Lamorinda 14 - JCWP 5

After a 6-0 start in favor of Lamorinda, the Cats raised their intensity level and played with the legendary local club the rest of the game. True to their reputation, Lamorinda was very fast, very aware and capitalized on most of the Jungle Cat turnovers. From the beginning, the experience and ability level of the Lamorinda boys was obvious and we appeared outmatched.

It was encouraging, however, to hear the boys comments in the postgame. Rather than saying "they were so good" or "we should have lost anyway", the boys were saying things like "we're a better team than that", "our effort should have been better" and "we need to set the tone at the beginning of the game, like they did to us." I think they recognize that even though we likely would lose to them the majority of the time, it's not winning or losing that matters, but how we play. I think they see that they need to raise their intensity level from the get-go and carry that intensity throughout the game.

Player of the game went to Thomas Morgan for his goal, assist and steal. Goalie Jake Chisholm had some nice saves along with accurate passing. John Lewis also turned in a solid performance at both ends.

It was a good first day, even though we ended up in the gold bracket. The goal going forward is to get some wins under our belt and finish in the top eight in the bottom bracket. That journey starts with a good game tomorrow morning.

San Diego Shores B tomorrow at 8:40AM at Stanford.