The LSU men’s club lacrosse team (4-2) will host Florida State (4-0) in Olympia Stadium, but the game on the field will only be part of the competition on Tuesday..
Along with the lacrosse action, the program is hosting its first ever Sorority War, where the program will award all the earnings made at the gate to the sorority with the highest attendance. The proceed will go to that sorority’s philanthropy.
To participate in the Sorority War, sorority members should bring a dollar to count as a tally for their sorority. Admission is free for LSU students with a University I.D.
After beating Alabama (2-6) last Saturday in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Colliegate Lacrosse Series, the Tigers will be tested against a talented Florida State team that has been prolific offensively, scoring at least 14 goals in every game.
“If we play like we did against Alabama, I think we will give Florida State a good game,” said LSU coach Jeff Echols.
Defensively, LSU will focus on limiting the effect of Florida State’s three leading scorers who have recorded 42 goals of the team’s total of 75 goals in its first four games of the season.
Florida State’s junior attacker Will Goodman, who ranks second in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association in average points per game, with 6.75 through the first four games of the season, leads the team with 17 goals.
The responsibility of shutting down Goodman will likely fall to senior defender Trey Faget, who allowed only two goals against Alabama’s leading scorer.
“They are going to score. We recognize that, but we can’t let them have a glory day where they are scoring five or six [goals] each. We can keep them calmed down and we can let our offense get going,” Echols said.
While the defense looks to disrupt the chemistry between Florida State’s leading scorers, the Tigers’ offense looks to pick up where it left off in New Orleans last weekend. Junior attacker Hunter Stinson was named MVP of the Alabama game after scoring four goals and recording three assists.
“It didn’t matter who was in, you could trust who you were passing it to be able to finish,” Stinson said.
The role of the offense in relieving pressure on the defense was important in the Alabama game and may become key against Florida State.
“In the last two minutes [of the Alabama game], I can’t tell you the feeling of relief that came over me,” Faget said. “We weren’t on the bubble anymore. We had a two goal cushion.”