Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:56 p.m.

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M. LACROSSE | UMass hands Elis first defeat of season

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, March 2, 2009

The men’s lacrosse team opened its season last weekend with a strong 13-8 win against Holy Cross. But though the Bulldogs felt pumped going into this weekend’s matchup, they just couldn’t seem to get on their feet.

The Bulldogs suffered a disappointing 18-6 loss against No. 20 University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., on Saturday. Though past matchups have ended in Yale’s favor, Saturday’s game saw especially weak play from both Bulldog offense and defense.

“It was basically a waste of a day,” attackman Brendan Gibson ’10 said, “and we only get 13 of them.”

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