La Costa Canyon Mavericks

The LCC men’s lacrosse team traveled to Cathedral Catholic HS on Tuesday for an early season, non-league match up. The game started with both teams trading off goals to a score of 2-2. Cathedral pulled ahead with a goal in transition and then a man up goal with seconds left before the half. The boys pulled together at half time and Tom Riis scored on the first possession of the second half to close the gap to 4-3. The Mavericks then evened the score with Zane O’Brien’s second goal of the night with 5 minutes left. After a huge face off win by Tom Riis, the Mavericks scored the game winning goal with an unassisted goal by Aaron Loy. Brendan Gaughan scored the go ahed goal inside the 1 minute mark to solidify the win. The Mavericks improved to 3-0 with the 6-4 win. Tom Riis was solid again going 71% (10-14) in face offs, scoring a goal, and scooping a game high 7 ground balls. Zane O’Brien was huge throughout the game. He scored 2 goals, played great defense, and scooped up 5 ground balls. The entire defense stepped up holding the opposing team to 4 goals total and 0 goals in the second half. The defensive midfield group of Matt Melzer, Brent Melbye, and Jared Maffucci were huge in the win. La Costa travels to Poway this Friday for another early season, non-league test. Game time is at 7pm.