Bucknell's Lyons: "No regrets" for missed opportunity
Bucknell’s record-setting season came to a heart-breaking end on Sunday when the Bison fell, 13-12, in overtime to No. 7 seed Virginia in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Bucknell squandered a two-goal lead in the final four minutes of regulation before Cavaliers sophomore attackman Matt White converted a feed from junior attackman Steele Stanwick with 2:33 left in overtime.
As disappointing as the ending was, Bison senior defenseman Alex Lyons said it wouldn’t dilute a campaign that included the school’s first Patriot League tournament championship and a record 14 victories.
“Honestly, we would have liked to have gone farther and win the national championship, which is the ultimate goal,” the Owings Mills native and Boys’ Latin graduate said. “All of the guys are really proud of what we did. We’re a really close team, and we’re never going to forget this. It’s been a really special season. So there’s no regrets.”
Bucknell qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001 and made only the school’s second all-time appearance. But Lyons didn’t think the team’s lack of experience in the postseason played a role in the late collapse.
“We gave it all we got for as long as we had and maybe we made some poor decisions at the end, but I think we gave it all we had, and I think we just ran out of steam,” he said. “We got tired in the end. So I don’t think it came down to have experience in those situations. I think we just got tired in the end.”
Comments
Isn't it odd to say "with 2:33 left in overtime"? Is there any time left in OT after a goal is scored?
More accurate to say a goal was scored 2:27 into overtime. But math isn't as easy as looking at the scoreboard.
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Ed: I've seen it both ways. And to be nitpicky, it would be 1:27 into overtime as overtime is 4 minutes long.
Posted by: curmudgeon | May 18, 2011 4:23 PM