Discuss, report WCLL games ,February 16th-19th.

[SDSULAX]

Fri Feb 16
Northern Colorado vs St. John's @ Irvine 5:00pm
Utah vs Arizona State @ ASU 7:00pm
Chapman vs Arizona @ Ariz 7:00pm
San Jose State vs Biola @ Biola 7:00pm
California vs Oregon @ Oregon 8:00pm

Sat Feb 17
Northern Colorado vs Biola @ Irvine 10:00am
St. John's vs Biola @ Irvine 1:00pm
San Jose State vs Fullerton @ Intramural 1:00pm
Southern Oregon vs UC Santa Cruz @ Santa Cruz 1:00pm
Pepperdine vs Cal Lutheran @ Cal Luth 1:00pm
Northern Arizona vs Las Vegas @ UNLV 1:00pm
San Diego State vs UCLA @ UCLA 1:00pm
Whittier College vs Sonoma @ SSU 1:00pm
St. Mary's vs Stanford @ Stanford 1:00pm
UC Davis vs Claremont @ Claremont 1:00pm
Washington vs Loyola Marymount @ LMU 2:00pm
UC Santa Barbara vs Cal Poly @ CPSLO 2:00pm
Pacific vs Dominican University @ Dominican 2:00pm
USC vs Gonzaga @ Gonzaga 3:00pm
California vs Oregon State @ Oregon 4:00pm
Northern Colorado vs UC Irvine @ Irvine 4:00pm

Sun Feb 18
St. John's vs UC Irvine @ Irvine 10:00am
Nevada vs Santa Clara @ Santa Clara 12:00pm
Utah vs Arizona @ Ariz 1:00pm
Chapman vs Arizona State @ ASU 1:00pm
Southern Oregon vs Pacific @ UOP 1:00pm
California vs Texas State @ Oregon 2:00pm
UC Davis vs San Diego @ San Diego 6:00pm

Mon Feb 19
UC San Diego vs UC Santa Barbara @ Santa Barbara 1:00pm
Washington vs UCLA @ UCLA 1:00pm
Dominican University vs Santa Clara @ Santa Clara 1:00pm
Loyola Marymount vs Claremont @ Claremont 1:00pm

[freddy]

just some comments on a few of the games:

chapman/arizona should be a good battle...i say chapman by 3
cal/oregon...i say oregon by 6, but i hope cal makes it closer
ucsb/poly...i saw poly play last weekend and i think they'll have problems against the gauchos talented defense....ucsb by 3
whittier/noma... i could be far off on this but i don't think noma is what it used to be - whittier by 5+

[dv]

Noma replaces talent every year. Coach Carl and their summer camps are recruiting machines.

Whittier is not what it used to be.
Unranked in DIII if I'm not mistaken.

I'll take Noma by a pair of goals.

[CATLAX MAN]

I think Sonoma will struggle against Whittier. I think that they are missing some players....at least that is what I heard when I saw them play on Sunday. They have offensive weapons, but their long poles seemed out of sync against Santa Clara. Could've been just 1st game rust and all. They also have a relatively short bench which could be an issue in a hard fought, fast paced game. Their roster lists 31 players, but it didn't seem like that had that many on the sideline. It's also possible that Sonoma may be without starting goalie Warren Pringle as he had to leave the game on Sunday with a hand or thumb injury.

In any case, it will be good for them to get in a tough game prior to next weekend's big games against Oregon and Colorado State.

[LAXSQ]

just to let you all know, noma vs whittier is cancelled.

[JerzWB]

Chapman @ Arizona - Last year Arizona traveled to Los Angeles only get pounded by a very young, talented, but inconstant Chapman team. It's no secret that the Panthers have a potent starting midfield and attack unit (Martin, Farinelli, Lawson, and Clayton). Arizona returns two 20-goal scoring midfielders in Crawford (38g) and Fillmore. This will be Chapman’s first real test of the year. BYU finally nipped Arizona and we will get to see how the young Laxcats bounce back. This one will come down to whomever’s defense decides to show up and shut down the others “big guns”. I am going with the home team in a shootout: Chapman 11 - Arizona 12

UC Santa Barbara @ Cal Poly – The gauchos had an unfamiliar fall from grace last year after back to back National Championships (and 3 National Championship games in row). But, as May came they were one shot away from familiar territory against Colorado. UCSB seems to have a more distributed offense with Brendan Sindell leading the goal scoring. Cal Poly is coming of a win against an unknown Chico team. It appears that all their strength lies in the midfield, which is very different from past Poly teams. Poly could make a run come WCLL playoffs this year, as they did last year. However, the Gauchos will be able to shut the Mustang offense and take this one in a somewhat close contest: UCSB 13 - Cal Poly 7

Utah @ Arizona – This one is always close with Utah taking the last two contests (one in the fall in Las Vegas which does not mean anything). This year Utah gets Stefan Turkula back who has tallied 96 goals for Utah in his three years (03’-05’). Again I think the pressure will be on Arizona’s defense to see if they can stop the Ute’s attack (Fernandez, Turkula, Hewlett, and Watts). Both teams play on Friday, so the second half should tell the story. Arizona needs to break out of there shell and score in the double digits to pull this one off. They are playing against a freshman goalie in his first weekend of collegiate play, and I think they will do it: Utah 12 – Arizona 14

[CATLAX MAN]

just to let you all know, noma vs whittier is cancelled.

Any reason why? Field conditions?

[westcoastlax]

The game was cancelled over two months ago, i think because of a scheduling conflict.

[SDSULAX]

It is still on the schedule, Sonoma needs to get the schedule fixed.****Whitter has cancelled the game.

[laxer0308]

I think Arizona will go 0-2 this weekend. I saw them play last week and they lack talent especially on the defensive end. In my mind i see chapman beating them by 4 and Utah winning by 2. Sorry Zona but its not your year.

[RopeNoRope]

ASU beats Utah - 14-13

ASU was speedy on all ends of the field, especialy Austin Grey.

[chslaxcoach]

This was told to me quickly over the phone by a U of A player in a loud place. It is very unofficial.

U of A lead 7-4. Chapman came back to take the lead. U of A tied it with 12 seconds in regulation. U of A scored the game-winner in OT off the ride.

[buffalowill]

Wow...nice job by ASU rebounding against the Utes! That is a great OOC win for the Sun Devils.

[BucLax13]

Anyone know the score of the UNC/St. Johns game?

[teslax14]

Oregon over Cal 14-6