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| Vikings goalie Cole Raulston in his domain. (Photo by Ed Piper) |
Cole Raulston, La Jolla's senior goalie, is still waiting for "big" games.
The All-CIF performer, manning the cage for the Vikings Thurs., Sept. 27, helped lead Coach Tom Atwell's squad to a clear-cut 12-5 win over visiting Canyon Crest Academy after a sluggish start.
"We haven't had any big games yet," said Raulston on the pool deck immediately after the win. "That's what I kind of shoot for."
Senior attack Cole Atwell zipped in seven goals, but it was sophomore Rhys Bugelli and senior two-meter defender Dominic Scurio who started off the Vikings' scoring.
In the early going, the Ravens, not known to be that powerful, not only scored the first goal, but also took a 2-1 lead in the first quarter.
Then, after Bugelli scored another goal late in the first half, Atwell started to warm up, netting the first of his perfect seven goals to send La Jolla into halftime with a 4-3 lead, which the hosts never relinquished.
Senior utility Leo Braga scored the Vikings' sixth goal, which is a good sign for his team, with a need to diversify its attack. La Jolla ran away with the game after that, leading 8-4 at the end of the third quarter, up 12-4 with three minutes left on Atwell's last score.
"We started out kind of slow," said Raulston, who handled the Ravens' shot attempts deftly. "The seniors played (in an early Seniors Game, with flowers presented before and food afterward), so that was good. We picked things up after that."
On one close-in attack, a CCA player approached from the 4-5 side (the right side of the goal as you look at it), and tried to skip the ball under the goalie's left arm. It didn't work. Cole timed it perfectly, put his arm down, and smothered the shot attempt, taking the ball away. What looked like a threat was ended quickly.
The goalie agreed that his team has cooled off a little from its early-season fire. "But we want to pick things up in aiming for the playoffs (which begin Nov. 3)."
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