ALBANY – The good feelings from the Albany FireWolves’ rare victory last weekend evaporated quickly when they ran into the National Lacrosse League’s hottest team on Saturday night.
Former Firewolves forward Andrew Kew had four goals and five assists, University at Albany alumnus Lyle Thompson added a goal and four assists and the Georgia Swarm dominated the FireWolves 15-6 before an attendance of 3,661 at MVP Arena.
“It was rolling downhill and we just got crushed,” FireWolves head coach Glenn Clark said.
The Swarm. who lost their first seven games, won for the sixth straight time and eighth time in their past nine games to improve to 8-8. Three of those victories have come over the FireWolves, who fell to 3-13 overall and 0-7 at home this season.
“They’re probably the best team in the league right now, based on how they’re playing,” Clark said. “And it’s not just us. They’ve smacked a few teams along this run. We’ve got young guys, they’re finding their way and tonight wasn’t good. Tonight was a step back.”
The FireWolves won at Rochester last week to snap a 10-game losing streak. Any momentum didn’t carry over on Saturday as Georgia jumped to a 5-0 lead after one quarter and 9-2 at halftime.
“I’m not really sure (what happened),” said FireWolves forward Hiana Thompson, Lyle’s brother. “Obviously, Georgia’s on a really hot run. We ran into a hot team, hot goalie (Brett Dobson, 36 saves) and it’s just the nature of the game. We’ve been playing pretty good offensively and defensively maybe the past three or four games and we finally dug through a win last week and it kind of stings to come out this flat coming out against Georgia.”
Earlier in the day, Lyle and Hiana Thompson, along with their brother Jeremy, a Georgia forward, conducted a youth clinic at UAlbany’s John Fallon…
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