 Colorado vs D2 Minnesota at 3:00 pmC1 New England vs B2 Southeast at 9:00 am
D1 Ohio vs A2 Arizona at 1:00 pm
B1 Baltimore vs C2 Moosejaw 11:00 am

[umdulax1]

any word on the Colorado vs. Minnesota game???

[Jester]

vaillacrosse.com is reporting Colorado 23, Mn Elite 8. Apparently there is some kind of mercy rule that went into effect, though there really isn't a recap or anything.

They've got some good Dave Adams pictures on the website for anyone interested.

[Sonny]

They've got some good Dave Adams pictures on the website for anyone interested.

Dave Adams is in Europe right now. Vail pictures are from Staff Photographers Dave Gottenborg & Andy Sharp per their web site:
http://www.vaillacrosse.com/

[horn17]

if that team is half as good as they were last year, that would explain such a lopsided score....that Colorado team last year was filthy, and they had some SIZE...i believe one attackman was 6'6 (at least) was fast as a deer and could flat out play....


Keep up the goodwork Elite!!!

[Gopherlax29]

I talked to Wesenberg and Ficken last night, 23-8 is right. I hear that all of Colorado's starters were going D-1, except MAYBE 1. Also, I was told the Elite team played everyone and that Colorado did not and they scored like 7 goals in the last 3 minutes of the game to rub it in???

Good job on advancing though, Ohio must have been a good team.

[Rob Graff]

Any word on today's game this AM?

Rob