MEN: Unbeaten Nebraska Lays Smackdown on North Dakota State, 16-5
February 18th, 2007
By Robert Molinelli
WSL Nebraska Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Freshmen middie Aaron Gillaspie scored six goals to propel unbeaten Nebraska to a 16-5 victory over visiting North Dakota State University in a Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association game Saturday night.
Junior attackman Dan Callahan scored five goals, and freshmen attackman Chris Mack and sophomore long-stick middie T.J. Nichols both added goals to pace the high-powered Huskers offense.
Nebraska (3-0), which won its third straight, opened up strong and never let go of the lead. The Huskers scored goals six goals in the first quarter, five in the second, and another five in the third. NDSU (1-1) couldn't find an answer for Gillaspie and Callahan, who combined for 11 of the team's 16 goals.
"We played solid from the start and never looked back," Callahan said. "We really wanted to set the tone early, so we came out firing."
In a losing effort, sophomore attackmen Ryan McCartney scored four goals, and sophomore middie Peter Stevenson scored once.
Despite another strong performance from McCartney, who tallied 10 goals in two games Saturday, the Bison couldn't hang with a Nebraska team that has scored 36 goals in its first three games.
"There was definitely a difference in the level of competition," McCartney said. "We can take a lot away from this game and hopefully use to it step up our game."
WSL Nebraska Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Freshmen middie Aaron Gillaspie scored six goals to propel unbeaten Nebraska to a 16-5 victory over visiting North Dakota State University in a Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association game Saturday night.
Junior attackman Dan Callahan scored five goals, and freshmen attackman Chris Mack and sophomore long-stick middie T.J. Nichols both added goals to pace the high-powered Huskers offense.
Nebraska (3-0), which won its third straight, opened up strong and never let go of the lead. The Huskers scored goals six goals in the first quarter, five in the second, and another five in the third. NDSU (1-1) couldn't find an answer for Gillaspie and Callahan, who combined for 11 of the team's 16 goals.
"We played solid from the start and never looked back," Callahan said. "We really wanted to set the tone early, so we came out firing."
In a losing effort, sophomore attackmen Ryan McCartney scored four goals, and sophomore middie Peter Stevenson scored once.
Despite another strong performance from McCartney, who tallied 10 goals in two games Saturday, the Bison couldn't hang with a Nebraska team that has scored 36 goals in its first three games.
"There was definitely a difference in the level of competition," McCartney said. "We can take a lot away from this game and hopefully use to it step up our game."