Sunday, the Timbermen were amped up to face the St. Catharines ShockWave, the ALL’s number one team, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. The Timbermen previously lost 16-10 to the ShockWave on January 26th. Unfortunately, they still have yet to beat the ShockWave this season, falling 15-14 in an overtime heartbreaker.
Led by captain Mark Vradenburg’s four goals and two assists, the Timbermen had an 11-6 lead at halftime. But then fatigue set in for the Timbermen, who had played just 24 hours before and had spent a long time on the road travelling during the weekend.
The rested ShockWave took over the second half of the game, tying it by the end of the third. The teams went back and forth with the ShockWave holding three one-goal leads before Aaron Woods sent the game to overtime. Brooker Muir ended it 1:14 in.
Vradenburg finished Sunday’s game with five goals and three assists. Fred Hartley scored a hat trick and added two assists, Aaron Woods scored twice and added three helpers and Doug Utting had two goals and one assist.
Nick Damude again played well in goal.
Sunday’s loss temporarily drops them to third place in the Arena Lacrosse League standings, behind the Toronto Monarchs (winners over Six Nations) by virtue of goals for/against.
Next Saturday the Timbermen are in Paris at Syl Apps Community Centre for a rematch with the RiverWolves.
