 Glenn Clark now with Amherst coach John Thompson after his team falls 17-16 to RIT on game three at day one of the Mustang Classic coach I know it's tough because you're on the losing end, but you know I'll start the same way that I started with with Jay Koon What a lacrosse game what an unbelievable game from both teams from start to finish Yeah, it was and in many ways. I wouldn't have expected anything different from these two teams You know, they had a fire under their belly, you know from our game last year And we had a fire under our belly to sort of prove who we are You know, we didn't play particularly well last week and thought we got a lot better this week in practice You know despite some hairy conditions up in Amherst, Massachusetts with the weather But you know thought we thought we fought, you know really well in practice this week And wouldn't have really expected anything differently than the game that we got tonight You know Jake Jake's a really good coach They've got some really good talent and you know the stars really did shine through in tonight's game for both teams It was fun the ebbs and flows of this one you get out to a big lead in the first half They battle the way back into it. They take a five-goal lead When you when you've allowed like an 8-0 run in a lacrosse game How do you get a team to get back on their horse and go get back within a goal in the fourth quarter? Yeah, I mean I think one of the things that RIT does so well is first-time ground balls You know when when they get these chances they finish the ground balls And so in the middle of the second quarter in particular You know at the face-off stripe It was sort of a 50-50 battle, you know at the actual stripe itself But the wings 30 did a fantastic job in the wings for them And so in the second half we made a few adjustments and our guys really started picking the ball up off the deck in The second half and really made that a 50-50 battle and the tide started changing a little bit And you know so I think even in that fourth quarter we started winning a few draws and and we're able to get ourselves back in it But you know the one thing I was most proud of our guys about is there was never a moment where we didn't believe we could win that game And that's that's pretty good moxie for later in the year What's remarkable is you have a game where there's so many goals scored and yet your goalie was fantastic It was really really great throughout the game. No question Cody Cody played really well He sees seeing the ball, you know in practice really well right now And I actually thought both goalies played really well their goal. He didn't you know start great But you know when we're down 16 15 with a minute left. He makes a big big boy save You know and and really that game goes 16 16 and he makes a really big save instead It stays 16 15 and we've got a pressure out and then go down 17 15 So, you know, I thought both goalies played pretty well And he made some big saves and some big moments, but really proud of Cody I mean he played really well standing absolutely outstanding the experience being a part of this Mustang classic You know just what an unbelievable event it continues to be it is and coach canabine and the whole Stevenson crew Does such a good job of putting it together and you know, I think this is the atmosphere We wanted you know, we wanted a big-time atmosphere and we wanted big-time opponents and you know We got what we asked for and we got another big one tomorrow. Absolutely. It's gonna be really fun I'm not all that familiar with Lynchburg actually and so I'm looking forward to getting to watch them in a little bit here I know they're really well coached. I know they're big and strong and athletic and you know Who else would you want to be playing on day two? Yeah, when you're tired nothing like a big athletic team no doubt about that. Hey coach Thanks for taking a couple minutes for us and that best of luck tomorrow against the Hornets. Thanks very much for having us He is coach John Thompson from Amherst. I'm Glenn Clark. This is Ben. Go Mustang sports calm