Monday, March 26, 2007

SoCAL BOYS: El Toro Gets Balance in Win over Corona del Mar, 8-4

Senior attackman Dave Van Boxtel and senior middie Alex Lyon both registered a co-team-high three points to lead El Toro to an 8-4 victory over Corona del Mar in a CIF-Southern Section game Wednesday afternoon.

Van Boxtel and Lyon each scored two goals and added an assist to lead El Toro (5-1) to a comfortable win. Junior middie Ryan Hellmich and junior attackman Graham Nichols both added two points on a goal and an assist, and senior middies Ryan Forrest and Ryan Jack both scored once for El Toro.

Corona del Mar, which had a 34-21 advantage in ground balls, fell to 5-2.

El Toro led 3-1 at the end of the first quarter, 5-2 at halftime and 8-3 going into the fourth quarter.

"We knew they were going to run us a lot," El Toro Coach Greg Guy said. "We knew they'd have us scouted, so we knew we'd just have to play better than them. When the rubber hit the road, we executed better than they did. We took more shots and our defense was stout, to say the least. We stifled them on defense."

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