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Broncos Cruise in Season Opener

Feb. 12, 2009

Santa Clara opened the 2009 season with a road trip to Los Angeles.  Their first opponent, Biola University, is the former 2009 WCLL Division 2 Champion.  This season, Biola is part of the newly formed Southwestern Lacrosse League (SLC).

SCU got on the scoreboard first when Jr. attackman Charlie Ellis (5 goals, 2 assists) converted on a feed from Sr. linemate Liam Byrne (2-2).  14 seconds later, Ellis notched his second when Sr. midfielder Mark Swoboda (2-3) found Ellis off the faceoff win.  The Broncos opened the game up with two more first period goals by Bryne and Ellis for a 4-0 lead.

In the second frame, Biola scored first when they converted their on an extraman opportunity.  The SCU man down unit held the rest of the way, despite being down 9 more times during the game.  SCU got goals from newcomers, Fr attackman Dylan Panzarella  (3-3) and Jonathan Fallers (1-0) to extend the halftime lead to 7-1.

Byrne opened the third quarter with his second goal of the contest followed by tallies from Swoboda, Ellis and Panzarella.  The quarter ended with a 11-2 SCU lead.  Freshman attackman Andrew Peterson (1-0) and sophomore attackman Michael Podesta (1-0) notched goals in the fourth for a 15-3 final.

Santa Clara ended their southern swing the next day with a game against SLC Division 1, University of Southern California.