 Welcome to the Paul Canabines show I'm Joe Wamba joining Paul Canabine head coach of the men's lacrosse team and coach You guys go out and get the first victory of 2017 campaign up at Gettysburg Dominating faceoffs. What did what did that do for you guys? Especially 10 of 14 the second half? Yeah, I think you know, you know Justin Burnetti and Nathan Nathaniel of Kwong are doing a lot better job You know a year ago that was really kind of a spot where some two games you face off really well And some games we won I really thought into thinking of Justin such a dominant faceoff guy for especially the start His first game, you know, he's so nervous, but I think going into a second game He's really done a fine job and Nate's really improved from a year ago They still have a long way to go But being able to win those faceoffs being able to go on runs being able to score off the faceoff has really been a help Us you know going against some of these teams and that's what we're able to do and I thought against Gettysburg We're able to score goal get the ball back put more pressure on them and really kind of wear down their defense a little bit And then what's left are our defense more more Fresh and be able to chase them around and cause them all sorts of havoc which I thought we did a good job Of so you know winning those faceoffs are crucial for us and they're going to be huge coming up in our next five games For sure one case where you guys did win the faceoffs JT Tell and you guys were tied at three to three in the third quarter JT Go gets out there and scores two goals in them in less than a minute What kind of lift did that do for you? Well, we know we were putting a lot of pressure on come start the third quarter You know the first half I really didn't think we played very well offensively at all A lot of too many turnovers and just real casual with the ball and I thought their goal We played outstanding but in the second half we were able to get more shots on them more quality shots on And I thought JT made a big goal and transition there and then when he got the short stick on him He was able to go quickly on him We get another quick goal there and JT you know he ended up with two goals He probably should have had six you know because how well Tim Bradley played he played on Tim Brady being played Unbelievably and really kept them in the game, but you know, he's playing better You know getting back into the the motion of the game and being able to run goals together two three in a minute You know really puts it was really good for us if we're able to continue to do that That's gonna allow us to go on runs and really put teams on the defense And you talked about it a little bit touched on it the defensive effort Just talk about the defensive effort in general and then specifically Lito Flanagan joining. Yeah, you know the defensive ever was great Don't even playing without Tom Brown who had pneumonia You know, he's one of our starting guys against RIT He sat out and we played Drew Cremote in his place and he did an unbelievable job especially moving Moving Dylan Harris down the close because we have Lito back when he didn't have Lito We had to play Dylan Harris up at Paul and that kind of didn't give us as much at the close place Because we played drew a little bit But now that we're able to get you know, two of our best defensemen on the field at the same time all the time and Dom The fozio and Dylan Harris I think that's really too athletic guys to get the ball in the ground and get up and then having Lito back Where he really helps us is getting the ball off the ground, you know He's a good defender, but also he's so slick with the stick getting the ball up running in Transition and many able to make plays with the stick really helped us and you saw that at the end of the half Where he made a great pass the way Corvin inside about eight seconds left to get us to lead at halftime So those are the type of plays he can make and for only practicing six days or five days really, you know Lito did a great job coming back for that, but he's only going to get better now He's able to practice every day and really able to you know get his conditioning of the par and looking ahead to the home opener on Saturday with Ohio Wesleyan. What do you guys need to fix if there's anything to fix to get you ready for that game? Well, I think we got to be a little better offensively early on in the game I thought against a Gettysburg and even against RIT. I think the first half we weren't great offensively I think we got to get much better value the ball a little bit We got to play faster a little bit and be able to do things but our next two games or Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury teams that are just like Gettysburg, you know, they're kind of slower methodical teams I want to wear you down spread you out a little bit So, you know, we kind of understand how they're going to play You know, we got to go out there and execute and Ohio Wesleyan has a decent goalie and they got a couple good polls Really good middies They got some guys that can are really slick with the ball and move it around and banging around And so they're pretty dangerous if you let them be dangerous And so, you know, we have to dominate the face offs, you know We got to be smarter in offense We got to shoot well and try to get that lead early and put some pressure on them Well coach, we appreciate your time this week and good luck with Ohio Wesleyan this weekend. Thanks a lot Joe Appreciate it. He's Paul Canabine. I'm Joe Amma. This has been the Paul Canabine show