Sports

William Masselli ~ Editor-in-Chief

Recently, the University of Lynchburg Men’s Lacrosse Team has lost to several nationally ranked teams in NCAA DIII Men’s Lacrosse. 

Ryan Kenney, a senior attackman, believes the team will grow from its losses. He said, “I think we all in the locker room know what we need to do to take our game to the next level. As for giving advice, I would say just harping on being really great at doing the simple plays and the fundamentals of the sport. Small mistakes will cost you against a great team. We have not played our best and we need to expect ourselves to do that every time we step on the field.” 

Kenney also noted, “For me, I need to keep shooting the ball. Finding my lane to get shots off and when I do, make sure they go in the back of the net. I think something I have been working on too is stick protection and having a second plan for when my first plan does not go the way it was planned to be. On top of that is just keeping a level head and when I’m shooting well or make a mistake put it behind me and focus on the next play and give it my all.” 

Chris Jennings ~ Assistant Copy Editor

This past weekend, the Lynchburg men’s lacrosse team traveled to Ferrum University to kick off their season. The Hornets did it in dominating fashion with a 25-1 victory to start the year off 1-0 overall as well as 1-0 in ODAC play. 

Lynchburg was led by senior Kyle Lewis who piled up seven points in the win. Other key contributors on offense were freshman Charlie Evans racking up four points and Logan Zimnoch, Brett Rogers, Logan Lamon and Ian McCarthy all having three point days. The balanced attack led the Hornets to a dominating performance over the Panthers in all statistical categories.

Lynchburg did not only dominate on offense but in all aspects of the game with freshman Darren Palma causing three turnovers, sophomore Michael Kraus picking up five ground balls and freshman Andrew Thomas leading the goalie effort with three saves. 

By William Masselli ~ Editor-in-Chief

Over winter break and throughout the off-season, the University of Lynchburg men’s lacrosse team has been working hard to replicate the success they had last year both academically and athletically. 

Head Coach Stephen Koudelka talked about his players’ successes, stating, “Last year we finished the season 18-3 and won the ODAC Championship for the eighth time and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 14th time and ninth consecutive. It was a great year because there were so many obstacles in the way; COVID, testing, etc and our guys responded in an incredible way. 2021 was a great year for our program. As you know, we had an odd academic schedule this year so our guys were home for basically two months…all indications through our strength testing last week showed that our guys went home and put in the work. We are stronger than we were when we left campus and that should provide a great long term springboard for our success this season. Academically, we had our best fall GPA in program history – 3.24 and could not be more proud of the effort our guys put in. They have already set new goals of above a 3.3 this spring.”