Lacrosse Blogs

Day 6 of the Vail Lacrosse Shootout was also Day 1 for the Men’s and Women’s Elite as the tournament really began to heat up.  Weather was perfect again with sunny weather and a cool breeze from time to time.  Today was “moving day” for both divisions and we will start to see a little bit more competitive action tomorrow in the quarterfinals for both groups.

Men’s Elite

Most of the top seeds moved through on day 1 of the Men’s Elite tournament.  Merrill Lynch/Lacrossewear and Team 21, the #1 and #2 seeds respectively, both took a little time to get moving against the play-in winners, but both pulled away to move to the quarterfinals.  Team Sasquatch won the first game of the day in double overtime with a two-point goal in the most exciting game of an otherwise workmanlike day. 

One of the stronger teams looks to be Maverik Elite, which features Jovan Miller and John Galloway (current Syracuse players), Casey Powell and Sean Lindsey (old Syracuse players) and great players up and down the roster.  Merrill Lynch/Lacrossewear is likely the other favorite, but it took them some time to get it going against Sasquatch. 

The East Coast Kings won 16-12 against the Olympic Club and should give Team 21 a great game tomorrow in the quarterfinals.  In fact, all of the quarterfinal match-ups should be good on Friday as Merrill Lynch plays a young Chipotle squad, The Med (Thursdays only upset winner) matches up against Combat Sports/Rocky Mountain Oysters and Team One’s Jammin’ Salmon play Maverik Elite all on Ford Field.

Thursday Results:

Play-In Game 1:  Team Sasquatch 12, 83 ½ Lacrosse 10 (2ot)

Play-In Game 2:  Bigfoot Lacrosse 12, Fender Benders 6

Merrill Lynch Lacrossewear 12, Team Sasquatch 7

Team Chipotle 10, Team Gutman 7

Combat Sports/Rocky Mountain Oysters 14, The Lofers 4

The Med 16, Brine Elite 13

Team One’s Jammin’ Salmon 19, Team Awesome 3

Maverik Elite 16, Victorious Secret 8

East Coast Kings 16, The Olympic Club 12

Team 21 14, Bigfoot Lacrosse 5

Friday Match-Ups: 

Quarterfinals:

Combat Sports/Rocky Mountain Oysters vs. The Med – 9:00am – Ford Field

Team One’s Jammin’ Salmon vs. Maverik Elite – 11:00am – Ford Field

Team Chipotle vs. Merrill Lynch/Lacrossewear – 1:00pm – Ford Field

Team 21 vs. East Coast Kings – 3:00pm – Ford Field

Consolation:

Team Sasquatch vs. Team Gutman – 10:00am – Edwards Turf

The Olympic Club vs. Bigfoot Lacrosse – 10:00am – Edwards Grass

Brine Elite vs. the Lofers – 12:00pm – Edwards Turf

83 ½ Lacrosse vs. Fender Benders – 12:00pm – Edwards Grass

Team Awesome vs. Victorious Secret – 2:00pm – Edwards Turf

Women’s Elite

The Women’s Elite Division started with Pool Play on Thursday.  The teams now sort themselves out and will move to a championship bracket that will conclude on Sunday.  Gang Green, CRSLax.com and #1 Stunner of the Month all won their pools and will have an advantage tomorrow in the quarterfinals as the other teams will have to win “play-in” games in order to move into the round of 8.

Thursday Results:
 CRSLax.com 9, Portland Purple 7

Colorado Storm 11, TexLax 2

#1 Stunner 9, Team Wild 8 (ot)

Portland Purple 11, Colorado Storm 10 (ot)

Minnesota North Stars 9, Team Extreme 8

Team Wild 6, Colorado Tropics 3

Portland Purple 13, TexLax 5

Minnesota Northstars 12, Team Chipotle 7

Colorado Tropics 9, Team Wild 2

Gang Green 13, Minnesota Northstars 2

Team Extreme 14, Team Chipotle 3

CRSLax.com 12, TexLax 2

#1 Stunner 9, Colorado Tropics 8

Gang Green 14, Team Chipotle 1

CRSLax.com 10, Colorado Storm 5

Gang Green 6, Team Extreme 5

#1 Stunner 10, Team Wild 5

Pool Results:

Pool A

1.       Gang Green

2.       Minnesota Northstars

3.       Team Extreme

4.       Team Chipotle

Pool B

1.       CRSLax.com

2.       Portland Purple

3.       Colorado Storm

4.       TexLax

Pool C

1.       #1 Stunner of the Month

2.       Colorado Tropics

3.       Team Wild

Friday Match-Ups:

Play-in Game 1:  Team Chipotle vs. Colorado Tropics – 8:00am – Athletic Field

Play-in Game 2:  Team Extreme vs. Colorado Storm – 9:10am – Athletic Field

Play-in Game 3:  TexLax vs. Team Wild – 10:20am – Athletic Field

Quarterfinals:

Gang Green vs. Winner Game 1 – 11:30am – Athletic Field

Portland Purple vs. #1 Stunner – 12:40pm – Athletic Field

Minnesota Northstars vs. Winner Game 2 – 1:50pm – Athletic Field

CRSLax.com vs. Winner Game 3 – 3:00pm – Athletic Field