M Lax hangs on to beat Vermont, 15-13
In the Michigan Stadium opener in front of a small announced crowd of 565 (which had to include everyone within the area of the stadium) saw Michigan hang for their second win a row.
The game was played in what appeared to be a blizzard. The snow was falling so hard that it made tracking the ball on the BTN+ broadcast difficult.
Kyle Jackson had an unbelievable behind-the-back goal, which was SC Top 10 worthy imo. He has had a hat trick in every game this season.
Gerald Logan was great and he sure needed to be as it was not a good game defensively and there were turnovers galore. Thankfully you could say the same about Vermont (2-3).
Vermont shot itself in the foot all game long with idiotic fouls, giving Michigan six man-up chances. Michigan converted on four of them.
The stats.
Look at the faceoff violations.
| Stat | U-M | UVM |
| Shots | 47 | 47 |
| Ground Balls | 27 | 24 |
| Faceoffs | 17-32 | 15-32 |
| Faceoff Violations | 3 | 9(!) |
| Clears | 18-18 | 15-16 |
| Turnovers | 11 | 10 |
| Saves | 17 | 11 |
| Man-Up Opps | 4-6 | 0-3 |
Michigan is now 3-2 and will face #7 Brown on the road next Saturday at 1pm.
Tied with last year as.
Too bad they didn't get to play the Detroit game. Have to think that would have been a W.
Also, check this goal out from Kyle Jackson in the third quarter... @LaxFilmRoom https://t.co/3D1AV6ry1d#GoBlue
— Michigan Lacrosse (@umichlacrosse) March 5, 2016
That was the goal I was talking about. KJ will be up for B1G Player of the Year. Hat trick so far in every game this season. Including one at top-10 UNC.
It's too bad he's a senior. Wasted one year on a 1-13 season in 2013.
There were not actually 9 faceoff violations for Vermont. That's wrong. I'm thinking maybe 2 in the first half and 3 or 4 in the second?
I thought the defense played pretty well against a very good offense except for a couple of mistakes late or when O mids got trapped. Man down was perfect. Vermont makes you pay in transition. That's how they scored a lot of their goals.
and the crowd was good considering the weather.