Out on the West Coast, the UMD Bulldogs (2-4) lost two more heartbreakers to MCLA top 25 teams. UMD's brutal stretch of road games continued with games against a very tough and highly regarded #18 University of Oregon Ducks and #6 ranked University of Colorado Buffaloes. UMD came into the weekend ranked #13 in the MCLA.
On Friday, UMD dropped a close one to Oregon 7-6. Down 6-3 at the end of 3 periods of play, UMD battled back to pull within one goal at 6-5 with 6:00 left in the game. Oregon picked up a fast break goal to make it 7-5 with 5:00 left. The Bulldogs pulled within one at 7-6 with 3:00 to play and after putting the ball on goal several times in the closing minutes could not tie the game and took the tough loss.
On Saturday, in a game televised online by CollegeLAX.tv, the Bulldogs took on the Buffaloes in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Colorado jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the Bulldogs could respond with a Brandon Nispel goal to make it 2-1. Early in the 3rd period, Colorado scored to make it 5-2. UMD battled back to tie the game 5-5 going into the 4th period behind goals from Max Thomas-Olson, Alex McNamara and Matt Sanocki. In the 4th period, UMD had trouble controlling the ball and gave up two quick Colorado goals before answering with one of their own, a shot by McNamara to make the score 8-6. That's as close as the Bulldogs would get and they dropped their 4th of the season 9-6 to a very good Colorado team.
UMD's next game is April 2 against Upper Midwest Lacrosse League rival Iowa State. St. Cloud State's next game is April 3 against UMD in St. Cloud.
UMD may be looking forward to playing closer to home after road swings to Utah and Oregon. All four of UMD's losses have come against MCLA top 25 opponents (#3 BYU, #6 Colorado, #12 Utah and #18 Oregon).
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