COAST GUARD COMES OUT ON SHORT END OF 4OT THRILLER AGAINST STONEHILL 12-11

New London, CT -
The Bears (2-4) put up a great fight, but squandered two MAN-UP opportunities in OT and gave up a fast-break goal off the opening draw of the fourth overtime period to take a tough 12-11 loss at home. Both teams struck iron during the OT periods before Stonehill scored on a fastbreak goal from 2-3 yards in front of the crease. Coast Guard trailed 10-8 with about seven minutes to go in the 4th quarter when they came alive with three unanswered goals to take the lead 11-10. Unfortunetly, Stonehill scored with about a minute to go in the game to knot it at 11 all. The individual performance of the night came from defensemen 3/c Greg Bernstein who held Stonehill's Colin Lancey (2008 MCLA Division 1 3rd Team All-American) to 0 goals on the evening to go with 0 penalty minutes. In addition, Coach Ostrowski highlighted gutty performances from long poles 4/c Patrick Buckley and 3/c Paul Junghans who had 6 groundballs. 3/c Craig Valencia and 4/c Daniel Symansky led the team with 8 groundballs a piece - Valencia also chipped in with 2 goals, Symansky had 1 assist. 3/c Kyle Ennis topped the stat sheet with 4 goals/1 assist/2 groundballs followed close behind by 3/c Matt Chase with 4 goals/5 groundballs. 4/c Patrick Driscoll also contributed to the Bears offensive numbers with 1goal/1 assist. The Bears outshot the Skyhawks 40-29 and 4/c Corey Pray had another amazing game in the cage making 17 saves. For those OLD BEARS reading this, RDML Atkins, current Commander, Deployable Operations Group (DOG) and former Mathematics Instructor and Head Lacrosse Coach in the early 90's, was seen in the stands with Professor Manfred proudly sporting a Coast Guard lacrosse jersey.

RDML Atkins bio is available at: http://www.uscg.mil/flag/GRDO.asp