South-Carolina
South Carolina Lacrosse 2022 Season Summary
South Carolina began off their lacrosse season with a model new head coach in Peter Candela. After a 2019 championship run, Gamecocks Head Coach 2015 JD Harkey, stepped down after 5 seasons on the helm to start out a brand new job in addition to coach Gertsell Academy in Maryland. Candela, a local of Blythewood, SC, performed at Limestone (NCAA DII) earlier than transferring to South Carolina for his remaining season. He grew to become an assistant for the Gamecocks in 2018 instantly following his commencement.
The Gamecocks misplaced their 2021-2022 dwelling opener towards Boston Faculty, however got here again the subsequent weekend to beat Virginia Tech, which might find yourself being the Hokies solely lack of the common season. This magic wouldn’t final lengthy because the Gamecocks misplaced to Liberty the next day. South Carolina then travelled all the way in which to Phoenix beating Chapman and Grand Canyon in the course of the journey.
After a two-week break, they misplaced a detailed one to SELC opponent, Georgia Tech, nevertheless it could be their final lack of the season. Of their remaining dwelling video games, they beat Cal Poly by six, FSU by 5, and Georgia by six, and West Virginia by 14. Down in Tuscaloosa the next week, they beat Alabama and Vanderbilt by a mixed rating of 40-4. Within the remaining sport of the common season, they confronted off towards the varsity’s largest rival, Clemson, at Historic Riggs Subject. The Gamecocks received in time beyond regulation in what was among the best video games of the season.
Because of the early season loss towards Georgia Tech, the Gamecocks didn’t obtain a bye within the SELC playoffs, nevertheless they made up for it by beating Auburn 23-7, Florida 12-6. South Carolina would get their revenge towards Georgia Tech to win their second straight SELC Championship. They ended up drawing the No.3 seed within the Nationwide Event. They beat Arizona 18-10 within the first spherical, after which received revenge on Liberty from earlier within the season, beating them 11-9. Within the Remaining 4, they defeated 2021 Invitational Champions, BYU, 11-9 to earn a rematch towards Georgia Tech within the Finals.
After a sizzling 4-0 begin to kick off the primary quarter, Georgia Tech slowly closed the lead, however in the long run, the Gamecocks held off the Yellow Jackets to say their second straight MCLA Championship. Senior attackman, Sam Weis, was named the event MVP ending the day with three targets and two assists within the championship sport. Weis additionally completed the season with 62 targets together with 25 assists and was the staff’s main scorer.
Connor Griffin (31G, 18A) was the Gamecocks main scorer at midfield this season and was named to the All-Event Workforce together with SSDM Mark Prepare dinner (44GB), FO Will Frith (160GB, 68%), and defenseman Theodore Russell (42GB, 3G). Defenseman Chris Greenberg (1st SELC), attackman Johnny Stanton (2nd SELC), midfielder Gunnar Wilson (2nd SELC), attackman Pat Reilly (3rd SELC), LSM Thatcher Knox (3rd SELC), and SSDM Will Lohoff-Gaida (3rd SELC), had been all contributing components to the Gamecocks championship run this season.
The South Carolina lacrosse program has turn out to be a significant powerhouse in MCLA lacrosse and solely time will inform how lengthy this dynasty will final, however for now let’s take pleasure in this Gamecock dominance.