The Aggies came to town on Sunday (Nov 8th) with their huge, 50 man squad, and snuck out of Pritchett Field with a 2 goal win. This was a controlled scrimmage, three quarters of 25 minute – running time. Sam Houston took a quick two goal lead before A&M got their first tallie. With just four minutes left in the second period, the Bearkats were up 4-2 and then suffered a total defensive collapse. “For some unexplained reason, we just didn’t play defense at all, I mean we were just no where to be found” said Coach Fritts. The Aggies scored 3 in that time frame to take a 5-4 lead. In the 3rd and final period, the visitors netted four more to Sam Houston’s three.
Fritts added “Overall, it was a very good showing for us. Our patience on offense compared to last year was night and day. Except for that defensive lapse, our ‘D’ was absolutely incredible!” Considering the results of this scrimmage last year was something like a whole lot (20 or so) to little (5ish)… this is a tremendous change for the Kats.
The “newbies” are really bringing value to the program. Things on the offense are starting to click. They’re understanding that settling things down for a good scoring opportunity is 100 times better than forcing the “just ok or maybe” opportunities.
Sam Houston is back in action this coming weekend (Nov 14/15) at the A&M Fall Classic in College Station. First game is on Saturday at 10am against Trinity University. All things going well, they should be playing Austin College in the winners bracket that same afternoon at 12:30pm.
