Lucania - Minnesota Split the Weekend Series!

August 9, 2004 --

Despite what threatened to be a damp weekend, Winnipeg Lucania hosted the Minnesota Blast this weekend in a two game exhibition series at St. Vital Memorial Park. Lucania edged out the Blast 3-2 in game one, while the Blast came away with a 2-1 victory on Sunday.

Saturday night's game saw both teams play at a blistering pace. All five goals of the match came in the first half, with 2 goals from Tim Colisimo and the game winner from Serge Bohemier.

Sunday afternoon's game saw Minnesota take a 1-0 lead half way through the first half when Lucania goalkeeper Adrian Magri attempted to clear a Minnesota through ball, which took an unfortunate deflection into the Lucania goal. Lucania responded in the second half with Serge Bohemier's third goal of the weekend. The Blast earned the eventual winner late in the game to round the weekend series out with both teams earning a victory.

Commenting on the weekend series, Lucania manager Mike Nardiello was pleased with the results. "The pace of the games this weekend pushed our team to the limit. These games will prove to be invaluable going into the MSA Cup."

Veteran defender Russ Harder echoed his manager's comments adding "despite Sunday's result, I think we were generally satisfied with what we took from this weekend. These games elevated our fitness level significantly and we were able to come away from the weekend healthy, which is important at this stage of the season."

Lucania will compete in their first MSA Cup game on either August 23 or August 24, pending the outcome of a draw on August 15th.