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The Rice Thresher
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by Jake Robson thresher staff After opening the season with two wins last week, the men's club lacrosse team will be looking for revenge against its biggest and most challenging rival when Texas A&M University comes to campus Sunday. The Aggies, who won the Lone Star Conference title a year ago and finished the year ranked 12th in the nation, easily handled the Owls in Rice's season opener last year. This time around, a more experienced Owl squad hopes things will be different. "We are always solid physically, as are they, but this year I think we really have the edge mentally," senior co-captain Brian Nash said. "We are an experienced team now and I think we can outplay them by sticking to our game plan and forcing them to make stupid mistakes. This game will be won in the fourth quarter, and I think we have an excellent chance this year." Rice is 2-0 after notching home wins over Stephen F. Austin State University Saturday and Southern Methodist University Sunday. Rice jumped out to an early lead against a weak Lumberjack squad by scoring early and with ease. Junior captain Ben Amis scored a hat trick, and junior attackman Chris Glass netted four goals and added four assists to earn the game ball in Rice's 14-8 win. Sunday's game against a more experienced SMU club proved to be a greater challenge. The Mustangs dominated the first quarter, but four second quarter goals allowed Rice to take a 6-5 halftime lead. But SMU wasn't done, scoring three quick goals to take an 8-6 third-quarter lead. The Mustangs continued to lead into the final period before Glass winged a sidearm shot past the goalkeeper to tie the score at nine. After the teams traded goals, junior Adam Lazowska scored the game-winner and sophomore goalkeeper Adam Gottlieb made two clutch saves in the final minute to preserve the 11-10 victory. "This was an important win for us," senior midfielder Paul Aronson said. "We really didn't have our A-game today and we still were able to pull out a victory. Everyone really stepped it up at the end, especially the defense."
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