Somers Lacrosse Opens with Resounding 17-4 Victory

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It doesn’t matter the sport, you can’t score without the ball, but usually each side gets an equal share. Not the case in lacrosse, fortunes fall heavily on the men at midfield, and Matt Mayfield has long known the score in the circle. “It’s you against the other guy,” he said, and by game’s end, the ledger was far from balanced.

Winning all but one of his draws before coming out early, the senior led his team to an easy 17-4 victory over Scarsdale.

At the outset, Mayfield had Scarsdale not knowing whether they were coming or going. Forward to pick up the first draw and backwards to corral the second, the Tusker was appropriately vague so as not to give away the trade secrets. “I just get the ball to where the other guy isn’t going to be,” he said.

The results were quick. Receiving from Mayfield, Miguel Iglesias fed to Dylan Jimenez inside for goal one at 11:52, and Tristan Iglesias wrapped around only 22 seconds later for a 2-0 lead.

Even so, Iglesias was denied by the Scarsdale goalie at 11:10, and Mason Kelly ran into the same problem twice in the following moments. The disruption extended to the other end too, and when Anders Burrows scored, a game seemed a possibility.

A notion that was resoundingly dispelled. Miguel Iglesias hit Jimenez for a 3-1 lead at 7:46, Russell Girolamo cleaned up the rebound from Kelly’s shot, and Mayfield raced down the field, where he found Tristan Iglesias on the right for a 5-1 lead at 7:02.

The second time Mayfield found an Iglesias on the run, mixing up the brothers is no bother. “I like hitting both of them for assists,” said Mayfield.

Forward thinking on the next draw, Mayfield went solo. Unfortunately, his express train ended in the catcher of Nicholas Ebner Borst. But thanks to Ryan Brush and his defection, the visitors were unable to capitalize.

Still, Scarsdale was able to gain possession at 5:15, and the defense proved just as effective as the offense. Only yielding a defended bouncer on goal, Andrew Marzella was there with the scoop.

4:05 left in the first, the brief intermission of the Somers attack was over Scarsdale. Somers set up, peppered the zone, and eventually Tristan Iglesias wrapped around for a 6-1 lead at 3:01.

Back to the middle, the whistle negated Mayfield’s next win, so Marzella picked his teammate up. On a Scarsdale shot going high, the Somers goalie raced back and dove to ensure he was closest to the ball.

The effort wasn’t wasted either. Bret Kennedy received the ball at midfield from Tristan Wachtel and beelined for the goal. No stopping the defender, he swung overhand, and Somers took a 7-1 lead.

In at 1:57, Mayfield’s next win resulted in a Somers turnover, and Scarsdale raised a little doubt again on the possession. From the 20, Charlie Starr, dropped his stick, swung underhand and beat Marzella low for a 7-2 game with 1:11 remaining in the first.

The quarter scoring closed, Mayfield picked up where he left off with another win. The actual score came after the Somers possession ended in a turnover. Ebner Borst strayed right from the goal with the ball, and Kelly put on a check. The ball was dislodged, Miguel Iglesias picked it up, and the quarterback had the net wide open.

An easy completion, Somers led 8-2, and with the lead growing to 12-3 at the half, the whole roster got involved, which had Tristan Iglesias beaming. “It was awesome to see everyone get out there,” said the sophomore. “They locked it down. We had a brick wall, and no one could get in.”

So even though it goes without saying, Iglesias reinforced the main point. “It was a whole team effort,” he concluded.