Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Fullerton and Claremont, CA- ACU Lacrosse swept a weekend road trip against Cal St. Fullerton on Friday and Claremont Colleges on Saturday. The Firestorm won 13-4 then 14-7 in an impressive road outing.
 
GAME INFO
Score: ACU 13 | Cal St. Fullerton 4
Records: 1-0 (1-0) | 0-2 (0-2)
Location: Fullerton, CA
 
Score: ACU 14 | Claremont 7
Records: 2-0 (2-0) | 2-1 (1-1)
Location: Claremont, CA
 
 
WEEKEND STAT TRACKER
 
Caleb Schaapveld - 6 G, 10 GB
Ryan Leonard – 1 G, 15 GB
Ayden Oliver - 1 G, 3 A, 9 GB
Ian Bundy – 5 G, 4 GB
Scout Koch - 5 G, 5 A, 10 GB
Ethan Jordan - 2 G, 3 A, 9 GB
Gavin Boyer – 4 G, 1 A, 4 GB
Caleb Frey - 23 S, 11 GA, .676 S%
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
On Friday, ACU once again a team effort defeated Cal. St. Fullerton. Despite committing more turnovers (30-24), ACU dominated the ground ball totals (52-21) and clears (26 of 30). Once again, eight different Firestorm scored for the team in a balanced effort.
 
Ian Bundy scored the first two goals of the game at 12:46 and 4:08 with assists from Oliver on the first goal and Jordan on the second. Jordan would add the third goal at 2:23 followed quickly by another unassisted goal by Boyer at 2:03 in the first. All told, the Firestorm would total 11 unanswered goals through three periods before Fullerton found the back of the net four times in the final quarter.
 
On Saturday, ACU squared off against Claremont Colleges once again winning the ground ball battle (37-20) and achieving 27-30 clears. Caleb Frey was impressive in net collecting 17 saves on the day boosting his season save percentage of .695%.
 
In another lopsided first half, Jordan began the scoring at 12:22 on an unassisted goal and Boyer needed a second soon after at the 11:38 mark. Schaapveld and Koch added to the scoring at the 10:51 and 10:31 mark, making it 5-1. Schaapveld would add three more goals before the end of the day. Koch also was a strong contributor on the day netting three goals and assisting on two more.
 
 The team came out firing on both days with strong first halves outscoring their opponents combined 20-4. The team achieved over 80% clearing percentage in each of the first three games. The LSMs continue to dominate ground balls, especially on the faceoff, with Leonard and Henry combining for 23 ground balls over the weekend.
 
THOUGHTS FROM COACH JAKE LANDON
"Walking away from a double header on the road weekend with two wins is stellar. Our guys are learning and maturing each and every game and we're thankful for the lessons learned from this weekend. We need to fight to control the tempo of the game, as we tend to rush things and run out of juice by the fourth quarter. I think this weekend provided a marker for us of what it looks like when we choose to play by ourselves, versus when we choose to play as a team. This is a special group of guys that are working hard to move from selfishness to selflessness, and it's exciting to see the growth in this young team even through just 3 games."
 
NEXT UP FOR THE FIRESTORM
The Firestorm will continue their season at home on Friday, February 23^rd in Glendale against Westcliff University at 7 pm.
 
Roll Storm!