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The Rice Thresher
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by Jake Robson thresher staff
Rice took on Baylor on Friday afternoon in the weekend's only conference match, making it the must-win game of the weekend. Rice jumped out to an early lead on goals from sophomore George McGuirk and senior Paul Aronson. Aronson's goal marked his return from a broken collarbone suffered at the beginning of the semester. Rice dominated on the offensive end and during set plays, but Baylor owned the transition game, scoring several uncontested, breakaway goals to keep the game close. Though Rice trailed at points in the second half, a goal by senior James Radford with three minutes remaining looked as if it would be the game-winner, but a Baylor goal in the next minute sent the game to sudden death overtime. In the extra period, junior Ben Amis stepped up, taking the ball hard to the goal through several defenders before hurling the ball past the Baylor goalie to give Rice a 9-8 win. After the win, the Owls drove to New Orleans for Saturday's round-robin, non-conference tournament. McGuirk, Amis, junior Chris Glass and freshman Mark Watabe all sat out Saturday's games due to bruises and injuries. Though none of the injuries are expected to be serious, Rice took the opportunity to give some of the team's role players some game experience without putting its conference record on the line. In Saturday morning's game, Rice's inexperience was evident, as the Owls fell 12-1 to a more experienced, less fatigued Missouri club. The night game, the first in Rice history, ended better, as Rice defeated host Tulane 9-7. Senior captain Brian Nash recorded a hat trick, junior Matt Ludwig added two goals and sophomore Phil McDaniel got his first Rice goal. Reserve goalkeeper sophomore Trevor Lavelle and the Rice defense held strong in the night game, holding off a second-half surge from Tulane. "We got a little banged up this weekend, but there were a ton of positives as well," coach Joey Olivier said. "It was great to get Paul back and we found out that we have some reserves that can really play. It's great for us to play a lot of games because we can see where we are, and where we want to be. Hopefully we can keep improve and start beating clubs like Missouri." Rice goes back to conference action this weekend at home against Southwest Texas State University tomorrow at 1 p.m. "We're right back at it this weekend in another must-win game for the playoffs," Nash said. "Hopefully we'll have the injured guys back at full strength and we'll be able to get another win. The fan support has been great, so we're glad that we've got them on our home turf. We all feel like we've put in so much effort this semester that we have a chance to win every time out, and this will be no exception."
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