Brendan Urban collected five goals as the Kelowna Raiders opened the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League regular season with a 10-7 win over the host Armstrong Shamrocks Friday night at Nor-Val Sports Centre.
Armstrong netminder Cole McFarlane kept the Rocks competitive with a 36-save showing, and helped the offence with three assists. Willy Hanley led the attack with 2+1, while Nathan Marcetta and Conor Payne each added a goal and an assist. Singles went to Carston Schlaak, Drew Hassard and Mike Hanley.
Armstrong trailed 4-3 after the first period, but evened the score at 6-6 after 40 minutes.
“They’re working hard but the offence just isn’t there yet,” said Irish head coach Bryan Cope. “You can see the system developing.”
Tanner Belsham had 28 stops for Kelowna.
Armstrong visited the Kamloops Venom Saturday night. The Vernon Source For Sports Tigers open league play this Saturday in Armstrong.
