March 23, 2005 - Despite the long bus ride and the previous days game being cancelled due to inclement weather the Gaels bopped on over to the Biola campus. Saint Mary’s zinged out to an early lead but the Eagles would not go away easily and responded with two quick goals. The Gaels then turned to their go-to player, Peter Burns, who dumped in 6 goals to pick up the offense. Saint Mary’s remained in control but Biola finished with a late flurry of of goals on goalie Trevor Self. The game was helter skelter and certainly not a perfunctory win for the Gaels. F.Y.I- For all Gaels Lacrosse fans - Get ya Bumpas from the Grand Girado at the next home game. - G.G.
Scoring Sumary:
Burns, Peter 6- 1- 7
Foushee, Dan 3- 0- 3
Yongue, Marty 1- 1- 2
Burns, Chris 1- 1- 2
Lebherz, Everett 0- 2- 2
Chadd, Casey 0- 1- 1
Goaltenders
Saves G. A. Save %
Self, Trevor 18 7 0.720

March 14, 2005 - The SMC Gaels hosted a tough Utah State Aggie Team from Logan, Utah on a Monday afternoon. SMC Midfielder Everett Lebherz played an impressive all around game, picking up many loose balls, scoring 2 goals, one off of an ankle breaking inverted isolation (degree of difficulty 9.5) from behind the cage. Middies Mike Ceccotti, Joe Viviani & Chris Burns played stellar games. The Gaels played solid defense led by Dave Legnitto, Shaughn Daugherty, Jared Gagnon, Ben Bellatini, Scott Boynton and Goalie Trevor Self. Utah State, a young athletic team, played very physical. The Aggies from Logan, Utah will now take on Notre Dame De Mur, Pacific and Nevada Reno this week on their current swing through Northern California.
Scoring Summary:
Burns, Peter 3- 1- 4
Lebherz, Everett 2- 0- 2
Viviani, Joe 1- 1- 2
Ceccotti, Mike 1- 1- 2
Burns, Chris 1- 0- 1
Yongue, Marty 1- 0- 1
Beecroft, Kevin 1- 0- 1
Goaltenders
Saves G. A. Save %
Self, Trevor 21 3 0.875

March 05, 2005 - The SMC Gaels hosted 1rst year Dominican U in Moraga. Dominican hustled throughout the contest. Their Goaltender made many spectacular saves that was typical of the whole team effort. SMC face off specialist Peter Janicki won 10 of 12 and fellow freshman Midfielder/LSM Scott Boynton won both of his. Chris Burns helped the Gaels posses the ball with 6 ground balls along with a solid overall game. The Gaels look forward to next week’s reunion with rival Santa Clara.

Scoring Summary:
Burns, Peter 7-3-10
Yongue, Marty 3-1- 4
Beecroft, Kevin 2-2- 4
Janicki, Peter 2-0- 2
Foushee, Dan 1-1- 2
Burns, Chris 2-0-2
Boehm, J.P. 1-0-1
Burns, Bennett 1-0-1
Calirossi, David 1-0-1
Goaltenders
Saves G. A. Save %
Self, Trevor 12 0 0.857

I will be purchasing trophys/awards for our year end banquet & awards ceremony ASAP. It would be great to be able to engrave and permanently affix the names of original Gael players who distinguished themselves in certain categories during their career at SMC.

It would also be great if any of you alumni could provide history/background/stories etc. of the original & subsequent teams for our web site and posterity.

Please let me know of names for the following awards:

(1) MVP
(2) Hustle Award
(3) Defenseman Award
(4) Tough Guy Award - (player who plays through injuries and excudes toughness and a threshold-some teams call this the trainer award but we don’t have an official trainer other than a part time staff trainer named Jane…I don’t think we want to call this the “Jane” award)

We are open to any ideas or suggestions, thanks, John Britton brittski@pacbell.net

A hard fought game started with the Cougars jumping out to a 5-1 1rst quarter lead. Tim Thatcher led Claremont with 5 goals in the game. Both goaltenders made critical saves, Landon Gillans stopping tough shots for Claremont while Trevor Self kept the Gaels in the contest with brilliant saves down to the wire. The Gaels did not give up, patiently shaving the lead down to 1 goal with 2:36 left in regulation while close defenseman Dave Legnitto applied tough pressure to Claremont’s attack. Joe Viviani controlled and converted the last 2 face offs with a nifty assist to Dan Foushee to send the game to overtime. Chaton Arkin tallied the game winner for Claremont from the crease on a nice assist on the 1rst possession in OT. A tough loss for the SMC Gaels who played courageously throughout the last 3 quarters. SMC’s Burns Brothers take on Dominican next week while gearing up for big rival the Broncos from Santa Clara at home on March 12.

On a wet, muddy day in Palo Alto, St. Mary’s dominated Stanford - one of their new opponents in the Central A Division - to improve to 2-1 on the young 2005 season.

The Gaels opened the season with blow out victory over UOP before falling to a tough Cal Poly squad 15-5.

Claremont visits Moraga this Saturday, Feb 26 at 2pm. This is a big game, so please come out and support the Gaels!

Also, those of you interested in an smc lax sweatshirt please contact Peter Burns at pburns@stmarys-ca.edu.