Attackman Kyle Fiat leads men’s lacrosse in back-to-back wins
Without much difficulty, the Utah State men’s club lacrosse team finished 2-0 against Western State College and the Colorado School of Mines on Friday and Saturday.
The first game for the Aggies was against Western State, a team Head Coach Eddie Vega said did not pose much of a threat, and indeed it didn’t.
Playing in front of a home crowd of about 150 people, the Aggies won their first game 14-6, lead by Kyle Fiat, who scored seven goals, five of them in the second half.
“Our offense worked really well. It wasn’t hard,” Fiat said. “Their defense played out way tight, so it wasn’t hard to just put one move on them and just find an open man.
“The majority of my goals I thought were set up pretty easy,” he said.
The Aggies got off to an early lead after goals from Mark Snyder and Fiat, and continued to slowly increase their lead in the first half after goals from Clint Carter, Albert Garner and Evan Nitchman, ending the first half up 6-3.
But it was in the second half the Aggies really stepped up their game.
Controlling the opening minutes, Carter was able to get the Aggies started by scoring the opening goal of the half, which was followed by Western answering right back with a goal of their own.
Without letting much time pass, Fiat began to take the game into his own hands and scored four of the Aggies’ next six goals, and even made a few assists.
But Fiat claimed he did not do it on his own, he said, getting help from the entire offense.
“I think today our whole offense came looking to score points,” Fiat said. “Last game, I think people were almost scared to shoot at the goal, but today people got set up in ways that they were able to make easy shots.”
On Saturday the Aggies played much the same way against the Colorado School of Mines at Utah Valley State College, picking up a 16-5 win.
The Friday and Saturday victories improved the Aggies record to 3-6 on the season, and 3-1 in their division.
“They played like they were supposed to play,” Vega said. “They did everything they were supposed to do and played their game.”
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