OPENING FACEOFF
Cumberland Valley has a District 3 playoff berth in its sights as we enter the final full week of the regular season. The Eagles strengthened their postseason aspirations with an impressive 13-4 win over Lower Dauphin Tuesday in a Mid-Penn Conference boys' lacrosse tussle at rainy Eagle View Stadium.
The Eagles (9-7, 6-4) were 15th in the latest District 3 power rankings, which includes results through Apr. 24. CV has gone 1-1 since those rankings were released and has two games remaining - Thursday against Bishop McDevitt and next Tuesday against Northern.
Senior attack Tommy Lehman and junior attack Rod Jamieson fueled Cumberland Valley's offense with Lehman scoring five goals and three assists and Jamieson chipping in four goals and three helpers. The two standouts hooked up for four of their team's 13 goals.
PIVOTAL SEQUENCE
Early in the second quarter, Lower Dauphin (6-8, 4-7) trailed just 2-1 after Eric Markley found an open Albert Gremmel, but the Eagles responded with the next five goals to take the lead and control of the match.
Jamieson rolled in front of the net from the right side and beat LD keeper Justin Guevarez to make it 3-1. The goal came only 1:07 after Gremmel's goal. Jamieson scored again a little over a minute later after a pass from Lehman to make it 4-1.
Lehman and Stevie Peters found the back of the net later in the second quarter as the Eagles owned a comfortable 6-1 advantage at the half.
BETWEEN THE POSTS
CV keeper Nic Brown was solid throughout the game and finished with seven saves, four of which came in the first quarter when Lower Dauphin was able to work some longer possessions. ... Guevarez made 10 saves for Lower Dauphin and kept the game from getting even further out of hand. ... Jeff Hamlin, Logan Fazakerley and Danny Pawleski also scored goals for Cumberland Valley. ... Gremmel scored twice for LD with goals also coming from Garrett Schug and Kevin Beaver. ... The start time for Tuesday's game was moved up 90 minutes to the heavy rains that were forecasted for the late evening.
POST GAME REACTION
"Our attack played great. They were seeing each other which is something we were really looking forward to. There are three really good players there and we really needed to lean on them, because we've had some injuries and had some people out. They stepped up and found each other all over the field." -- CV coach A.J. Bogaczyk.
"Rod was playing really well and moving the ball well. He had confidence in me and so he fed me a lot and it got me a lot of opportunities. We definitely got a lot more aggressive as we got toward the end." -- CV senior attack Tommy Lehman.
"Tommy and I have been playing together for awhile. Tonight just clicked. We were getting the ball and moving our feet and cutting and getting good dodges." -- CV junior Rod Jamieson.