La Costa Canyon Mavericks

The mavericks (1-0) began their 2012 season last night with a 12-1 win over league opponent Carlsbad (0-1). La Costa got off to a good start outscoring Carlsbad 3-1 in the first quarter. After the Carlsbad goal, the mavericks reeled off 9 straight unanswered goals. LCC saw 8 different scorers find the back of the net in the game with 10 of their 12 goals being assisted. Brendan Gaughan (1 goal, 3 assists) and Aaron Loy (2 goals, 2 assists) led the team with 4 points each. Dillon Flood and Jared Maffucci also added a pair of goals each. On the defensive side of the ball, Aiden Moran, Kyle Mummau, and Cole Tudor were a disrupting factor all night. The group had a combined 20 caused takeaways against the Carlsbad offense. One of the biggest factors was the 32 to 17 advantage LCC had in ground balls. Brent Melbye collected a team high 5 ground balls in the game. The game was a great start to the seaosn. The maverick’s next game is at LCC this Friday at 7pm against league opponent San Marcos (1-1). This should be another great test for the boys!