by Lem Satterfield

(Revisit video interviews from preseason preview below)


The Marriotts Ridge boys lacrosse team takes an unbeaten record of 8-0 -- two more wins than they totaled during all of last season -- into Friday night's game at Howard County rival Atholton.

The Mustangs are 5-0 against league teams.

Leading the way are junior attackman Kyle Williams with 20 goals and 24 assists, followed by sophomore attackman Chris Fischer with 22 goals and four assists, and sophomore attackman James Lindsay with 13 goals and 11 assists.

The Mustangs are also receiving contributions, offensively, from senior midfielder, Danny Incontrera, with 15 goals and eight assists, as well as senior Joon Son with 13 goals, eight assists.

Defensively, James Nies, Matt Tompkins and Matt Leitner lead the way, respectively, with 40, 32 and 28 ground balls.

Dan Schonfeld has 96 saves in seven appearances, an average of nearly 14 stops per outting.

A program in only its fourth year of existence, Marriotts Ridge is coming off of a year during which it went 6-12 overall.

But the season was a promising one, with the Mustangs capturing the school's first-ever regional title by defeating Pikesville of Baltimore County in the Class 2A-1A North Region final.

The Mustangs' season ended, however, in the state semifinal, where the lost, 7-5, to perennial small school power, Parkside of the Eastern Shore.

Coached by Dan Sageman, the Mustangs, for the first time in school history, have a senior classs -- and an experienced one at that.



Marriotts' Ridge, game-by-game



Opponent                                          Mustangs' score               Their score


South Carroll                                             10                                     9

Northeast -- Anne Arundel                        10                                     5

Wilde Lake                                                 12                                     4

South Carroll                                             8                                      7

Hammond                                                  9                                      4

Oakland Mills                                            17                                      1

Howard                                                    14                                     11

Mount Hebron                                         17                                       7


A Look back at the Mustangs' 2007 Varsity Stats

 

Kyle Williams      39 goals      34 assists    73 points

 

James Lindsay      28 goals      9 assists      37 points

 

Joon Son              18 goals      10 assists    28 points

 

Dan Incontrera     16 goals      7 assists      23 points

 

Jonathan Lim       14 goals      7 assists      21 points

 

Chris Fischer        11 goals      2 assists      13 points

 

Jimmy Yoon         5 goals        4 assists      9 points

 

John Simonetti     5 goals        2 assists      7 points

 

Dan Schonfeld      1 goal         0 assists       1 point

 

Matt Tompkins     0 goals         1 assist       1 point

 

Brian McArthur    0 goals         1 assist       1 point

 

Matt McWilliams   0 goals        1 assist       1 point

 

Alex Jimeson        0 goals       1 assist       1 point

 

 

Ground Ball Leader-John Simonetti 218

Faceoff-John Simonetti --61% win percentage

Saves-Dan Schonfeld 61% Save Percentage