Welland Vesuvius Warlords vs. Elora Mohawks (OLA Jr. B Lacrosse)
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The struggles continue for the Welland Vesuvius Warlords as they limped home from Elora after a 9-3 defeat at the hands of the Mohawks on Sunday night. It was the fourth consecutive loss for the Warlords, who are still trying to secure a playoff spot.
Elora took ahold of the game in the first period with a power-play marker from Ryan Morrision to open the scoring, and then goals by #20 Blaine Syme and Justin Gibson, to take a 3-0 advantage. #89 Jordy Daradick replied for Welland before period’s end, with his eighteenth of the year, from #5 Ira Sowden and #32 James McCready.
Brody Heseltine, Kyle Goss and Mark Love continued to find success against Warlords’ starter #39 Connor Danko in the middle stanza before #15 Walter Lumsden recorded his first of the season in response for the visitors. Syme would net his second of the evening and Brady Landoni and Jesse Booker would also find the mesh before the second intermission.
The only goal of the final period came from the stick of Daradick, on a set-up from #27 Kevin Floris and Sowden, for his nineteenth of 2008.
Welland’s powerplay short-circuited, going 0-for-8, while Elora did not fare much better at 1-for-7, although they also recorded a short-handed strike thanks to Syme, who received player of the game honours for his team. Daradick received the corresponding honour for Welland for his contribution of a pair of goals on the night.
Welland looks to close out the regular season with a win against Hamilton at home on Friday night. The Warlords have been the Bengals twice previously this season, both by scores of 3-2. Friday’s game night is sponsored by the Welland Forge and the action gets underway at 7:30pm.
Boxscore:
WEL 1-1-1 = 3
ELO 3-6-0 = 9
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