Jankowski stars, LaCava shines as Redmen give Varsity the Blues

MONTREAL -- Matt Jankowski led all scorers with a hat trick and five assists, and All-Canadian Luke LaCava netted four goals as the McGill men's lacrosse team dumped Toronto 15-6 on Forbes Field, Saturday.

The Redmen led 7-0 after the first quarter, 11-3 at the half and 12-4 after three quarters. McGill played 34 players in a total team effort, while a struggling Toronto team fielded just 17 men.

The Redmen sit in a three-way tie for first place in CUFLA East with Carleton and Bishop's. All three have identical 3-1 records. Trent (2-1) holds a game in hand but could easily go 3-1 which would set up an unprecedented four-way tie for first place in the division. Toronto (0-3) and Queen's (0-4) bring up the rear.

McGill will travel to Lennoxville, Que., Thursday, to take on Bishop's in a night game.

REDMEN RAP: After the McGill-Toronto game, the Redmen fielded half of their roster in a friendly exhibition match-up against a 22-man Alumni squad and hung on for an 11-10 victory over their oldtimers. The Alumni squad, guided by former Redman coach John Threshie, started strong but ran out of gas in the fourth quarter and surrendered a late go-ahead goal. The overtime session featured a 'Braveheart' format. Each team put up five players in a one-on-one full field competition, the Redmen outlasted the Alumni 3-1 to take the game 11-10. The winning tally was scored by sophomore Will Edwards to keep the Redmen's record perfect at 3-0 lifetime versus their alumni team.

Game Report : September 26, 2009

Venue : Forbes Field

Conditions : Sunny 20C

Series : CUFLA East

FINAL : McGill 15, University of Toronto 6

GOALS BY QUARTER

McGill : 7-4-1-3: 15

Toronto : 0-3-1-2: 6

McGill'S SCORING HIGHLIGHTS:

Matt Jankowski : 3 goals, 5 assists

Luke LaCava : 4 goals

Alex Kruse : 1 goal, 2 assists