Mustangs Continue Perfect Streak Goes To 9 - 0

Practice makes perfect.

For the U17 Mustangs practice has turned into a perfect streak as they defeated the visiting Weyburn Panther Drilling Thrashers 15 - 4.

The win gives the U17 division leading Mustangs a perfect 9 - 0 record in South Saskatchewan Lacrosse League action.

The Mustangs led 4 - 2 after the first period but the Thrashers were the first team to score.

The second period saw the Mustangs pick up their game and outscore the Thrashers 5 - 1 in the period. The score at the end of the period was Mustangs 9 and Thrashers 3.

The Mustangs continued to have superior offensive ball control outscoring the Thrashers 6 - 1 in the third period.

The final score was Mustangs 15 and the Thrashers 4.

“We got everyone involved, said Mustangs’ head coach Shaun Seiferling.

“We were a little bit standing around in the first period. I told them in the intermission to move our feet, move the ball we did a really good job in the second period,” he said.

A big thing about the game which made Seiferling happy was every player got at least one point in the game.

Connor Hart-Livingston scored three goals and had six assists for Moose Jaw.

Ryder Seiferling had three goals and two assists to help the Mustangs along.

Weyburn’s Maci Patterson had two goals and an assist in a losing effort.

Holding the game at the Red Knight Arena instead of at the lower ceiling Kinsmen Sportsplex has an effect on the dynamics of the game.

“It definitely opens it up for the longer passes especially for the goalie. Even from our players in our own end it opens the long game up,” Seiferling said.

There were numerous long passes lofted that would not be possible at the Kinsmen.

He said his opinion was split as to which arena he liked to play in but if pressed it fell back to the Kinsmen.

“i like the Kinsmen because since I started with lacrosse that’s sort of been our home.”

The players are prepared not to get overconfident and complacent so as not to give up victories.

“We talk about it in the locker room ahead of time. And I think the one game earlier this season that Regina really gave us a run and we had to score that late goal to win I think that stays in their minds and they remember that.”

He said the team’s biggest weakness is defence and work needs to be done on it.

“We need to get a little bit better on defence. Tonight it was OK our goalie did good but I would like our players to get more physical on defence. (We need to) get more sticks on them when they rush through our house,” Seiferling said.

The team’s strongest points is its speed and stick skills.