Coquitlam field lacrosse player Tomas Syskakis has captained the UBC Thunderbirds to a B.C. Men’s Field Lacrosse Tier II provincial championship.
The electrical engineering major, who is in his fourth year, joined his teammates in braving rough weather to defeat Victoria in a nail-biting 10-9 victory last week.
In the finals, Victoria jumped out to an early 3-1 lead, which they were still able to hold on to at half time. However, UBC starting to claw its way back into the game, thanks in large part to a third-quarter hat trick scored by Phil Pomeroy. But UBC was still down by two heading into the final quarter.
That’s when Eddy Hernandez began to dominate the faceoff dot, leading the day with six ground-balls and creating a handful of scoring chances.
UBC’s Brendan Landcaster scored his third of the afternoon before Louis Landolt tallied his second of the night in an extra-man situation.
But it was Thunderbird runner Matt Latimer that broke the log jam with four minutes left in the game when he tucked his stick past a defender and put home the go-ahead goal.
