May 18, 2008 - UA GOES 1-1 AT MIDWEST TOURNEY

The 15-3 Upper Arlington High School mens lacrosse team went 1-1 at the 2008 Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association tournament near Detroit, falling to top-seeded Brother Rice, 9-6 on Saturday, the Bears second loss this season to the Warriors. UA played Worthington Kilbourne in the consolation or third-place game Sunday and defeated the Wolves, 11-7, its second win of the season over its riavl from Central Ohio.

Regarding the game against Brother Rice, UA Head Coach Ted Wolford said, "I thought we were ready. We scored the first goal. But after that we never could get into a rhythm. We fought hard in the fourth quarter to really make it respectable but couldn't find a rhythm on offense and on defense we had too many fouls and gave up too many man-up goals.

Wolford said Rice had a lot to do with that. "Rice is a good team...it's not just us...we were playing again in that hostile environment on their home field...

Sunday afternoon the Bears rebounded with a second straight win over Kilbourne. "We started the scoring first,"
said Wolford. "but it went back and forth until 4-all and then we pulled away. We scored six straight goals and led
11-4 before Kilbourne scored the final three goals in the last 5 minutes."

Wolford believes the two regular season wins over the Wolves mean nothing now that the state tournament looms
Saturday May 24th though the Golden Bears will have a first round bye until Wednesday May 28th when they'll meet
the Dublin Coffman-Toledo St. John's winner.

UA is the top seed in Div. I, Region one while Kilbourne is the top seed in Div. I, Region two. The two teams can only
meet in the state title game to be played Saturday June 7th at Dublin Coffman.

"On any given day if you're not on your 'A' game...they (Kilbourne) have got good shooters. You can bury the first two
and begin to concentrate on each step along the way because it's one and done."

How will the Bears use the next 10 days in preparation for the Ohio High School Lacrosse Association tournament ?
"We will concentrate on shooting and do more scrimmaging in practice. We will get more reps and make things competitive. We still need to get better and other teams we face will change things from a strategy standpoint. So we will have to be sharp on all points of our game. We are ready to start season four."