The University of Utah men’s lacrosse team faced off against Montana on Friday at the Spence Eccles Field House in Salt Lake City. No. 23 Utah (4-1) won by a 17 goal margin en route to a 25-8 final score.

“We’re finally starting to gel,” said Utah Head Coach Craig Morris. “Our guys are finally getting to see the entire scheme of things and it’s fun to watch.”

Utah scored within the first minute of the game off a man-up play after a Montana player got confused with the football lines painted on the field and was caught offsides. Two minutes later, Montana midfielder, Henry Bishop scored for the Grizzlies tying the score at 1-1. Utah then went on a 8 goal run before Montana scored with 50 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

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My Thoughts:
I thought the Utes played really well. There were a few times though where they gave up some easy goals, but overall their defense played well. Their shot placement was exceptional too. I think they have a lot of momentum so it should be interesting to see how they play against Westminster who just gained a ton of momentum too from beating Utah Valley yesterday in overtime.

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