La Costa Canyon Mavericks

The Mavericks (2-0) beat Open Division opponent, Westview (4-1)on Wednesday night by a score of 7-6. LCC got off to a good start with goals by Colin Harvey and Cameron Ziegler to take a 3-1 lead after the first quarter. Westview came out of the quarter looking strong and bringing the game back to 4-4 before LCC scored a goal to end the half and take a 5-4 lead. The second half saw both teams stifled on the offense end. With the game tied a 6-6 with 40 seconds left the LCC coaching staff called a time out and set up a last minute play. The play finished with Cameron Zielger scoring unassisted to put the Mavericks ahead 7-6 with 25 seconds to go. The Wolverines were able to get possession of the ball on the face off and got one last opportunity but the LCC defense had a great stop and were able to hold on for the win. Stand out players for the Mavericks were Colin Harvey (2 goals), Cameron Ziegler (4 goals, 3 assists), and Brandon Steidley (14-16 on Face offs, 15 ground balls). The Mavericks are back in action this Friday night at Cathedral Catholic HS. The game starts at 7pm.