Trent takes over CUFLA East top seed for Baggataway Cup with 17-11 win over Nipissing, Bishop's downs Queen's

The Trent University women's team won the school's first lacrosse championship last week, downing Western to take the OUA title. The men's Excalibur will try to follow suit with a CUFLA title and they head to St. Catharines next weekend as the East's first seed after downing Nipissing 17-11 in qualifying action Saturday. 

The Lakers scored the game's first goal 5:14 in but Trent responded with the next five goals and ran out to an 8-3 lead by the end of the first quarter. Trent led 10-6 at half time and got three goals in the first five minutes of the third quarter to pretty much put the game away, although a three-goal spurt by Nipissing kept things interesting. 

Garrett Eddy was a force for the Excalibur with 5 goals and an assist. Middie Danny Michel added a hat trick for Trent. Their defence did a solid job of containing the East's leading scorer, holding Nipissing star Nick Chaykowsky to one goal and two assists. Alex DeGagne led the Lakers with 3 goals and an assist and Doug Utting chipped in with a hat trick. 

With McGill being upset by Ottawa Saturday, Trent becomes the East's top seed and advances straight to the Baggataway Cup semifinal Saturday at 1 pm Saturday, where they will face the winner of Friday's quarterfinal between Brock and Ottawa. 

Bishop's will be playing in the other quarterfinal Friday after downing Queen's 12-10 Saturday. Joel Wright was the top gun for the Gaiters with four goals. Cam Bateman and Andrew Neilson each added two goals and an assist. 

Bishop's will face Guelph at 8 pm Friday night in St. Catharines. 
 

Final Six (November 4-6, 2016)

Quarterfinals - Friday
QF1 - Brock vs. Ottawa - 5:00pm
QF2 - Guelph vs. Bishop's - 8:00pm

Semifinals - Saturday
SF1 - Trent vs. Winner of QF1 - 1:00pm
SF2 - Western vs. Winner of QF2 - 4:00pm

Championship - Sunday
1:00pm