Sonoma State’s men’s Lacrosse team continued its woes, as they dropped yet another game last Saturday to the number six team in the nation, U.C. Berkeley. The Seawolves lost 17-7 to the Bears in a two and a half hour game. With a clear sky and sun beaming down, it was a perfect day for lacrosse and the sidelines were packed with fans of Berkeley and SSU. Playoffs are at the top of the Seawolves priority list, as they need to secure a win during their next two games to qualify. 

Sean Kenneally, a fourth year Communications and Geography Environmental Planning double major, remains very optimistic about the coming games. “As long as we get one win, we are going to go onto the WCLL (Western Collegiate Lacrosse League) playoffs. Both games are opportunistic, and we are confident we will see ourselves making playoffs once May comes around,” said Kenneally. 

Other players on SSU’s team offered some insight on how to be efficient in these next couple games, so they can achieve their playoff dreams. Prentice Lohr, a freshman and Economics major, had this to say about the rest of their season, “I’m going into this game like I’m on the titanic. If I don’t go hard and reach my full potential, as well as my team, then we may not make the playoffs or have a chance to go further in playoffs. I want to do great to get our program’s name out there and keep playing great teams.” 

Since Lohr is a freshman, he has not been able to get all the playing time he has desired, but he did start this past weekend. Lohr started at the long stick middie position, while also getting some close defense reps. Lohr is taking this year as a learning experience, as he looks into his future on this team. “We have had our ups and downs but it’s been fun to get some playing experience as a freshman and I will push us to be great for the remaining games we have and for these 3 more years I have coming. No matter what age anyone is on the team it’s still a learning experience for our team to strive for greatness,” said Lohr.

The Seawolves Men’s Lacrosse team are a division one team, and face the likes of Stanford, Cal Poly, and U.C. Santa Barbara all season long. These teams are extremely competitive and test the Seawolves talent. However, this is not new for senior Sean Kenneally who had his sophomore and junior seasons taken away from him due to COVID-19. As team president, Kenneally not only has his personal responsibility as a player, but he has a responsibility as a team leader to help fire up his team. Kenneally admitted that this year’s schedule has been the toughest he has played in. “To be the best, you have to play the best, and I thank our staff for putting us up against that challenge. I hope to see the program be back in the top of the MCLA(Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association) like in years past.” 

With the WCLL playoffs inching closer, SSU hopes to win one of their next two games to go on a playoff run. Their next game will be on Saturday April 16, which will be their senior day and they will be taking on the University of Nevada Reno. Come out and support our senior Seawolves as they play their last game of the regular season.