ISU lacrosse team wins home tournament in dramatic fashion

Nicol Ausen

A goal in overtime by Nate Harty gave Iowa State its first ever home tournament win last weekend. ISU gold team, comprised mainly of return members, met up with University of Minnesota-Duluth in the championship match. Both teams held their own until Duluth broke the ice in the second quarter with the first goal of the game. Iowa State answered in the third with a goal by Brent Nichols, senior in transportation and logistics. Tension ensued in the fourth quarter when Duluth scored. It was answered in the last few minutes of the game with a goal by Evan Saxton-Williams, sophomore in pre-business. Iowa State and Duluth were forced into sudden-death overtime. Harty, junior in mechanical engineering, stepped up in overtime to score the game-deciding goal. “I felt like it was an hour just waiting there,” Harty said. “Brent Lamm made a nice pass to me and it was there, and so I put it in.” Celebration erupted as the team beat Duluth for the first time in ISU Lacrosse history. “We put together a hell of a championship game,” said Jerry Dietsch, junior in industrial technology. Duluth players showed little upset over the loss. “The fact that we lost isn’t as important as the fact that we had a good time and got a lot of experience for our younger guys,” said Duluth player Aaron Oliver. The ISU team, however, was quite excited with its solid play. “I don’t know how I feel right now, I’m pretty much in shock,” Harty said. The gold team started off the tournament with a 7-3 victory over Iowa. Lamm, undeclared sophomore in business, led the team with two goals. Goalie Mike Schmidt had six saves. Chandler Nault, freshman in mechanical engineering, scored three goals in the gold team’s second game against Kansas State. Jason Hubanks, sophomore in industrial technology, added four goals to the score. John Downing, senior in pre-business, also contributed three goals. Schmidt had nine saves for the game. ISU’s red team ended up 0-3 in the tournament. They lost games to Western Illinois University, Duluth and Kansas State. Goals were scored in the Western Illinois game by Josh Frandsen, freshman in elementary education, and Tim Clinard, undecided freshman. Hans Layman, freshman in civil engineering, and Ryan Guldenpfennig, sophomore in animal ecology, contributed goals to the Kansas State match. Overall, both teams were pleased with Iowa State’s showing at the tournament. “I didn’t expect as much from us, but we fixed every problem that we had last year, said Tim Rourk, freshman in mechanical engineering and club president.