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This Week
The Westminster men's lacrosse team opens the 2010 season this weekend at the MCLA Full House Face Off in Las Vegas, Nevada. Westminster opens the tournament against No. 16 UC-Santa Cruz on Friday, February 19 at 5 p.m.
The semi-finals and championship are on Saturday, February 20. The Griffins could face either Western Oregon or Biola in the second round. The bottom of the bracket features Western Washington vs. Utah Valley and Cal State Fullerton against Northern Arizona. All games will be played at the Viper Lacrosse Fields at Thunderbird Family Park.
Westminster enters the season ranked No. 8 in the MCLA Top 23 poll after going 13-8 in 2009 and advancing to the quarterfinals of the MCLA National Tournament. They are selected second in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference behind Northern Colorado and first in the West division.
The Griffins return 21 players from the 2009 squad including last season's leading scorer
Josh Condas. Condas scored 54 goals and had 61 points to lead all Griffins in 2009.
Jacob Wayman returns in 2010 after finishing second on the team with 22 assists last season. Wayman added 13 goals and was third on the team with 35 points.
The Griffins also return starting goalie
Dallas McLellan. Last season, McLellan recorded 13.1 saves per game with a 61.1 save percentage.
Westminster also welcomes back Roman Schoewe after a year away. Schoewe was a MCLA Frist Team All-American in 2008 after leading the Griffins 49 goals and 61 points. In total, Westminster welcomes 22 players that weren't on the team in 2009.
Live Media
There will be no Live Stats or Live Video available during the games this weekend. For the latest information on the Full House Face Off visit www.fullhouselax.com.
Looking Ahead
Next week the Griffins head North for three games in five days starting at Boise State on Friday, February 26. That is followed on Sunday, February 28 in Portland, Oregon against Southern Oregon. They complete the trip on Tuesday, March 2 against Western Oregon in Monmouth, Oregon.