2018 Men's Club Lacrosse

[thekob]

These guys have started the season undefeated, going 5-0. This streak saw them beat Georgia 12-5, then travel to Texas and continue their winning ways over preseason #19 SMU 8-3, Texas State 16-3 and Texas Tech 10-3. This past weekend they were on the road again down to Florida, where they beat Florida 15-4 and preseason #11 Florida State 19-5.

Their next game is this weekend at the Bluff fields vs. preseason #18 Liberty at 1 PM on Sunday, February 25th.

Their schedule can be found here:
http://mcla.us/team/south_carolina/2018/schedule.html

Their team twitter is @CocksLacrosse where you can see this awesome clip of Jake Ellis scoring a behind the back goal, followed by two more goals between the legs on his way to a 6 goal and 3 assist game.

https://twitter.com/CocksLacrosse/st...38228484284416

[thekob]

Also, Georgia already beat clemson 11-10 at clemson....just sayin'

[TaySC]

Nice.

[GamecockUltimate]

Ahh club sports. True student athletes.

Former Gamecock Ultimate guy here. Go Gamecock Lax!!

[thekob]

Just a note, they're now 7-0 and ranked #15 in the nation, shooting up the charts from "others receiving votes" with one vote in the preseason poll.

They should move up more, since they just beat #17 Liberty this past weekend. Liberty was preseason #18, and moved up after smoking Tennessee 19-9.

Here's a link to their team page on the league's website.
http://mcla.us/team/south_carolina/2018/schedule.html

[thekob]

They're now 10-0 and ranked #5 in the nation.

http://mcla.us/polls/2018/week_6

Tough trial ahead this weekend, playing George Washington, Virginia Tech, and Pittsburgh at VTech.



There's also a podcast interview with the head coach, James Harkey:
http://412lax.com/episodes/

[thekob]

Final score from Blacksburg, VA:

Friday: USC 10, George Washington 7

Saturday: USC 11, #10 Virginia Tech 10
This game took place in the snow (with accumulation). VTech started out on a 6-0 run, and were leading 8-5 at the start of the 4th quarter. Talk about an epic comeback.

Sunday: USC 14, Pittsburgh 4

Cocks improve to an impressive 13-0.

Also, it's RIVALRY WEEK ya'll. This Friday 4/13 at the Bluff Road Practice Facility, right across the street from Williams Price, they take on clemson (#22, 13-1) at 7 PM. Last regular season game. These two teams are in the same division of the conference, so whoever wins gets the first place seed at the SELC Championship Tourny in ATL. These two teams are the class of the Conference by far.

[weatheredxtown]

Didn't see any update so I figured I'd post it.

They beat Clemson 15-9 and finish the regular season undefeated at 14-0 and ranked #4!

[thekob]

Originally Posted by weatheredxtown

Didn't see any update so I figured I'd post it.

They beat Clemson 15-9 and finish the regular season undefeated at 14-0 and ranked #4!

It was yet again another fake lead by the opponents. Clemson was leading a large part of the game, and got up to 7-5 at one point, then USC roared back and won.

Apparently they're a shoo-in to make it to nationals. Hell of a team, and hell of a coach.

Hope they do some damage at the SELC championships too. The last time we won it was back in '96. Got back to the SELC tourney for the first time since then in '06 and lost to Florida on Friday night.

Here's an article over at the national club lacrosse website:

http://mcla.us/news/2018/04/friday-r...k-expectations

[thekob]

Just an update, they made it all the way thru to the conference championship game and lost to Virginia Tech to end the regular season 16-1. Best season they've ever had.

They're currently in Utah competing for the national championship. They've beat Georgia Tech in their first game, and beat Cal last night. They take on Chapman, who's the #1 seed of the tourney, on Thursday. I'll post a link to the live stream.

Here's a video of a great fake and goal vs. GaTech:

[thekob]

The semifinal game for the National Championships will be today at 6:30 and will be livestreamed here:

http://mcla.us/news/2018/05/live-stream-chapman-v--usc

[thekob]

They ended up losing to Chapman, but big ups to the seniors and all members of the team, this team exceeded all expectations and has been the best the school has ever seen since they first started playing decades ago.