Lynnwood vs. Skyline Game Recap

Lynnwood's Bloomquist rings in their third unanswered goal, quickly answered by Skyline making the score 3-1 Lynnwood.

Lynnwood gets possession again and works Bloomquist against Gervais and gets one more making the count 4-1 with an assist from Girgus to Burns. Austin Strand scored the first for Skyline and has been only one of three shots.

With three minutes left in the first half of this defensive battle. Both Wiley and Strand have had almost all of the shots. With under a minute, Lynnwood gets a possession and calls a time out trying to work something, but turns over on a moving pick. At halftime, the score 4-1. Skyline hasn't been able to hang on to the ball and run their 2-3 offense. This game has major playoff fallout in the seeding. Both teams really need this win to settle their playoff births. Skyline has 21 GBs and 10 total shots. Lynnwood has 24 ground balls and 10 shots.

At the start of the second half, the contact gets a little heavier though there have been no personal penalties. Skyline clears and ISOs from up top scoring a solo bouncer from Calvin Wiley making the score 4-2 and the momentum feels like it shifting.

Neither team has been able to possess for any length of time with lots of ground ball action. With 7 minutes left in the third, Lynnwood gets a man-up but can't control it letting Skyline get it back. Lynnwood gets a break from a hard ride and fires a couple of shots at the pipes, but doesn't convert. With 4:43 left Skyline gets a look from Calvin Wiley, and rings another off-stick shot on Lynnwood and its 4-3.

Both these teams are strong defensively, Skyline is having success looking for ISOs up top but has to stop hemorrhaging on their clears first their keeper loses the ball in front of the cage, then a defensemen turns the ball over to Ben Gregg for a slam dunk making the score 5-3 at the end of the third. Orange gets a possession from the face-off and a 30 second man-up possession which they cannot convert though maintaining possession. Lynnwood has found the 10 man ride, but. Gervais runs past three to clear for Skyline but they turn the ball over and Lynnwood starts pressing with a shutoff call and Bloomquist follows up on Blair's shot, pulling it out and driving to find net one on one. Lynnwood is now up 6-3 with 4 minutes left in the fourth. Skyline is shutting off, and Lynnwood wants to possess while working on the Skyline defense.

Skyline shooting hard on cage. Ambrey made some great saves and now Lynnwood has possession with 1:20 in the offensive half. Time out Orange, but they turn it over to Skyline. As they clear it, Alex Burns crushes a Skyline player to get the ball back, and Lynnwood burns more time off the clock. As the game ends, Lynnwood wins 6-3. 21 shots and 52 ground balls!! Skyline had 35 ground balls and 15 shots.