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Club Briefs

Published on March 3, 2009 by Justin Hobday

Roller Hockey

Fourth at regional in first season
KSU went 3-2 at the Southeast Collegiate Roller Hockey Regional Championships to place fourth in their first season of play.

“For our first season we’ve done exceptionally well,” said club president Ricky Schneider.

In the round robin portion of the tournament, the Owls faced off against Emory, Florida State and the University of Tampa. KSU handed a 6-3 loss to Emory before demolishing the Seminoles by a score of 10-2. However, the Owls dropped a close, 5-4, decision to Tampa.

In the quarterfinals, the Owls blew away the Miami Hurricanes, 8-2, but the Florida Atlantic Owls defeated KSU, 12-2, to end KSU’s tournament run.

FAU won the championship, and Tampa and Elon placed second and third, respectively. KSU has an outside opportunity of making it to the national tournament, which they will find out about on Monday, March 2.

If the Owls are not selected to participate in the national tournament, they will begin the new season in late August after everyone returns for the fall semester.

Men’s Lacrosse

Still undefeated
The Owls remained undefeated after beating the Furman Paladins, 16-5, on a messy and wet afternoon in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 28.

KSU’s record improved to 7-0 with two divisional victories already under their belt.

Charles Roland led the way for the Owls, scoring five goals and contributing two assists. Justin McKay continued his recent, inspired play by adding two goals and two assists to build on last weekend’s breakout performance.

KSU led, 12-4, at halftime and endured a cold and rainy second half to earn the victory.

Noah Rosenblum once again performed well as goalie, stopping nine of 14 shots on goal. The Owls’ defense has allowed five goals or less in four straight games.

The lacrosse team will be back in action on Saturday, March 7, when they will face the Alabama Crimson Tide at 3:00 p.m. on the intramural field.