Men's lacrosse team wins 1, loses 2 at Texas A&M tournament
Nov. 6, 2007 By Jackie Hyland
Reporter
The Baylor men's lacrosse team traveled to College Station last
weekend, where they played in Texas A&M University's "Play Until
You Die" tournament.
The Bears played against the University of North Texas, Texas State
University and Tulane University. The team lost against North Texas,
8-7, and Texas State, 6-4, but beat Tulane 11-5.
"We came out hard and we played two good teams," The Woodlands junior
Michael Magee said about the games they lost. "We were up in the
beginning in both games, but lost in the final minute."
San Antonio senior and president of the team, Andrew Brochu,
said the first two games were rough because it took some time for
everyone to get with the team "rhythm."
It also didn't help that the team was missing three starting players.
Despite the losses, head coach Jonathan Cofer said he thought the tournament went well.
"I got to play everyone and let everyone get some game experience," he
said. According to Cofer, Brochu was the lead offensive player and
scored the most goals.
Defensively, Houston freshman Carter Johnson, and Edina, Minn.
sophomore goalie Matthew McPheeters "shut down" some of the top players
in their league.
This is Cofer's third season as a coach for the team, but first as head
coach. He played goalie at Wingate College in North Carolina.
"(Cofer) has a lot of experience," Brochu said. "He's strict, but he
gets the job done while at the same time he wants us to have fun
because that's why we're out there."
After the tournament, the next step for the team is to prepare for its upcoming season in the spring.
"I definitely look forward to the spring because we have a lot
of talent this year," Brochu said. "It's exciting to be able to compete
against the other teams in the league with a full team, and with teams
that, in the past, we haven't been able to compete with."
The main focus for next semester is to be able to say they gave 100
percent, prepared well in practice and did "everything they could,"
Brochu said.
Denver freshman Ben Kessler said his first college tournament was
"interesting" and said it showed some of the things the team needs to
work on. He and Brochu both said that the team works well together
because they are not just teammates, but also good friends on and off
the field.
The team is part of the North Division of the Lone Star Alliance
Lacrosse League. They play teams from all over Texas and Oklahoma.
Cofer said some goals for the team are to "try to get up to the level
of varsity play" as well as "get a lot more fans out the games."
Brochu, Magee and Cofer all agreed that winning the LSA conference is their biggest goal for the spring.
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