 In the post game now after York defeats Bates 19 eight the final Peter lasagna the head coach of Bates with us now and Peter We just had a chance to talk a moment ago I know the result for either of the games this weekend was not what you hoped But there is something that can be taken out of this week And I think you guys really held better today. Yeah, no, thank you. I appreciate that and I felt the exact same way I don't want to ever get to a point in my life where I'm cheering a 19 to 8 loss But I will cheer the fight. I thought we fought defensively I thought we actually played really really well six on six against a team that is considered one of the best defensive teams in The country. I thought we really had their head spinning when we had it We might have gone the entire third quarter without having the ball I can't swear that it felt like one of those quarters. We didn't have it very much But no, I'm very proud of how we fought and that's a lot of like we talked about you say It's a lot of why I wanted to come down and do this we it forces you to grow up So they you were trailing five nothing at the end of the first quarter and then the second and third quarter You went toe-to-toe was 11 seven after three. What was the difference in the second and third quarter? How you played better? Yeah, I think we really spent a lot of time Mentally at least even though we couldn't do it on a field preparing for their ride Their ride is sort of a nine and a half ten man They sometimes bring the goalie all the way out sometimes part of the way out And they have all those really athletic poles in the middle of the field 12 and 35 and 43 and those guys so we adjusted our clear a little bit That'll be our little secret But we adjusted our clear a little bit and I thought we cleared the ball great and we are I think our goalie played a lot better today So we were getting some saves we clear the ball that gives us a chance to play offense And even when you're not winning face-offs if you do those things well You can actually make it a really competitive game against a really good team So one area that I'm sure you'd want to look at more and film the extra man opportunities For York six out of seven what were they seeing that you weren't doing on time? Yeah Like I said, I just think we were most of the time We were in a four-man rotation and I think we were just a hair to five or seven Late every time and from where I was looking on the field as I said a few minutes ago It looked to me like we were giving two guys on the backside too many good options So I think we need to push out a little bit more if we're gonna play four man or get to the point Where we can actually play five man And we've just got to understand that the kind of shots we want to give up whether we are four and five Man are outside shots and I think we yielded a lot of layups So I think most of those man up goals were inside of five yards So a final question to you you and I had a chance to speak I think you were on the bus coming down from the Boston area, you know Nobody wants to be o and six you don't want to coach it o and six your players don't want to be o and six They're not used to being o and six. So what what do you do? How are you guys doing at this point? Yeah, I think we're doing a lot better Honestly and and to me it says a lot about our people that they put yesterday behind them fairly quickly and Focused on the great opportunity that we had to play a really really good team today And so to then be able to perform the way that we did and be toe-to-toe as you said Into the fourth with a really really really good veteran team Again, we're not looking to lose But I think we take away a lot from this that we get on a bus tomorrow and take nine hours to get home Domain and then we have a week to get ready for Middlebury and then it's all league play for the for the rest of the way and Quite honestly, I think we're gonna be a tough out. So so do I thank you so much. Thanks, man Really appreciate it. Absolutely. That's Peter lasagna the head coach of Bates Bates falling today to York 1988 the final on go mustang sports TV