Seals spot Vancouver Warriors early lead then slam NLL visitors 15-10
Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 01:05:49 +0000
First the good news: The “countrified” Vancouver Warriors are mixing a little Old Town Road, cowboy hats and mechanical bulls for next Saturday’s visit from the southern Georgia Swarm.
Now the bad news for the National Lacrosse League posse that plays its home games at Rogers Arena: They blew 5-1 and 7-2 leads on Saturday in San Diego and lost 15-10 to the Seals at Pechanga Arena and slipped to the bottom of the five-team West Division with a 4-7 record.
Casey Jackson of Victoria paced the Seals with five goals and an assist, helping his team erase a 7-5 halftime deficit with an eight-goal outburst in the third quarter.
Saturday, Feb. 29
Georgia Swarm vs. Vancouver Warriors
7 p.m., Rogers Arena, Online: NLL Live
Austin Staats, Wesley Berg and Kyle Buchanan each scored twice for San Diego, while Connor Fields, Zack Greer, Jeremy Noble and Oliver Bosterli added singles.
Riley Loewen scored three times for Vancouver, while Logan Schuss and Mitch Jones chipped in with two each. Singles were netted by Joel McCready, Derek Lloyd and Keegan Bal.
San Diego outshot Vancouver 64-55 and took nine of the game’s 22 minutes in penalties.
FAST BREAKS: As part of “Country Night” at Rogers Arena next Saturday, Vancouver country singer/songwriter Shawn Austin will play a post-game concert. Some of his hits include What Do I Know, Get Me There and You Belong.
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